By Brian Azzarello & Richard Corben (Vertigo)
ISBN 1-84023-255-2
John Constantine is many things: Magician, con-man, world-saver, hero, villain, thief. He’s a chain-smoker who’s tricked the doctors and the Devil, but can’t ever seem to keep a friend. Not as friends and usually not even alive. He’s walked through a world of death and horror, leaving a clear trail of bloody footprints.
So when he ends up in a grim high security jail in the USA, nobody’s surprised. But in a universe of deadly men and extreme factionalism nothing can cow him and nobody can divine his intentions.
The brutal cage-behaviour of deadly men with nothing to lose is as nothing to the subtle horror of John Constantine unleashed and teaching scum what intimidation and punishment really means…
Brian Azzarello and alternative comics legend Richard Corben plumb the darkest depths of humanity in this savage prison drama, blending mystery, thriller and horror genres and presenting a compelling example of just how nasty a comic-book can get.
Superb storytelling, but not for the faint-hearted, easily shocked or under-aged.
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