What’s with Delano and all the globe trotting? It gets outrageous this issue, with Delano carting Constantine over to Gotham to have it out with his ghosts. He’s upset he’s got demon’s blood running through his veins, but only because one of his ghosts explains that condition to him. The way Delano writes it in scenes, he’s just drunk and depressed.
So if Delano’s going for subtle, he goes way too far. Hellblazer is so subtle, it could put the reader to sleep.
It turns out Constantine is trying, but not in his internal monologue, to figure out what to do about his girlfriend. Delano has been very dramatic and action-oriented with her story so far; the presumed resolution is muted (if artistically stylish). It’s also bloody obvious. Constantine should’ve had the idea immediately.
The end cameo from tobacco Swamp Thing is the best thing and it’s terribly written.
CREDITS
Shot to Hell; writer, Jamie Delano; penciller, John Ridgway; inker, Alfredo Alcala; colorist, Lovern Kindzierski; letterer, Todd Klein; editor, Karen Berger; publisher, DC Comics.
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