Hellblazer #48

Garth Ennis's run on John Constantine's world finds an eerie, melancholy register in this December 1991 issue, its Tom Canty cover presenting two ghostly white figures — a woman in flowing Victorian dress and a pale, shrouded specter — drifting before a crumbling brick storefront hung with weathered pub signs. The photo-manipulated, deeply atmospheric image feels less like horror than like grief made visible, a haunting that lingers in the gutter light. With "Love Kills" as the story title and Ennis at the helm alongside artists Mike Hoffman and Stan Woch, this is Hellblazer at its most quietly unsettling.