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A review by crookedtreehouse
Hellblazer, Vol. 3: The Fear Machine by Jamie Delano
4.0
This volume started out as a potential five star book, with a focus on characters rather than magic or continuity, and giving us a more human glimpse at who John Constantine is. As the volume gathers momentum, we do get a bit of continuity, and definitely some magic. But then the volume comes to a screeching nonsensical stop at the end. Where, for some reason, there has to be a sex ritual, and then ... and then everything is somehow solved in an incredible anti-climax, and we are led to believe that the next volume might feature an amnesiac Constantine (that is, fortunately, not the case). The ending was such a letdown that I considered dropping it down to three stars, but I am mostly glad that I read this volume.
The political statements are much more subdued in this volume as they serve the story rather than the story serving the politics. But it's still a bit messy and a bit much if you don't enjoy politics in your comics.
The political statements are much more subdued in this volume as they serve the story rather than the story serving the politics. But it's still a bit messy and a bit much if you don't enjoy politics in your comics.