Hellblazer, Vol. 1: Original Sins
The very first Hellblazer collection ORIGINAL SINS is available in a new edition that includes John Constantine’s appearances in SWAMP THING. This is the first of a series of new HELLBLAZER editions starring Vertigo’s longest running antihero, John Constantine, England’s chain-smoking, low-rent...
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The very first Hellblazer collection ORIGINAL SINS is available in a new edition that includes John Constantine’s appearances in SWAMP THING. This is the first of a series of new HELLBLAZER editions starring Vertigo’s longest running antihero, John Constantine, England’s chain-smoking, low-rent magus.This first collection is a loosely connected series of tales of John’s early years where Constantine was at his best and at his worst, all at the same time.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781401230067 (1401230067)
ASIN: 1401230067
Publish date: March 8th 2011
Publisher: DC Comics
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Series: Hellblazer New Editions
I liked the first edition of Original Sins. Compared to that one, this has been expanded with issues from Swamp Thing that give some explanation about the story, but it still does not end here not gives a satisfying resolution. Though the story is compelling, I was never a big fan of the Swamp Thing...
Having only seen the movie previously, I wasn't really sure what to expect from Hellblazer. At times I felt like that writing was a bit outdated. It was that kind of comics writing that I don't particularly like these days, because it's too wordy and over thought. A lot of what is written in these p...
The first of John Constantine's ongoing series. I've heard that the series as a whole improves later on, which is good. There are some panels that fall seriously flat here. But there are glimmers of brilliance, too. The soul market storyline is fascinating, even placed as it is very much in a partic...