John Constantine, Hellblazer by Jamie Delano Omnibus Vol. 1 Overview | Original Sins | Fear Machine

[@giantsizegeek]

Great overview, this is my Constantine as well. In the introduction by Garth Ennis, he mentions how Hellblazer 40 shows an alternate version of Constantine, the one who is a powerful Magus; Ennis says, this is probably what most people thought the book was going to be. To me, after they brought Constantine into the DC Universe, that’s exactly what they did - gone was the tortured Constantine who lived by his wits and a little bit of magic. The Vertigo version was more human and fallible. The new DC version seems like Dr Strange in a trench coat.

[@joshperes8019]

Can't wait for Vol. 2, and give me the Carey run after that. So glad DC is giving Constantine the prestige format treatment.

[@mohammedhanif6780]

So sorry to hear of your loss, Omar. Prayers are with you.

[@TheDarkKnight0520]

Worth the wait Omar

[@RiXtn.]

still waiting on my shelf and I am hyped for it. great review as always.

[@Lost_Highway2049]

Great review and worth the wait. I was thinking of buy that new Swamp Thing trade but seems I don't have to now. Man, reading this stuff back in the late 80's and 90's. These were my comics it felt like (along with Moore's Swamp Thing, Sandman and a few others). It's great that we now live in an age where we can read these collected like this. Bring on volume 2!

[@candyman02]

Man this book is beautiful, 10/10

[@ZizouZico]

Thanks for the overview, Omar. I loved this collection, even though I had most of the Hellblazer in TPB. It’s just really well done. My only minor criticism is that I really didn’t think all of that ST content was necessary. Just a couple of issues, maybe with some excerpts, would have been enough. I also wasn’t nearly as into the post-Bronze Age ST stories as many people, so there’s that. Anyway, it’s not much of a criticism when you’re saying that they gave you too much of something. 😅

[@WhatIsRukiUpTo]

Pre ordered this and got it as soon as it came out. Big fan. In case anyone is wondering, the sandman story collected here (dream a little dream of me) uses the older , non absolute coloring (I compared it with my absolute sandman). Didn’t realize how much a difference it was until I compared them side by side.

[@robertday4390]

Gosh that’s a sizeable chunk of Swamp Thing in there! The art looks much better on this paper stock compared with previous versions so overall I think this is a must buy. Thanks Omar!

[@snuffsan]

I first bought the Original Sins compilation and loved it. Ordered this one now, looking forward to reading it.

[@serbiansauvage]

The dustjacket as well as the covers look a lot like those in The Sandman, they’re just as lovely!

[@josephpetersen1728]

I'm about 1/3 through garth ennis's run and I love it! Going to read this next even though it comes first.

[@kfredrichs7359]

thanks for getting to this, Omar. thoughts with you and your family. i have all 27 TPBs SCs of HB, so need to decide whether to get this or not.

[@miguellupi8709]

Thanks for the review Omar. My book is on the way.😊

[@deadmousyplutaprestige8771]

I own it, still reading it and enjoying my purchase. Nuff said.

[@Joenah5]

I've always wanted to read through Hellblazer but I was planning on going the TPB route, in large part due to the Garth Ennis omnibus being creator-centric and I assumed this would be too. But with this mapping (that, correct me if I'm wrong, collects more than the TPBs) I might go the omni route after all. I don't think I would have figured that out without this overview, so thank you!

[@manuag3886]

Excellent overview!

[@xr9790]

I love comics that do different things, this is very interesting to me cause a lot of comics have black pages but this one has pages that are other colors like purple and orange, that’s really neat to me! This is an interesting pickle to be in though cause I have the Garth Ennis Omni, so I’d be backtracking when I get this

[@hugomelo8673]

Hellblazer is my favorite comic book series of all time, and that love started with Original Sins. I have the full new edition TPB collection, but I'll still be getting this. The colors look great, whereas in the TPB they are kind of muted. Also psyched there are all these Swamp Thing issues collected, as I've only read Veich's issues included in the Original Sins new edition TPB.

[@Zero-mn8bt]

One of the best comic series ever imo. Delano’s run is so underrated, it’s as good as Ennis’s imo

[@DefyantFoxV2]

So combine this with Absolute AM swamp thing vol 2 you have the whole first appearances of John Constantine in oversized format.

[@Peanut.Butter.Runner]

Great book! Wish I had bought all the TPBs when they were still in print. Hopefully they will go the compendium route at some point in the future!

[@TheBump45]

Omar talk to your guy at marvel and tell em we want the marvel coloured version of Akira omnibus

[@julioalcocer5950]

Thanks for the overview. Do you know if DC will collect everything else in an omnibus? I've always wanted to have Hellblazer, but looking for the tpbs is quite complicated now. I hope they release the 300 in omnibus.

[@ryanwilliams7639]

That’s a lot of swamp thing. Glad it also has the sandman issue.

[@siniquezu]

Well now we have documentation on the most important topic of the community 21:20

[@shengcer]

My first exposure to Delano’s work was through Captain Britain when he took over the writing duty from Alan Moore. I think he did quite a great job living up to the successor of that legendary run from GOAT of all time.

[@kfredrichs7359]

i'd love to see a comparison with the pages in the omnibus with the pages in the TPBs. colors look brighter here on whiter pages.

[@michaeloffgrid]

I've still got my old Rick Veitch Swamp Thing TPB's that were printed on off-white matte paper, and the colors there are darker and much richer than they are on these superwhite pages. It wouldn't surprise me if the Constantine TPBs are the same way. I find the choice of paper stock in DC's modern collections to be disappointing, especially for horror comics.

[@enric-x]

Omniboo? Boo! He's pulling your leg. Just think of these plurals: buses, and minibuses ... omnibuses!

[@ryanamin5185]

Delano's run is as good as Ennis'.

[@OrangeGeemer]

17:05 whhaaat!!! That's Sandman with the original colors!

[@anotherfatbeardedmantalkin5893]

Perhaps it was thought to fit in better with the colouring of the original Hellblazer and Swamp Thing issues ?

[@Josh_Greathouse]

I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL, OMNIBUS. Omniboo... I am not a child

[@zatmurad]

Not a fan of the mapping and how Hellblazer is being collected in omnibus. But it is what it is...

[@angelicamaldonado7680]

So I already own all of the Delano issues on trade paperback which already looks great. I own all of Swamp Thing and all of Sandman. So is this omnibus necessary for those who already own all of the material?

[@docentevs5749]

I'm hellbent (No pun intended) to get me all of good old Constantine into my collection. The numbered hardcover TPB, (28 volumes) are way too expensive and some of them are pretty much impossible to find. I was going to go in the soft cover route, which would take a lot of time and some of them are 15+ years, therefore not in very good condition.The question is, this is omni volume 1: Are they gonna reprint Ennis stuff in volume or the Ennis won't be reprinted? Should I get the Ennis omni or what?

[@anotherfatbeardedmantalkin5893]

Thanks for the review. I really don't get DC's collected editions. I don't like that this is called Hellblazer by Jamie Delano, and have 12 issues of Swamp Thing written by Rick Veitch and that Neil Gaiman Sandman issue. I think it's great that those issues are included, but surely calling it The Complete Hellblazer Omnibus Vol. 1, or something similar would work better?

[@CarlosDias-er6dd]

A must have!

[@brette.5863]

I want to get this but i need to create room on my shelf, easier said then done. I do not think Constantine is an a-hole, he's typically only an a-hole to those that deserve that treatment.....and the demons he deals with.

[@MoramothHauntz]

Avoided this vid, because I knew I'd want to buy instantly. Hearing the price makes able to wait. Omniboo lol

[@blytheguy7510]

While I'm a big Hellblazer fan, this particular run wasn't really for me. It feels a little more abstract to me, which can work in certain instances. It's just not my taste. But I won't tell someone to not enjoy it. Looking forward to any future Hellblazer omnis. For me the runs before and after Ennis are my least favorite. I believe it was Paul Jenkins after Ennis. But it does feature earlier work of Sean Phillips on art duty. I'm in love with anything Sean Phillips does with writer Ed Brubaker. One of current comics best creative teams, in my opinion. Regardless of agree or disagree, everyone go read some comics! Be well!

[@beastlaz]

'Kind of an A-hole', ......Nahhh, he's just English.

[@Arynex]

Gonna wait for a reprint just because vol 2 is going to have updated DC logo, not a fan of mismatch.

[@vincentimbesi3947]

🤣🤣

[@Krypton_Ken]

That'll probably bug me too. If they were color matching the bullet to the book like the previous logo (which looks super nice) I'd mostly be okay with it but everything I've seen so far looks like they're just slapping a blue dot on everything.

[@Arynex]

@@Krypton_Ken My tought exactly as seen with Batman and Robin animated series omnibus. If it were color matched I would be ok with it as well.

[@Krypton_Ken]

​@@ArynexI hope they eventually do that. They used to occasionally color match the bullet on books years ago, although infrequently, would make even more sense to do it now.

[@vittorio-vic-giammona2604]

The cover preview has the DC Black Label logo, though

[@tony1984la]

🥱

[@litewait633]

I will never say “omniboo”

[@NearMintCondition]

But you just typed it. So close!

[@litewait633]

@ 😂 well played

[@OrangeGeemer]

Da - lay - noh is such an american way to ruin the name

[@ronaldhoenow7784]

🇺🇸

[@trishb.6398]

I think we also ruined fish and chips.

[@rap3208]

should be pronounced as deh-lah-noh, the way french, spanish and italians would pronounce it with all the vowels cut short.

[@o13ss]

The english can't even say taco correctly

[@wbbartlett]

Got bored after 5 minutes of nothing but reading the credits aloud. Off to find a proper review.

[@NearMintCondition]

Have a good holiday!

[@VogtTD]

Neither of those pronunciations of Delano are correct

[@elvaquerovaquero5243]

No one cares.