Hellblazer #70

Glenn Fabry's cover for Hellblazer #70 sets a quietly haunting tone: a young woman sits alone on a wooden chair in a sparse, blue-washed room, holding what appears to be a small card or note, an empty wine bottle resting on the floor at her feet. Behind her, looming like a ghost against the wall, is the faint, watchful face of John Constantine himself, while a framed painting of a British pub — "The Crown" — hangs nearby, grounding the scene in a distinctly English melancholy. With Garth Ennis writing and Steve Dillon on art, this October 1993 issue carries the understated emotional weight that made their Hellblazer run so compelling.