Hellblazer #277

A battered, bloodied John Constantine crouches over a downed opponent amid burning wreckage and crashed cars, cigarette clenched between his teeth and something sharp in his fist — it's a raw, visceral image by cover artist Simon Bisley that sets a fittingly brutal tone for "Phantom Pains," the new Vertigo storyline beginning here. Peter Milligan scripts, with interior art by Giuseppe Camuncoli inked by Stefano Landini, bringing their own gritty energy to Britain's most notorious occult troublemaker. If this cover is any measure, issue #277 promises Constantine at his most cornered and dangerous.