How are all those poor British fishermen supposed to keep the French out of their waters? By summoning an ancient merwoman, perhaps? Of course, there's the little matter of what to do with her once she's served her purpose...and what to do about this John Constantine fellow who's come sniffing around to find her himself...
Simon Spurriers Constantine is fantastic and each month seems to get better somehow. This is currently the comic for British people who have fallen out of love with the medium. This is what will remind people why they loved comics in the first place. Top it off with artwork from Aaron Campbell and colours from Jordie Bellaire and youre set. Read Full Review
This is a darkly poetic issue that manages to continue the themes of the series while also propelling the main narrative forward. Read Full Review
Yet another outstanding issue, it’s dark and seedy, a character study into a twisted man and the effects of isolation. The art brings Constantine’s London to life in a way which not many comics can achieve. With these seven issues Spurrier establishes himself as one of the great Hellblazer writers, easily on the same level as Delano or Ennis. Read Full Review
A promising start to what could be the best story arc we have seen to date in 2020 for this book. I enjoyed the backdrop of the fishermen blaming their misfortunes on the French and the Tory MP talking about the fishing quotas that were supposedly being imposed by the EU. But the best part was how the Merwoman is relating her story to us as well as to Constantine. It will be interesting to see how Constantine will help the Merwoman get some retribution in the second part of this story, which will hopefully release at some stage in July. Read Full Review
It has been a completely awesome book and the whole thing just feels right. Read Full Review
The most impressive feat, perhaps, is that this issue reads like it's the perfect script for an hour of television that can be consumed in 15 minutes without losing any of the magic along the way. Now I'm just waiting to see if it's truly a one-shot or if I'll get to see what happens next. Either option would actually be fine. But I'm admittedly being a little greedy. Read Full Review
John Constantine: Hellblazer #7 (Spurrier, Campbell, Bellaire) brings Constantine to the docks to investigate some troubled waters, and it involves a mermaid. With an incredibly interesting story and brilliant art, this issue should not be missed. Read Full Review
The visuals by Aaron Campbell and Jordie Bellaire continue to be engrossing, which is especially impressive given the seemingly unremarkable settings of Spurrier's script. And even when the issue demands something more bizarre take shape like a mermaid, the artistic team makes it fit into the visual aesthetic of the world that it comes across as organic, rather than forced. Read Full Review
If this turns out to be a weak example of where the series is heading, then the bar is still very high. Read Full Review
I really want to be more varied with my scores for this series, but this series keeps surpassing my expectations. I can't even predict what will happen in each arc and it is always something I didn't know I wanted. Like a twisted and grimey Little Mermaid love story.
Really loving the one off story lines so far as Constantine tries to solve the larger problem at hand, although I could see this extending for one more issue. My only complaint is that I am all caught up now :(
As the readers have already said, this is yet another brilliant issue of Hellblazer by the new creative team. It's dark, gritty, intelligent and surprisingly moving. Spurrier gets who Constantine is. Respect! This is the comic I look forward to the most, every month.
This particular issue is just a masterpiece. The whole series has been amazing but this just takes it to another level. One of the best single issues I’ve ever read.
Once again just a great comic.
Man, this run is fucking amazing.
I think that Simon spurrier has become one of my favorite writers in hellblazer, I mean the stuff with the dreaming was good too, but hellblazer is just on another level. I mean he can show us that he can make little ghost stories turn into poetic horror. I can easily say that with this issue, Spurrier made mermaids scary. This is the best run on hellblazer since Brian Azarello’s run, John Constantine is my favorite character, and Simon spurrier shows why we love the character. I can say this a hundred times but spurrier is a gift from god to us hellblazer fans. I want to give a low score,because I rated almost every issue on this series a 10, but there’s nothing bad. I love this series. Everyone should read it!
This is just a damn perfect issue. There's not much I can really say about this series that would do it justice, aside from praising it as the best series out right now (it is). Not a bad issue. Not even a "good" issue. Everything so far has been phenomenal, and I hope they can keep it up. As for this particular issue, it's just as good as everything before it. The humor is on point, the art is unlike anything on the shelves right now, and the story is original to boot. I give it a 12 out of 10.
Super issue, really enjoyable read, cant wait for part 2
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