John Constantine, Hellblazer: Damnation's Flame

In this single-issue DC prestige format one-shot from 1999, writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon reunite to deliver a standalone John Constantine tale. The story finds the chain-smoking magus on a plane, where he regales a fellow passenger with a characteristically grim and supernatural yarn involving a cursed film and a deal with a demon. A concentrated dose of the sardonic horror that defined the pair's celebrated run on Hellblazer, it's a tight, self-contained entry for fans of their take on the occult anti-hero.