This was enjoyable, and concludes the first arc after all the strange pacing that probably comes from too many characters. I liked it. It gave me a nice jolt seeing (1) Zatanna and Shade in the same space! and (2) Zatanna totally kissing Shade to get his head back into the game. I never in a million years would have ever expected to see those two characters—two of my hands down favourites—in the same book, let alone having a saucy moment. It’s like a very specific form of fan service just for me.

I still don’t get why the fuck I’m supposed to care about Mindwarp, though.

The first time Shade met John Constantine, Hellblazer

comicbooks:

Hellblazer #259 by Peter Milligan and Simon Bisley

I looked at this in the store today, being such a big fan of Milligan. I decided to hold off until it’s collected to be economical, because I really shouldn’t be buying comics period, but, well, if it wasn’t for the poor impulse control, I’d have no impulse control…

Either way, it’s got a scene that features Kathy George, from Milligan’s brain-exploding Shade the Changing Man. I read the scene and. It. Broke. My. Heart. It hints that possibly Kathy will be showing up again, as well…