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by **Punchy** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 6:40 am

Under Milligan, Hellblazer is secretly one of the best books on the market, it's amazing, but nobody is really talking about it, but today, that all changes! We will not just talk about it, we will review it!

Hellblazer #287
as selected by SilverPhoenix

Deadfett has next week's pick

Comics are to be scored on a scale from 1-10. 1 being suck, 10 being a damn good comic. Your review must be at least a paragraph to show you've put some effort in, but beyond that, there's no right or wrong, unless you disagree with me

Deadfett
Eli Katz
Ameobas
Punchy
Jude Terror
John Snow/Amlah6
Stephen Day
The President/Frag It
BubbaKanoosh
BlueStreak
Guitarsmashley
SilverPhoenix

Eventually, I will put together all of our reviews and we will have our very own article on the front page of The Outhouse! If you would like for your review to be included, please try to have it posted by the end of day on Tuesday.

by **Victorian Squid** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:43 am

Punchy wrote:
Under Milligan, Hellblazer is secretly one of the best books on the market, it's amazing, but nobody is really talking about it, but today, that all changes! We will not just talk about it, we will review it!

Severed #6
as selected by SilverPhoenix

Oops

by **S.F. Jude Terror** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:02 pm

I would really love to see a tally of the previous week's score in these...

/complain'd

by **Stephen Day** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:03 pm

Once again, my LCS didn't have this.

by **S.F. Jude Terror** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:12 pm

Stephen Day wrote:Once again, my LCS didn't have this.

Have you considered a new LCS?

by **SilverPhoenix** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:20 pm

Stephen Day wrote:Once again, my LCS didn't have this.

WHAT?!?!?!??!?! :smt013

I thought they would've gotten a few copies of Vertigo title.

by **Stephen Day** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:23 pm

S.F. Jude Terror wrote:
Have you considered a new LCS?

There isn't another one near enough. :smt102

The nearest place I could go is 45 minutes away at highway speeds. I like reading comics, but adding that much millage and gas used every week for one comic for this group isn't something I can justify doing.

When it comes to ordering in what I have on my pull list they're generally pretty good actually. I have no complaints that way. I live in a place with a population of 49,000 and the nearby town where my LCS is has a population of only 20,000. Given that, there isn't a huge customer base, so if not many people order something, they're not going to get many copies in.

by **Stephen Day** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:25 pm

SilverPhoenix wrote:
WHAT?!?!?!??!?! I thought they would've gotten a few copies of Vertigo title.

20,000 people live in that town. It's not a huge place. There are a few exceptions, they usually have extra copies of American Vampire and IZombie as two examples, but they're still a small business in a small town. They're not going to be stocking everything -- even from Marvel and DC.

by **Victorian Squid** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:50 pm

Stephen Day wrote:
20,000 people live in that town. It's not a huge place. There are a few exceptions, they usually have extra copies of American Vampire and IZombie as two examples, but they're still a small business in a small town. They're not going to be stocking everything -- even from Marvel and DC.

You guys! Stephen Day only has so many beaver pelts a month to trade for his comics!

by **Stephen Day** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:06 pm

Rebis wrote:
You guys! Stephen Day only has so many beaver pelts a month to trade for his comics!

I don't deal in beaver pelts. :smt013

Moose pelts bring in more money. :smt011

by **Victorian Squid** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:16 pm

I stand corrected, I thought that was just your taste in women (shaved moose).

by **DeadFett** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:01 am

*Sigh* Yet another book my damn LCS didn't have when I was there on Saturday. Sorry guys.

by **Punchy** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 7:15 am

DeadFett wrote:*Sigh* Yet another book my damn LCS didn't have when I was there on Saturday. Sorry guys.

Make your pick for this week!

by **DeadFett** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:18 am

Punchy wrote:
Make your pick for this week!

Deadpool #49.1...Just kidding, I'm going with Secret Avengers #21.1.

by **S.F. Jude Terror** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:48 am

So the last time we read Hellblazer in the Review Group, it was some one off issue that I found cheesy. Prior to that, I had seen the movie. Other than that, no more experience with the book. So I didn't have high expectations for this issue. However, it surprised me. It was a good jumping on point which did a great job of introducing a few characters to a new reader like me, and demonstrating some things about John Constantine which I assume are core aspects of his character (he's bad luck to people who get involved with him, he has a hero's guilt complex, and he likes to mouth off to demons). I always appreciate when a writer makes an effort to make a book accessible in this way so that I don't spend the whole issue trying to figure everything out. The art was pretty good if not spectacular. I'll read the next issue, and might be interested in checking out some older ones.

Story: 8.5
Art: 7.5
Subtotal: 8
Accessibility: +2
Fart Demons: -1
Overall: 9