A review by riflelizards
Constantine, Volume 3: The Voice in the Fire by Edgar Salazar, Ray Fawkes, Jay Leisten, ACO

2.0

I don’t know why I’m still reading New 52 back issues since everyone’s long since disavowed it and they have pretty much no bearing on Rebirth. After this, I think I’m calling it a day. This issue in particular sees the retcon of John’s past - instead of his mother dying in childbirth and his father being a no account alcoholic criminal, John seemed to be a perfectly normal kid who was somehow led astray by a magician and forced to kill both of his parents in exchange for power. Further we have this strange morality cop-out in which somewhere along the line, Zatanna cast a spell on John to “be a better person” and this little earworm has been subconsciously guiding his actions ever since. Constantine has always been a complicated character and this moves him towards a childish conceit of "I have to do good because Zatanna charmed me to.” No wonder everyone hated New 52...