Hellblazer: Highwater - Softcover

Brian Azzarello

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1401202233 ISBN 13: 9781401202231

Publisher: Vertigo, 2004

Synopsis

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Published 2004 by Vertigo. Very Good condition Collects issues #164-174

About this title

About the Author:

Brian Azzarello is one of the biggest names in comics after his work on 100 Bullets and Jonny Double catapulted him to the forefront of contemporary comics writers. Marcelo Frusin is a skillful new penciller whose previous work includes Magnus Robot Fighter, Weird War Tales and Flinch. Giuseppe Camuncoli is another new talent, having previously inked Swamp Thing. Cameron Stewart has inked the likes of Catwoman, Deadenders and Swamp Thing.

From Booklist:

Azzarello's hard-boiled dialogue, twisty plots, and compelling if unsavory characters have made him one of mainstream comics' most popular writers. In Highwater, Azzarello takes on, not for the first time, a character created by others: cynical sorcerer John Constantine, who, despite being out for himself, has saved the world from occult threats more than once. Constantine is based in London, and most other scripters of his exploits have been British. The two stories here have him working his way across the States, exposing the country's seamy underbelly while seeking the person who framed him for murder. In the first, Constantine contacts the widow of the man he supposedly killed only to find her involved with white supremacists. The second opens in an S and M club, with L.A. police investigating what they believe is Constantine's charred corpse. Azzarello's depiction of this sleazy demimonde is particularly shocking because it ascribes perversely sordid appetites to Constantine, whom previous writers portrayed as rather a bastard but not the deviant Azzarello suggests. Further, by slighting Constantine's raffish charm, Azzarello sacrifices much of the series' appeal. Certainly a provocative perspective on this popular character. Gordon Flagg
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About this edition

• Publisher: Vertigo
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1401202233
• ISBN 13: 9781401202231
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264
• Illustrator: Tim Bradstreet, Marcelo Frusin, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Cameron Stewart