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Hellblazer, Vol. 7: Tainted Love by Garth Ennis

3 reviews

storyorc's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

If Family Man was my favourite volume focused on a single story, Tainted Love is the best of Hellblazer in its single-issues and mini-arcs. Also possibly the most likely to anger conservatives and Christians (saying a lot since the previous issue featured British royalty demon-possessed and in BSDM gear).

Hard to believe in just one volume we got:

• Constantine family visit
• Wild 40th birthday, complete with
  ACAB and Swamp Thing making them weed
• The Snob aka Gabriel plagued by that specific flavour of holy angst I never get tired of DC angels grappling with (including some extremely hot takes on what dad had him do)
• People going after John's dwindling supply of friends (I list the issue in content warnings below, this one was honestly pretty upsetting)
• Ellie the demon, my beloved, back and causing Problems
• Kit taking no shit from our boy, and other Irish things
• A large range of gay characters, from sympathetic to revolting
• A reckoning with a past abuser (issue listed in content warnings again)
• The King of Vampires doing what he does best:
  drop in for like one issue to fuck, suck, monologue, and get his ass handed to him
• More making fun of the monarchy

The redux of Constantine at his lowest,

homeless, alcoholic, and suicidal

was a little underwhelming since we've been here before but the last time he got this bad was under Delano's pen so I don't hold it against Ennis too hard for having a go. 

BIG fan of the way the

First of the Fallen

's cameo at the end whets the appetite for the next volume presumably going back to the consequences of Constantine's three-way deal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Gore, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Suicide and Blood

LONDON KILLS ME - gore & racism, including slurs. CONFESSIONAL - attempted sexual assault. Note the narrative does not condone any of these subjects (though there are places where it could be more sensitive - it's progressive for the 90s but still the 90s).

xenia_li's review

dark

4.75

I want to throw up 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Racism, Alcohol, Addiction, Body horror, Drug use, Homophobia, Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Gore, Hate crime, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Cannibalism, Excrement, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Incest, Suicidal thoughts, War, Classism, and Forced institutionalization

cygnus26's review

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Misogyny, Death, Blood, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Racism, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Hate crime, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Sexual content