Review also posted to my blog.


UnsolvedAThon: read a book about a mythical creature or a monster


content warnings: murder, gore, manipulation, graphic violence
representation: bisexual protagonist, haitian side characters, blind side character, side character of colour


If you think that I would die for the bi bitch disaster that is John Constantine then you would be right. This is my first time reading a comic where he's the headliner, and it was better than I was expecting. 

This first volume follows John as he tries to outsmart and stay one step ahead of a group of powerful, dangerous magicians, leaving a trail of dead bodies in his path. The plot was surprisingly compelling. I don't know if my standards for first volumes are just extremely low or what, but I was engaged by the plot the entire time and am interested in seeing the development of it.

As my intro may have indicated, I love John Constantine. I'm aware that he's Awful but there's something about this particular brand of tragic white boy that I love (it's probably the bi bitch part). Other than him, though, the rest of the characters didn't really leave an impact on me other than going "oh, Zatanna's here, cool!", or "Midnite was pretty dope in the show and he's pretty dope here". Basically, if I didn't already know them, I didn't care.

I'm excited to continue onto the next volume because from what I know it involves polyamory and Nick Necro so.