List of Hellblazer comics
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Collected editions
Hellblazer had earlier been incompletely collected as a number of trade paperbacks by Vertigo. As of April 2011, Vertigo has begun to republish the series in new numbered editions, collecting the series in proper chronological order. The company is now including issues which were left out of earlier volumes, along with short stories and prose pieces from other Vertigo anthologies. Five volumes have been published as of May, 2013. [1] The following table lists them in chronological order.[2] They are preceded by vols. 3–7 of Swamp Thing.
| Title | Issues collected | Writer(s) | Story arcs reprinted | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vol. 1: Original Sins | #1–9 (New edition also contains Swamp Thing #76–77) |
Jamie Delano Rick Veitch |
"Hunger", "A Feast of Friends", "Going for It", "Waiting for the Man", "When Johnny Comes Marching Home", "Extreme Prejudice", "Ghosts in the Machine", "Intensive Care", "Shot to Hell" (New edition also contains: "L'Adoration de la Terre" by Veitch and "Infernal Triangles" by Delano from Swamp Thing) |
1-56389-052-6 |
| Vol. 2: The Devil You Know | #10–13; plus The Hellblazer Annual, The Horrorist #1–2 | Jamie Delano | "Sex and Death", "Newcastle: A Taste of Things to Come", "The Devil You Know...", "On the Beach", "The Bloody Saint", "Venus of the Hardsell", "Antarctica" | 1-40121-269-7 |
| Vol. 3: The Fear Machine | #14–22 | Jamie Delano | "The Fear Machine" | 1-40121-810-5 |
| Vol. 4: The Family Man | #23–33 (2012 edition also contains "The Gangster, the Whore and the Magician" from Vertigo Secret Files: Hellblazer) |
Jamie Delano Dick Foreman Grant Morrison Neil Gaiman |
"Larger Than Life", "The Family Man", "Thicker Than Water", "Sick at Heart", "Fatality", "Mourning of the Magician", "New Tricks", "Sundays Are Different" (2012 edition also contains: "Early Warning", "How I Learned to Love the Bomb", "Hold Me", and "The Gangster, the Whore and the Magician") |
1-40121-964-0 |
| Vol. 5: Dangerous Habits | #34–46 | Jamie Delano Garth Ennis |
"The Bogeyman", "Dead-Boy's Heart", "The Undiscovered Country...", "Man's Work", "Boy's Games", "The Hanged Man", "The Magus", "Dangerous Habits" | 1-40123-802-5 |
| Vol. 6: Bloodlines | #47-61 | Garth Ennis | "The Pub Where I Was Born", "Love Kills", "The Lord of the Dance", "Remarkable Lives", "Royal Blood", "Guys and Dolls" | 1-40121-514-9 |
| Vol. 7: Tainted Love | #62–71; plus Hellblazer Special #1, short story from Vertigo Jam | Garth Ennis | "Tainted Love", "Down All the Days", "Rough Trade", "Heartland", "Finest Hour", "Confessional" | 1-56389-456-4 |
| Damnation's Flame | #72–77 | Garth Ennis | "Damnation's Flame", "Act of Union", "Confessions of an Irish Rebel", "And the Crowd Goes Wild" | 1-56389-508-0 |
| Rake at the Gates of Hell | #78–83; plus Heartland | Garth Ennis | "Rake at the Gates of Hell", "Heartland" | 1-40120-002-8 |
| Son of Man | #129–133 | Garth Ennis | "Son of Man" | 1-40120-202-0 |
| Haunted | #134–139 | Warren Ellis | "Haunted" | 1-56389-813-6 |
| Setting Sun | #140–143 | Warren Ellis | "Locked", "The Crib", "Setting Sun", "One Last Love Song", "Telling Tales" | 1-40120-245-4 |
| Hard Time | #146–150 | Brian Azzarello | "Hard Time" | 1-56389-696-6 |
| Good Intentions | #151–156 | Brian Azzarello | "Good Intentions" | 1-56389-856-X |
| Freezes Over | #157–163 | Brian Azzarello | "...And Buried?", "Freezes Over", "Lapdogs and Englishmen" | 1-56389-971-X |
| Highwater | #164–174 | Brian Azzarello | "Highwater", "A Fresh Coat of Red Paint", "Chasing Demons", "Ashes and Dust in the City of Angels" | 1-40120-223-3 |
| Red Sepulchre | #175–180 | Mike Carey | "High on Life", "Red Sepulchre" | 1-40120-485-6 |
| Black Flowers | #181–186 | Mike Carey | "The Game of Cat and Mouse", "Black Flowers", "Third Worlds" | 1-40120-499-6 |
| Staring at the Wall | #187–193 | Mike Carey | "Bred in the Bone", "Staring at the Wall" | 1-40120-929-7 |
| Stations of the Cross | #194–200 | Mike Carey | "Ward 24", "Out of Season", "Stations of the Cross", "Happy Families" | 1-40121-002-3 |
| Reasons to be Cheerful | #201–206 | Mike Carey | "Event Horizon", "Reasons to be Cheerful", "Cross Purpose" | 1-40121-251-4 |
| The Gift | #207–215 | Mike Carey | "Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go", "The Gift", "R.S.V.P." | 1-40121-453-3 |
| Empathy is the Enemy | #216–222 | Denise Mina | "Empathy is the Enemy" | 1-40121-066-X |
| The Red Right Hand | #223–228 | Denise Mina | "The Season of the Zealot", "The Red Right Hand" | 1-40121-342-1 |
| Joyride | #230–237 | Andy Diggle | "In at the Deep End", "Wheels of Chance, Systems of Control", "Joyride" | 1-40121-651-X |
| The Laughing Magician | #238–242 | Andy Diggle | "The Smoke", "The Passage", "The Laughing Magician" | 1-40121-853-9 |
| Roots of Coincidence | #243–244, 247–249 | Andy Diggle | "The Mortification of the Flesh", "The Roots of Coincidence" | 1-40122-251-X |
| Scab | #251–255, story from #250 | Peter Milligan | "The Curse of Christmas", "Scab", "Regeneration" | 1-40122-501-2 |
| Hooked | #256–260 | Peter Milligan | "Hooked", "The Cottage", "The Long Crap Friday" | 1-40122-728-7 |
| India | #261–266 | Peter Milligan | "India", "No Future" | 1-40122-848-8 |
| Bloody Carnations | #267–275 | Peter Milligan | "Sectioned", "Bloody Carnations", "The Royal Wedding of the Century" | 1-40123-152-7 |
| Phantom Pains | #276–282 | Peter Milligan | "High Frequency Man", "Phantom Pains", "Inside" | 1-78116-057-0 |
| The Devil's Trenchcoat | #283–291 | Peter Milligan | "The Devil's Trenchcoat", "Another Reason in Hell" | 1-40123-720-7 |
| Death and Cigarettes | #292–300 and HELLBLAZER ANNUAL #1 | Peter Milligan | "Death and Cigarettes" |
Other collections
- Constantine is found in most Swamp Thing collections beginning with volume 3, The Curse. He appears in every subsequent volume of the 1985 series and in volume 1, Bad Seed, of the 2004 series. He also appears in the final chapter of Brightest Day.
- Constantine: The Hellblazer Collection is a movie tie-in that collects the official film adaptation, as well as Hellblazer #1, #27 (written by Neil Gaiman), and #41. All of these issues are available in other collections: #1 in Original Sins, #41 in Dangerous Habits, and #27 in Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days, a collection of Gaiman-penned stories (ISBN 140120340X).
- Hellblazer Special: Papa Midnite (ISBN 1401210031) collects the five-issue spin-off limited series written by Mat Johnson. It is set during the early part of the "Staring at the Wall" story arc.
- Hellblazer Special: Lady Constantine (ISBN 1401209424) collects Andy Diggle's four-issue spin-off limited series.
- Hellblazer Presents: Chas – The Knowledge (ISBN 1401221270) collects Simon Oliver's five-issue limited series.
- Hellblazer: City of Demons (ISBN 1401231535) collects Si Spencer and Sean Murphy's five-issue limited series.
In 2010, Vertigo began publishing 100-page reprints of previously unpublished or "forgotten" stories that would not fit easily in larger collections, under the banner "Vertigo Resurrected". The collections listed below contain John Constantine stories:
- Vertigo Resurrected: Shoot prints Warren Ellis, Phil Jimenez, and Andy Lanning's previously unpublished Hellblazer story "Shoot", along with reprints of some non-John Constantine stories. (No ISBN. First printing October 13, 2010.)
- Vertigo Resurrected: Winter's Edge reprints Paul Jenkins and Paul Pope's "Tell Me" story, previously published in Vertigo: Winter's Edge #1; Garth Ennis and Glyn Dillon's "All Those Little Girls and Boys" story, previously published in Vertigo: Winter's Edge #2; and Dave Gibbons's illustrated prose story "Another Bloody Christmas", previously published in Vertigo: Winter's Edge #3; along with reprints of some non-John Constantine stories. (No ISBN. First printing November 24, 2010.)
- Vertigo Resurrected: Hellblazer reprints Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's "Mortal Clay" and "Body and Soul" stories, previously published in Hellblazer #57–58; and Jason Aaron and Sean Murphy's "Newcastle Calling, Parts One and Two" stories, previously published in Hellblazer #245–246. (No ISBN. First printing December 8, 2010.)
- Vertigo Resurrected: Bad Blood reprints Jamie Delano's Hellblazer special. (No ISBN. First printing June 2011.)
Out of print trades
- Constantine: The Hellblazer Collection (movie tie-in)
- Rare Cuts
- Garth Ennis's Rake at the Gates of Hell and Son of Man
- Warren Ellis's Haunted
- Mike Carey's Black Flowers and Staring at the Wall
- Brian Azzarello's Hard Time, Good Intentions and Highwater
- Denise Mina's The Red Right Hand
- Andy Diggle's The Laughing Magician
Uncollected issues
The following issues are not currently available in any collection: 85–128, 144–145, 229, and most of 250 (4 of 5 stories).
Graphic novels
There have also been a number of original graphic novels:
- All His Engines, by Mike Carey, involves Constantine trying to solve the mystery of a strange sickness sweeping the globe.[3] It also includes a character summary and history of the series taken from Vertigo Secret Files: Hellblazer.
- Hellblazer: Pandemonium, by Jamie Delano and Jock, originally scheduled for release in 2008, was held back until 2010 (being the 25th year since Constantine's first appearance). The novel sees Constantine visiting Iraq. The story also reflects on the history of Constantine.[4][5]
- Dark Entries,[6][7] written by Ian Rankin with art by Werther Dell'Edera and cover art by Lee Bermejo, is a 216-page black-and-white original hardcover graphic novel under the Vertigo Crime "sub-print".[8] It stars John Constantine without the "Hellblazer" banner below his name, much like the The Horrorist, which was released as a two-part, prestige format mini-series. The story concerns Constantine's investigation of mysterious deaths during the broadcast of a reality TV show.
Novels
Author John Shirley has written three Hellblazer-related novels: an adaptation of the film Constantine, released in 2005, and War Lord and Subterranean, a pair of original novels based around the Constantine seen in the comics, both of which were released in 2006.
References
- ^ Milligan, Peter (w). Hellblazer, no. 277 (April 2011). Vertigo Comics.
- ^ "List of Hellblazer trade paperbacks". ComicVine.
- ^ "CCI, Day 2: Keanu Sold Separately: Carey Talks 'Hellblazer: All His Engines' OGN". Comic Book Resources. July 23, 2004.
- ^ "Back into Hell: Jamie Delano Returns to John Constantine's World". Comic Book Resources. July 27, 2007.
- ^ "Hellblazer: Pandemonium product information page". DC Comics.com. July 27, 2007.
- ^ "Ian Rankin on Dark Entries". FantasticFiction.
- ^ "Rankin on Constantine's Dark Entries". Comic Book Resources. June 10, 2009.
- ^ "Karen Berger on the Vertigo Crime Line". Newsarama. August 15, 2008.
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