- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Titan Books (24 Feb 2012)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1781160570
- ISBN-13: 978-1781160572
- Product Dimensions: 25.7 x 16.3 x 1.3 cm
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- #2 in Books > Comics & Graphic Novels > Characters & Series > Hellblazer
- #83 in Books > Comics & Graphic Novels > Cult Graphic Novels
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After seeing his new wife Epiphany react to his now thumb-less hand, Constantine goes on a quest to find a suitable replacement for his missing digit. While he tries to literally sew himself back together, John's niece Gemma plots a scheme of revenge against her uncle. Will Constantine be able to fend off his own family's demonic fury?
About the Author
Peter Milligan has written a dazzling variety of comics, including Shade, The Changing Man, Enigma and The Extremist. He is the current writer of Marvels X-Force. He lives in the UK.
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Awful art
14 May 2012
Format:Paperback
Giuseppe Camuncoli, again. The very sight of his filthy drawings makes me sick. When will someone tell him that he has soiled a wonderful character for too long? He does not know how to draw, that's it. I regret bitterly the golden age of the older runs with Diggle, Carey and Manco etc.
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Nicely tells its own stories while advancing the larger plots
6 April 2012
Format:Paperback
Phantom Pains is the fifth collection of comics in writer Peter Milligan's run on Hellblazer, and it nicely tells its own stories while advancing the larger plots that have been running through the title for the last few years.
Phantom Pains, the five part story that takes up the bulk of the book, deals with the fallout of Constantine's recent little crazy spell in which he ripped off his own thumb and a doppelgänger was giving him trouble (all covered in previous books). As the little stub really freaks out his wife and (completely ruining a rather intimate moment that the two are trying to share), John realizes that he needs to get this sorted out quickly. Worse, Gemma Masters has a few big problems with her Uncle John Constantine due to a misunderstanding regarding the aforementioned doppelgänger, enlisting the services of some creepy tatooed women who subsequently summon a demonic harpy.
In the first Milligan/ Bisley tale, a certain number-cruncher named Marcus has gotten exceptionally good at trading and investing his money. His company has grown pretty large, but he doesn't know there is a very old debt to be paid by those who use the algorithms he's been using. Constantine is around when a demon who hasn't been seen since the time of the ancient druids comes back to settle the score.
Inside sends Constantine to jail, where he takes care of a demon that has been causing some problems with the prisoners. It gives Bisley a chance to draw some demented characters and serves as a nice closing chapter for the latest book in the Hellblazer series.
Not enough writers get to really take their time in relating the adventures of John Constantine, and it's nice to see what Peter Milligan has been building throughout more than thirty issues of Hellblazer. His Constantine is pitch perfect, always stumbling into his next predicament, always saying the wrong thing at the wrong time, and always making it by on about ten percent skill and ninety percent luck. While you could just crack open Phantom Pains and be solidly entertained for an hour or two it would certainly be worth it to read Milligan's work on the series in its entirety.
There are no slouches in the art department: Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stephano Landini handle the majority of the chores in Phantom Pains and their crisp linework tells the story nicely. Whenever Simon Bisley is involved he does tend to take the spotlight though, and it's a real joy to see his art on the two "bookends" of this collection of comics, High Frequency Man and Inside.
Review by Christopher Larochelle
Phantom Pains, the five part story that takes up the bulk of the book, deals with the fallout of Constantine's recent little crazy spell in which he ripped off his own thumb and a doppelgänger was giving him trouble (all covered in previous books). As the little stub really freaks out his wife and (completely ruining a rather intimate moment that the two are trying to share), John realizes that he needs to get this sorted out quickly. Worse, Gemma Masters has a few big problems with her Uncle John Constantine due to a misunderstanding regarding the aforementioned doppelgänger, enlisting the services of some creepy tatooed women who subsequently summon a demonic harpy.
In the first Milligan/ Bisley tale, a certain number-cruncher named Marcus has gotten exceptionally good at trading and investing his money. His company has grown pretty large, but he doesn't know there is a very old debt to be paid by those who use the algorithms he's been using. Constantine is around when a demon who hasn't been seen since the time of the ancient druids comes back to settle the score.
Inside sends Constantine to jail, where he takes care of a demon that has been causing some problems with the prisoners. It gives Bisley a chance to draw some demented characters and serves as a nice closing chapter for the latest book in the Hellblazer series.
Not enough writers get to really take their time in relating the adventures of John Constantine, and it's nice to see what Peter Milligan has been building throughout more than thirty issues of Hellblazer. His Constantine is pitch perfect, always stumbling into his next predicament, always saying the wrong thing at the wrong time, and always making it by on about ten percent skill and ninety percent luck. While you could just crack open Phantom Pains and be solidly entertained for an hour or two it would certainly be worth it to read Milligan's work on the series in its entirety.
There are no slouches in the art department: Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stephano Landini handle the majority of the chores in Phantom Pains and their crisp linework tells the story nicely. Whenever Simon Bisley is involved he does tend to take the spotlight though, and it's a real joy to see his art on the two "bookends" of this collection of comics, High Frequency Man and Inside.
Review by Christopher Larochelle
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