from: Titan Books Ltd
Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9781852861407
ISBN number: 1852861401
Label: Titan Books Ltd
Manufacturer: Titan Books Ltd
Page Count: 112
Printing Date: 1989-09
Publishing house: Titan Books Ltd
Sale Popularity Level: 6265068
Studio: Titan Books Ltd
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John Constantine is an unconcerned, amoral occultist with a British working-class background. He's an anti-hero who manages to come out on top through a combination of luck, trickery and genuine magic skill.
V FOR VENDETTA illustrator David Lloyd provides painted artwork for the tale of an encounter with a strange woman who is the embodiment of the world's horrors. This volume also features some of Constantine's earliest adventures including his very first victory in the long war with the demon Nergal.
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Story is strong, although sometimes difficult to follow. Art is less than inspiring, but works well with the genre.
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"The devil you know" collects the issues 10-13 and the very first annuals of this series. Constantine is arrogant, tortured, and alone, and Jamie's writing deepens those feelings as we walk with Constantine in a Margret Thatcher England. Reminicient of V for Vendetta in how the future England may be, this tpb is truly a horror comic. Antartica is one of the most desturbing stories I have ever read. I personally liked how the different stories had different artists, its like the Sandman, each artist brings something new to the charcter. The opening imagery for "sex and death" is phenomenal. There are a some weak stories, (venus of the hardsell) but overall, some of the best writing and art this series has ever had.
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Original Sins is some early Hellblazer work by Jamie Delano. This is back from the 1980s era, and is definitely more overtly political than some of what comes later. This is also the time that Swamp Thing was a character or perhaps a similar style, so the two crossed paths a little bit, so that may be of interest to some.
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Though he was created by the great Alan Moore in the pages of Swamp Thing, John Constantine was really given his voice by Jamie Delano when Hellblazer was very first launched. Providing Constantine with enough backstory, tragedy, and supporting characters to make him more than compelling than he already was in the very first place, Delano got the character like few writers ever would in the years to come. The Devil You Know collects some of Delano's stories after Original Sins, which include Constantine meeting a woman unlike that he's never come across before, as well as going toe to toe with Nergal once again, and this time walking away with the upper hand. Though I myself was never really fond of Delano's work on the title the very first time I read it, it grew on me, and the same thing happened here. Having artwork from V For Vendetta artist David Lloyd as well as Richard Piers Rayner and Mark Buckingham doesn't hurt either, rounding out a very solid book. All in all, what's contained here may not be as prolific as what we get in Dangerous Habits or Stations of the Cross, but The Devil You Know is definitely worth picking up for Hellblazer fans regardless.
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The story really ends in the middle of this book and the art changes. No where near as good as "Dangerous Habits". Still OK though.
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