The Top Ten John Constantine: Hellblazer Stories

This Wednesday, DC will usher its magic bastard extraordinaire John Constantine to a brand new title and number one issue, relaunching a character who supported 300 issues of history and talent in the seminal Hellblazer comic. First introduced in Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing after artists Steve Bissette and John Totleben requested to draw a character who resembled Police frontman Sting, Constantine is known more for making terrible decisions and pissing off malicious deities than plucking bass strings. And even though a boozing, womanizing conman might not sound revolutionary in passing, Hellblazer elevated the fledgling mature readers market of the 80s...  read more