John Constantine, Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits by Garth Ennis, 160 pagesConstantine is dying. He never thought that he would live long enough in this line of work that lung cancer from his constant smoking would have a chance to do him in. To make it work the demons of hell that he has thwarted are lining up to claim his soul. But all is not completely lost Constantine has a plan that is just crazy enough it might work.
There is a lot of reflecting upon past deeds and earlier
parts of Constantine’s life throughout this volume. I suppose that is the classic dying storyline
but since I have read what was several years’ worth of Constantine comics in
the past two months I didn’t really need the recap. What I did find interesting
was despite Constantine’s badass persona we get glimpses that that is not who
he always is. This is obvious in his concern and friendship with another person
dying of cancer and in how he tells this friends goodbye.
For those that have seen the Constantine movie.
This book seems to have been its inspiration. From here though it is a whole
new Constantine world and I have no idea what comes next, but I am sure I will
enjoy reading about it.
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