Hellblazer #296

John Constantine has looked better — battered, bloodied, and still somehow defiant, a cigarette dangling from his lips as a gun barrel is shoved directly into his face on Simon Bisley's visceral cover for this December 2012 issue. Part Four of "The Curse of the Constantines" story arc, scripted by Peter Milligan with interior art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Landini, promises the kind of grim, unflinching drama that has always made Hellblazer essential reading. Constantine's two-fingered gesture aimed right back at his unseen assailant says everything you need to know about the man's stubborn, irreverent spirit.