And thus ends the saga of John Constantine - or wait, I'm getting ahead of myself. During the last story arc Constantine promised to track down the child that his sister gave up when she was 16, and in typical fashion he decided to break his promise. But of course, promises made in Hell really shouldn't be broken, and he is forced into the quest when some pretty random bad stuff (blood dripping walls, etc) starts happening as a consequence. Ironically, it's not hte actual Constantine-nephew whp's getting up to dirty deeds; it's his older adopted brother who's mis-behaving out of jealousy and trying to pin it on him. John manages to sort out the mess, but the nephew isn't any smarter than the rest of the people who meet John and starts dabbling in the Dark Arts himself. Whoops, there goes his happy family life!

When the end finally comes for Constantine he actually sees it coming 5 days before, and for once in his miserable life he actually prepares properly. Though he manages to fool everyone around him into believing it so that the Fates (kind of a knock off version this time around, but the Kindly Ones of Sandman woldn't have worked in this situation) leave him alone. I'm not sure what kind of spell he managed to fandangle this time, but smoking himself back into life by using his own ashes in place of tobacco is absolutely perfect. Gross, but perfect. What's next for the Laughing Magician? He's apparently off to live the quiet life (no family, no Epiphany, not even Chas), but he's John Constantine and we know he'll be back eventually. ( )

The initial few stories are pretty good; but the finale/end of Constantine is a real disappointment ( )