Rassmguy

This is extremely helpful. THANK YOU!

In addition to the stuff mentioned in those indexes, some of the other books where John appeared during the New 52 include:

 

-Future's End. This was a weekly limited series that John appeared in, running for 49 issues plus tie-in issues for every on-going at the time. Premise was that Batman Beyond was sent from a Post-Apocalyptic Terminator-esque future to the future of the New 52 timeline to change his future, with several other storylines unfolding at the same time. John, from what I can remember, was palling about with Superman in Africa. Admittedly the tie-in issue for John's solo series (called Constantine - Future's End or something) was one of the better issues of his New 52 era. The issue is stand-alone, if you don't want to read through the entire series.

 

-World's End. Another weekly limited series. Involved John being shot over to Earth-2 at the same time Darkseid is trying to blow it up. I never read the actual series, but John's time on Earth-2 pretty much was the focus of the final arc of his New 52 series.

 

Following the New 52, DC launched the DCYou branding where John got a new series that ran for about 13 issues, and a new look consisting of a shorter coat and boots. Like Christian said, this was the point where DC stopped using John as much in books outside his own. The only places I can recall John popping up outside of his solo during this phase was:

 

-Grayson Annual #3. Features John and other DC characters telling stories about their run-ins with Dick Grayson during his undercover spy period.

-a one-panel cameo in Garth Ennis' All-Star Section Eight mini-series.

 

Currently, John has an on-going titled The Hellblazer as part of DC's Rebirth line. He made a one-panel appearance in the DC Rebirth Special that started this new branding, and has then stayed put in his own book mostly. However, he has appeared in two specials since the start of Rebirth:

 

-DC New Talent Showcase: a collection of short stories written by graduates of DC's Writers Workshop. From the online previews, John appears in a story written by a guy named Adam Smith (presumably not the Adam Smith come back from the dead to write comics).

-DC Rebirth Holiday Special: Holiday-themed collection of stories. According to DC's official solicit, this happens: "Wonder Woman interrupting John Constantine’s hellblazing pagan party and more!"

 

John also appeared in Garth's Six-Pack and Dogwelder mini-series (sequel to the aforementioned ASS8), as a supporting cast member.

 

The DC Wikia has a pretty comprehensive, via a somewhat unwieldy format, compilation of all his appearances from the New 52 to Rebirth. Should cover anything that hasn't been brought up yet.

 

Outside of the mainline DC books, John also appeared as a central character in the "Injustice: Year Three" tie-in comic for the Injustice video game. This ran concurrent to his New 52 series.

Hey Rich, good to see you're still kicking around - the first year or so of the New 52 Swamp Thing is well worth checking out.

John! Hey, how's it going? I'm still kicking around. :)

Thanks! I completely forgot about that site, which I used to find extremely useful. :)

Hi, folks,

Some of you might remember me from years back. I used to post here regularly and also used to run a website called Roots of the Swamp Thing. I took that site down long ago and stopped reading Swamp Thing and John Constantine comics, but I've decided to get back into them again. Does anyone here have a complete list they could share with me of all Constantine-related appearances since the start of the New 52? If so, I'd very much appreciate it, as my reading these stories will also double as research for a book I'm writing. Thanks in advance. :)

--Rich Handley (info@hassleinbooks.com)

Azzarello's run started out so promising, with John in prison. I was immediately intrigued. However, as the storyline progressed, it quickly fell apart. After that opening story arc, it soon became apparent that Azzarello simply didn't understand the character or the series, as John was reduced to a grinning bastard who brought bad luck from town to town, and never seemed to give a crap about anyone. In every way, that was not John. The final several story arcs were very weak, and by the time John shagged a dog, I decided I wasn't even reading Hellblazer anymore. The series had nowhere to go but up after he left. I was so glad when Mike Carey arrived.

Ellis' run did nothing for me, though he DID create some good characters that Carey used to much better effect. "Shoot" was his best story, in my opinion, but even that one was ill-conceived and had a message that, at best, made no sense and, at worst, was rather offensive. Each time I re-read Hellblazer, I find myself thinking "Meh" to his run.

"Love Street," as well as the other Sandman/Constantine spinoff, "Marquee Moon," I quite enjoyed, but "Trenchcoat Brigade" was just AWFUL. Despite being a sequel to Gaiman's "Books of Magic" and Len Wein's "Swamp Thing" run, it was badly written, weakly drawn and boring--in every way inferior to both of its progenitors. Darko Macan's two-parter, on the other hand, was great, I thought--moody, thoughtful and not overplayed, which is just what the story needed.

Well, he's got to do a better job than Milligan...

A sloth with herpes would do a better job than Milligan.

So apparently, sales on Constantine #1 tanked:

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/03/28/comixology-all-over-the-world-hellblazing-a-trail/

No that was not the consensus here.

There is only one consensus here and that is that Hellblaxer ended at 250, and so did Hellblazer.

That's two consensuses. No more.

Ade, I am very glad you exist.

That's right. Hellblaxer. That's not a misprint. Did you think this was about Hellblazer?

William Marshall... Hellblaxer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Marshall

For only $250, you can get a digital collection of the entire Hellblazer run.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/03/22/dc-puts-all-three-hundred-copies-of-hellblazer-on-comixology-for-99-cents-each-first-issue-free/

The article incorrectly states that there were 300 issues of Hellblazer. As we all know, the series ended at #250.

...watch out for Leprechaunstantines.

I was just about to join in the group hug, but then people started coming on the group, so I'm going to just stand back and wave. I hope no one minds.

Sorry, didn't mean to scare you.

And there's the 60th Birthday events (attendance in London desirable but not essential)

I wish I were on your side of the pond--I would definitely attend.

There's the John Constantine group on Facebook.

 

Vertigo are on there, too.

Oh! Thanks, John. That one never came up when I've done searches, for some reason. I just sent a join request.

I'm surprised Hellblazer has so little presence on Facebook. I rarely see any discussions of the title on that site, and haven't come across any groups focused on it--which is weird, since it has these groups:

http://www.geekprene...facebook-groups

And these:

http://nedhardy.com/...ps-on-facebook/

And these:

http://facebookcraze...k-groups-pages/

Are any of you on Facebook? If so, do you know of any HB-related groups? (Not as a replacement for this site, mind you--I love this forum. It just struck me that FB seems to be Hellblazer-free.)

Incidentally, anyone interested in connecting with me on Facebook is welcome to do so:

https://www.facebook.../rich.handley.3

Remember the past, when we were all bright-eyed and innocent and loved DC ?

I miss those days. I miss Hellblazer actually being Hellblazer-like. I miss actually looking forward to the series.

So I read the issue and I am kind of confused on what happened?

Nothing happened, since there is no issue #300. Everyone knows the series ceased publication as of #250.

So Ade must be Chris Nolan all along!!

Was there ever any doubt?

One thing just occurred to me from the Department of Internal Consistency in Milliganblazer.

If the magic bullet erased him in the way you propose, there would have been no Demon Constantine,

therefore no regressed Gemma,

therefore no-one to fire that bullet.

Great Scott, Marty!

That is a fundamentally opposite idea of John Constantine to the one that I have.

Same here.

Yeah, it's just a supposition I've seen people suggest. There are other possible interpretations as well.

No one smokes Swamp Thing.

No one flips the bird at the Devil.

Prince Charles remains possessed by Jack the Ripper.

The Shadow Dog is never resurrected to defeat the Beast.

Beroul successfully creates Hell on Earth.

Blathoxi continues trading souls on the stock market.

Gary Lester doesn't end up with Mnemoth trapped inside his body.

The film CONSTANTEEN is never made.

Maybe issue #300 isn't so bad after all.