- Title: The Hellblazer vol. 2: The Smokeless Fire
- Author: Simon Oliver
- Artist: Davide Fabbri, Philip Tan, José Marzán Jr., Karl Kesel, Carrie Strachan, Elmer Santos, Tony Aviña, Sal Cipriano
- Line: Rebirth
- Characters: John Constantine, Mercury
- Publication Date: 2017
- Publisher: DC Comics
- Date Reviewed on GoodReads: 07/14/2018
John Constantine and Mercury head to Paris to locate the journal of Jacque Henry, in order to find out more about the D’Jinn. This entire graphic novel is pretty much the search for the McGuffin of Henry’s journal. The flashbacks tell the story of Henry’s journey in the Arabian desert where he encountered the D’Jinn and saw the aftermath of the D’Jinn killing his mate on the same journey. Constantine and Mercury follow leads, fall into traps, and escape while getting closer and closer to the journal. The journal, it turns out, is being guarded by Dante who is guardian to his young sister, Samantha. The D’Jinn go after Dante, but he escapes with Sam and they also go on the run.
Constantine and Mercury eventually meet up with Dante and Sam, but they are followed and confronted by a D’Jinn. Constantine sacrifices himself so Mercury can take the journal, and escape with Dante and Sam. And, of course, Constantine isn’t actually killed by the D’Jinn – he somehow manages to escape, happy to no longer be on the trail of the journal.
Although the summary seems pretty simple, Constantine The Hellblazer is a great book, and this volume, part of DC’s Rebirth line is no exception. I read this story twice and really enjoyed it. I look forward to the next volume.
Please also read my review of The Hellblazer vol. 1: The Poison Truth.
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