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John Constantine, Hellblazer by Jamie Delano Omnibus Vol. 1
1128 pages, Hardcover
First published August 8, 1989
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Jamie Delano
395 books347 followersJamie Delano aka A. William James began writing comics professionally in the early 1980s. Latterly he has been writing prose fiction with "BOOK THIRTEEN" published by his own LEPUS BOOKS imprint (http://www.lepusbooks.co.uk) in 2012, "Leepus | DIZZY" in April 2014, and "Leepus | THE RIVER" in 2017.
Jamie lives in semi-rural Northamptonshire with his partner, Sue. They have three adult children and a considerable distraction of grandchildren.
Jamie lives in semi-rural Northamptonshire with his partner, Sue. They have three adult children and a considerable distraction of grandchildren.
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January 12, 2025
What can be said about this omnibus? It’s undeniably heavy and uncomfortable reading—but uncomfortable in the best possible way. Prepare yourself for unsettling imagery and stories, demons, and unapologetic sexuality. This book doesn’t pull any punches, and it’s definitely not your standard superhero comic! While superheroes exist in this world, they’re relegated to the background, mentioned in passing at best. This is John Constantine’s story, and it captures 1980s Vertigo Comics at its finest.
The artwork perfectly complements the narrative—don’t expect polished mainstream visuals. Instead, you get gritty, disturbing underground art that fits the tone perfectly. My only complaint? The crossover with Swamp Thing. I just couldn’t get into it. It felt dull and dragged out. I was genuinely disappointed that it takes up such a significant chunk of the book. Honestly, I didn’t see much value in its inclusion, especially since it wasn’t even written by Delano. While it’s not bad writing—I’m sure Swamp Thing fans will enjoy it—it simply wasn’t for me. At least not the 1980s version. That’s the only reason I’m giving this book the rating I am.
The highlight of the omnibus, for me, is the long arc Fear Machine. It’s phenomenal. Conspiracies, demons, political context, sex, anarchy, and magic—it has everything. If it weren’t for its somewhat anticlimactic ending, I’d consider it perfect. Then again, maybe it sets the stage for events in the next volume, and as a whole, it might make more sense. Time will tell.
Regardless, I highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys unsettling, mature comics!
The artwork perfectly complements the narrative—don’t expect polished mainstream visuals. Instead, you get gritty, disturbing underground art that fits the tone perfectly. My only complaint? The crossover with Swamp Thing. I just couldn’t get into it. It felt dull and dragged out. I was genuinely disappointed that it takes up such a significant chunk of the book. Honestly, I didn’t see much value in its inclusion, especially since it wasn’t even written by Delano. While it’s not bad writing—I’m sure Swamp Thing fans will enjoy it—it simply wasn’t for me. At least not the 1980s version. That’s the only reason I’m giving this book the rating I am.
The highlight of the omnibus, for me, is the long arc Fear Machine. It’s phenomenal. Conspiracies, demons, political context, sex, anarchy, and magic—it has everything. If it weren’t for its somewhat anticlimactic ending, I’d consider it perfect. Then again, maybe it sets the stage for events in the next volume, and as a whole, it might make more sense. Time will tell.
Regardless, I highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys unsettling, mature comics!
October 10, 2025
I enjoyed this book a lot, and it is an excellent collection, though there are some spots that drag.
The five stars in my rating is for how thorough they were in including material here (specifically, material not otherwise collected in this format), though content-wise, due to the sections that drag, it might be more like a four star rating.
This collection really begins with Hellblazer (or John Constantine: Hellblazer) #1, and the collects things from that point on, splitting Delano's run across two books. It does include non-Delano material, where it was relevant to Delano's run, or was just going on at the same time.
What that really means is that we get quite a lot of issues of Veitch's Swamp Thing here, where Constantine was either directly there or at least fairly relevant to the story. I have seen others complain about this, saying, essentially, that they didn't purchase this book to read Swamp Thing.
My opinion goes against that. I am very glad to get to read those appearances without having to track down 2-4 other books, just because I wanted one or two issues out of each of those books.
Additionally, and this is worth disclosing, I was going to read this collection initially, but then realized that it didn't start with Constantine's first appearance, which I had in one of the Absolute Swamp Things books on my shelf, waiting to eventually be read. So, I set this one aside, and read all three volumes of those books (Moore's entire run on Swamp Thing). Reading that first, and then this, was pretty much perfect, setting things up, and then letting me check back in on those stories when they were relevant. I was glad of it.
Other than that, this is an enjoyable read, but Constantine tends to be, for me at least, hard to read too many issues of straight. Read a few issues, read something else for a day, then come back, and repeat, not going too far to giving your palate a slight cleanse with something different, and I think that you will come back appreciating this book more than if you just sank right through it.
Storywise, I think it is a good read, and really establishes the world of Constantine well. I do have a few of comments though:
1) The big storyline in the second half of the book, the nine issue long "Fear Machine", really should have been edited down in its initial release (no fault of this collection). It starts off interesting, but then it drags on, and we follow the hippie pagan group, which gets a little tiring while also introducing a lot of only partially defined characters, and going back and forth between a poorly defined conspiracy, government groups, the police, and... just keeps on going. It becomes a slog, and some things at the end get hand-waved away, like they realized they just needed to end it, but by then you probably won't really be interested anymore, and will be more glad that that one storyline is done than you care about how unsatisfying the ending was.
2) Like above, most of Delano's stories here start off interesting, but the end of them feels a bit unsatisfying; it isn't that the bad guy didn't get theirs, but rather than things just end a little too quickly, without enough development, despite frontloading the story.
3) I have seen at least one reviewer on here complain of racism and sexism in the book (surprisingly, they didn't complain about homophobia, which is arguably seen more here). However, while there is some of the above (all three) here, I don't think that it's a matter of "that's just how things were back then", or even the author showing his own prejudices. I think the author is showing now how it was ok to view people at the time of writing, but how some people viewed people. So, if a character is racist, for example, that doesn't necessarily mean the author is, or that society said it was ok to be at the time; rather, the author is saying that there were racist people at the time and, guess what, they're bad guys here.
I'm looking forward to reading the next volume.
The five stars in my rating is for how thorough they were in including material here (specifically, material not otherwise collected in this format), though content-wise, due to the sections that drag, it might be more like a four star rating.
This collection really begins with Hellblazer (or John Constantine: Hellblazer) #1, and the collects things from that point on, splitting Delano's run across two books. It does include non-Delano material, where it was relevant to Delano's run, or was just going on at the same time.
What that really means is that we get quite a lot of issues of Veitch's Swamp Thing here, where Constantine was either directly there or at least fairly relevant to the story. I have seen others complain about this, saying, essentially, that they didn't purchase this book to read Swamp Thing.
My opinion goes against that. I am very glad to get to read those appearances without having to track down 2-4 other books, just because I wanted one or two issues out of each of those books.
Additionally, and this is worth disclosing, I was going to read this collection initially, but then realized that it didn't start with Constantine's first appearance, which I had in one of the Absolute Swamp Things books on my shelf, waiting to eventually be read. So, I set this one aside, and read all three volumes of those books (Moore's entire run on Swamp Thing). Reading that first, and then this, was pretty much perfect, setting things up, and then letting me check back in on those stories when they were relevant. I was glad of it.
Other than that, this is an enjoyable read, but Constantine tends to be, for me at least, hard to read too many issues of straight. Read a few issues, read something else for a day, then come back, and repeat, not going too far to giving your palate a slight cleanse with something different, and I think that you will come back appreciating this book more than if you just sank right through it.
Storywise, I think it is a good read, and really establishes the world of Constantine well. I do have a few of comments though:
1) The big storyline in the second half of the book, the nine issue long "Fear Machine", really should have been edited down in its initial release (no fault of this collection). It starts off interesting, but then it drags on, and we follow the hippie pagan group, which gets a little tiring while also introducing a lot of only partially defined characters, and going back and forth between a poorly defined conspiracy, government groups, the police, and... just keeps on going. It becomes a slog, and some things at the end get hand-waved away, like they realized they just needed to end it, but by then you probably won't really be interested anymore, and will be more glad that that one storyline is done than you care about how unsatisfying the ending was.
2) Like above, most of Delano's stories here start off interesting, but the end of them feels a bit unsatisfying; it isn't that the bad guy didn't get theirs, but rather than things just end a little too quickly, without enough development, despite frontloading the story.
3) I have seen at least one reviewer on here complain of racism and sexism in the book (surprisingly, they didn't complain about homophobia, which is arguably seen more here). However, while there is some of the above (all three) here, I don't think that it's a matter of "that's just how things were back then", or even the author showing his own prejudices. I think the author is showing now how it was ok to view people at the time of writing, but how some people viewed people. So, if a character is racist, for example, that doesn't necessarily mean the author is, or that society said it was ok to be at the time; rather, the author is saying that there were racist people at the time and, guess what, they're bad guys here.
I'm looking forward to reading the next volume.
January 9, 2025
I hate leaving a 3-star review on this, but it just isn't worth 4. I'd settle around a 3.5. I'll explain.
I bought this Hellblazer omnibus because I like Hellblazer and I wanted to have a collection of Hellblazer comics. Thankfully, there are some. But about a third of this book is not Hellblazer comics.
Now, Constantine was introduced in Swamp Thing, so I figured they were going to have to throw in between 1 and 5 Swamp Thing comics. There are 13. There are 338 pages of Swamp Thing comics in this Hellblazer omnibus.
If you're into Swamp Thing, you might think of this as a huge bonus, but I actually do not enjoy the Swamp Thing comics, which is why I did not buy a Swamp Thing omnibus!
To add to the irritation, I was blindsided by the Neil Gaiman appearance halfway through. Bleh.
On top of the annoyance of not getting to read Hellblazer a good bit of the time, this extremely large, extremely expensive hardcover book was put together without anyone caring to ensure the art in the dual-page spreads could be seen.
The comics are bound deeply into the spine, folding the art for every dual-page spread so intensely that no matter how flat you try to lay the book, you cannot see the centre of the art.
The binding is so deep that if, for instance, a person in a chair is in the crease, you can't even see their face, they are so folded in on themselves.
Why the publisher - who I presume has seen a comic book before - wouldn't account for this by adding a clearance gap on the insides of the pages, I cannot imagine. But this is a terrible way for someone to read these comics for the first time, and I think it's also a pretty terrible way to collect them. Not being able to see the art in a comic??
I regret my purchase. The original Hellblazer run makes for a fascinating comic, despite it being racist and deeply cringe when it's trying to be progressive (a product of its time), but I wish I would have just bought the individual comics instead of this omnibus.
I bought this Hellblazer omnibus because I like Hellblazer and I wanted to have a collection of Hellblazer comics. Thankfully, there are some. But about a third of this book is not Hellblazer comics.
Now, Constantine was introduced in Swamp Thing, so I figured they were going to have to throw in between 1 and 5 Swamp Thing comics. There are 13. There are 338 pages of Swamp Thing comics in this Hellblazer omnibus.
If you're into Swamp Thing, you might think of this as a huge bonus, but I actually do not enjoy the Swamp Thing comics, which is why I did not buy a Swamp Thing omnibus!
To add to the irritation, I was blindsided by the Neil Gaiman appearance halfway through. Bleh.
On top of the annoyance of not getting to read Hellblazer a good bit of the time, this extremely large, extremely expensive hardcover book was put together without anyone caring to ensure the art in the dual-page spreads could be seen.
The comics are bound deeply into the spine, folding the art for every dual-page spread so intensely that no matter how flat you try to lay the book, you cannot see the centre of the art.
The binding is so deep that if, for instance, a person in a chair is in the crease, you can't even see their face, they are so folded in on themselves.
Why the publisher - who I presume has seen a comic book before - wouldn't account for this by adding a clearance gap on the insides of the pages, I cannot imagine. But this is a terrible way for someone to read these comics for the first time, and I think it's also a pretty terrible way to collect them. Not being able to see the art in a comic??
I regret my purchase. The original Hellblazer run makes for a fascinating comic, despite it being racist and deeply cringe when it's trying to be progressive (a product of its time), but I wish I would have just bought the individual comics instead of this omnibus.
June 7, 2025
(Zero spoiler review) 3.75/5
Finally, and I do mean finally DC pull their finger out and realise that there are actually people out there who will give them money if they release omnibus that people want. It's an obscure and foeign concept I know for the mental deficient's at modern DC, but hey, sing when you're winning. And singing I was for the opening half dozen or so issues of Delano and Ridway's run on Hellblazer. The well written, victorian tinged horror, halfway reminiscent of Moore's masterwork 'From Hell' was just what the doctor ordered. Especially after reading far too much disappointing dreck of late. Ridway's masterfully atmopsheric art was the perfect accompanient, and Kinderski's colours was the cherry on top of this rather delightful and bloody sundae. It's just a shame that it couldn't keep this up throughout the whole book.
The Swamp Thig tie in's, though probably necessary, really did seem a bit overbearing by the end. I love Swamp Thing and it was nice to get a taste of the Veitch era that has yet been uncollected, but Constantine is a fleeting absent character for a lot of it, and Veitch, although a great writer, could be a longwinded at times. You quickly forgot you were actually reading a Hellblazer omnibus.
When it finally gets back to the titular series, Ridgway is nowhere to be seen, and the ten issue 'darkness' arc goes on for about twice as long as it should, meandering amidst an interesting, if entirely too bloated, pedestrian plot. And it ended with an annual that I didn't want to read.
Despite it never reaching the heights of its opening half dozen issues, Hellblzer by Delano omnibus volume 1 is a welcome respite from capes and codpieces, not to mention a beautiful little time capsule back to the late eighties when comics were at their creative peak. A must read, even if you only end up reading it once. 3.75/5
OmniBen.
Finally, and I do mean finally DC pull their finger out and realise that there are actually people out there who will give them money if they release omnibus that people want. It's an obscure and foeign concept I know for the mental deficient's at modern DC, but hey, sing when you're winning. And singing I was for the opening half dozen or so issues of Delano and Ridway's run on Hellblazer. The well written, victorian tinged horror, halfway reminiscent of Moore's masterwork 'From Hell' was just what the doctor ordered. Especially after reading far too much disappointing dreck of late. Ridway's masterfully atmopsheric art was the perfect accompanient, and Kinderski's colours was the cherry on top of this rather delightful and bloody sundae. It's just a shame that it couldn't keep this up throughout the whole book.
The Swamp Thig tie in's, though probably necessary, really did seem a bit overbearing by the end. I love Swamp Thing and it was nice to get a taste of the Veitch era that has yet been uncollected, but Constantine is a fleeting absent character for a lot of it, and Veitch, although a great writer, could be a longwinded at times. You quickly forgot you were actually reading a Hellblazer omnibus.
When it finally gets back to the titular series, Ridgway is nowhere to be seen, and the ten issue 'darkness' arc goes on for about twice as long as it should, meandering amidst an interesting, if entirely too bloated, pedestrian plot. And it ended with an annual that I didn't want to read.
Despite it never reaching the heights of its opening half dozen issues, Hellblzer by Delano omnibus volume 1 is a welcome respite from capes and codpieces, not to mention a beautiful little time capsule back to the late eighties when comics were at their creative peak. A must read, even if you only end up reading it once. 3.75/5
OmniBen.
October 20, 2025
Spinning out from the pages of Moore's Swamp Thing, Delano's Hellblazer sees John Constantine investigating a series of occult conspiracies throughout the western world. A selfish decision by Swampy soon pulls Constantine back into his orbit and involves the two, along with humanity at large, in a world threatening conflict at the hands of demonic forces and earth spirits. Once this conflict is resolved, Constantine finds unlikely respite in a counter culture hippy group before they too become embroiled in a conspiracy of dark magic.
Strewth, what a tome. While not the lengthiest omnibus in page count, this collection compensates with density in the use of decadent prose and sprawling layouts. I'm sure many found Delano's moody and poetic prose overwritten, but i found it glorious. His writing is allegorical, evocative, and emotional; adding texture and context to a scene in ways only words can. He also delivers some really intriguing plots that wonderfully develop the antihero personality of Constantine, whose intentions always seem to be in the right place but whose actions inevitably result in the downfall of those who put their trust in him. While Delano's writing was the star of the show for me, the art is no slouch either with Ridgeway's scratchy linework fitting the dour tone perfectly and his use of dynamic spreads made for some really eye-popping pages. While I didn't enjoy the cleaner aesthetic of Reyner and Buckingham as much, they still did a great job and continued the utilization of creative layouts and grim compositions.
Where this collection seems to be most controversial is in its rather lengthy yet partial inclusion of Rick Veitch's Swamp Thing run. While I can understand the gripe, especially if someone is double dipping by picking up collections of both runs, the content in each is fantastic and deeply intertwined so I can understand DC's decision here. I also found Veitch's art to be truly exceptional and his writing is rather compelling as well, if not quite as rich and layered as Delano's. His plots sometimes get a bit goofy and hornball, but the contrasting tone makes for a nice palette cleanser from Hellblazer.
While this omnibus is the mirror opposite of a breezy read, sometimes an indulgent prose novel embedded within a comic just slaps. Delano's work is definitely up there with some of my favorite DC runs of all time, floating at dizzying highs alongside Moore's Swamp Thing and Morrison's Animal Man.
Strewth, what a tome. While not the lengthiest omnibus in page count, this collection compensates with density in the use of decadent prose and sprawling layouts. I'm sure many found Delano's moody and poetic prose overwritten, but i found it glorious. His writing is allegorical, evocative, and emotional; adding texture and context to a scene in ways only words can. He also delivers some really intriguing plots that wonderfully develop the antihero personality of Constantine, whose intentions always seem to be in the right place but whose actions inevitably result in the downfall of those who put their trust in him. While Delano's writing was the star of the show for me, the art is no slouch either with Ridgeway's scratchy linework fitting the dour tone perfectly and his use of dynamic spreads made for some really eye-popping pages. While I didn't enjoy the cleaner aesthetic of Reyner and Buckingham as much, they still did a great job and continued the utilization of creative layouts and grim compositions.
Where this collection seems to be most controversial is in its rather lengthy yet partial inclusion of Rick Veitch's Swamp Thing run. While I can understand the gripe, especially if someone is double dipping by picking up collections of both runs, the content in each is fantastic and deeply intertwined so I can understand DC's decision here. I also found Veitch's art to be truly exceptional and his writing is rather compelling as well, if not quite as rich and layered as Delano's. His plots sometimes get a bit goofy and hornball, but the contrasting tone makes for a nice palette cleanser from Hellblazer.
While this omnibus is the mirror opposite of a breezy read, sometimes an indulgent prose novel embedded within a comic just slaps. Delano's work is definitely up there with some of my favorite DC runs of all time, floating at dizzying highs alongside Moore's Swamp Thing and Morrison's Animal Man.
December 26, 2024
Mediocre & dull.
So, this Omnibus collects the very beginning of the Hellblazer Comic, which started in 1988 and spun out of Swamp Thing. As such this collects not only the first 22 issues of Hellblazer, but also a staggering amount of 13 issues of Swamp Thing.
Having comics from both titles next to each other shows the obvious: The artwork, lettering and also the writing for Hellblazer is the bottom of the barrel of what DC Comics was putting out during this time. The Swamp Thing issues on the other hand I was able to enjoy.
So, what are my gripes here?
The artwork is hideous. Everything looks ugly. Whenever a demon or an evil god is shown on the panels it's an unrecognisable mess. Even the main character does not look consistent from issue to issue.
The dialogue is too extensive. As others have already put it: The writer writes for a novel and pastes his textboxes and speech bubbles everywhere. Unfortunately the writing is not compelling, but rather boring and often times unnecessary rambling.
The cast is not interesting or consistent. Other than Constantine, there is not a single supporting character who shows up regularly in here. John himself is too unstable to carry a book on its own, when written like this.
The crossover, the Fear Machine, that spans 10 issues at the end of this collection is an editorial mess. A status quo is established and thrown out of the window mid-story. A character is kidnapped and the search party finds the character by coincidence, while traveling (yikes). The ending to this story is unsatisfactory as well. Best not to speak of the awful annual, collected in here as well.
I have some good things to say as well:
As mentioned before, I quite like the Swamp Thing storyline, but that would be best read in it's own collection. It's barely relevant in this omnibus.
Constantine's first relationship in here and the ties to his past are quite interesting. I would have liked to see more of this. Sadly, this storyline is wrapped up too early in my opinion.
I'm wondering, if I'm too harsh, as this is a product of it's time, which tends to have less good artwork and extensive dialogue. However, I loved Sandman, Swamp Thing by Alan Moore & the Atlantis Chronicles, to list a few examples which were all published at the same time.
Buyers beware.
So, this Omnibus collects the very beginning of the Hellblazer Comic, which started in 1988 and spun out of Swamp Thing. As such this collects not only the first 22 issues of Hellblazer, but also a staggering amount of 13 issues of Swamp Thing.
Having comics from both titles next to each other shows the obvious: The artwork, lettering and also the writing for Hellblazer is the bottom of the barrel of what DC Comics was putting out during this time. The Swamp Thing issues on the other hand I was able to enjoy.
So, what are my gripes here?
The artwork is hideous. Everything looks ugly. Whenever a demon or an evil god is shown on the panels it's an unrecognisable mess. Even the main character does not look consistent from issue to issue.
The dialogue is too extensive. As others have already put it: The writer writes for a novel and pastes his textboxes and speech bubbles everywhere. Unfortunately the writing is not compelling, but rather boring and often times unnecessary rambling.
The cast is not interesting or consistent. Other than Constantine, there is not a single supporting character who shows up regularly in here. John himself is too unstable to carry a book on its own, when written like this.
The crossover, the Fear Machine, that spans 10 issues at the end of this collection is an editorial mess. A status quo is established and thrown out of the window mid-story. A character is kidnapped and the search party finds the character by coincidence, while traveling (yikes). The ending to this story is unsatisfactory as well. Best not to speak of the awful annual, collected in here as well.
I have some good things to say as well:
As mentioned before, I quite like the Swamp Thing storyline, but that would be best read in it's own collection. It's barely relevant in this omnibus.
Constantine's first relationship in here and the ties to his past are quite interesting. I would have liked to see more of this. Sadly, this storyline is wrapped up too early in my opinion.
I'm wondering, if I'm too harsh, as this is a product of it's time, which tends to have less good artwork and extensive dialogue. However, I loved Sandman, Swamp Thing by Alan Moore & the Atlantis Chronicles, to list a few examples which were all published at the same time.
Buyers beware.
November 26, 2024
Jame Delano created John Constantine just as much as Alan Moore (no matter what the credits may say), and the first half of his run (included here) was the best part.
On the one hand we get a story of devils that sets the standard (and the tropes) for almost every Constantine author that follows. The interweaving with the Swamp Thing is just icing on the cake.
(With that said, the double-dipping of DC Black Label on these Swamp Thing and Hellblazer stories is egregious. Black Label just put out all of these Swamp Thing issues a month or two previous, and everyone is printed again here EXCEPT the annual from that year. So you can't just use this Constantine volume for the first Veitch/Swamp Thing arc, or you're missing an issue.)
The second arc is then the Fear Machine, which gets more mixed reviews, but which I adore every time I reread it. It puts Constantine in a very unusual position, bring in a whole world of psychics and Russian spies, and and also introduces great characters like Marj and Merc.
It took *so* long for DC to collect these stories the first time around. It's great that they're the second omnibus now that DC is starting to collect them in a more durable form.
On the one hand we get a story of devils that sets the standard (and the tropes) for almost every Constantine author that follows. The interweaving with the Swamp Thing is just icing on the cake.
(With that said, the double-dipping of DC Black Label on these Swamp Thing and Hellblazer stories is egregious. Black Label just put out all of these Swamp Thing issues a month or two previous, and everyone is printed again here EXCEPT the annual from that year. So you can't just use this Constantine volume for the first Veitch/Swamp Thing arc, or you're missing an issue.)
The second arc is then the Fear Machine, which gets more mixed reviews, but which I adore every time I reread it. It puts Constantine in a very unusual position, bring in a whole world of psychics and Russian spies, and and also introduces great characters like Marj and Merc.
It took *so* long for DC to collect these stories the first time around. It's great that they're the second omnibus now that DC is starting to collect them in a more durable form.
December 1, 2024
Severely overwritten. A bunch of Swamp Thing issues that have minimal impact on the story. All the characteristics you associate with Constantine are not present in this half of Delano’s run as he just meanders about the story’s events overly narrating happenings and thoughts to the point of comedy. Read this if you are a fan of a novel with images and are interested in every single thing being described in vague metaphors that are laughably obtuse and only appeal to first year English majors.
November 15, 2024
The first 7 years of Hellblazer are one of the gold standard horror comics; as much as the fabled run of Swamp Thing from which our hero sprang. The feverish work of Jamie Delano is unlike anything you'll see in comics today
March 27, 2025
Nothing quite like getting mugged in memory lane. Still, these old comics haven't lost their charm for me in more than thirty years. Truly great stuff when Jamie Delano and Rick Veitch were firing on all cylinders and producing some delightfully weird and creepy books. Volume 2 can't come soon enough.
November 27, 2024
Loved it but it has too much swamp thing.
July 17, 2025
*3.5/5 stars.
August 18, 2025
I’m a sucker for a spooky detective story, especially one that’s kind of wordy and references a bunch of arcane bullshit I know about. Classic late-80s/early-90s Vertigo stuff, great art.
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