List of Hellblazer comics


Hellblazer, also known as John Constantine, Hellblazer, is an American comic book series starring John Constantine. The character, created by Alan Moore, Stephen R. Bissette, and John Totleben first appeared in Swamp Thing #37 as a supporting character, and later appeared as the protagonist of his own series in 1988. In 1993, the series started being published under DC's newly founded imprint Vertigo, and by its cancellation it was the imprint's longest-running series.
Hellblazer has been incompletely collected into many trade paperbacks. The first UK editions, printed by Titan Books, reprinted the original colour issues in black and white. Though subsequent editions were in color, they were not numbered and not always released chronologically. While some issues were never collected in trade form, some early issues appear in books. Starting in April 2011, Vertigo began republishing the series in new numbered editions, collecting the series in proper chronological order and including issues that had been left out of earlier editions. The new editions also include short stories, prose pieces, original graphic novels, related mini-series, and crossover issues from other series, most commonly Swamp Thing.

Comic book series

John Constantine first starred in his own solo series Hellblazer in 1988, which ran until its cancellation in 2013. The character was then introduced into the main DC continuity with the fourth wave of the New 52 releases in Constantine, which featured a younger version of the character with a new backstory, and ran until 2015. It was relaunched as Constantine: The Hellblazer under a new creative team which attempted to bring back to "the core tenets of character", running for thirteen issues. The series was once again cancelled and relaunched to coincide with the release of DC Rebirth, including an introduction one-shot titled The Hellblazer: Rebirth, and running for twenty-four issues. This series brought back elements from the original series, while still being rated PG-13. In July 2019, it was announced that a new series would be released under The Sandman Universe line, published under Vertigo's successor imprint DC Black Label, starting with a new one-shot titled The Sandman Presents: Hellblazer. The series was cancelled with issue twelve.

Ongoing series

Limited series

One-shots

Other stories

Graphic novels

Collected editions

All collected editions were released in trade paperback format, unless noted otherwise.

Hellblazer

Originally the series was collected irregularly. These volumes are preceded by volumes 3–7 of Swamp Thing.
VolumeMaterial collectedPublication dateISBNNotes
Original SinsHellblazer #1–9
The Devil You KnowHellblazer #10–13
The Fear MachineHellblazer #14–22
The Family ManHellblazer #23–24, 28–33
Dangerous HabitsHellblazer #41–46
BloodlinesHellblazer #47–50, 52–55, 59–61
Fear and LoathingHellblazer #62–67
Tainted LoveHellblazer #68–71, Special #1
Damnation's FlameHellblazer #72–77
Rake at the Gates of HellHellblazer #78–83; Heartland
Son of ManHellblazer #129–133
HauntedHellblazer #134–139
Setting SunHellblazer #140–143
Shoot"Shoot" from Vertigo Resurrected #1; Hellblazer #144–145, 245–246, 250
Hard TimeHellblazer #146–150
Good IntentionsHellblazer #151–156
Freezes OverHellblazer #157–163
HighwaterHellblazer #164–174
Red SepulchreHellblazer #175–180
Black FlowersHellblazer #181–186
Staring at the WallHellblazer #187–193
Stations of the CrossHellblazer #194–200
Reasons to Be CheerfulHellblazer #201–206
The GiftHellblazer #207–215
Empathy is the EnemyHellblazer #216–222
The Red Right HandHellblazer #223–228
JoyrideHellblazer #230–237
The Laughing MagicianHellblazer #238–242
The Roots of CoincidenceHellblazer #243–244, 247–249
ScabHellblazer #251–255; material from Hellblazer #250
HookedHellblazer #256–260
IndiaHellblazer #261–266
Bloody CarnationsHellblazer #267–275
Phantom PainsHellblazer #276–282
The Devil's Trench CoatHellblazer #283–291
Death and CigarettesHellblazer #292–300, Annual 2011

New editions

In 2011, Vertigo started reprinting the series in new, numbered trade paperbacks in chronological order.
#TitleMaterial collectedPagesPublication dateISBNNotes
1Original Sins
  • Hellblazer #1–9
  • Swamp Thing #76–77
2The Devil You Know
  • Hellblazer #10–13, Annual #1
  • The Horrorist #1–2
    • 3The Fear Machine
  • Hellblazer #14–22
    • 4The Family Man
  • Hellblazer #23–33
  • "The Gangster, the Whore and the Magician" from Vertigo Secret Files: Hellblazer #1
    • 5Dangerous Habits
  • Hellblazer #34–46
    • 6Bloodlines
  • Hellblazer #47–61
    • 7Tainted Love
  • Hellblazer #62–71, Special #1
  • "Tainted Love" from Vertigo Jam #1
    • 8Rake at the Gates of Hell
  • Hellblazer #72–83
  • Heartland
    • 9Critical Mass
  • Hellblazer #84–96
    • 10In the Line of Fire
  • Hellblazer #97–107
    • 11Last Man Standing
  • Hellblazer #108–120
    • 12How to Play with Fire
  • Hellblazer #121–133
    • 13Haunted
  • Hellblazer #134–145
  • "Shoot" from Vertigo Resurrected #1
  • "Tell Me" from Vertigo: Winter's Edge #1
  • "All Those Little Girls and Boys" from Vertigo: Winter's Edge #2
  • "Another Bloody Christmas" from Vertigo: Winter's Edge #3
    • 14Good Intentions
  • Hellblazer #146–161
  • "The First Time" from Vertigo Secret Files: Hellblazer #1
    • 15Highwater
  • Hellblazer #162–174
    • 16The Wild Card
  • Hellblazer #175–188
    • 17Out of Season
  • Hellblazer #189–201
    • 18The Gift
  • Hellblazer #202–215
    • 19The Red Right Hand
  • Hellblazer #216–229
    • 20Systems of Control
  • Hellblazer #230–238
  • Hellblazer: All His Engines
    • 21The Laughing Magician
  • Hellblazer #239–249
  • Hellblazer Special: Lady Constantine #1–4
    • 22Regeneration
  • Hellblazer #250–260
  • Hellblazer Special: Chas #1–5
    • 23No Future
  • Hellblazer #261–266
  • Hellblazer: Pandemonium
  • Hellblazer Special: Papa Midnite #1–5
    • 24Sectioned
  • Hellblazer #267–275
  • Hellblazer: City of Demons #1–5
    • 25Another Season
  • Hellblazer #276–291
  • "Exposed" from 9-11
    • 26The Curse of the Constantines
  • Hellblazer #292–300, Annual #1
  • Hellblazer Special: Bad Blood #1–4

    • Constantine

    Constantine: The Hellblazer

    The Hellblazer

    John Constantine: Hellblazer

    Published under DC Black Label.
    #TitleMaterial collectedPagesPublication dateISBNNotes
    1Marks of Woe
    		216
    2The Best Version of You
  • John Constantine: Hellblazer #7–12
    		• 168

    Limited series

    Other collections

    Constantine is found in most Swamp Thing collections from volume 3, The Curse. He appears in every subsequent volume of the 1985 series and in volume 1, Bad Seed, of the 2004 series.

    Novels

    Author John Shirley has written three Hellblazer-related novels: a novelisation of the film Constantine, released in 2005, War Lord, and Subterranean, a pair of original novels based around the Constantine seen in the comics, both of which were released in 2006. The novel War Lord treats the film Constantine as an alternate universe within the comics' continuity.