Hellblazer #82

Glenn Fabry's cover for this October 1994 Vertigo issue presents a strikingly tender moment — John Constantine, grinning broadly, holds his coat above a laughing woman as the two stride through a rainy London street, the London Underground roundel visible behind them. It's an unusually warm, human image for a series that so often traffics in darkness, with a lone figure huddled in the background adding just a subtle note of shadow. Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's "Rake At The Gates Of Hell Part Five" promises the kind of story that earns quiet moments like this one.