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One doesn't make money, the other does/ Thats what it comes down to.
A billionaire falls out of the sky and is gruesomely skewered on a church spire. Bizarrely, Angel Wings are attached to his back. More follow until, hallelujah, it's raining businessmen. Detective Aisha Bukhari is stumped by this, until she's visited by her childhood friend, occult investigator John Constantine. DC’s Hellblazer discovers a link between the falling elite and a shocking moment in his and Aisha’s misspent youth. How do these killings tie to the first death on John's hands? How does this involve heaven and hell? Even if this is kind of John's fault, will Constantine be happy to let a few more rich bastards fall from the sky, more
A fantastic successor to the original Hellblazer series. Read Full Review
If you've never read a Hellblazer comic before, Rise and Fall is a fine place to start. If you have read a Hellblazer comic before, it will be like meeting an old friend for a drink down at the pub, where everything is just as good as you remember it. Read Full Review
HELLBLAZER: RISE AND FALL #1 is an incredibly promising start to this series. This creative team meshes perfectly and the story they tell is chilling. Read Full Review
All in all, this is an awesome start to what looks to be a great limited series. Read Full Review
Darick Robertson does amazing work with the visuals in this issue. The art is gritty and highly detailed. There is an energy to it as well as a great use of shadow and close up to give the characters emotion and presence on the page. Read Full Review
Excellent start to the series. Has the making of a must-read for Constantine fans. Read Full Review
This is a dark, troubling, brilliantly illustrated story told with humor and a lot of heart. Be sure to save this dark angel some room on your pull list. Read Full Review
Sometimes, John realises, it's not better the Devil you know… Read Full Review
Hellblazer: Rise and Fall is as good an introduction to Hellblazer as I can ask for. Taylor's restrained and humorous darkness meshes with Robertson's gritty pencils in a fashion that seems as if they're meant to work together. This book succeeds at building many characters in the span of a single issue while simultaneously building the intrigue in what comes next. In short, I think I'm a Hellblazer guy now. Read Full Review
I wish I read this book sooner. I'm a big fan of Tom Taylor and John Constantine so I'm not really sure how this escaped me. Originally released back in September there has now been a second issue released also. I would especially recommend this to fans of the Matt Ryan TV portrayal of the character as the tone and characteristics are very similar. Read Full Review
Old fans of Hellblazer and new fans of John Constantine alike are bound to enjoy this tale of the magician's early misdeeds and modern misadventures in a London that feels every bit as dark as the world outside our windows today. Read Full Review
All in all, Hellblazer: Rise and Fall #1is solid. It lays the foundation for this new mini-series and does it brick by brick with John Constantine's guilt, graphic violence, and writing that gets under your skin. This is one to pick up for fans of the character and those looking for a gruesome noir with heaven and hell thrown in. Read Full Review
This book doesnt just collect the complete three part story, it also features a gallery of all the main and variant covers " including one that wasnt actually used " plus some great sketches, and work in progress art by Darick Robertson. Read Full Review
Get a crash course in John Constantine's history as we delve into a newcomer-friendly occult tale. Read Full Review
Darkly funny and occasionally shockingly violent, this first issue is a splendid entry point for readers curious about John Constantine and his world. Read Full Review
This issue amps up the violence, but other than that, it doesn't feel that different from the old-school days at Vertigo or the modern take on John. Read Full Review
An entertaining story featuring John Constantine, the biggest issues that this issue, and the miniseries at large, face are the comparisons with the ongoing Simon Spurrier Hellblazer. Unfortunately in comparison this series really pales. Released at a different time, without that immediate comparison, it would do better. Read Full Review
Hellblazer: Rise and Fall Book One is a fun comic with a balance of horror, humor, and a little bit of comedy. Constantine fans should enjoy this self-contained story. Those that are new to the character can dive in without any knowledge of the character. It's not the best I've read featuring Constantine but it's entertaining and there's a lot of potential for where it's all going. As is, the first issue is good but doesn't quite have the spark to make it really stand out so far. Read Full Review
Though a good introduction to new readers into John Constantine, Hellblazer: Rise and Fall #1 is a frustrating read. The potential is there as is the freedom allowed by Black Label, but as an opening issue, Hellblazer: Rise and Fall #1 reads like a weaker tea version of the Vertigo heyday. Read Full Review
Really good, funny, mysterious. The flow is great. An amazing start to the series
Absolutely adequate. Somewhat unspecial. Not a fan of the art.
Art 4/5
Story 3.5/5
I liked this debut. Worth the buy? hmmmm, idk yet. But its a good start. Taylor definitely understand the character of Constantine, he got his characterization, the dialogue, his backstory done well but with his own flare. There was a YouTuber I watched that said something that summarizes this mini-series perfectly, " if Constantine were to enter the DC canon, this is how it should be done ".
And that is a good description. It has both that raw Hell-blazer grit and style of the old Vertigo and the current Hell-blazer run, but also has the more mainstream tone of the DCU. And while it certainly isn't hardcore Veritgo embroiled, it still a faithful and spiritual successor to those who have come before. Love the art by Robertson. more
This was pretty good. It's like on the level of Constantine: The Hellblazer from Tynion IV. The art is pretty good. The voice of Constantine is pretty good... It's all pretty good. I'm sufficiently whelmed. This is shaping up to be a book that I don't remember in a few years.
This is trash in comparison to Spurrier's current run.
#Savehellblazer. This comic was good but Spurrier's hellblazer was MASTERPIECE.
I wasn't a fan of this. It's obviously much worse than Spurrier's Hellblazer, and isn't worth the price tag, plus the art sucked.
Tom Taylor makes a decent attempt at John Constantine but it’s just not authentic. The art, dialogue and general feel of this book is very much reminiscent of the dark days of New 52. It’s genuinely hard to understand how the recent Si Spurrier series wasn’t renewed or which John Constantine DC actually want
there's nothing good about this issue, other than a couple jabs at rich people here and there. the art is terrible, the characterization of John feels (unfortunately) more New 52 than Vertigo, with a flaming hand at one point, and glowing sigils on his walls, Lucifer is bastardized once more, disrespecting the fantastic character masterfully written by Neil Gaiman and Mike Carey, and worst of all, this issue presents cops as decent people, and even has John refer to one of them as "a good'n." gross.
DC should cancel this thoroughly disappointing title immediately, and renew the masterpiece Si Spurrier's been writing. that's the Hellblazer we need.
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