Hellblazer: The Books of Magic

The Books of Magic

by Paul Jenkins, John Ney Rieber

Two-issue crossover with Hellblazer, with a script from the then current Hellblazer writer Paul Jenkins from a story written in collaboration with John Ney Rieber. The artwork was by artist Paul Lee.

Genres: Comics, Fantasy, Horror, Urban Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Comic Book, Graphic Novels Comics

64 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1997

About the author

Paul Jenkins is a British comic book writer. He has had much success crossing over into the American comic book market. Primarily working for Marvel Comics, he has had a big part shaping the characters of the company over the past decade.

Reviews

[Sof Chof · Rating 5 out of 5]

Give John a sidekick, a child he can raise and spoil.

[Derek · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting take on the relationship between John Constantine and Timothy Hunter. What you'd call a "nice spin on a familiar story"
The art was on point, the writing was stellar and the story refreshing. In Hellblazer: The Books of Magic, we meet a bored Tim in a boring class, but it's time-capsule giving day or something like that that at school. Where the kids in Tim's class get to open and keep stuff stowed away by kids in the same class thirty years ago. Tim gets a locket, dull at first, until he opens it and figures it's haunted childhood of some sort, and in comes Constantine. Apparently, it was Constantine who put that locket there, some kind of divination where he hid his pain in that locket. But the hordes of hell are after the locket, they get it and force Tim and John to dive down to hell to retrieve it. Thing is the demonic horde have a handle on Constantine and Tim will have to step up on a level like he's never had to before...

[Benjamin · Rating 3 out of 5]

John Constantine meets the best sorcerer there will ever be, Tim Hunter, the living embodiment of Merlin. One amazing song, Tim pestering John, and a trip down to John's own Hell.

[Evalyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was so good - really loved it and seeing Tim and Constantine characters clash. They approach life and magic so dramatically differently so it made it interesting.

[Guilherme Smee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Esta quarta edição de Hellblazer Especial contém as minisséries Love Street, em que personagens hiipies ligados a John Constantine encontram-se com figuras do Universo do Sonhar, da serie Sandman. Também nesta ediçã temos Hellblazer e Livros da Magia, quando o mago cínico se encontra com Tim Hunter. Love Street é uma minissérie que eu gosto muito tendo lido já umas três vezes, uma em inglês, outra na edição da Brainstore e esta. Os dois universos se encaixam numa trama bem amarradae extremamente interessante que vai e vem no tempo: dos anos 1960 até os anos 1990. Já o encontro de Constantine com Hunter é uma minissérie bem mais fraquinha. Ela mostra os dois magos descendo ao Inferno para recuperar uma parte escondida da alma do Hellblazer que, por acaso, Tim Hunter acaba se deparando. Enquanto os desenhos e a narrativa visual e verbal de Love Street são bastante densos, os de Os Livros da Magia/Hellblazer são mais soltos e menos caprichados. Dessa forma a nota máxima que eu daria para Love Street é diminuida pelo teor da minissérie que a acompanha.

[lea · Rating 4 out of 5]

i have no notions about constantine except from sandman and the movie (and how he dresses as my friend dresses lmao) and no clue who this Tim is but it was really nice and an easy read. reading this a Friday end of the afternoon during my exam era in the ~cercle~ was a vibe

[Beatrix Tung · Rating 4 out of 5]

not a fan of tim hunter though he was ballsy here, liking it more because of constantine's backstory

[Patrizio · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hellblazer/Book of Magic ***1/2
Tell me ***
All those little girls and boys **** (ricorda "One last love song"
Grazie di niente **

[Andrea Clemente Piélagos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Es lo primero que leo de Hellblazer, es cierto que tengo contexto por la peli y series, pero me ha gustado mucho, estoy deseando leer más!

[Drizztl · Rating 3 out of 5]

6.5/10