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When The Flash Called John Constantine, Don Constantine

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Ha ha! Okay, now I want a spinoff series, with John Constantine’s half-brother Don Constantine. Who has no powers or magical abilities whatsoever but goes around making the Flash’s life hell for mixing him up with John Constantine. Can we …

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John Constantine And Guillermo Del Toro’s DC Movie – Saturday Trending Topics

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Mark Seifert

Nice to get more info on this project: During the Wondercon panel for Pacific Rim this afternoon, Guillermo Del Toro seized the inevitable question about his “Justice League Dark” project, Heaven Sent, aka Dark Universe, and absolutely smashed it back. …

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John Constantine Is The Lead Character Of Guillermo Del Toro’s DC Movie

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

During the Wondercon panel for Pacific Rim this afternoon, Guillermo Del Toro seized the inevitable question about his “Justice League Dark” project, Heaven Sent, aka Dark Universe, and absolutely smashed it back.

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In One Week, In Two Weeks – An Englishman In New York. Coming Back To London.

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Coming up next week…  the new Constantine comic, Judge Dredd Year One, GI Joe Special Missions, Five Ghosts, X-Termination as well as the Simpsons #200… and in two weeks its East To West! So what will you be buying? DARK …

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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Pilgrim May Be The Cure For Hellblazer Withdrawal Symptoms

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Bleeding Cool Staff Writer

Alistair Stuart writes; Hellblazer Issue 300 arrived this week, and brought John’s life to a…mostly…sort of…definitive ending. It was an interesting, and brave, way to end a book that’s crossed decades, been a nursery for a whole clutch of comic …

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A Step Nearer To Twilight Of The Superheroes?

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Rich Johnston

I’ve run this theory before. But the evidence keeps mounting up. That, step by step, DC Comics is laying the groundwork to run Twilight Of The Superheroes, the Alan Moore pitch that they bought, lock, stock and two smoking Benson …

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To John Constantine

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Eric Bryan writes for Bleeding Cool; If you’re reading this (and I hope you are, or else we’re both losing our minds), odds are you’ve heard the fate of John Constantine. Once the figurehead of mature comics and the reason …

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Thursday Trending Topics: John Constantine

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Mark Seifert

I’ve seen many people reflecting on what a great run Hellblazer has had, upon hearing the news today that it will be ending and replaced by a New 52 title for the character. I’ve long been a fan of the …

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Things You Won’t See In A John Constantine Comic Book Again

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Dan Didio has written; “We’re supremely proud of Vertigo’s HELLBLAZER, one of the most critically-acclaimed series we’ve published. Issue #300 concludes this chapter of Constantine’s epic, smoke-filled story in style and with the energy, talent and creativity fans have come …

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Guillermo Del Toro Says, Yes, He’d Love To Make That DC Team-Up Movie

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

He won’t be directing Justice League, though.

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What Happened To Your Favourite DC Characters In Rotworld?

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Rich Johnston

These are the rules of Rotworld. If you are personally connected to the Red or the Green, you survived. If you’re not, you didn’t. One Year Later and the New 52 is dead. So Beast Boy and Black Orchid are …

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Fashion Beast: The Missing Piece of an Alan Moore Puzzle

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Keith Davidsen

No one redefined the comic book landscape quite like Alan Moore in the 1980s, and the year 1985 was one of the most creative of his career.  He’d taken Saga of the Swamp Thing to new levels of horror and …

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Flipping John Constantine And Jedward

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Rich Johnston

There has been some concern expressed over the appearance of John Constantine on the John Cassidy cover of  upcoming trade paperback The Devil You Know written by Jamie Delano (above). Not just the gravity challenged smoke, but also his resemblance …

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Brightest Day Aftermath And Lois Lane And The Resistance – Two DC Visions Of Britain

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Two comics. Two Britains. Two realities. Both from DC. First, Brightest Day Aftermath: Search For Swamp Thing #1. And something sticks out straight away. The cover. This was the original artwork for the cover. This was the teaser. This was …

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Swipe File: Hellblazer 280 and Hellblazer 61

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Rich Johnston

The new issue of Hellblazer out this week, in which Gemma Masters inherits a very John Constantine way of doing things – when dealing with her uncle John. And it seems reminiscent of another cover… Of course that one didn’t …

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DC Relaunch: More From DC’s Dark Side, Including Wildstorm!

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Rich Johnston

And there we have it folks. Voodoo #1. By Ron Marz and Sami Basri. This marks the return of Wildstorm to the DC Universe. I don’t know how much DC will be dealing with Entertainment Weekly as they totally dropped …

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DC Relaunch: John Constantine In The Justice League? Paul Cornell, Jeff Lemire, Scott Snyder, Peter Milligan And More Bring A Darker DCU

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Rich Johnston

DC Comics are giving Entertainment Weekly more stories about their issue one comics today, and it seems to all be around the more supernatural elements of the DC Universe They include the already BleedingCooled Animal Man #1 by Jeff Lemire …

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Hawkman Replaces Zatanna In Brightest Day Aftermath

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Rich Johnston

In the original promotion for The Brightest Day Aftermath: The Search For Swmp Thing, while Batman and Superman were present on the cover and we worked out the foreground fellow was John Constantine, the other dark figure was a mystery. …

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