Hellblazer #62

A weary John Constantine — cigarette dangling, shovel in hand — picks his way through a coastal graveyard in this February 1993 installment of DC's mature-readers series, with his own name carved into one of the surrounding headstones. Glenn Fabry's cover art sets a quietly haunting tone, the grey sea and cliffs behind Constantine amplifying the sense of isolation and dread. Written by Garth Ennis with art by Steve Dillon, "End of the Line" promises the kind of grim, grounded supernatural storytelling that made Hellblazer essential reading — and this issue also includes a special insert on AIDS awareness and safer sex, reflecting the series' willingness to engage with the real world alongside the supernatural.