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Hellblazer, Vol. 9: Critical Mass by Eddie Campbell, Paul Jenkins, Jamie Delano
3.0

So Ennis jumps off and here comes Jenkins.

Well not too quick. First we have Delano come back first, and...it's a pretty great issue. Then we have Eddie Campbell, a writer I never heard of, chun out one of the most long, tedious, and confusing stories I've ever read in comic medium. Once we get past that we're introduced to Jenkins Hellblazer...except the first short story is like a bad ET knockoff. Then we FINALLY get to the Critical Mass story and...it was pretty good.

Seriously the middle is pretty bad. I was slogging through it. My brain was just like "What in the world is this shit? And why is it so boring..."

But let us talk about the good. Delano first story is actually really fun, crazy, sick, weird, and all the things I love about Hellblazer. Which at first was weird to me because I did not like the majority of Delano's run but this was great. With a crazy ass chimp and a fat disgusting mother, John must find a way to help his friend get away from the two monsters.

The last story, Critical Mass, is very similar to Ennis first big one. A boy is possessed by a demon and in order to release him, he tells John he MUST give him his soul. So John must figure a way to outwit the demon. It's pretty fun, and the last two issues are great, though it took a bit to get there with a lot of padding.

I'm torn between a 2 or a 3, because a large portion I didn't like. But it wasn't all bad and ended good. I'll rate it a 2.5 here but I'll bump it to a 3, only cause even with some bad stories the art stays solid.