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John Constantine, Hellblazer Vol. 26: The Curse of the Constantines
The series conclusion sends Constantine on a mission to find his long-lost nephew! Plus, what’s the mystery behind the Suicide Bridge and what would the future be like if Constantine gave up magic? Find out in John Constantine, Hellblazer Vol. 26: The Curse of the Constantines, collecting Hellblazer #292-300, Hellblazer Annual #1, and Hellblazer Bad Blood #1-4.
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348 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 15, 2022
About the author
Peter Milligan
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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
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
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Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews
December 18, 2023
What an awful ending.
Such a shame but predictable.
The ending was obviously rushed and the future story was just awful.
Nothing that recreated (or even tried to) the original Hellblazer feel to it.
You don’t get to see whatever happened to John’s wife, not even a mention and the three antagonists aren’t even very interesting and they just appeared in this story. It would have been better to use someone from John’s past like the first of the fallen, or something unexpected like a visit from the one above all or the mother witch from the pagan king from the first book.
Finally, there’s a last episode that is set many years in the future, with a cartoonish style that doesn’t fit the series at all (think Ducktales kind of style).
The plot is just a political power fantasy that hardly has anything to do with Constantine and the occult; even the writing feels off, too simplistic for Delano.
If you wanted to make a similar story but withholding the spirit of the series, it would have made more sense to use the King Arthur descendant from a previous story, which happens to be a punk rock guy very much like John.
In closure, the ending (and the futuristic adventure) was one of the weakest that I have seen in the Vertigo series.
Such a shame but predictable.
The ending was obviously rushed and the future story was just awful.
Nothing that recreated (or even tried to) the original Hellblazer feel to it.
You don’t get to see whatever happened to John’s wife, not even a mention and the three antagonists aren’t even very interesting and they just appeared in this story. It would have been better to use someone from John’s past like the first of the fallen, or something unexpected like a visit from the one above all or the mother witch from the pagan king from the first book.
Finally, there’s a last episode that is set many years in the future, with a cartoonish style that doesn’t fit the series at all (think Ducktales kind of style).
The plot is just a political power fantasy that hardly has anything to do with Constantine and the occult; even the writing feels off, too simplistic for Delano.
If you wanted to make a similar story but withholding the spirit of the series, it would have made more sense to use the King Arthur descendant from a previous story, which happens to be a punk rock guy very much like John.
In closure, the ending (and the futuristic adventure) was one of the weakest that I have seen in the Vertigo series.
February 21, 2023
Woof. I wish any Hellblazer writer than Peter Milligan had ended the intricate and gritty world of Hellblazer. What started as a demon haunted world of evil and the evil humanity perpetuates became a place DC’s bullpen writers used their Big Boy Noir Movie scripts.
Its especially disappointing to enjoy this luscious prize and see it rot by the end of it.
Its especially disappointing to enjoy this luscious prize and see it rot by the end of it.
April 4, 2025
Really nice ending.
Don't listen to all the negative remarks about the ending. It "ended" exactly how the character would have liked it. Alone, old, and in a Pub. We always knew Constantine would end up alone. It just the way it had to be. He is a cancer to those around him. Nobody would be safe around him. So him ending up in a random bar, alone, is exactly what he would have wanted it. What an amazing run. I had so much fun. One of the best runs in comics. A legend.
Don't listen to all the negative remarks about the ending. It "ended" exactly how the character would have liked it. Alone, old, and in a Pub. We always knew Constantine would end up alone. It just the way it had to be. He is a cancer to those around him. Nobody would be safe around him. So him ending up in a random bar, alone, is exactly what he would have wanted it. What an amazing run. I had so much fun. One of the best runs in comics. A legend.
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