I have always loved John Constantine. The Vertigo series is top notch (though if you read a few posts back, I didn't love ALL of it) and I've been enjoying reading through it again. A few years back DC decided to end John's Vertigo life and replanted him firmly in the proper DC Universe. In effect, they took everything awesome about the Hellblazer series and cut it off at the balls. It's been a few years now and they seem to finally be ready to give John his balls back again, or at least one of them.
This book was kinda, sorta great. It's still not quite where John should be, but it's the closest we've seen from the proper John Constantine in years. He sounds like John again, he acts like John again, he's a bastard again. I like. My only real quibble with this book is the art. The art is just not right. It looks like a lighter, more kid friendly style that doesn't jibe with the happenings in the book. To me, at least. The art is lovely, but it just doesn't fit. I want Simon Oliver to stay with this book for a good long time. DC finally has found a decent writer for this series.
The Hellblazer Vol 2: The Smokeless Fire
Writer: Simon Oliver
Artist: Davide Fabbri, Philip Tan, Jose Marzan Jr, Karl Kesel
DC Comics
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