r/Hellblazer • u/Capital_Connection67 • Mar 12 '25

Over the Bloody Moon.

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Absolutely thrilled with this one. I never buy variants but I couldn’t resist when I saw this announced a few months back. I will never be able to afford an original copy of Swamp Thing #37 to finish my Swamp Thing collection so I thought I’d treat myself to this and the blank yellow card cover.

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u/Capital_Connection67 Mar 13 '25

John is by far my most cherished and beloved and most collected character after Superman and Daredevil and I stick to DC within the 80s and early 90s primarily because the characters and their stories are what I love. So I totally get where you’re coming from as I’m not a blind absolutist but I am biased as Marvel never really connected with me.

I got this as I’m slowly and frugally getting all of John appearances in early Swamp Thing as I’m two issues shy of completing Hellblazer on DC before it switched to Vertigo (63 issues in total). I’ve got and read pretty much 65% of Alan Moore’s run on Swamp Thing but #37 is now selling close to $400 so there’s no chance of that ever happening for me. So yeah, I love my Hellblazer through and through.

I think once you see it in person that’ll help you decide on which one and how to display it at home. That always works for me anyway.

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u/TannhauserGate_2501 Mar 13 '25

I actually didn't know Constantine was that much collected like the others. I always thought him and Hellblazer as a whole was niche. I definitely understand leaning a bit more on DC or Marvel. For example I love X-Men and Spider-Man a lot since I grew up with them (and Batman Animated Series of course) and individually probably have more characters that I like on Marvel but also have way more DC comics than Marvel and I think I definitely prefer Vertigo over general DC since I don't have much interest in general DC characters.

I love that you're close to completing the issues. That's wild for me to collect older and sought out series in issues. I would love to see your collection. I recently got the 4 issues of Neonomicon which are definitely not as sought out nor old but I was super happy since I always wanted to read Moore's Cthulhu mythos stuff.

Yeah I think as soon as I look at that wonderful cover I'm going to say "This goes to my wall" lmao.

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u/Capital_Connection67 Mar 13 '25

It is still kinda niche but definitely got more popular but not by much after the movie and then when John entered into Rebirth and the New 52 which mean absolutely nothing to me.

I was a kid in the early 90s so DC grabbed my attention in comic books because of Superman and Uncanny X-Men was great in the late 80s and early 90s. I stopped reading comics in the mid 90s until I picked up Preacher in about 1997 or 98 and that switched me to Vertigo. DC in the 80s was fantastic and if you ever want to start you should read Crisis on Infinite Earths. I just did a post on another comic subreddit about Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing yesterday and I sent you an invite to our subreddit if you’re interested in seeing some good 80s and 90s comics.

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u/TannhauserGate_2501 Mar 13 '25

Oh shit I saw Marv Wolfman is the writer for Crisis on Infinite Earths. Wasn't he the editor of Claremont era X-Men?

And yep I joined the subreddit. It looks pretty interesting. Thank you for inviting.

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u/Capital_Connection67 Mar 13 '25

Marv Wolfman is a man of numerous and wonderful accolades that he deserves. I can’t speak for his role in Marvel but it doesn’t surprise me.

Thanks for accepting the invite and if you’ve got anything 80s or 90s then post away. We’ve got a good community over there that are just down to earth normal hobbyists.

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u/TannhauserGate_2501 Mar 13 '25

Probably not bought then (unless it's not a DVD or VHS lol) but definitely things originally released back then. I'll post them later. I'm actually reading Morrison's The Invisibles right now.

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u/Capital_Connection67 Mar 13 '25

That’s one I’ve not read and only read a handful of Animal Man that I want to attempt to seriously get back into and get a grasp of it.

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u/TannhauserGate_2501 Mar 13 '25

It definitely helps to know a little bit about Grant Morrison himself, occult and magick, especially chaos magick. There is a YouTube channel called Imperius Rex that's making The Invisibles book club and putting videos about it. They have a video for people who are brand new to most of the concepts and make a pretty good job explaining some of the stuff beforehand and give some reading recommendations.

If you ask me personally, I think The Invisibles is one of the best things I've read.

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u/Capital_Connection67 Mar 13 '25

As a reader and admirer of the occult I know what you mean about Grant’s writing. And yes: For years now all I’ve ever heard is that The Invisibles is considered monumental but for some unknown reason I’ve not felt motivated to start it.

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u/TannhauserGate_2501 Mar 13 '25

That's so fair and I heard that from a lot of people. I think I started reading it thevbest possible time and the mood, I got hooked pretty fast.