John Constantine, Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits

Garth Ennis and William Simpson’s pivotal 1994 storyline from DC’s Hellblazer series finds John Constantine facing his most personal and inescapable foe: his own failing body, ravaged by a lifetime of smoking and dark magic. Faced with terminal lung cancer, the con man and occult detective must use every last trick, bargain, and betrayal at his disposal to cheat death one more time. This single-issue arc remains a landmark in Constantine’s history, stripping away supernatural threats to confront the grim, human cost of his reckless life.