John Constantine: A Hellblazer Podcast

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Comics enthusiast Matt Hansen takes you on a deep dive through every issue of the DC comics John Constantine: Hellblazer series. *Logo art by Tim Bradstreet on Hellblazer #189. *intro music after Hellblazer #30 by @Pastacat

Matthew Hansen


    • May 16, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 31m AVG DURATION
    • 144 EPISODES


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    Hellblazer #129 (Son Of Man, Part 1) [New Garth Ennis Arc Starts]

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 28:48


    Garth Ennis returns to HELLBLAZER with 'Son of Man' part 1! When Chas arrives on John's doorstep begging his help in disposing of a bloody gun, John must trace a path back to a long-forgotten dreadful night and deal with its ungodly consequences.Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooksFollow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hell Talk #12: Hellblazer 118 - 128

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 81:29


    Matt and Hoku discuss the end of the Paul Jenkins run of Hellblazer.Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooksFollow us on social media:https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #128 (How To Play With Fire, Part 4: Sifting Through The Ashes) [Paul Jenkins Run Ends]

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 23:15


    Before this 'How to Play With Fire' finale, John Constantine had his share of run-ins with Hell's envoys. Now it's time for him to pay the piper and tackle the other side. In a familiar forest, a desperate Constantine plays the ultimate hand of spiritual poker.Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooksFollow us on social media:https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #127 (How To Play With Fire, Part 3: Burning Down The House)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 24:44


    The Devil, Buer, Crowley, Ellie—everyone gets exactly what they deserve! And John finds himself at the gate of a familiar forest for a long-awaited reckoning.Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooksFollow us on social media:https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #126 (How To Play With Fire, Part 2: Fanning The Flames)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 23:30


    Gavin and Ellie are pulling strings, and Constantine's life has almost completely unraveled. With nowhere else to turn, John must make a last, desperate deal with a highly unlikely party.Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooksFollow us on social media:https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellbllazer #125 (How to Play With Fire, Part 1: Blowing On The Embers)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 26:43


    Back home in London, John Constantine is confronted by remarkable changes that have taken place in his absence. Among them: growing mistrust among his acquaintances, the terminal illness of an old friend, and the disappearance of Abaton.Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooksFollow us on social media:https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #124 (Up the Down Staircase, Part 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 28:14


    As 'Up the Down Staircase' concludes, the Mark of the Beast is everywhere, and the clue to beating the Devil—and saving Dani's brothers from his latest scheme—hides in plain sight.Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooksFollow us on social media:https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #123 (Up The Down Staircase, Part 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 28:13


    When Dani's brothers become hopelessly ensnared in the First of the Fallen's media web, John Constantine must look for a solution in a most unlikely place.Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooksFollow us on social media:https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #122 (Up The Down Staircase, Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 29:40


    John's American holiday takes a nasty turn when the First of the Fallen unveils his latest scheme; and, back home in London, John's past catches up with him.Support us at:https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooksFollow us on social media:https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #121 (Up The Down Staircase, Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 23:47


    The world turns by infinite fractions, creating infinite possibilities for the future. Somewhere, a potential ally becomes a deadly enemy and a possible solution becomes an enigma. John Constantine knows that his past is inescapable. But now, someone else's past is catching up with him!Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooksFollow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #120 (Desperately Seeking Something)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 41:14


    In this special, double-sized issue marking the 10th anniversary of HELLBLAZER, John Constantine takes readers on a private walking tour of his London—embarking on a strange and often treacherous journey that proves, once and for all, that fiction is stranger than truth.Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooksFollow us on social media:https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #119 (Undertow)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 23:33


    What's the connection between the Titanic and Challenger disasters, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the loss of the Lusitania? Across the decades, a multitude of disaster victims make a disturbing connection, and, over England, an airplane heads toward oblivion!Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooksFollow us on social media:https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #118 (Life And Death And Taxis)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 23:06


    John Constantine becomes a godfather! Special delivery takes on a new meaning when Rich and Michelle's baby is born!Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooksFollow us on social media:https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hell Talk #12: Hellblazer #110 - 117

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 52:38


    Matt and Hoku discuss Hellblazer issues 101 - 109.Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooksFollow us on social media:https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #117 (Widdershins, Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 29:07


    What's the connection among John Constantine, Sir Francis Bacon, a haunted cemetery and a chicken? When suburban spirits erupt with a vengeance in a South London town, Constantine must discover that link before it's too late.Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooksFollow us on social media:https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #116 (Widdershins, Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 27:56


    Suburban angst takes on a whole new meaning when a motley gang of angry spirits descends on a South London borough. All hell breaks loose—and for once, John Constantine isn't to blame.Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooksFollow us on social media:https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #115 (In The Red Corner)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 25:01


    John Constantine prepares himself for a battle of a different kind when he heads over to Dani's place to ponder the direction of their relationship. But when he arrives, he finds a surprise—one that leads them down a path of blood-related vengeance. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #114 (Last Man Standing, Part 5: No One Is Innocent)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 25:49


    John Constantine's master plan comes together! It's the modern magician versus the ultimate magician of myth. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #113 (Last Man Standing, Part 4: "You're Just A..."

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 29:43


    After last issue's unexpected finale, John must gather his friends to formulate a plan against Myrddin. But as usual, things don't go according to plan. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #112 (Last Man Standing, Part 3: Human Punk)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 24:44


    The unexpected true king of Britain heads cross-country in search of the Holy Grail—all while thinking he's actually on a drug-induced trip! But when he finds the missing artifact, will he come to his senses before it falls into the wrong hands? Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #111 (Last Man Standing, Part 2: No More Heroes)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 26:51


    John Constantine refused the request for help from Arthur's court—but they aren't taking no for an answer. Suddenly, Constantine is pulled into a quest for both the Holy Grail and the rightful king! Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #110 (Last Man Standing, Part 1: A Different Kind Of Tension)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 28:38


    Drake's drum beats again—ringing out across the land and signaling great danger on the horizon for England. When Myrddin returns to modern times, the Knights of Arthur's court must seek out their champion! Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hell Talk #11: Hellblazer 101 - 109

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2025 67:18


    Matt and Hoku discuss Hellblazer issues 101 - 109. Hoku's horror book: https://linktr.ee/hokunanisorci Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #109 (The Wild Hunt)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 25:25


    A series of sheep mutilations in Yorkshire prompt Chas to seek help from John Constantine's—who accepts solely to escape the trail of an inquisitive reporter. But the answer to this mystery may actually lead to something far more sinister on the rise! Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #108 (Days Of Wine And Roses)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 26:55


    While scouting for blackmail victims at an orgy, John Constantine finds himself accidentally summoning up sinister beings—which leads to terrible consequences for an anorexic girl and her abusive father. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #107 (In The Line Of Fire, Part 2: Over My Dead Body)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 24:56


    With the mystery house exposed and ready to be demolished, Constantine tries to help Jack pass on to the afterlife—but instead finds himself trapped in the battle of Dunkirk! Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #106 (In The Line Of Fire, Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 23:17


    A house that doesn't exist and a secret from long ago. John Constantine stumbles across a mystery that stretches across time. What is the secret of the house that's not there? Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #105 (A Taste Of Heaven)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024 23:23


    Time and space twist and collide when John Constantine experiences a weird sense of deja vu while on a case—one that traces back to the 19th century and James Constantine of Porlock! Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #104 (Difficult Beginnings, Part 3: The Darkening Of The Light)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 23:58


    John Constantine faces a final choice when he confronts the self he banished to Hell, and at last defines his sticky relationship with another otherworldly acquaintance. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #103 (Difficult Beginnings, Part 2: The Trouble With Worms)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 24:38


    In order to understand the nature of his lost dark side, John Constantine pays a surprise visit to the 'most evil man in the world,' a harvester of worms with a horrible, if peculiar, secret. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #102 (Difficult Beginnings, Part 1: The Single-Sided Coin)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 26:48


    When John Constantine banished his dark side to hell he never expected he would miss it. Spiritually adrift, Constantine heads off to nowhere in particular, and finds himself at the door of the place he least wants to be. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #101 (Football: It's A Funny Old Game)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 30:58


    When heated rivalry turns to violent hatred at a frenzied football match, the crowd's ugly mood assumes physical form. To prevent a crisis, John Constantine is forced to strike a deal with a demon. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hell Talk #10: Hellblazer 91 - 100

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 73:51


    Matt and Hoku discuss Hellblazer issues 91-100. Hoku's horror book: https://linktr.ee/hokunanisorci Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #100 (Sins Of The Father)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 49:37


    Special anniversary issue! Fallen into a coma, Constantine is transported to the darkest corner of his own personal hell, to an unwilling reunion with his estranged and long-deceased father! With Constantine's adversary, the First of the Fallen, as a gleeful witness, father and son unravel the layers of their stormy relationship and at last confront the dark secret behind their mutual animosity. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #99 (Punkin' Up The Great Outdoors)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 28:20


    When John Constantine leads some old friends to the mythical city of Abaton, the expedition inspires some highly personal reactions and some unexpected consequences. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #98 (Walking The Dog)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 32:03


    John Constantine comes to the aid of his downstairs neighbor, a dimwitted, epileptic giant whose home is haunted by a howlingly persistent and totally unexpected ghost. Hoku's Book: Physical/Digital Audiobook Available at: Audible Spotify Nook Google Play Kobo Libro Storytel Audiobooks.com

    Hellblazer #97 (The Nature Of the Beast)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 25:34


    In a special epilogue to 'Critical Mass,' an encounter with a mysterious gypsy fortuneteller compels John Constantine to face his most persistent enemy—himself! Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Bonus Episode: Creator Interview with author Hokunani Sorci

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024 81:17


    Guess what everyone! Hoku, my co-host of the Hell Talk podcast where she and I discuss John Constantine, has written a collection of short horror stories, and I did the audiobook narration!! In this bonus episode we discuss her writing process, how to create an audiobook, and how to self publish a book you wrote. The book is available everywhere where books are sold, in physical, digital, and audiobook formats. So if you're wanting something spooky to listen too or read for Halloween month check it out. Buy the physical & digital versions or read on Kindle Unlimited on Amazon Listen to the Audiobook on: Spotify Barnes & Noble Libro Storytel

    Hellblazer #96 (Critical Mass, Part 5: Hook, Line, & Sinker)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 27:48


    Restored to his former power, the First of the Fallen is back to exact his revenge and claim his ultimate prize: Constantine's soul! Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #95 (Critical Mass, Part 4: Coming Up For Air)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 29:20


    Awakening with amnesia on the shore of Loch Ness, a battered and bruised John Constantine is drawn back to London while the First of the Fallen prepares a homecoming. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #94 (Critical Mass, Part 3: The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 31:22


    An old acquaintance invades Constantine's dreams and offers a clue to solving his hellish predicament. But there is a price...and it may be more than Constantine can afford. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #93 (Critical Mass, Part 2; Troubled Waters)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 27:59


    Buer has found a loophole that's allowed him to possess Syder, and the only way he'll let go of the young boy is if Constantine sacrifices himself for The First. Running out of options, John goes to the mystical town of Abaton for advice. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #92 (Critical Mass, Part 1: Bait)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 32:04


    As John Constantine wrestles with a dark memory, a demon with an appetite for children's souls hatches an ambitious plot to realign the balance of power in Hell. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #91 (Riding The Green Lanes)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 37:01


    John Constantine visits the site of a bloody 17th century battle and discovers the strange connection between the ghosts that haunt the field, an ongoing confrontation between anarchists and police, and the disappearance of a friend twenty years prior during a bike ride. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hell Talk #9- Hellblazer 85 - 90

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 50:24


    Matt and Hoku discuss Hellblazer Issues 85 - 90. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #90 (Dreamtime, Part 2: Dangerous Ground)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 28:52


    Constantine devises an ingenious double-reverse in his struggle to stop the Rainbow Serpent, a brutal aboriginal deity that intends to purge Earth of all animal life. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #89 (Dreamtime, Part 1) [Paul Jenkins Run Starts]

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024 34:40


    John Constantine plunges deep into an arcane landscape, where a powerful entity known as the Rainbow Serpent intends to punish man's treatment of the environment by clearing the earth of all animal life. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #88 (Warped Notions, Part 4: Mountain Of Madness) [Eddie Campbell Arc Ends]

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 23:22


    John Constantine leads the ghost of Sir Francis Dashwood to a remote island in the South Pacific, where Constantine hopes to stop the decay of reality once and for all! Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #87 (Warped Notions, Part 3: The Shout)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 23:01


    Constantine, the ghost of Sir Francis Dashwood and the cat-demon Murnarr encounter an aboriginal shaman and the true cause of reality's decay. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #86 (Warped Notions, Part 2: The Everything Virus)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 22:39


    Searching for the force that's threatening the corporeal plane, Constantine travels to Philadelphia accompanied by the ghost of Sir Francis Dashwood and the cat-demon Murnarr, where he encounters the Church of Virtual Reality and learns a disturbing secret. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

    Hellblazer #85 (Warped Notions, Part 1: The Delicate Power Of Terror) [Eddie Campbell Arc Starts]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 28:12


    Constantine is drawn into a web of time travel and terror when the ghost of Sir Francis Dashwood, founder of the Hellfire Club, requests the ill-mannered magician's help to avert a disaster that could threaten the very fabric of reality. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks

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