{"id":461,"date":"2012-04-17T19:53:52","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T19:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/theculture\/2012\/04\/17\/vertigo-resurrected-hellblazer-february-2011\/"},"modified":"2012-11-19T19:08:02","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T19:08:02","slug":"vertigo-resurrected-hellblazer-february-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/theculture\/2012\/04\/17\/vertigo-resurrected-hellblazer-february-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Vertigo Resurrected: Hellblazer (February 2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Quote:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
“\u2026 if I go home without you, your lovely wife’s gonna cut my bollocks off \u2026”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

“Thank Christ. How do we get out then?”<\/p>\n

“Out? How the bloody hell do I know?”<\/p>\n

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This comic is one of a series from Vertigo collecting material that has never otherwise been reprinted. This one features 2 two-part stories from John Constantine, Hellblazer<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The first comes from the middle of the Garth Ennis\/Steve Dillon run of the early nineties and consists of issues 57 and 58. When Chas and John stumble across some modern day grave robbers at Chas’ uncle’s funeral, John agrees to help Chas get to the bottom of the matter. They soon find themselves in a fortified industrial unit in the middle of nowhere where the stolen bodies are being used as test subjects for needless ballistic tests.<\/p>\n

This is Ennis at his prime and the humour is dark matter black even for him. The art is typical Steve Dillon and I love it. Reading this just makes me want to do that Hellblazer<\/span> re-read that I have been promising myself for some time – along with the Sandman<\/span>, Zenith<\/span>, The Shadow<\/span> and a host of others I don’t have time for just now. Excellent stuff.<\/p>\n

The second story is by writer Jason Aaron (currently writing Scalped<\/span>) and artist Sean Murphy (who also drew the Hellblazer: City of Demons<\/span> mini-series) and collects issues 245 and 246 from near the end of the Andy Diggle run. The story sees a bunch of documentary makers come to Newcastle to make a film about Constantine’s old punk band, Mucous Membrane. However, the site they visit is the scene of demonic ritual that put Constantine in the Ravenscar Asylum. Unfortunately for the film makers, the shade of the demon is still lingering on the site and once disturbed messes with their heads.<\/p>\n

I bought this comic for this story as it the only one I don’t have between my comics and book collections. It is quite a good story encapsulating as it does a piece of iconic Constantine back story for readers that may not be familiar the character’s full history. I like Murphy’s art and would be happy to see him have an extended spell with the book and character.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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