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Preview Monday: GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS #17 and HELLBLAZER #300

Mon, 02/18/2013 - 9:00am | Alex Nagorski

Welcome back for another installment of Preview Monday! This week we’re giving you exclusive first looks at GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS #17 and HELLBLAZER #300.

The threat that first led to the formation of the Guardians of the Universe is back and he’s set his sights on the biggest and brightest of the Corps! Spinning out of the conclusion of “Rise of the Third Army,” the First Lantern has returned to tear apart the lives of each and every Lantern in “Wrath of the First Lantern.” Following the events of GREEN LANTERN #17 and GREEN LANTERN CORPS #17, “Wrath of the First Lantern: Part Three” sees the First Lantern target his next victim: Kyle Rayner. After mastering the emotional spectrum and harnessing the powers of the White Lantern, Kyle seems unstoppable. But will he be strong enough to fight back when the First Lantern dissects his memories and feeds off his emotions? Find out in GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS #17, in stores this Wednesday, written by Tony Bedard and illustrated by Aaron Kuder. Click here for an exclusive preview of the issue.

Also this week, HELLBLAZER, Vertigo’s longest-running series starring the one and only fan-favorite chain smoking British antihero, John Constantine, will conclude with issue #300. Over the past 25 years, Constantine has escaped, cheated, narrowly avoided and even reversed death on multiple occasions. Now, this chapter of his story comes to a heartbreaking end as longtime writer Peter Milligan and artists Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Landini give him the bloody best sendoff he deserves in the conclusion of “Death and Cigarettes.” Does this old boy have one more second chance at life in him? Find out in the monumental HELLBLAZER #300, in stores this Wednesday! Click here for an exclusive preview of the double-sized issue. And be sure to catch the new adventures of John Constantine when the ongoing series CONSTANTINE launches in DC COMICS-THE NEW 52 next month!

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Green Lantern: New Guardians, hellblazer, tony bedard, Aaron Kuder, peter milligan, giuseppe camuncoli, stefano landini

Ongoing Monthly Series Highlights

Thu, 01/13/2011 - 10:03am | DCE Editorial

HELLBLAZER—Save the Date

You’re invited to the wedding of

John Constantine and Epiphany Greaves

1.19.11

Exclusive first look at inks from issue #275:

cover by Simon Bisley

Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Landini

iZOMBIE

I asked author Chris Roberson to give us a rundown of what’s happening in the world of iZOMBIE this year and here’s what he had to say, “The second storyline of iZOMBIE has just gotten started, and all of the characters and plotlines from the first arc are just starting to collide. Once this second arc wraps up, we'll have a spotlight issue featuring a surprise guest artist, and then dive right into the third arc, which features ghostly pulp avengers, undead spies, teen Frankensteins, and more.” And artist Mike Allred is super excited about what’s ahead, “I get to draw all this! Comic book heaven in a world of monsters.”

SCALPED

Jason Aaron starts 2011 back on The Rez with a new storyline called Running to Stand Still. Red Crow is facing a new challenger for tribal leadership, Dash is hunting down his mother’s killer and much more. Check out the cover of issue #45 by Jock and here’s an exclusive first look at an interior page by R.M. Guera.

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HELLBLAZER #275 Oversized Wedding Issue

Fri, 10/15/2010 - 11:00am | DCE Editorial

That’s right, as mentioned back in July on Graphic Content, John Constantine will be tying the knot.

Many things have conspired to stop John Constantine from getting married; not least of which is Constantine himself. But this time it’s different—this time it’s alchemy babe Epiphany Greaves. But even as the church fills and the blushing bridegroom slips a carnation into his buttonhole, thing can go horribly wrong, as uninvited guests threaten to ruin the wedding of the year.

As seen at New York Comic Con on Saturday, here’s a look at the cover!

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From The Editor’s Desk: Shelly Bond talks HELLBLAZER with Peter Milligan

Wed, 01/20/2010 - 8:00am | DCE Editorial

LOOKS 10, DANCE 3

For those of you who think I require little more than a 263,000 watt
spotlight and a brief excursion to the Courreges Universe, you're clearly mistaken. I've decided to
share the stage with my old accomplice Peter Milligan, one of the original
Vertigo provocateurs of pop fiction. He’s currently the writer of the
monthly GREEK STREET (think fresh blood/ancient myths), the upcoming crime
graphic novel THE BRONX KILL and the regular scribe on our longest running
title, JOHN CONSTANTINE, HELLBLAZER. The latter of which hits the stands
today and marks issue #263.

Bond: Like John Constantine, you've spent most of your life in London. Is
this the only thing you have in common with our proverbial low-rent, occult
street mage?

Milligan: Well, I don’t smoke like Constantine, but I used to. And now
that I think about it I did dabble in the supernatural when I was a kid.
Maybe it was being cooped up in a pokey council flat with three bedrooms,
four siblings, my parents and a ghost that made me fantasize about being
able to escape my mortal body. In any event I researched, practiced and got
heavily into astral projection (really). I almost died one scary night while
“projecting.” If I’d been a bit braver or more successful maybe I would
have continued exploring even darker arts. But I still wouldn’t smoke as
much as Constantine. Come on, I have to look after my singing voice.

Bond: So if you're that inspired by Old Blighty, why send Constantine to
India? Does he have a death-wish that involves being a part of Bollywood a
line dance?

Milligan: Bollywood and all things movie-land are a long way from
Constantine’s mind. I don’t think he really gives a toss about popular
culture. If anything, he prefers unpopular culture. Preferably without the
culture.

He’s going to India to save the life of a woman who’s already dead. Like a
lot of people before him, Constantine is going to the east to find purity.
He might not find purity--but he will find plenty to keep his
uncultured mind busy.

Bond: But what they really want to know: Who would win in a pub fight
--John Constantine or cover artist Simon Bisley?

Milligan: If Simon was drawing the comic of this bust-up, I’m sure he’d
flatten Constantine on page one. Thankfully in spite of any image he might
have of being tougher than Lobo and just as sensible, Simon is in fact a
sensitive flower, and probably a bit of a cry-baby.

None of this unashamedly girly side is in evidence when he gets stuck into
drawing NO FUTURE, the two part post-punk viciously political punch-up
that’s appearing in HELLBLAZER directly after INDIA.

Bond: For the Record: HELLBLAZER #263, India, part 3 is on sale today.
Check out the attached artwork from the secret files of the cracking art
team of Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Landini and see how the layouts and
finishes come to life -- or in this case, death!

And note the cover to issue #264 by the handsome, irascible Simon (you'll never catch me
commenting on his girlie side) "The Biz" Bisley...apparently SOMEONE thought
that seeing John Constantine in a kick line would be one for the books!

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Trick or Treat in July?

Mon, 07/13/2009 - 11:00am | DCE Editorial

What better place for a Halloween party than the HOUSE OF MYSTERY? And guess what? You’re all invited.

This October we’re publishing our first ever Halloween Annual. This special 48-page book will contain a framing story by the regular HOM creative team, writer Matthew Sturges and artists Luca Rossi and Jose Marzan Jr. However, it will also included short stories from HELLBLAZER by Peter Milligan, Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Landini and MADAME XANADU by Matt Wagner, Amy Reeder Hadley and Richard Friend as well as a special MERV PUMPKINHEAD tale (the first in over 8 years!) by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham and Kevin Nowlan.

What? That’s not enough?

You’ll also be treated to a yarn spotlighting a new monthly series!

Come back this afternoon for the second major part of this announcement.

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The Resurrection Begins

Fri, 06/12/2009 - 4:00pm | DCE Editorial

Yesterday, Karen Berger talked about Peter Milligan’s addictive new series GREEK STREET. Peter is also writing HELLBLAZER and this month’s issue #256 not only kicks off a new arc but a new creative team.

We’ll be rolling out interior art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Landini later this summer. But for now, the focus is on fan-favorite cover artist Simon Bisley and his dynamic painting style. For his first cover, “Biz” depicts Constantine walking down a dark and stormy London street that looks so ominous that you can’t help but wonder what’s in store.

Below you can peruse some cover sketches, the final painting, and final cover for issue #256.

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