The Hellblazer: The Poison Truth Review

Finished reading The Hellblazer: The Poison Truth, beginning a new Constantine centric series as part of DC Rebirth as writer Simon Oliver brings Constantine back to England along with some of his classic supporting cast from his original Hellblazer days. The book opens with Constantine returning back to London after his time in New York with Constantine having to deal with the curse that was put on him years prior which lead to Constantine to leave the country. Once the curse is lifted thanks to the help of young psychic, Mercury, Swamp Thing appears in the greenhouse of John's friend Chas in hope for John to hold up is promise to help find the love of his life, Abigail Arcane who is currently the avatar of the rot and has gone missing. Which leads to Constantine taking Swamp Thing to meet with Mercury for help as he goes back to London to question why no one from the supernatural community has come to find him about what he did when he came back to London. Overall this was a decent book as it begins to set up a very interesting story going forth with the threat of a Djinn named Marid, with how Constantine finds out that he's coming for John while also making for a very intriguing influence on Swamp Thing's story within the book. While the introduction of Chas and Mercury into the main DC universe are a great addition to the book thanks to how well they play off Constantine thanks to the characters already having their relationship already established when they meet. The art throughout the book is pretty good as the supernatural elements of the book along the designs of the creatures that Mercury and Swamp Thing fight within the Rot look great. However what lets the art down is that it becomes inconsistent with how the different the art styles leads to some characters looking completely different to a very pages earlier within the book. 6.5/10.