REVIEW: Hellblazer #300 (of 300)

Or – “I’ve Been Putting Off Reading This One…”

I’ve been readin’ comics for a very long time.  Titles have come and gone, characters and universes swirling down the drain month after month, but Hellblazer has remained.  Since The Reagan Administration, I’ve been picking up every issue of this book (even the really awful ones) and I find the concept of a world without Hellblazer to be one that’s somehow a sadder place.  Still, time is an illusion, so they say, and lunchtime doubly so, and there’s no reason to dilly-dally any longer.  The end of one of my personal eras of comics is here, and your Major Spoilers review awaits!

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REVIEW: Hellblazer #296

A Constantine family reunion! Ol’ Uncle John has found his long-lost nephew… and then proceeded to tie him up and accuse him of all manner of body horrors. Is this new found kin the monster John expects, or might he have escaped the Curse of the Constantines? Read on!

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RETRO REVIEW: Hellblazer #12 (December 1988)

Or – “The Storyarc That Started It All…”

People sometimes like to ask me what my favorite comic book is, and it’s a difficult choice to make.  There are hundreds of books that I love, even those that I have complete runs of, but none quite like Hellblazer.  In the spring of 1988, I drove to Hays, Kansas and picked up Hellblazer #1 from the stands at Gulliver’s Tattered Covers, and have purchased every single issue of the book (and many crossovers and miniseries and such) ever since.  Though the first issue is a good one, this is the book that firmly cemented my love of the character of John Constantine and the Hellblazer title.

(Though tame by today’s standards, this issue was marketed to adult readers and deals with adult language and themes. Proceed with caution if you’re squeamish or easily offended.)
 

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Major Spoilers Podcast #214: The Hellblazer Podcast

The Hellblazer Podcast

In this issue: Jeph Loeb at Marvel, Power Girl gets the brush off, Hellblazer reviewed, and Green Lantern or Legion?

 

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On the Next Major Spoilers Podcast: Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the crew of two is taking a look at Matthew’s favorite character of all time – John Constantine, Hellblazer, and the Dangerous Habits trade.

John Constantine is dying. As a sorcerer literally haunted by the demons of his past, John is no stranger to mystic bedevilment or supernatural horror. But it’s his chain smoking that ultimately brings death to Constantine’s front door. John Constantine has lung cancer. Though condemned to hell, Constantine continues to laugh in the face of this all-too-serious world. Despite it preternatural overtones, this story is actually a down-to-earth tale about life, death, and the little details in between.

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Rapid-Fire Reviews And The Howling Commandoes!

Or – “April Showers Bring May Flowers, But Mayflowers Only Bring Religious Dissidents…”

Man, it has been a LOOOONG month of May.  The comics industry seems intent on moving to $3.99 price points, The Eleventh Doctor got hit on, and Scarlett Johanssen looks great in skintight stretch fabrics.  In any case, since another month has come and gone, and it’s a three-day weekend for many in the United States we’ve got time to look at a couple dozen things that have come out in recent weeks, Rapid-Fire Style! 

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Review: Rapid-Fire Reviews Battle Network 5 Operate Shooting Star!

Or – “Hey, Vent! You Ready To Move Out?”

When you read monthly comic books the way that I do, often times you get to the point where you feel like you know what’s coming, when every title feels like you’ve read it before. On the other hand, you have the odd experience where you read a title or issues that you KNOW you’ve read before, but you cannot for the life of you remember how it’s supposed to end. With over a hundred monthly titles coming out, sometimes you need to play catchup, you need to go where everybody knows your name to the land of the Rapid Fire Revieeeeewwww!

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Rapid Fire Reviews: The Next Generation

Or – “Sir, I Protest! I Am NOT A Merry Man!!!”

Once again, we’ve come to the situation where Stately Spoilers Manor contains far more comics than there are days to review ‘em, leading once again unto the Final Frontier… NUQNEH – NOOKNEHH! Phasers on summarize!

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Review: Rapid-Fire Reviews Part MCMLXXXVII

Or – “Freakin’ In The Purple Rain With A Flying Hippo!”

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Hey, kids!  What time is it?

Time to get a new watch!

Return with us now to those glorious days of yesteryear, when comics came out every Wednesday, there was a new car in every a garage, a chicken in every pot, and a pot calling the kettle collect!  When the review pile gets high enough to fall over, it’s time for Rapid-Fire REVIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWW   OOOOooooOOOOOO!

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MSP#84: The New Brighton Archeological Society Podcast

New Brighton Archeological Society

The Wheel of Morality will turn,turn,turn, and we’ll think of something funny to say about wherever it stops… theoretically, anyway. Johnny’s got his gun, and he’s lookin’ for Keanu. Bulletproof girls still like to play headgames. Plus: Is it #1 or #401? The Lion, the Witch, and the pyramids at Giza! And Rodrigo says It’s time to get things started… (Why won’t you get things started?) on the most sensational, inspirationational, spoiletational, majorational…

 

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Rapid-Fire Reviews Unlimited: 3 Fast 3 Furious

Or – “Cut Me Some Slack, I Been Working For A Promotion…”

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My day gig is a study in many things…  Management theories.  Inappropriate dress.  The mating habits of the Bisexuals Of The Plains.  But one thing that it is not, and has never been, is uncomplicated.  Thus, I have come to you, our Faithful Spoilerites, with another batch of mini-reviews, just like a Chili’s mini-burger entree only less likely to make your @$$ look like a truck.  (Also, be aware that I just barely decided not to do this one in limerick form, in honor o’ th’ wearin’ o’ the green…)

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