Preview Monday: GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS #17 and HELLBLAZER #300

Welcome back for another installment of Preview Monday! This week we’re giving you exclusive first looks at GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS #17 and HELLBLAZER #300.

The threat that first led to the formation of the Guardians of the Universe is back and he’s set his sights on the biggest and brightest of the Corps! Spinning out of the conclusion of “Rise of the Third Army,” the First Lantern has returned to tear apart the lives of each and every Lantern in “Wrath of the First Lantern.” Following the events of GREEN LANTERN #17 and GREEN LANTERN CORPS #17, “Wrath of the First Lantern: Part Three” sees the First Lantern target his next victim: Kyle Rayner. After mastering the emotional spectrum and harnessing the powers of the White Lantern, Kyle seems unstoppable. But will he be strong enough to fight back when the First Lantern dissects his memories and feeds off his emotions? Find out in GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS #17, in stores this Wednesday, written by Tony Bedard and illustrated by Aaron Kuder. Click here for an exclusive preview of the issue.

Also this week, HELLBLAZER, Vertigo’s longest-running series starring the one and only fan-favorite chain smoking British antihero, John Constantine, will conclude with issue #300. Over the past 25 years, Constantine has escaped, cheated, narrowly avoided and even reversed death on multiple occasions. Now, this chapter of his story comes to a heartbreaking end as longtime writer Peter Milligan and artists Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Landini give him the bloody best sendoff he deserves in the conclusion of “Death and Cigarettes.” Does this old boy have one more second chance at life in him? Find out in the monumental HELLBLAZER #300, in stores this Wednesday! Click here for an exclusive preview of the double-sized issue. And be sure to catch the new adventures of John Constantine when the ongoing series CONSTANTINE launches in DC COMICS-THE NEW 52 next month!

DC Entertainment Co-Publisher Dan DiDio on the conclusion of HELLBLAZER

"We're supremely proud of Vertigo's HELLBLAZER, one of the most critically-acclaimed series we've published. Issue #300 concludes this chapter of Constantine’s epic, smoke-filled story in style and with the energy, talent and creativity fans have come to expect from Peter Milligan, Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Landini. And no one should worry that John is going to hang-up his trenchcoat - he lives on in March, in the pages of the all-new DC Comics New 52 ongoing series, CONSTANTINE, by writer Robert Venditti and artist Renato Guedes."  - Dan DiDio, DC Entertainment Co-Publisher


DC Comics unveils latest addition to The New 52 - CONSTANTINE

John Constantine has been a constant presence in the pages of DC Comics, having first appeared in SWAMP THING in the 1980s and up through his current adventures in the pages of JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK, ANIMAL MAN and SWORD OF SORCERY.
 
Now, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS announced this morning that the chain-smoking British occult detective will headline his own ongoing comic book series as part of DC Comics-The New 52.
 
Launching in March 2013, CONSTANTINE will be written by upcoming DEMON KNIGHTS writer and New York Times bestselling author of The Homeland Directive and the sci-fi graphic novel series The Surrogates, Robert Venditti, with incredible art by Renato Guedes (SUPERMAN).
 
"Few characters in comics are as complex and entertaining as John Constantine, and I'm finding him to be every bit as enjoyable to write as he is to read," says Venditti. "It's my goal to have the new CONSTANTINE series be equal parts familiarity and surprise.  This will be the Constantine we all know and love, but facing new and unexpected challenges from both inside and out."
 
HELLBLAZER, Vertigo's longest-running series which currently headlines John Constantine, will end with issue #300 in February. John Constantine has escaped, cheated, narrowly avoided and even reversed death on multiple occasions. Now, in the conclusion of “Death and Cigarettes,” longtime writer Peter Milligan and artists Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Landini will test whether he’s got one more second chance in him, giving him the bloody best sendoff he deserves.

 

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