Reviews

Hellblazer: The Fear Machine by Jamie Delano

strikingthirteen's review

2.0

This one is weird. It starts out promising - John is seemingly framed for the events of Original Sins - and while on the run ends up traveling with some hippies. THe fish out of water stuff was amusing and watching John try and find his place and get comfortable and just chill was interesting. We haven't really seen John hang out with this many people all at one time. Of course though his new world is attacked and he goes out to set things right. John being wanted isn't really addressed or properly fixed, there's a throwaway line in the last third of the volume but it doesn't solve anything, and this ending just gets crazy. The hippy stuff is all fine and then things just get really strange.

So, not sure how I'm meant to take it. Not sure I liked it either.

glennisleblanc's review

3.0

Constantine finds himself with a group of new age hippies and seems happy but of course that never lasts long. They stumble onto a group that is tapping the ley lines in order to create fear and change the political parties in charge. John is on the run from them and also trying to get to get one of them back from the group that is using her mental powers to charge the fear machine. While on the trail he enlists some nonmagical allies that bring everything into focus but as usual nothing good happens to anyone that helps out Constantine. An ok story but didn’t leave me wanting to pick up the next volume as soon as I can.