A review by brandonadaniels
The Hellblazer Vol. 2: The Smokeless Fire by Simon Oliver

1.0

I was pleasantly surprised by the first volume of this run, but this one dropped the ball hard. The art in the first two issues by Phillip Tan is quite good, but perhaps the most egregious mismatch of an artist and story I can recall, a terrible editorial blunder. I’m afraid it doesn’t get much better from there. The story spins it’s wheels in bizarre fashion, with Constantine and Mercury literally chasing a shoe for the better part of the book. Too many sub plots drug the story to a crawl, all for it to end in a clearly unplanned but deserved cancellation.