John Constantine: Hellblazer #1

John Constantine stands in a blood-red forest at night, coolly pulling on a glove while looming over his own cracked gravestone — which reads "Here Lies John Constantine: Whatever did it, He deserved it." It's a perfectly sardonic image to launch this Sandman Universe Black Label series, written by Simon Spurrier with art by Aaron Campbell and colors by Jordie Bellaire, and covered here by John Paul Leon in brooding, atmospheric style. If you've ever wanted Constantine at his most grimly self-aware, "A Green and Pleasant Land, Part One" looks like exactly the right place to start.