I ordered this TPB out of the blue, not having read Hellblazer for Years. The reason is Peter Milligan (Shade, Skreemer etc.), and loved it from cover to cover. There is magic in this book, demons, what you expect from a John Constantine adventure, but that is only on the surface, the real important stuff is uncorresponded love. The Story , without spoiling things up is John s Constantine s girlfriend has dumped him so he goes to a friend , a young female alchemist that has a crush on him to ask for a Love Potion, and that is when things really start turning sour.
Another thing to note is Milligan s talent to portray Constantine as a bastard with no loyalty to anybody, save himself, and willing to do anything. On a basic analyisis he is a bad guy, dont ask me how he does it , but Milligan makes him likeable on every way.
Well now you might understand, why this series has got me hooked , looking forward to the next two tpb by Milligan, and the 4 stars are just because this edition is on cheap newspaper print.