John Constantine, Hellblazer: Stations of the Cross
After nearly causing an apocalypse inStaring at the Wall(2006), sardonic British mage John Constantine is wandering the streets of London sans his memory and his powers. Normally domineering, he is uncharacteristically passive as a psychic killer taunts him, a former foe captures him, and, finally, demoness Rosacarnis manipulates him by granting him three "road not taken" lives that fabricate an unsettling domesticity for the lone-wolf sorcerer. LongtimeHellblazerscripter Carey's familiarity with Constantine enables him to convincingly pull off this departure for the character, and the chilling denouement portends unsettling future developments.Gordon FlaggCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved