John Constantine, Hellblazer Vol. 24: Sectioned

by Peter Milligan, Si Spencer, Giuseppe Camuncoli (Illustrator)

John Constantine is a bastard. But just how much of a bastard? As his grip on sanity loosens even further, he gets desperate enough to summon Shade, the Changing Man! But will Shade help or hurt his cause? And will John figure it out in time to walk down the aisle with the beautiful alchemist Epiphany Graves? With uninvited guests coming from both Heaven and Hell, what could go wrong? Plus, in City of Demons (illustrated by White Knight’s Sean Murphy), an accident leaves Constantine in the hospital-and when he gets out, the streets of London have become a very dark place…even by his standards. Collects Hellblazer #267-275 and John City of Demons #1-5.

Genres: Comics, Horror, Fantasy

344 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 16, 2021

About the author

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There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name

Peter Milligan is a British writer, best known for his work on X-Force / X-Statix, the X-Men, & the Vertigo series Human Target. He is also a scriptwriter.

He has been writing comics for some time and he has somewhat of a reputation for writing material that is highly outlandish, bizarre and/or absurd.

His highest profile projects to date include a run on X-Men, and his X-Force revamp that relaunched as X-Statix.

Many of Milligan's best works have been from DC Vertigo. These include: The Extremist (4 issues with artist Ted McKeever) The Minx (8 issues with artist Sean Phillips) Face (Prestige one-shot with artist Duncan Fegredo) The Eaters (Prestige one-shot with artist Dean Ormston) Vertigo Pop London (4 issues with artist Philip Bond) Enigma (8 issues with artist Duncan Fegredo) and Girl (3 issues with artist Duncan Fegredo).

Series:
* Human Target
* Greek Street
* X-Force / X-Statix

Reviews

[Brandon Daniels · Rating 3 out of 5]

Peter Milligan’s run started out pretty bumpy, and, looking back, the relationship with Phoebe is still very strange. But, it mostly evens out in this trade. Milligan’s version of Shade, The Changing Man makes a guest appearance which does feel a bit shoehorned in, especially considering it is basically impossible to get most of that run in print. Giuseppe Camuncoli remains the best part of this run, and he’s established himself as one of, if not my top, favorite Hellblazer artists along with Marcelo Frusin. As the run builds towards its climax (and the end of the series), it does a great job of raising the stakes and bringing in lots of figures from John’s past in quite clever ways. I’m hoping it sticks the landing.

[Héctor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cool Stories but Unfinished (again)

This book was very good; that being said, the fact that the main story have so many unfinished parts that don't get answered in the end is very strange.
Lets see if the next one tells something about it.

[Reagan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Peter Milligan stuff continues to be uninspired, unoriginal trash. The Si Spencer stuff almost felt like old school Constantine again, though, so that was entertaining.