069 | Comics | Hellblazer Vol 1 (Vertigo Comics)

Blazing through Vertigo comics Hellblazer issues 1-4 and Mike tells the tale of Sister Rita Josepha.

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Download Episode 69: Hellblazer

00:30 - Intro01:22 - Sister Rita Josepha Does Not Approve of Hellblazer07:02 - Hellblazer (1988) Issue 1-2 by Jamie Delano, John Ridgway, Lovern Kindzierski09:40 - Old color style, crosshatching10:37 - Setup - Starving/Eating to Death13:07 - Constantine's Trip to Tangiers14:44 - Very ghastly story17:04 - Papa Midnight Freaks Us Out19:24 - Not a Superhero Comic, not even a Super Anti-Hero Comic20:30 - Taking out the Demon Mnemoth, John makes a hard decision22:58 - Hellblazer (1988) Issue 4 "Waiting for the Man"24:30 - Very dark comic, seems to have boundaries25:29 - John Constantine can get his butt-kicked26:34 - What IS that Constantine Movie?27:30 - English 80's Underworld - Movie that Should have Been29:08 - Outro

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