Hellblazer #4

The closest John Constantine, as a character and franchise, has gotten to the original series, here's hoping Oliver and Moritat's run last a good long time. Read Full Review

This is a solid issue. The art is great with some cool action that is creative and fun. I like the almost political parody aspect of the issue and Constantine is well characterized by Simon Oliver with a lot of great lines. Read Full Review

All in all, The Hellblazer #4 is another great entry in a series that comes off as a little understated but is always poignant and beautiful. If you're not on board with it already, now is the time to start. Read Full Review

John gets Chas into hot water, again, and gets out of it by hook or by crook, again. Meanwhile, whatever the hell is happening with Swamp Thing and Mercury continues to happen. It's a strange thing when the protagonist seems involved in a comic book's B-plot, while ancillary guest stars seem to be the only ones propelling the story forward. My enthusiasm for this book has lessened with every issue, and if something really cool doesn't happen next issue then I'll definitely call this story arc, if not this series, a bust. Read Full Review

Holyjiebus

Nov 29, 2016

Comic Book Review (6.5/10) “Okay,” The Hellblazer #4 “The Poison Truth Part 4,” Writer: Simon Oliver, Penciller: Moritat, Plot: John Constantine and his friend Chas has been captured by thugs who want to know the magical spell to identifying the winning horse in the horse races. Meanwhile, Swamp Thing must fight the Rot to distract them away from Mercury who is searching in the Rot for his girlfriend Abigail. Can Constantine rescue Chas and himself in time before the thugs decide to kill them both? For a seemingly unconventional hero, this issue flows like a very conventional story. No real surprises here as you know that since this is a Constantine book you already know Constantine will not die at the end of this book. The book spends a lot of time with Constantine and his captors though the part of the story that interested me the most was the Swamp Thing story. I usually expect supernatural elements in a Constantine book, but this issue had the least amount of supernatural elements. In fact Constantine’s story was very mundane and did nothing to push this story. This is Moritat’s best work yet, and his best page was probably the spread with Swamp Thing fighting all of the monsters in the Rot. Sadly, you get very little of the adventures into the Rot due to the focus being mainly on Constantine and his dumb, human captors. more