Constantine: The Hellblazer: The Art of the Deal Review

Finished reading Constantine: The Hellblazer: The Art of the Deal, this concludes the series as writers Ming Doyle and James Tynion take John literally to hell and back as hell begins to knock on his front door. The book opens up with Swamp Thing coming to Constantine for help as he can see what's happening through the Green as the plants in Central Park is coming to life and killing young couples without Swamp Thing being able to stop it on his own. The book then continue with Constantine having to help club owner Papa Midnight using Constantine's boyfriend Oliver as a hostage to make John help him in getting his club back from the hands of high profile, demon businessman Neron plans to take over New York City in order to harvest the population's souls that would make Neron the most powerful being in hell and on Earth. After being sent on a trip through Hell by Neron, Constantine returns to Earth to warn Oliver of the impending doom heading to the city in hope for him and his daughters to get to safety while he heads to Los Angeles in hope to get help for the angels that are living in the city only to be forced back to New York by Deadman in order to help with the supernatural threat that is plaguing New York. The final part of the book is the first story form DC Rebirth's Hellblazer series as it as the series' writer Simon Oliver helps to set up Constantine's new direction going forth in John's newest series. Overall this was a good book as it continues Constantine's adventures within the magical side of the DC universe which also giving the supporting cast some great development especially in terms with Oliver who gets most of the development within the book. The inclusion of Constantine's Justice League Dark teammates is a nice addition to the book as Swamp Thing has a story the is quite centric to his character but still has Constantine in a prominent role. While the inclusion of Deadman brings a great amount of comedy to the book especially when he try's to possess Constantine which leads to and even more hilarious fight where Constantine is constantly hitting himself. The art in the book is good as each artist brings their own style to the book with the great creature designs and supernatural elements being brought to life extremely well. 7.5/10.