This volume collects issues #34 to #46 (the first six issues are written by Jamie Delano and mark the end of his run on Hellblazer and the remaining six are penned by Garth Ennis).I had build a considerable degre of expectation regarding this volume solely fueled by Ennis` "Dangerous Habits" arc, as I had heard very mixed opinions regarding the Jamie Delano penned issues included in this collection. As it turned out, the Delano issues were mostly excellent and stand proudly against Ennis' arc. I...

The first half and more is bad. Now, I know John Constantine will never be all sunshine and roses - far from it actually - but the amount of ugliness here is not good, to put it mildly. Horrendous illustrations don't help either. The eponymous last part of this volume saves the day as far as the story and illustration go, so there's that. Smart placement.

For being really good it also surprisingly felt very undecided, starting with Garth Ennis redconning a bit, so some characters close to John suddenly are alive again (hey I dig it). But then it hurts when a really good story line gets going and one or two issues later it ends in a mention without much closure just to move into the next adventure.Very weird.. because the stories themselves are a thrill to read. There are some real gems in here but in a complete picture this sadly missed the mark

I am slowly working my way through the tales of John Constantine (the originals in case you were wondering), and here we are on to the collection that I think contains one of the most famous storylines of them all (and we are only at volume 5 there are nearly 20 more to go I believe). I will not give anything away but for those that know Constantine will be probably able to guess. The story is just a visceral as you would expect and it pulls no punches this really is a man who is dammed in almos...

This a 4.5 for me.I waffled between the two, but I opted to give it a 5 due to the sheer audacity and electricity Ennis brings to the title.And it ends (for the most part) Delanos run on Hellbalzer, which I really didn't care for overall.

After weak volumes 3 and 4 finally we get a good one. This is John Constantine I singed up for.It starts badly but than Garth Ennis takes over and quality jumps significantly. First half was between 2 and 3 stars There where few issues from quest writers and illustrators (Neil Gaiman and Sean Philips as most notable names) which where decent and it was last few issues that it really starts to get good and there was ending which was just brilliant.

me on an average day: I would fistfight Garth Ennis in a Wal-Mart parking lot at 3 AMme after reading Dangerous Habits: Wow! I cannot believe Garth Ennis single-handedly made Hellblazer interesting!!In all seriousness, I do generally enjoy Ennis' work at least on some level but I also think that as he goes along he often gets lost in what he perceives to be his own genius, but this is very early days so I have high hopes continuing forward. BUT, before we get to all that I guess I should wrap up...

"Walking away is what I do best. Walking away without a glance over my shoulder at the misery and bloodshed I've left behind me. I escaped when I shouldn't have. I cheated. I laughed in the face of the Devil when all the other people can do is succumb. Because that's what it is to be me. To be John Constantine." There are a lot of reasons to read and recommend Hellblazer. If your desire is to read a compelling serialized paranormal comic book series then this will more than satisfy such cravi

A book of two halves - though there is a continuity between the end of Jamie Delano's run (#34-40) and the start of Garth Ennis's (#41-46) which mean this makes sense - and that Delano clearly paved the way for Ennis' legendary 'Dangerous Habits' story which is many fans' favourite (yet for which Delano gets no credit that I've read so far. The 'Dangerous Habits; story was also the basis for the 2005 Constantine film. (I'm going to post my review of #41-46 under the old collection for space reas...

7/10 starsIt's a hard one to judge. The Delano run ended with a whimper, unfortunately; to keep in style of Hellblazer comics, I'd say the author's gone off his bloody rocker. Quite simply, the last few arcs were bloody bollocks, they were. I've had more than fair share of Zed and Errol and Marj, the whole hippie pagans, sexual empowerment and reentering the womb bollocks. The evil twin twist could have been really cool but old man Delano just had to go into the two-bit mysticism, and spoil it a...

I've literally been waiting to get to read the end of Delano's run of Hellblazer for almost 20 years, so it's great to finally see them in this new edition of Dangerous Habits.Dead Boy's Heart (34-36). It's great to see Delano's story come full circle, as we get the return of Marj and Merc, who have been long-missing (and missed!) from the comic. Beyond that, John at his lowest looking for new hope is wonderfully depicted. The center issue of this trio, about John's childhood, is absolutely supe...

Five stars for Ennis; two stars for Delano and his crew of fugly artists. Seriously, some of the most muddled, splashy and just plain dark art I’ve had the displeasure of trying to decipher. Or maybe I'm just mad at Delano's up-his-inscrutable-arse-ed-ness that I'm taking it out on innocent victims.Delano continues to whine and pirouette and stumble around some boring stories that must’ve been his best homage to Alan “as many flowery and irrelevant words on the page as will drown out the art” Mo...

Jamie leaves and in enters Garth! The ending to Jamie's run hits some emotional parts but overall it's nothing special. Just like most of his run, it's overly written and boring. He's trying to make our hero go through a spiritual jounary but none of it is interesting. The niece/uncle stuff is by far the best stuff. On the flipside Ennis comes in and creates a powerful story about a very real disease, cancer, and how he'll have to handle it. A trick to the devils? Friends leaving and dying? All

Well that's a neat trick to remember 😆

As Jamie Delano winded up his run in this collection, Garth Ennis began his own lengthy run on Hellblazer with an arc that soon became on of the iconic Constantine stories as it was the main inspiration for the Keanu Reeves movie.This is easily merits a five-star rating from me.

This volume almost has multiple personalities. I'm not sure why DC decided to combine the end of Delano's run with the beginning of Ennis's. Maybe to force you to buy the Delano half? I'll give props to DC for finally collecting the rest of Delano's run. Only one of the seven issues had been collected before. Once you read it though, you can pretty much see why it was never collected in the past. Delano is 40 issues into this run and still hasn't realized comics are a visual medium. He's writing...

A fitting end to Delano's seminal run on Constantine, and a great, character-driven intro to Garth Ennis's. When I first saw that this was how DC had decided to collect these issues, I was a little skeptical. It seemed weird to combine what I thought would be very different takes on the character. And, while the takes are markedly different, these two story arcs fit together very well.Delano spends the final few issues of his run mostly away from Constantine himself. Instead, he focuses on the p...

Alright folks, this is it. We have made it to THE NUMBER ONE Hellblazer writer/story. This is what is most often referenced, adapted, and enjoyed. And I must say, IT IS AWESOME. If I were to refer Hellblazer to a friend I would say to start here. It's that good.

That was awesome! Utterly brilliant! Relax Jamie Delano, I am not talking about you. After nearly five volumes, well four and a half I suppose, of listening to Delano's leftist ramblings in the vein of "muh...Thatcher sucks....muh...England sucks....muh London sucks...." which were, appropriately enough, underwhelmingly backed up by terrible art work. Thankfully, for the series, Jamie Delano has been put out to pasture. Garth Enis takes over. Thank God!Firstly, let us take a look at the end of D...

This volume contains one of the best Hellblazer stories ever. I read the original version years ago, and it just had the Garth Ennis storyline. This one contains both the end of Delano's run as well as the Garth Ennis story.Now, to me this was almost like two separate books, so I'll show how I arrived at the combined rating.Delano Stories: 3 StarsThe Delano stories were just "out there." Even though Hellblazer is a pretty weird comic, these stories took it to another level. I don't know if Delan...