Hellblazer #112

Part three of Paul Jenkins and Sean Phillips's "Last Man Standing" arc finds John Constantine — cigarette dangling, trenchcoat slightly askew — looking decidedly uneasy as a blue-haired punk teeters above him on a ladder, triumphantly hoisting a hand-lettered sign that reads "Rich the Punk, Psychic Sleuth." A fallen hammer and the whole precarious scene suggest that whatever Constantine has gotten himself into this time, it involves at least one very enthusiastic new ally. Sean Phillips's cover has a loose, almost comedic energy that sets this Vertigo series apart from darker superhero fare of the same era.