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Over the course of its 300 matter , Hellblazerattracted a number of high - visibility writers , includingBrian Azzarello . take over with exit # 146 , Azzarello put John Constantine through his paces , sending him to America and force him to consider with the ugliness cover under the country ’s surface . Azzarello ’s running game was peppered with a turn of epic moments , and here are the top 10 .
10John Spooks Some Animal-Torturing Children
From:Hellblazer#153, part of the “Good Intentions” storyline.
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9The Shower Scene
FromHellblazer#146, part of the “Hard Time” storyline.
Johngets the good of his fellow prisoners in a truly epic minute from Brian Azzarello’sHellblazer . After being frame for murder and sent to a federal penitentiary , John ab initio earns the anger of his fellow inmates . Thinking him an easy target , a mathematical group of prisoners attempts to attack John while he is shower . He is seemingly oblivious to their intentions . The view cuts off , but readers know John has something up his sleeve . When the action returns to the rain shower , the other prisoners are virtually catatonic , frightened out of their wits by … something John conjured up . It showed the sleep of the inmates he was not to be trifled with , and set the tint for the rest of Azzarello ’s run .
8John Goes Hitchhiking
FromHellblazer#151, part of the “Good Intentions” storyline.
John Constantine is not a hero per se , but he occasionally does the veracious affair , as he did in this epic moment from Brian Azzarello’sHellblazer . John is pick up by two shady - looking men while hitchhiking . As John fluid verbalize the two men , they become more agitated , eventually running off the road . The two mankind are killed , and in a twist , it is revealed they had kidnapped a young woman and were book her in the torso . John economize the woman ’s biography , one of the few rightfully noble act he did during Azzarello ’s run onHellblazer , but he did it in his own way .
7Rasputin’s Clock
FromHellblazer#163, part of the “Lapdogs and Englishman” storyline
Brian Azzarello roleplay the long game during his term of office onHellblazer , creating one large , overarch floor , and he gave readers a great level of backstory in this two - parter . A young American call Stanley want the unredeemed Clock of Rasputin , and John agrees to get it for him . What follows isa typical John Constantine con game : he gives Stanley a even clock and through deceitfulness and trickery , win over him it has sorcerous properties . The whole thing is a cozenage , but Stanley does not hump that . This news report would have huge ramifications for the rest of Azzarello’sHellblazerrun .
6The “Iceman”
FromHellblazer#158, part of the “Good Intentions” storyline.
TheIceman was one of Brian Azzarello ’s most epical moment inHellblazer , a will to John ’s con man path with words . While hitchhike , John stumbles across a humble township living with the threat of the “ Iceman , ” a purportedly demonic entity that kills people when it snows . John arrives at a restaurant , and lo and behold , the Iceman has drink down someone in the parking lot . What follow is a tense and uncompromising story , set in a snowstorm and brimming with paranoia . It also features one of the good eddy conclusion in Brian Azzarello’sHellblazerrun .
5John Creates a Golem, and Sends it After Nazis.
FromHellblazer#167, part of the “Highwater” storyline.
John Constantine chance the unworthy part of America during Brian Azzarello’sHellblazerrun , include a pack of white supremacist . They attempt to buy guns , and when they learn the bargainer also sells to Black hoi polloi , they kill him . John gains their combine , again using his skill as a con man . Unbeknownst to them , John has taken the trunk of the arm dealer and uprise it as a golem , sending it after the Nazis . John play the Nazis like a violin , and off tearing DoJ on them . Azzarello’sHellblazerwas marked with truly brutal moment , and this ranks among the best .
4Stanley Returns
FromHellblazer#172, from the “Ashes and Dust in the City of Angels” storyline.
Stanley , the American who John swindled with Rasputin ’s clock , was revealed to be the primary scoundrel of the totality of Brian Azzarello ’s run onHellblazer . Readers study that Stanley will chance John Constantine again , and the two had an social occasion . John ended it , and it broke Stanley ’s heart . Stanley becomes a wealthy business person , and when he learnsJohn Constantine is still alive , has him framed for murder . Brian Azzarello allegedly intended Stanley to be a Bruce Wayne medley . The revelation that Stanley was the architect of John ’s woefulness was one of the biggest twists in Brian Azzarello’sHellblazerrun .
3A Young John Constantine Meets Nergal
FromVertigo Secret Files: Hellblazer#1
Not everyepic moment in Brian Azzarello’sHellblazerwas part of a sprawl story arcand , indeed , one of the wildest was a one - off story appearing in a one - shot . sports fan live John has a account with the monster Nergal , but this story reveals it goes way back , all the direction to John ’s childhood in England . Still young and uncorrupted , young John meets a mysterious son while out toy . lover learn it is really Nergal in disguise , but young John does not know this . On the Earth’s surface , it was a simple coming together , but one that would have huge ramifications for John ’s lifetime .
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2John Constantine: FBI Agent?
FromHellblazer#150, part of the “Hard Time” storyline.
John Constantinedespises authority in all conformation , so being blueprint to work with the FBI ranks as one of Brian Azzarello ’s wildestHellblazermoments . After being released from prison house , an FBI agent named Turro comes to John , saying that in exchange for his departure , he will be doing workplace for him . Turro leaves it up in the air as to what will happen , but a few issues after , all becomes clear . While John Constantine never formally joined the Bureau , he still helped Turro take down Stanley . John would never work with law enforcement again after that .
1John Takes Over a Prison
FromHellblazer#149, part of the “Hard Time” storyline.
Brian Azzarello kicked off hisHellblazerrun in styleby station John Constantine to where he had never been before : prison house . Framed for murder , John was doom to 35 eld in pokey . His fellow inmates , perhaps smell out what they thought was an wanton object , began harassing John , but he quickly turned the tables on them . Before long , John had eliminated the heads of nearly every major gang – and assume over the prison for himself . Doing so showcased nearly every qualitythat makes John Constanine great , and provided the most larger-than-life moment of Brian Azzarello’sHellblazerrun .
Brian Azzarello was onHellblazerfor a piddling over three years , and established himself as one of the ledger ’s premiere writers , even earning the praise of Constantine co - creator Alan Moore himself . While controversial in its day , fourth dimension has been kind toBrian Azzarello’srun onHellblazer .
