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"John Constantine has seen more than his fair share of supernatural horrors, yet somehow the street sorcerer has always survived. Time and again he's proved that no matter what Heaven or Hell throws at him, at the end of the day he can handle it. But what about the all-natural horror that lurks inside the darkest human hearts? When a visit to an eccentric old friend takes a turn for the terrifying, Constantine makes a gruesome discovery that leads him into the orbit of a brutal serial killer-- a psychopath whose modus operandi is the murder of loving parents and innocent children, earning him the morbid moniker of the Family Man. Driven to stop the slayings at any cost, Constantine finds himself in a twisted game of cat and mouse, switching back and forth between the roles of hunter and prey. Can he bring himself to take a life in order to save the lives of others? Or will his flesh and blood be the next to go under the Family Man's knife?"--Cover, P. [4].… (más)
This collection is from the original run on Hellblazer. Most of this collection has John dealing with human matters than with magical ones. The best part is the section with the serial killer he helps by chance and then does everything he can to make it right. John pays for his actions in a very personal way but in the end good does triumph over evil in this collection.
Overall a good collection and it can be read out of order since I read a later collection before reading this one.
John Constantine unwittingly causes the death of a whole family at the hands of "The Family Man" serial killer and then becomes both hunter and prey when he tries to make amends. This volume also includes a few stand-alones, including "Hold Me," a surprisingly tender albeit creepy story written by Neil Gaiman. "The Family Man' story line is one of the really great ones in this series (although the art isn't my favorite) even if it has none of the "regular" occult contents - this one deals with a real world threat and Constantine does very well at holding his own without magic powers or spells. I am a whole-hearted Constantine fan, so it's hard for me to not love even the less good story lines, but this one is a great one for any reader. ( )
"John Constantine has seen more than his fair share of supernatural horrors, yet somehow the street sorcerer has always survived. Time and again he's proved that no matter what Heaven or Hell throws at him, at the end of the day he can handle it. But what about the all-natural horror that lurks inside the darkest human hearts? When a visit to an eccentric old friend takes a turn for the terrifying, Constantine makes a gruesome discovery that leads him into the orbit of a brutal serial killer-- a psychopath whose modus operandi is the murder of loving parents and innocent children, earning him the morbid moniker of the Family Man. Driven to stop the slayings at any cost, Constantine finds himself in a twisted game of cat and mouse, switching back and forth between the roles of hunter and prey. Can he bring himself to take a life in order to save the lives of others? Or will his flesh and blood be the next to go under the Family Man's knife?"--Cover, P. [4].
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Overall a good collection and it can be read out of order since I read a later collection before reading this one.
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