Hellblazer returns to its R rated Roots while going under the Sandman Universe Umbrella. But is it good?

Simon Spurrier decides to basically have our boy Constantine say "Fuck the last few years of my stories, they don't count" and you know what? I'm very okay with that. I read New 52 Constantine and holy fucking shit people, that was horrible. This is deep into the dark, twisted, and screwed up world of John and Spurrier gets it.

The story starts off weird with events happening out of order but once we get into the main story where it focuses on individual stories we have John dealing with gangs, a new age of people who uses magic but not very skilled at it, and a vicious spirit sucking the soul out of people in a hospital. These are the dark, twisted, and grimy tales I like out of my Hellblazer stories.

Saying that, there is some negatives. I think the art change between stories is DRASTIC and hard to get used to at points. I also think the main villain, won't spoil it, is kind of cheesy in the fact it's someone very close to John. Also, I think it's a bit hard to understand all the slang, sometimes I have to re-read things.

Saying that I was pretty engrossed the whole time. Laughed, horrified, and amazed this is what Hellblazer should have been for the last 8 years. A great start, so sad it got canned already at issue 12. A 4 out of 5.