- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Titan Books Ltd (21 May 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1840238305
- ISBN-13: 978-1840238303
- Product Dimensions: 25.6 x 16.8 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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From Garth Ennis, the award-winning writer of Preacher, and acclaimed artist John Higgins (Sandman, Pride & Joy) comes another terrifying tale of the chain-smoking mystic, John Constantine. Constantine is visited by an old friend and suddenly his world is turned upside down as he is reminded of a dark deed he performed many years ago - which has now come back to haunt him. Soon South London mobsters and bent coppers are the least of his worries...Featuring a cover gallery by Glenn Fabry (Preacher, Just a Pilgrim) this is another peek beneath the filthy blanket of Constantine's supernatural and seedy London life.
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Garth Ennis is best known for his work on Preacher, Hitman and Hellblazer, but has also worked on titles like 2000 AD and Pride & Joy. John Higgins has worked for 2000 AD in the UK and has also worked on titles including Hellblazer, Pride & Joy and Sandman. He was also colourist on the groundbreaking Watchmen series.
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This stand alone episode of Constantine's 'escapades' is the best work Ennis has done on Hellblazer - at least as regards what was published in graphic novel form. Here Ennis stays away from the themes which repeatedly crop up whenever he has anything to do with the supernatural ie his apparent disgust with organised religion and obsession with the notion of a an unjust world 'credited' to a just god.
What he does is give us a well-crafted story of a possessed 'child' -Constantin'e doing - London gangsters and a demon weith humungous reproductive tools.
Fun in a benignly sick way. And not preachy or pretentious either.
What he does is give us a well-crafted story of a possessed 'child' -Constantin'e doing - London gangsters and a demon weith humungous reproductive tools.
Fun in a benignly sick way. And not preachy or pretentious either.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Great Stuff! Ennis Rocks!
18 April 2004
Format:Paperback
I've read a couple of Hellblazers here and there, but Son of Man was the first complete story arc I read. I picked it up because I love Ennis's work on Preacher. I have to say that I was throroughly entertained and could not put it down till I read the whole thing. Ennis is a great writer. The story was really twisted but flowed nicely. This book is worth the money.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Going down, all the way down...
29 Sep 2005
Format:Paperback
Preacher creator Garth Ennis' brief return to writing Hellblazer wound up being this storyarc collected here, which why it may not be his best work on Hellblazer, it's certainly an admirable work. Son of Man finds chain smoking, master of black magic John Constantine struggling to save the life of his best mate Chas Chandler when he's wrongfully implicated in a botched murder, and soon enough Constantine is left to fend off a demonic child, who he resurrected years earlier, with the fate of the world in the balance. Don't pay too much attention to the negative reviews here, Son of Man is worth reading for fans of Hellblazer and Ennis, just don't expect another Dangerous Habits or anything influential (bits and pieces of the overall storyline were supposedly used in the recent, and pretty much not well received, big budget adaptation), but despite all that it's still a more than solid and horriffic tale in the Hellblazer mythos. The only other downpoint of Son of Man is that the art (by Ennis' Pride & Joy partner John Higgins) doesn't suit it too well, but if you can get past that, you'll find some enjoyment here.
"Son of Man" a pretty good read
28 Mar 2007
Format:Paperback
As far as the trade editions of "Hellblazer" go, "Son of Man" is a reasonably strong entry. As always, everyone has their own preferences as to the best writers in the series, but Garth Ennis usually ranks pretty high in general regard. This may not be his strongest entry in the series, but he still manages to write, and with John Higgins' artwork, conjure up some pretty disturbing imagery. Perhaps not quite as strong story-wise as Ennis' work in the Hellblazer trades "Fear and Loathing", "Tainted Love", "Damnation's Flame" or "Rake at the Gates of Hell", especially if you really like the way that Ennis and artist Steve Dillon work together (and, if you do, you should really check out the "Preacher" series by these two. There isn't a bad one in the bunch, and it equals or surpasses their work in "Hellblazer")but a pretty good read, nonetheless.
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