The bogeyman

This new Hellblazer collection features several tales never beforecollected, including a look at John Constantine's rough and tumble childhood andthe beginnings of his unique skills.

Then, in some of the earliest storiesfrom Preacher scribe Garth Ennis, John Constantine is dying.

As asorcerer literally haunted by the demons of his past, John is no stranger tomystic bedevilment or supernatural horror.

But it's his chain-smoking thatultimately brings death to Constantine's front door.

John Constantine has lungcancer. Though condemned to hell, Constantine continues to laugh in the face ofthis all-too-serious world.