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Hellblazer: Hard Time Review
Brian Azzarello’s “Hellblazer” run is an interesting duck to say the least. It’s the only run in the series to gain major buzz during it’s original publication (Garth Ennis’s run on the book only became popular after “Preacher” became a big hit and that was after Ennis left the book) and one of the few runs on the long-running “Hellblazer” series to be completely collected in TPB format.
With the upcoming film version (entitled “Constantine” in order to seperate the film from the similarly named “Hellraiser” series), let’s look at the first Azzarello TPB.
THE SKINNY
The basic plot of this TPB (which is basically the opening chapter to a much larger storyline that runs the entre course of Brian’s Hellblazer run) is that John Constantine is in jail after being convicted of murder. Of course, being a Hellblazer story things are much more complicated than they appear. Constantine is actually innocent, as the friend he was convicted of killing actually committed suicide after Constantine refused to help him deal with an ultra-evil, ultra-vindictive millionaire that he robbed.
