Now is an especially great time to be a fan of John Constantine. In addition to starring on the ensemble DCTV series Legends of Tomorrow, Constantine is a prominent member of the Justice League Dark in the main DC Universe while his older, classic iteration headlines his own solo comic book series as part of The Sandman Universe publishing imprint. The fan-favorite creative team of Tom Taylor and Darick Robertson have united to provide fans with another hard-edged take on the iconic occultist for the new DC Black Label miniseries Hellblazer: Rise and Fall, at once very much their iteration but every inch as recognizable as most incarnations of the unapologetically acerbic magician.

The series opens with a glimpse as Constantine's unhappy childhood in Liverpool and his first brush with the occult. This would result in the tragedy that would go on to accompany and define John's misadventures for the rest of his life. The miniseries progresses to present-day England. A childhood friend of John's that has since grown up to become a police officer stumbles across a series of grisly murders as prominent figures in British society fall from the heavens to their deaths with angel wings grafted to their backs. As Constantine finds himself drawn into the bizarre mystery, he discovers that the forces of Heaven and Hell may be involved in the killings.

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Taylor has a strong grasp on John Constantine's voice and the ugly, unfriendly world that he lives in, wisely keeping John initially to the periphery once the action moves into the present. This feels very much like a classic Hellblazer story: No overt allusions to the wider DCU, just Constantine quickly finding himself in over his head and literally haunted by unresolved trauma from his past. The opening issue does move at a fairly deliberate pace, taking its time to introduce the story's cast and their connection to John but, by its third, the action picks up considerably as the requisite supernatural horror is dialed up along with the stakes.

Robertson, joined here by colorist Diego Rodriguez, is some of the best work he has delivered in years. While still very much his own, Robertson's linework is particularly clean and sharp, with the proceedings easy to follow along. Like much of Robertson's previous work, much of the action takes place in the dark but, given that it's a Hellblazer story and one with a particularly gruesome premise, it would be strange if it wasn't. And as the supernatural terrors begin to raise their ugly heads, Robertson and Rodriguez actually brighten up their images to make sure that readers can capture the full, unflinching horror of the sequence.

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With only two issues remaining beyond its debut, Tom Taylor and Darick Robertson definitely have a lot of ground to cover to wrap their story, underscored by the slower pacing of the opening issue. Fortunately, with the creative team clearly having such a blast delivering their own take on John Constantine and his wicked world, the readers similarly will have a lot of fun as they strap in for the ride. Rise and Fall is a day-in-the-life look at Constantine as he stumbles across a murder mystery of divine proportions and, as it has always been with John, it's a day full of death and paranormal mayhem as long that have the misfortune of entering his magnetic orbit pay dearly for the association.

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