Wow, really good. Way better than I expected. I don't know why I should have expected any less from Ian Rankin. One of my favorite Hellblazer stories of all time. Fit right into the universe. ( )

John Constantine becomes part of a reality show (Big Brother) in order to investigate the supernatural events that happen in this haunted house.
The first impression of Constantine: ‘Maybe we all screwed up our lives somewhere and this is the punishment. The punishment ... or the cure.’ (p. 106) Could it be so easy? No, the border of the drawings changes color: from white to black, so Evil tells the truth of the story.

The black and white drawings by Werther Dell’Edera follow the narration and convey the Dark Entries’ main idea of Ian Rankin: black and white, shade and light, good and evil, death and life

Altogether I prefer the John Constantine smoker and thoughtful than this of Dark Entries where he seems a sort of super-hero with all the answers; for instance a John Constantine acting as Inspector Rebus. ( )

Nothing can ever be as simple as John Constantine tackling a wayward haunted house, can it? Rankin's mystery-heavy graphic novel has Constantine enter into an unwilling bargain with a faction of Hell-denizons (which is a tried and true theme of almost every Hellblazer storyarc), but he gives it a decidedly tongue-in-cheek twist when he makes these demons obsessed with the human passtime of gameshows. Of course, demons can't simply tune into the Jersey Shore, so they steal souls trapped in Limbo to serve as the contestants - and drag Constantine along for the ride since he is a pop culture character among demonkind. This doesn't work out too well for the demons, since John figures out the ruse pretty quickly and helps the souls escape back to Limbo. It's a bit light as far as the supernatural dilemmas go for the Constantine series, since John plays the good guy the entire time, but it's still an entertaining episode. ( )

A one-off Hellblazer story from Rankin wherein a cash-strapped Constantine agrees to investigate a haunted house where a reality show is being filmed. It's much better than the New 52 stories, but the end is a little muddled and Rankin doesn't quite have the character down--it's hard to imagine Constantine being broke as long as there's a bookie in the UK who doesn't know not to take his bets! ( )

Picked this up cheap and thought John Constantine might be the key to Rankin's redemption. Not so much. Pretty standard Hellblazer one-shot that never could have deserved the $20 price tag. ( )