JOHN CONSTANTINE HELLBLAZER:

ALL HIS ENGINES

written by Mike Carey

art by Leonardo Manco

published by Vertigo

ISBN-10: 1401203167

ISBN-13: 978-1401203160

reviewed by Adam Armstrong

3.15.09

Makes you want a cigarette.

A plague is sweeping across the land, leaving child in comas. Constantine is enlisted to help by his long time friend/sidekick Chas. The duo travel to Los Angles to find that a demon named Beroul is creating a hell on earth and is holding the children’s souls inside his body to keep Constantine from doing anything to him. Constantine makes a deal with Beroul but brings in Mictlantecuhtli the Aztec death god to help settle the score. Constantine slips out of everything betraying all those involved as usual.

Published as a stand alone graphic novel, All His Engines is quite good. We learn a little more about Constantine and Chas’s lives and relationship with each other. The artwork and writing flow together in a perfect symphony. I love the mixture of mythology and the battle between older gods and modern gods. Whether it is an introduction or continuation for you it is definitely something worth picking up.

5 out of 5