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Constantine: The Hellblazer (Single Issues)
Constantine: The Hellblazer #9
The truth behind the magical chaos that has befallen New York City comes out when the demonic power player Neron casts John Constantine down into the fires of Hell itself, where our occult investigator has no shortage of enemies-including an infernal ex the Hellblazer hoped he’d never see again…
23 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 10, 2016
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About the author
Ming Doyle
127 books64 followersMing Doyle was born in 1984 to an Irish-American sailor and a Chinese-Canadian librarian. Since earning her BFA from Cornell University in 2007, she has depicted the sequential exploits of zombie superheroes, demonic cheerleaders, vengeful cowboys, and dapper mutants. TANTALIZE marks her first full-length graphic novel as well as her first encounter with a were-opossum. She lives in Boston.
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March 22, 2017
John and Papa Midnight are Neron's prisoners in Hell. But John is just the guy with friends in low places that might just be able to help him escape.
There are some interesting story points in this chapter. I kinda dig Neron's big plan to sell magical power to mortals in exchange for souls. Kind of the ultimate drug dealer! And the soul trade is a big part of the City of Dis where this chapter takes place. Doyle and Tynion create a cool location here and their background on the City is very cool. I enjoyed that part quite a bit!
There's also some fun dialogue between John and Midnight that comes in bursts throughout the issue. There's a sort of "buddy movie" feel to their banter and some truly funny lines. The way they work, and bicker, together is very fun.
The overall plot is pretty basic - an on the lam chapter - that wraps up pretty much exactly the way I thought it would. While there are individual elements I enjoy, the whole thing doesn't really hold together for me. It just seems like this series is kind of a collected set of bits that kind of build to a story. Also not really a big fan of the artwork. Just seems sketchy and disordered.
There are things to like here, but it's not blowing me away.
There are some interesting story points in this chapter. I kinda dig Neron's big plan to sell magical power to mortals in exchange for souls. Kind of the ultimate drug dealer! And the soul trade is a big part of the City of Dis where this chapter takes place. Doyle and Tynion create a cool location here and their background on the City is very cool. I enjoyed that part quite a bit!
There's also some fun dialogue between John and Midnight that comes in bursts throughout the issue. There's a sort of "buddy movie" feel to their banter and some truly funny lines. The way they work, and bicker, together is very fun.
The overall plot is pretty basic - an on the lam chapter - that wraps up pretty much exactly the way I thought it would. While there are individual elements I enjoy, the whole thing doesn't really hold together for me. It just seems like this series is kind of a collected set of bits that kind of build to a story. Also not really a big fan of the artwork. Just seems sketchy and disordered.
There are things to like here, but it's not blowing me away.
April 30, 2020
This is another issue where the creature designs and humor were pretty good. The Neron fallen angel kind reminds me of Weeping Angels, but not as menacing.
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