Episode 198 – Hellblazer: Newcastle (A Taste of Things to Come)

The Comics Canon

Content warning: sexual abuse and implied sexual assault

In this episode, friend of the show and John Constantine authority Tracy Tanoff joins us in unpacking a defining moment in the life and career of everyone’s favorite street-level mage (and con man) with a discussion of John Constantine, Hellblazer #11: Newcastle: A Taste of Things to Come, by Jamie Delano, Richard Piers Rayner and Mark Buckingham, published by DC Comics!

10 years before the cataclysmic events of American Gothic, a young John Constantine and his band of occult amateurs investigates strange happenings at an abandoned rock club, only to quickly find themselves hopelessly out of their depth!

Can John and his friends survive the monstrous Norfulthing? Can John rescue a young girl named Astra from the clutches of the demon Nergal? And can he bluff his way past the bouncer and into that hellish hole-in-the-wall known as ... The Comics Canon?

In This Episode:

· Curt comes hard at Sting

· Legends of Tomorrow: Bad Blood

· Hellblazer: Rise and Fall

· Carmilla: The First Vampire

· Dracula Vol. 1: The Impaler

· Mucous Membrane is having a moment

· Your Band Sucks, by Jon Fine

Join us in two weeks as we return to the world of Jeff Smith’s Bone with a look at Bone Vol. 5: Rock Jaw: Master of the Eastern Border!

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