Marks of woe

Format:

Book

Title:

Marks of woe

Author:

Spurrier, Simon writer

ISBN:

9781779502896

Publication:

Burbank, CA : DC Comics, [2020]

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Series title(s):

Sandman Universe.

General Note:

"John Constantine created by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette, John Totleben, and Jamie Delano & John Ridgway - The Sandman Universe curated by Neil Gaiman"

"Originally published in single magazine form as The Sandman Universe Presents: Hellblazer 1, Books of Magic 14, John Constantine: Hellblazer 1-6."

Summary:

"John Constantine is back in London, back to his old tricks--and just in time, as things have become very dark indeed in his old stomping grounds. A small-time gang lord has found himself dealing with a big-time outbreak of supernatural weirdness...and, without any allies to call on and nothing left to call his own, John doesn't have much choice about taking a paycheck from one of London's worst, or accepting the help of one of the gang lord's would-be foot soldiers. But what should be an open-and-shut exorcism turns out to be nothing but...and madness is just getting started! The original Constantine is back in this series from Si Spurrier (The Dreaming) and Aaron Campbell (Infidel), with nothing to his name but decades of bad memories and an unearned second chance. How, exactly, will he squander it? There's only one way to find out... "-- Provided by publisher.

Personal Subject:

Constantine, John (Fictitious character)-Comic books, strips, etc.

Constantine, John (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst00875732

Subject(s):

Antiheroes -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Wizards -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Occultism -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Supernatural -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Good and evil -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Genre:

horror comics.

Comics (Graphic works)

Detective and mystery comics

Detective and mystery comics.

Noir comics.

Added Author:

Howard, Kat

Campbell, Aaron

Bergara, Matías, 1984-

Takara, Marcio

Fowler, Tom, 1974-

Taillefer, Craig, 1968-

Holds:

Available:*

Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Salem Main Library	GRAPHIC Spurrier, S. v.1	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Salem Main Library	GRAPHIC Spurrier, S. v.2	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

The bastard is back. England's legendary street-level sorcerer has returned to his grimy roots with a second lease on life. Which leaves him with just one question-

How the hell did that happen?

Brutally retrieved from a tangle of apocalyptic futures and outright insanity, the working-class magus finds himself restored to the haunted shadows of London, where local gangsters are being shredded by terrifying entities. Their boss wants to hire Constantine to help, and without a penny to his name--and with a gun in his face--who is he to say no?

But this isn't an open-and-shut exorcism. To put this madness back in its bottle, John must work with the man who tried to replace him during his missing years, and confront an impossible power with a horribly familiar face...

One of the DC Universe's most iconic characters comes screaming and swearing back to the comics page in John Constantine- Hellblazer Vol. 1- Marks of Woe , courtesy of infernal talents Simon Spurrier, Aaron Campbell, Matias Bergara, Marcio Takara, and more! Collects T he Sandman Universe Presents- Hellblazer #1, John Constantine- Hellblazer #1-6, and Books of Magic #14.

Author Notes

Si Spurrier is a seasoned comics and prose writer at both mainstream and independent publishers, in the U.S. and UK ( 2000 AD ). He has written for Marvel and DC ( Suicide Squad , X-Men Legacy ) and has several creator-owned fantasy and sci-fi books at Image ( Cry Havoc , Angelic). He made his DC Vertigo debut in January 2018 with Motherlands , and has been a pivotal part of DC's Sandman Universe since its launch in 2018. His prose works range from the beatnik neurosis-noir of Contract to the occult whodunit A Serpent Uncoiled .

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Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

DC's conjuring con man returns in a savvy new outing by Spurrier (the 2000 AD series) and artist Campbell (the Green Hornet series). Dark magician John Constantine is back with a (literal) vengeance, released into 2019 and its uneasy era of racist, xenophobic Brexit England. The decline of Britain is the ongoing backstory against several shorter narrative arcs, such as Constantine mentoring a cheery new age conjurer fanboy and investigating a cancer ward cursed by an angel of death, which allow Spurrier to script in the flavor of the best Hellblazer tales.While never subtle, Spurrier's scripts are imaginative and clever; he's as sharp with a horrific scene of demonic possession as he is with a pee joke, and he's got a keen ear for the dialogue of modern Britain, along with ample bawdy humor and sarcastic muttered asides. Campbell's atmospheric artwork captures realistic character design and fantastic, grotesque demons, as well as over-the-top violence. The exemplary coloring work paints London and its inhabitants in suitably grim shades, replete with grit and splattered blood. Hellblazer has been published continuously since 1988, and the series opened critiquing Thatcherism; fans will be pleased by how Spurrier and Campbell's take on contemporary Britain feels as fresh as the original comics. (Sept.)