List of Hellblazer publications
Hellblazer has been incompletely collected into many trade paperbacks. The first UK editions, printed by Titan Books, reprinted the original colour issues in black and white. Though subsequent editions were in colour, they were not numbered and not always released chronologically. While some issues were never collected in trade form, some early issues appear in books.
In April 2011, Vertigo began republishing the series in new numbered editions, collecting the series in proper chronological order and including issues that had been left out of earlier editions. The new editions also include short stories, prose pieces and crossover issues from other series, most commonly Swamp Thing.
As of January 2016, 229 is the only issue left uncollected.
Collected editions
As of May 2015, eleven volumes of the new numbered editions of Hellblazer have been published. The twelfth is scheduled for release in January 2016. The following table lists these books in chronological order.[1]
In reading order, these volumes are immediately preceded by vols. 3–7 of Swamp Thing.
| Title | Issues collected | Writer(s) | Story arcs reprinted | ISBN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hellblazer, Vol. 1: Original Sins | Hellblazer #1–9 Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #76-77 |
Jamie Delano Rick Veitch |
HELLBLAZER: "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" SWAMP THING: "L'Adoration de la Terre", "Infernal Triangles" |
1-56389-052-6 | |
| Hellblazer, Vol. 2: The Devil You Know | Hellblazer #10–13 Hellblazer Annual #1 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 | |
| Hellblazer, Vol. 3: The Fear Machine | Hellblazer #14–22 | Jamie Delano | "The Fear Machine" | 1-40121-810-5 | |
| Hellblazer, Vol. 4: The Family Man | Hellblazer #23-33, plus short story from Secret Origins: Hellblazer | Jamie Delano Dick Foreman Grant Morrison Neil Gaiman |
"Larger Than Life", "Early Warning", "How I Learned to Love the Bomb", "Hold Me", "The Family Man", "Thicker Than Water", "Sick at Heart", "Fatality", "Mourning of the Magician", "New Tricks", "Sundays Are Different", "The Gangster, the Whore and the Magician" | 1-40121-964-0 | |
| Hellblazer, Vol. 5: Dangerous Habits | Hellblazer #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 | |
| Hellblazer, Vol. 6: Bloodlines | Hellblazer #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 | |
| Hellblazer, Vol. 7: Tainted Love | Hellblazer #62-71 Hellblazer Special #1 Hellblazer story from Vertigo Jam #1 |
Garth Ennis | "End of the Line", "Forty", "Fear and Loathing", "Dear John", "Down All the Days", "Rough Trade", "Tainted Love", "Heartland", "Finest Hour", | "Confessional" | 1-56389-456-4 |
| Hellblazer, Vol. 8: Rake at the Gates of Hell | Hellblazer #72–83 Heartland #1 |
Garth Ennis | "Damnation's Flame", "Act of Union", "Confessions of an Irish Rebel", "And the Crowd Goes Wild", "Rake at the Gates of Hell", "Heartland" (special one-shot issue; a follow-up to the "Heartland" in the previous volume) | 1-40124-749-0 | |
| Hellblazer, Vol. 9: Critical Mass | Hellblazer #84-96 | Paul Jenkins Jamie Delano Eddie Campbell |
"In Another Part of Hell", "Warped Notions", "Dreamtime", "Dangerous Ground", "Riding the Green Lanes", "Critical Mass" | 1-40125-072-6 | |
| Hellblazer, Vol. 10: In the Line of Fire | Collects Hellblazer #97-107 | Paul Jenkins | "Nature of the Beast", "Walking the Dog", "Punkin' Up the Great Outdoors", "Sins of the Father", "Football: It's a Funny Old Game", "Difficult Beginnings", "A Taste of Heaven", "In the Line of Fire" | 1-40125-137-4 | |
| Hellblazer, Vol. 11: Last Man Standing | Collects Hellblazer #108-120 | Paul Jenkins | 1-40125-529-9 | ||
| Hellblazer, Vol. 12: How To Play With Fire | Collects Hellblazer #121-133 | Paul Jenkins Garth Ennis |
1-40125-810-7 | ||
| Hellblazer, Vol. 13: Haunted | Collects Hellblazer #134-145, Vertigo Resurrected: Hellblazer—Shoot #1, material from VERTIGO: WINTER’S EDGE. | Warren Ellis Darko Macan |
"Haunted", "Locked", "The Crib", "Setting Sun", "One Last Love Song", "Telling Tales","Ashes & Honey" | 1-40126-141-8 | |
| Hellblazer, Vol. 14: Good Intentions | Collects Hellblazer #146-161, Hellblazer Secret Files #1. | Brian Azzarello | 1-40126-373-9 |
The most up-to-date collections of the series that have not yet been replaced with the new editions are listed below.
| Title | Issues collected | Writer(s) | Story arcs reprinted | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hellblazer: Shoot | Collects Hellblazer #144, 145, 245-246, 250 and Vertigo Resurrected: Hellblazer—Shoot #1 | Warren Ellis Jason Aaron Darko Macan Dave Gibbons Jamie Delano Brian Azzarello Peter Milligan China Miéville |
"Shoot", "Ashes & Honey", "Newcastle Calling", "Happy Fucking New Year", "Christmas Cards", "All I Goat for Christmas", "The Curse of Christmas", "Snow Had Fallen" | 1-40124-748-2 |
| Hellblazer: Hard Time | Collects Hellblazer #146–150 | Brian Azzarello | "Hard Time" | 1-56389-696-6 |
| Hellblazer: Good Intentions | Collects Hellblazer #151–156 | Brian Azzarello | "Good Intentions" | 1-56389-856-X |
| Hellblazer: Freezes Over | Collects Hellblazer #157–163 | Brian Azzarello | "...And Buried?", "Freezes Over", "Lapdogs and Englishmen" | 1-56389-971-X |
| Hellblazer: Highwater | Collects Hellblazer #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 |
| Hellblazer: Red Sepulchre | Collects Hellblazer #175–180 | Mike Carey | "High on Life", "Red Sepulchre" | 1-40120-485-6 |
| Hellblazer: Black Flowers | Collects Hellblazer #181–186 | Mike Carey | "The Game of Cat and Mouse", "Black Flowers", "Third Worlds" | 1-40120-499-6 |
| Hellblazer: Staring at the Wall | Collects Hellblazer #187–193 | Mike Carey | "Bred in the Bone", "Staring at the Wall" | 1-40120-929-7 |
| Hellblazer: Stations of the Cross | Collects Hellblazer #194–200 | Mike Carey | "Ward 24", "Out of Season", "Stations of the Cross", "Happy Families" | 1-40121-002-3 |
| Hellblazer: Reasons to be Cheerful | Collects Hellblazer #201–206 | Mike Carey | "Event Horizon", "Reasons to be Cheerful", "Cross Purpose" | 1-40121-251-4 |
| Hellblazer: The Gift | Collects Hellblazer #207–215 | Mike Carey | "Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go", "The Gift", "R.S.V.P." | 1-40121-453-3 |
| Hellblazer: Empathy is the Enemy | Collects Hellblazer #216–222 | Denise Mina | "Empathy is the Enemy" | 1-40121-066-X |
| Hellblazer: The Red Right Hand | Collects Hellblazer #223–228 | Denise Mina | "The Season of the Zealot", "The Red Right Hand" | 1-40121-342-1 |
| Hellblazer: Joyride | Collects Hellblazer #230–237 | Andy Diggle | "In at the Deep End", "Wheels of Chance, Systems of Control", "Joyride" | 1-40121-651-X |
| Hellblazer: The Laughing Magician | Collects Hellblazer #238–242 | Andy Diggle | "The Smoke", "The Passage", "The Laughing Magician" | 1-40121-853-9 |
| Hellblazer: Roots of Coincidence | Collects Hellblazer #243-244, 247-249 | Andy Diggle | "The Mortification of the Flesh", "The Roots of Coincidence" | 1-40122-251-X |
| Hellblazer: Scab | Collects Hellblazer #251-255 and a story from #250 | Peter Milligan | "The Curse of Christmas", "Scab", "Regeneration" | 1-40122-501-2 |
| Hellblazer: Hooked | Collects Hellblazer #256-260 | Peter Milligan | "Hooked", "The Cottage", "The Long Crap Friday" | 1-40122-728-7 |
| Hellblazer: India | Collects Hellblazer #261-266 | Peter Milligan | "India", "No Future" | 1-40122-848-8 |
| Hellblazer: Bloody Carnations | Collects Hellblazer #267-275 | Peter Milligan | "Sectioned", "Bloody Carnations", "The Royal Wedding of the Century" | 1-40123-152-7 |
| Hellblazer: Phantom Pains | Collects Hellblazer #276-282 | Peter Milligan | "High Frequency Man", "Phantom Pains", "Inside" | 1-78116-057-0 |
| Hellblazer: The Devil's Trenchcoat | Collects Hellblazer #283-291 | Peter Milligan | "The Devil's Trenchcoat", "Another Season in Hell" | 1-40123-720-7 |
| Hellblazer: Death and Cigarettes | Collects Hellblazer #292-300; Hellblazer Annual #1 | Peter Milligan | "The Curse of the Constantines", "Death and Cigarettes" | 1-40124-093-3 |
New 52 series
Following the cancelation of Hellblazer, DC Comics launched a new series feature John Constantine as part of their New 52 line. This new series features a younger version of the character and is set in the DC Universe proper.
| Title | Issues collected | Writer(s) | Story arcs reprinted | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constantine, Vol. 1: The Spark and the Flame | Collects Constantine #1-6 | Jeff Lemire Ray Fawkes |
New series set in the New 52 | 1-40124-323-1 |
| Constantine, Vol. 2: Blight | Collects Constantine #7-12 | Ray Fawkes | Part of DC's Forever Evil: Blight crossover | 1-40124-747-4 |
| Constantine, Vol. 3: The Voice in the Fire | Collects Constantine #13-17 and Constantine: Futures End #1 | Ray Fawkes | 1-40125-085-8 | |
| Constantine, Vol. 4: The Apocalypse Road | Collects Constantine #18-23 | Ray Fawkes | 1-40125-470-5 |
DCYou series
After the 23rd issue, DC cancelled the Constantine series and relaunched the character again in the title Constantine: The Hellblazer, as part of their DCYou line.
| Title | Issues collected | Writer(s) | Story arcs reprinted | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constantine: The Hellblazer, Vol. 1 | Collects Constantine: The Hellblazer #1-6 | Ming Doyle James Tynion IV |
DCYou relaunch of series | 1-40125-972-3 |
Other collections
- Constantine is found in most Swamp Thing collections from 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 64-page prestige format official film adaptation, as well as Hellblazer #1, #27 (written by Neil Gaiman), and #41. All three issues from the main series are available in other collections: #1 in vol. 1, Original Sins, #41 in vol. 5, Dangerous Habits, and #27 in Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days, a collection of Gaiman-penned stories (ISBN 140120340X), and Hellblazer vol. 4, The Family Man.
- 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.
- Forever Evil: Blight (ISBN 1401250068) collects J. M. DeMatteis and Ray Fawkes' crossover, which includes Constantine #9-12.
In 2010, Vertigo began publishing 100-page reprints of previously unpublished or "forgotten" stories that would not fit easily into larger collections, under the banner "Vertigo Resurrected". Several contain John Constantine stories. Vertigo Resurrected: Shoot, published October 2010, prints Warren Ellis, Phil Jimenez, and Andy Lanning's previously unpublished Hellblazer story "Shoot", along with reprints of some non-John Constantine stories. Vertigo Resurrected: Winter's Edge, published November 2010, 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. Vertigo Resurrected: Hellblazer, published December 2010, 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. Finally, the Vertigo Resurrected: Bad Blood, published June 2011, collects Jamie Delano's five-part miniseries.
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.[2] 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.[3][4]
- Dark Entries,[5][6] 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".[7] 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 and is the only title in the Vertigo Crime series to feature a previously existing character.
Novels
Author John Shirley has written three Hellblazer-related novels: a novelisation of the film Constantine, released in 2005, 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
- ↑ "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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