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John Constantine stars in his first (new 52) solo title! This doesn't look well for Vertigo.

Constantine #1

• The star of JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK is unleashed in his all-new ongoing series!

• Liar, cheater, manipulator…John Constantine is all of these, and yet he uses these skills and more to protect the world from the darkest corners of the DC Universe.

• What Constantine learns in this first issue will shake the very foundations of the New 52…and only he knows how to deal with it!

Digital copy can be found here.


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[GLX]

Did anyone read this?

[Sunless]

I love the idea of this group I do it's great. But as a Hellblazer fan I just couldn't do it.

[GLX]

This week's pick:

East of West #1

story JONATHAN HICKMAN
art NICK DRAGOTTA
MARCH 27
40 PAGES / FC / T+
$3.50

“OUT OF THE WASTELAND”
The things that divide us are stronger than the things that unite us. A Sci-Fi Western set in a dystopian America where all hope for the future rests in the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse…who just happen to be trying to kill the President of the United States.
One of the most exciting new books of the year, this is EAST OF WEST, a brand new, ongoing, monthly comic from the award-winning team of Marvel's FF, JONATHAN HICKMAN and NICK DRAGOTTA.

[Stephen Day]

Did anyone read this?

Yep, sorry, I got sick this weekend and wasn't online that much.

I'll post my review a little later today.

[Stephen Day]

This wasn't bad. John Constantine seemed to be in character for the most part. Nothing seemed to be written badly and the story was enjoyable for the most part. Having said all of that, the "most part" of both of those two sentences was probably the important portion of both. Nothing came across as bad, but after finishing this issue, I had no real sense of anything standing out. It's not bad, but it's not great either.

5 out of 10.

[GHERU]

Constantine #1 - Sucked balls. Read Original Sins, its the same story but good.
I know that's not enough sentences, so I'll expand: This Constantine was a poor parody of Hellblazer and an insult to both readers of the Vertigo book and New52 fans who DC thinks are too stupid to keep Vertigo and DC separate. The art was dull and the story was a regurgitation of past Hellblazer arcs.

utter garbage
2/10