Story: Ming Doyle, James Tynion IV
Art: Ming Doyle, Vanessa Del Ray
Published: 8/12/2015
"Constantine: The Hellblazer" tells a dark story about a man named John Constantine who wields the supernatural to fight demons, spirits, and other otherworldly beings. John himself is not really a good person, and makes a lot of bad decisions which is one of his main personality traits. The ghosts of those killed by said bad decisions haunt him including the ghost of his best friend, Gary Lester, often referred to as Gaz. The plot of the current arc is that something is killing his ghosts and John needs to find out what it is and stop it before it kills any more of them. In this issue, John seeks help from Georgiana Snow, someone he knows from when he was younger and hates more than anything he's ever faced or encountered. While he goes back to his birthplace, London, to talk to her, flashbacks are shown of when he was younger and just starting out on his fight against the supernatural.
"Constantine: The Hellblazer: #3" is a very good, though not great, issue in a series that I've enjoyed a lot so far. While some of the issue feels unimportant and doesn't really advance the overall plot much, its a very good look into John's past and his relationship with Georgiana as well as others from his past who appear in the flashbacks. The flashbacks themselves are one of the best parts of the issue as they offer a great look into the backgrounds of when he was first beginning the path he's now on and some of the people who were there with him at the beginning. The introduction of Georgiana to the series is done well and she herself seems like someone who could become a great recurring character so it'll be interesting to see what the writers do with her from now on. The only thing I'm not really a fan of is the art that's been used throughout the entire series. The style did change from numbers 1 and 2 to 3 but not in any way that made it better for me. While it may just be a style that I don't appreciate since I know that a lot of the series' fans love it, I don't really care for it. Luckily, though, I've never cared about art too much and the plot is good enough that it overshadows the art.
To Summarize: A very good issue that offers a great look into John's relationships with others and introduces some new interesting characters into the story, including a possible recurring one with its only downsides being not advancing the actual plot very much and, for me at least, the art style.
Rating: 8/10
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