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Summary: That Irishman wrote another fine story with this one!!
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It's easy to realize once again what makes Garth Ennis one of the best writers in the field when reading this one. Throughout the story I was unable to predict what was going to happen on the next page. And despite Ennis making this into a rollercoaster ride he still keeps it all believable.
Mind you, this story is not on par with the Preacher series, not much is, but it still is a story that rises far above the average comic book story. The characters are all interesting, often funny, and they'll hold your attention with ease. Not once was the story faltering. And in the case of you being a smoker-maybe at the end you'll be cured of that habit. As another reviewer pointed out this is one hell of an anti-smokers `add'.
So, if you feel like picking up a well told story with Constantine in the lead, you'll do best to pick up this one. If however, you are not yet acquainted with Ennis's Preacher than you better turn to that one.
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Summary: Lonely looney versus Hell, or, no friend of the Devil.
Review: A compilation of Hellblazer #41-46, this story is one of the first of the series that really intrigued me, having read them at a the house of a friend who was much more into "Magick" than I.The main character, John Constantine, is a modern-day Londoner who has spent his brief life in magickal warfare that has lost him his friends and distanced him from him family. He can best be described as a meta-physical libertarian, struggling to free humanity from theologial, demonic, and political chains of our own making. This has not kept many of his friends from dying as a result of his wars against Heaven, Hell, the Eternals, and Whitehall. When he discovers he has terminal cancer, he scrambles for a way out, eventually coming to the home of a friend and fellow magician. While saving this friend's soul from the Devil in a piece of storytelling so good it must be seen to be believed, he incurs the wrath of Hell. He comes to the conclusion that "Before this, I didn't want to die. Now I don't dare." The way he tries to solve his little problem is another beautiful feat of comic writing, and is what first sold me on the character. Really worth checking out.
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Summary: Lonely looney versus Hell, or, no friend of the Devil.
Review: A compilation of Hellblazer #41-46, this story is one of the first of the series that really intrigued me, having read them at a the house of a friend who was much more into "Magick" than I. The main character, John Constantine, is a modern-day Londoner who has spent his brief life in magickal warfare that has lost him his friends and distanced him from him family. He can best be described as a meta-physical libertarian, struggling to free humanity from theologial, demonic, and political chains of our own making. This has not kept many of his friends from dying as a result of his wars against Heaven, Hell, the Eternals, and Whitehall. When he discovers he has terminal cancer, he scrambles for a way out, eventually coming to the home of a friend and fellow magician. While saving this friend's soul from the Devil in a piece of storytelling so good it must be seen to be believed, he incurs the wrath of Hell. He comes to the conclusion that "Before this, I didn't want to die. Now I don't dare." The way he tries to solve his little problem is another beautiful feat of comic writing, and is what first sold me on the character. Really worth checking out.
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Summary: Cheers mate
Review: Before Garth Ennis wreaked havoc with his classic critically acclaimed Preacher series, he made a name for himself when he took over Hellblazer. John Constantine, the hard drinking, hard smoking manipulator of magic, meets his toughest opponent yet: his mortality. Constantine is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, and he doesn't have long to live. While Dangerous Habits (or most of Ennis' Hellblazer work) doesn't have the over the top vulgarity and brilliant insanity of his later work on Preacher, Ennis still weaves a powerful and surprisingly effective tale that finds Constantine at his weakest (and in following volumes we witness his deconstruction of the character) as he struggles to not only save his life, but his soul as well. Some of the art can be an acquired taste, but it suits the book, and Dangerous Habits is the beginning of the definitive Hellblazer stories. After reading this, you may even think about giving the smokes a break for a while, I know I am.
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: First thing, I wouldn't touch this book with a 10 foot pole if you are even a little bit inclined to be offended by blasphemy. Second, if you don't smoke, try not to be smug. Everyone dies in the end. Except Constantine. Third, if you do smoke, be very careful reading this book. It just might make you quit. So, what happens if you are the most intimidating magician of an age, a hard living man whose friends are about to die from the abuse that they've heaped on themselves - if they haven't died from associating with you anyway. Heaven won't have you, and Hell wants you entirely too much. One of them is going to get you soon, unless you find a way to cure lung cancer. And what if, after saying good-bye to everyone, you live. Someone with a rep like Constantine can't make amends with his friends then live with reputation intact. (OK, so it's a spoiler, but given that this is the second of 6 or 7 Hellblazer graphics, I don't think I'm giving much away) Great book. I just worry that people might take it too seriously and try for an innovative cancer cure. Won't work for the rest of us.
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Summary: Read this, "Not Telling..."
Review: For the reviewer before me... "Hold Me" was reprinted this year for the first time in a book called "Midnight Days" by Neil Gaiman. You can find it here at amazon: just search for that title.
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Summary: All Right John?
Review: Garth Ennis' Hellblazer defined John Constantine for me. The snide, scrabbling, hard drinking, hard smoking man of magic. I had read some of Garth's later works on Hellblazer and absolutley loved it, but then I found this story. Dangerous Habits was the perfect beginning to a great run. What better way to start a story arc than to kill your main character? This is how Garth himself described the story. There are other Hellblazer or even Swamp Thing stories out there which can tell you where the man came from, but this story tells you who he is.
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Summary: great comic
Review: i have been a fan of the dc vertigo series for a while. i finally came around to reading this book after watching the movie. while being similar in many ways, the differences make this comic and the movie entertaining in similar and different ways. the comic is a little more indepth while the movie is faster paced. the other main difference is the movie takes place in america and the book takes place in england, so be prepared for brittish cussing instead of american.
off the subject of the movie vs comic, this is extremely well written. l haven't read the first hellblazer graphic novel original sins yet, so i can't say about the continuing storyline. he is the antihero that intentionally pisses off everyone including his friends. also i liked the way he kept his soul, but i don't want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't already read this book. awesome read for anyone who had a taste of the dc vertigo collection and likes it.
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Summary: great book
Review: i read this book which in norway comes out in a magazine called: Inferno which contains sandman, hellblazer and such. enuff bout that. does anyone know where i can find the story HELLBLAZER: HOLD ME ? i dont know in which book or if it has been released in a book please help me i want it in english
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Summary: Best Hellblazer story arc
Review: I read this when it first came out and have re-read many times since. It is simply the best Hellblzer story arc printed so far.
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