- Paperback: 263 pages
- Publisher: Vertigo (8 May 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1401212697
- ISBN-13: 978-1401212698
- Product Dimensions: 16.5 x 1.2 x 25.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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"Astonishing... Constantine's looking pretty damned good" - Empire "John Constantine is the most human character in mainstream comics today... A journey you can't afford to miss." - Neil Gaiman, author of The Sandman"
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John Constantine is an unconcerned, amoral occultist with a British working-class background. He's an anti-hero who manages to come out on top through a combination of luck, trickery and genuine magic skill.
V FOR VENDETTA illustrator David Lloyd provides painted artwork for the tale of an encounter with a strange woman who is the embodiment of the world's horrors. This volume also features some of Constantine's earliest adventures including his first victory in the long war with the demon Nergal.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The second graphic novel in the hellblazer series, Jamie Delano's writing is brilliant, not as easy going as ennis's take on the series, not as humourus either, but allways just as good, Delano's writing takes itself very seriously, which is really what is needed to establish Constantine's world of magic, tarot crads and other such superstitions.
The art is just fantastic, a great consistent quality, from various artists, consisting of several self reliant stories, all very different from each other, which don't end to soon, but you wish they carried on a bit longer (like most great storys do), a great buy for an already established fan, or a newcomer to the series.
for some reason this review is appearing on "original sins" also, this review is for "the devil you know"
The art is just fantastic, a great consistent quality, from various artists, consisting of several self reliant stories, all very different from each other, which don't end to soon, but you wish they carried on a bit longer (like most great storys do), a great buy for an already established fan, or a newcomer to the series.
for some reason this review is appearing on "original sins" also, this review is for "the devil you know"
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Solid collection of early Hellblazer tales
30 July 2007
Format:Paperback
Though he was created by the great Alan Moore in the pages of Swamp Thing, John Constantine was really given his voice by Jamie Delano when Hellblazer was first launched. Providing Constantine with enough backstory, tragedy, and supporting characters to make him more than compelling than he already was in the first place, Delano got the character like few writers ever would in the years to come. The Devil You Know collects some of Delano's stories after Original Sins, which include Constantine meeting a woman unlike that he's never come across before, as well as going toe to toe with Nergal once again, and this time walking away with the upper hand. Though I myself was never really fond of Delano's work on the title the first time I read it, it grew on me, and the same thing happened here. Having artwork from V For Vendetta artist David Lloyd as well as Richard Piers Rayner and Mark Buckingham doesn't hurt either, rounding out a very solid book. All in all, what's contained here may not be as prolific as what we get in Dangerous Habits or Stations of the Cross, but The Devil You Know is definitely worth picking up for Hellblazer fans regardless.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Some of the best from Delano
7 Mar 2010
Format:Paperback
The Devil You Know is a collection of some of the best stories written by Delano (Hellblazer #10 to #13 as well as some independent stories), the first writer to give John Constantine a soul. Sex & Death and The Devil You Know show Constantine's cunning, tortured and sarcastic personality, while Newcastle and On The Beach provide the background for his early story. However, the plot of this book is strongly connected to Original Sins, which includes Hellblazer #1 to #9 and introduces all the main characters. So I'd recomend reading Original Sins before The Devil You Know (or buying them both, hint hint!)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
jamie delano knows constantine
27 Mar 2008
Format:Paperback
"The devil you know" collects the issues 10-13 and the first annuals of this series. Constantine is arrogant, tortured, and alone, and Jamie's writing deepens those feelings as we walk with Constantine in a Margret Thatcher England. Reminicient of V for Vendetta in how the future England may be, this tpb is truly a horror comic. Antartica is one of the most desturbing stories I have ever read. I personally liked how the different stories had different artists, its like the Sandman, each artist brings something new to the charcter. The opening imagery for "sex and death" is phenomenal. There are a some weak stories, (venus of the hardsell) but overall, some of the best writing and art this series has ever had.
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