(W) Si Spurrier (A) Marcio Takara (CA) Bilquis Evely

The second year of the Sandman Universe begins with the long-awaited

arrival of one of DC's most iconic characters...John Constantine,

Hellblazer!
He's cheated death and damnation more times than he can

count, but never like this. Long ago, in the crucible of a magical war

waged across countless futures, Constantine was murdered by an

all-powerful adversary: a twisted version of Timothy Hunter, bloated

with evil.
But over the past year strange forces have conspired to

restart Tim Hunter's tale, and somehow-amid sorcery, insanity and secret

agendas-this older, wiser, wilier shade of Constantine has been dragged

back with it. Unlike young Tim, John remembers every second of a life

that went very, very wrong. Now he must ask himself why he, the last

person in the world to deserve a second chance, has been given one. Is

John Constantine here to put Tim Hunter on the right track and avert a

terrible outcome? Or is it because he's the only person in existence

with the guts to do what REALLY must be done? After all, he's a nasty

piece of work, chief...ask anybody.
This oversize one-shot sets the

stage, and is the perfect jumping-on point, for a new era of Sandman

Universe tales beginning in November...and is the official start of the

strangest chapter yet in John Constantine's long life!