Hellblazer

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Books

Hellblazer has been incompletely collected as a number of trade paperbacks by DC Vertigo. In chronological order, they are as follows:

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• Original Sins (Hellblazer #1-9)—written by Jamie Delano
• Rare Cuts (#11, 25-26, 35, 56, 84)—Delano, Grant Morrison, and Garth Ennis
• Dangerous Habits (#41-46)—Ennis
• Fear And Loathing (#62-67)—Ennis
• Tainted Love (#68-71, Hellblazer Special: Confessional and a short story from Vertigo Jam)—Ennis
• Damnation's Flame (#72-77)—Ennis
• Rake At The Gates of Hell (#78-83, Hellblazer Special: Heartland)—Ennis
• Son Of Man (#129-133)—Ennis
• Haunted (#134-139)—Warren Ellis
• Setting Sun (#140-143)—Ellis
• Hard Time (#146-150)—Brian Azzarello
• Good Intentions (#151-156)—Azzarello
• Freezes Over (#157-163)—Azzarello
• Highwater (#164-174)—Azzarello
• Red Sepulchre (#175-180)—Mike Carey
• Black Flowers (#181-186)—Carey

Constantine: The Hellblazer Collection is a movie tie-in which collects the official movie adaptation, as well as Hellblazer #1, 27 (written by Neil Gaiman), and 41. All of these issues are available in other collections; #1 in Original Sins, #41 in Dangerous Habits and #27 in Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days, a collection of Gaiman-penned stories.

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All His Engines is a hardback original graphic novel from Mike Carey, presenting a completely new story as opposed to a collection of previous issues. It also includes a character summary and history of the comic taken from Vertigo Secret Files: Hellblazer.

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Original Sins ends on an uncollected cliffhanger - that storyline was completed in issues 10, 11 and 12 of the series. Issue 11 is collected in the Rare Cuts trade, but #10 and 12 are still unavailable.

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