There's a lot to talk about with this issue. I'll start with the most positive thing about it. John Constantine is written well here. And I don't mean DCU/New 52 John Constantine. I mean, this Constantine mostly acts like Vertigo Constantine. And that's a good thing! This is the Constantine readers want and deserve! From here on out, I'll refer to this Constantine as NuConstantine. Because there's multiple Constantines and that's a problem I have with this issue. I don't know much about NuConstantine and the 90s Books of Magic series that this issue ties into at the beginning, so I can't say much for how the characters are here. But it seems like peak Constantine. The trouble begins when the original Vertigo Constantine shows up. He's old, he's happy and he's willing to make a deal with NuConstantine. I *hate* this version of the character because this version of the character is from the final creative run on the original Hellblazer series. Peter Milligan tainted the character, frequently wrote him poorly and outright contradicted established canon multiple times. So, I understand why Milligan Constantine is part of this, but they are seemingly tying this book into that run far too much for my liking. Once NuConstantine is brought to the present, I think that all the Constantines have been merged into NuConstantine. So everything we've read matters, but we can move on to #MakeConstantineGreatAgain. But that doesn't seem to be the case? Because later, this same Milligan Constantine fuck is running around, planting his old sentient coat in a storefront so NuConstantine grabs it, as John Constantine's ghost pals bow down to him. I hate everything that scene implies. I want to move on from this version of the character because he's such an inferior version. I don't even mind that the Vertigo canon is, seemingly, continued with all of John's supporting cast being old or dead. (Maybe now Epiphany Grieves is the proper age for NuConstantine. If they bring her back, we should all riot.) But I'm wondering, what's the timeline here? Did New 52 happen? Is Batman and Superman and the rest in this universe? Is there yet another PG-13 Constantine running around in North America being the JL Dark's honorary cheerleader? Does that mean NuConstantine can get a new Chas? NuConstantine's mantra to "focus on what matters right now" bothers me. I feel like they aren't going to resolve these issues. I feel like they're going to do what they did with The Question and ignore all the variant characters. I'm very anxious about this run. And all that is why. But that's mostly baggage. The issue itself was solid. Good. The Doomsday Clock diss for that awful Constantine cameo was by far my favorite part of the issue.