Hellblazer 84

Story by JamieDelano
Art by Sean Phillips

After the whatever that was Garth Ennis's run on this title, Jamie Delano returns to the writing for one intermediary story before Eddie Campbell takes over next month. It's probably impolite to suggest that he intended to put Ennis's run in perspective, but that's exactly where it appears - a long way away, and fading fast. The differences are striking, and none too complimentary to Ennis's writing. This issue has subtlety, terrifyingly real villains, humour, a dark, unpleasant undertone and characterisation that we haven't seen for well over 40 issues. Brilliant, quite brilliant. The art, by new artist Sean Phillips is great to look at, although is does seem a little like Chris Bachalo's in places. Buy this, and find out what you've been missing.

Andrew

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