An intriguing stand alone story.
Those not familiar with Hellblazer comics would have no problem accessing this (I think).
On a quest to save a little girl’s life, John Constantine gets mixed up in demon politics.
Never expected his buddy Chas to be a badass.
Loved the dark humor, banter between characters and also Constantine’s cockiness.
All in all, excellent writing!

John Constantine: Hellblazer – All His Engines” is a graphic novel with stand-alone story featuring John Constantine from the (now extinct) “Hellblazer” monthly series. It’s written by Mike Carey, who also wrote one of the longest and widely acclaimed run of “Hellblazer”. As the story is very much a self-contained one it requires little to no previous knowledge of the characters from “Hellblazer”, so any reader can pick this up and read it without feeling lost as it does not reference plotpoints
John Constantine: Hellblazer – All His Engines” is a graphic novel with stand-alone story featuring John Constantine from the (now extinct) “Hellblazer” monthly series. It’s written by Mike Carey, who also wrote one of the longest and widely acclaimed run of “Hellblazer”. As the story is very much a self-contained one it requires little to no previous knowledge of the characters from “Hellblazer”, so any reader can pick this up and read it without feeling lost as it does not reference plotpoints from other Constantine stories.
A strange coma inducing epidemic is spreading all across the globe, causing a great many people to full into a state of sudden coma. One of the people affected by this plague is Chas’ grandaugther. Chas enlists the help of John Constantine who soon figures out that the epidemic has a demonic origin that directly concerns himself.
The art is provided by Leonardo Manco, a recurrent artist on the “Hellblazer” title and who is on top form on this Graphic Novel. The artwork fits the story perfectly and it’s occasional one-page long panels are amazingly realized.
I reccomend the “All His Engines” graphic novel not only to the hardcore fan of “Hellblazer” but also to the reader who is unfamiliar with he title and it’s characters and that whises to sample the dark, gloomy and demonical world that John Constantine expertly moves in.

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