John Constantine Hellblazer 1: Marks of Woe

El cómic llegó en buenas condiciones, una lectura que ya ansiaba empezar!

It's an absolute tragedy that this series was cancelled before it could gain any traction. The quality of this series reaches heights not seen since the Vertigo run. I can only hope that the success of the series seen after the launch of this trade can convince DC to renew it in order to allow the creative team to at least finish the story they wanted to tell.If you are thinking about buying this volume, please do it. The series is absolutely worth your time and money.

The only constants in the long and terrible (for others) life of John Constantine has are the personal and intimate nature of the horrors he faces, and the list of very special wordsmiths who have chronicled his exploits, always filled with near-misses and significant failures.The one in charge of this particular stretch of Constantine's story is one Simon Spurrier, and an accomplished lad he is.This first part of Simon's tale pits John against one of those newly-exalted demons even him has a hard time dealing with because, in his words, "there's always another rabble of idiots all too willing to pick up the vile mantle "It's a slow burn, but the revelations are worth it. The way John is sucked into a spiral of events shaping the land he's forced to protect from itself, works line a well-timed chronometer... letting us know every new discovery gets us nearer to the power behind this alteration of ordinary, sensible life.... and the inevitable detonation.Yet Spurrier has an unusually cynical Constantine (don't worry, he's not fossilized, just a wee bit tired of the whole thing) valiantly trudge on as he revisits mentally-ill poets taken at face value, self-hating terminal monsters, crows that behave like those pricks from Heathrow, Picadilly or Parliament when stating their inveterate and revolting nativism...All in all, Spurrier weaves a power tale that will shake John's roots and make him question when did it all go so wrong, and if he's long absence isn't what triggered.Highly recommended.

JC steps away from banishment into a bonkers reality that is eerily recognizable to the reader. Character motivation aligns with the sweeping narrative themes and the art. A wonderful book.

Best comic I've read in a while. The worst mistake that DC ever made was putting Constantine into the regular DC world. Good to see him back in all his glory.