And it's like he never went away. Delano once again proves why he's the quintessential Constantine writer. The other have all grabbed a bit of him - Ennis really got the romantic manipulator, Warren Ellis got the heart of gold, Azzarello the scary bastard and Carey the family man - Delano's version is all of these and more. He is scarily well realised and a wonderful bastard to boot.Constantine is forcefully pulled into the Iraqi war by some deeply unwise government spooks and is sent out to participate in the interrogation of a captured Iraqi who has been doing some weird shot. Along the way he meets a friendly native before discovering that an old nemesis is one of the major players in the situation.
It's a lovely little one piece story filled with humour and warmth and ridiculous devilry. It's beautifully painted by Jock with a real sense of dislocation to the art.
I'd love it if they got Delano back on the title but that's not likely.
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