Constantine is a fucking knob

With Mike Carey at the helm we see the return to a long-term plotline in this collection. Early chapters seem like one-off stories, but they artfully connect to the later plot and provide background details to further enrich the tale. As per usual, the issue-spanning saga has Constantine on hand to save the world again - or to at least try in his haphazard but sincere manner. Carey draws on multi-cultural legends (Celtic, South American, and Judeo-Christian) for Constantine's new foe - a dog-typed demon that seems to have the power to open the gates between the realms from the bad side, which is definitely not the norm. It seems that not all of the other realms denizens want this breach though, so Constantine may have some aid, even if it is unasked for and less than savoury. ( )

Individually the tales that make up the volume work well together –the first with Constantine as prey, the second a village scarred by a horror hidden in the local asylum and the last a tale of a hidden gateway to paradise. The only downside is that it’s the middle volume of a bigger story and as such it’s a tad unsatisfying with the bigger story left hanging. ( )

Mike Carey looks to be tying the already-impressive story arc from Red Sepulchre into something even larger. I'm looking forward to seeing what comes next. ( )