The Hellblazer: The Smokeless Fire Review

Finished reading The Hellblazer: The Smokeless Fire, continuing the DC Rebirth series as writer Simon Oliver’s run on the book comes to an end as John Constantine heads to Paris in hope to find information on the Djinn. The book opens with Constantine and Mercury in Paris looking for an old acquaintance of John’s named Jacque might be able to help them with their current predicament how this leads to the two getting caught up in a robbery where the Jacque's journal is given to one of the robbers who try's to help the old man before escaping. After dealing with being arrested by the police and getting bailed out by Mercury, Constantine reluctantly agrees to work with Misabel Lifebvre who is also looking for the journal but for someone with much more sinister intentions. Overall this was a good book as writer Simon Oliver takes Constantine to Paris which allows for some great character interactions from the miscommunication French and English speaking characters along with the interactions helping to expand upon the relationships between them. The book art is great as it opens with an amazingly designed and colour full Paris which is interconnected with a very warm colour and designs of a desert expedition before transition a different art team that focuses more on the supernatural elements of the book by given a good amount of detail to the more violent parts of the book and designs of creatures like a whole night club full of werewolf's. However the book does end on an incredibly abrupt ending as Constantine's part to the plot comes to an end with him leaving the supporting cast to continue the story on their own without any inkling to the outcome. 7/10.