Hellblazer #229

From writer Mike Carey and artist John Paul Leon, this April 2007 issue of Hellblazer arrives with a cover by Lee Bermejo that pulls no punches: a haggard, disheveled Constantine clutches a drink while being embraced — perhaps forcibly — by a dark-haired woman, as a grotesque, grinning figure looms close behind her in the shadows. The tension between intimacy and dread is palpable, painting a portrait of Constantine's world where comfort and danger are rarely more than a heartbeat apart. Mature-readers Vertigo at its most unsettling.