Hellblazer #152

Against a backdrop of a West Virginia road map, Tim Bradstreet's cover for Hellblazer #152 places a lean, disheveled John Constantine behind a hulking, tattooed man gripping a crowbar outside a rural gas station — two figures radiating entirely different kinds of menace. It's the second chapter of Brian Azzarello and Marcelo Frusin's six-part "Good Intentions," promising a deep-country noir atmosphere that feels a long way from Constantine's usual London haunts. Vertigo's mature-readers label is well-earned here — this one has the quiet tension of a place where things can go very wrong, very fast.