Hellblazer: 30th Anniversary Celebration

This was a weird read but a pretty good pick for a newbie to Hellblazer comics. It has a lot of 1st issues of iconic Hellblazer runs with some interstitial explanatory essays/notes. Kind of like an appetizer platter for Hellblazer. A lot of truly unhinged content. Also Sting wrote the introduction (because Constantine's lewk is based on Sting) but Sting wrote it in character as Constantine, I guess, but at first I was like, whoa Sting what the FUCK?

it's interesting what a product of its time the earlier issues are. Like a frankly startling amount of talking about AIDS and AIDS testing for a supernatural comic. In a good way? Like a little dated but not offensive. Constantine will do some dumb-ass shit with demons but he won't have unprotected sex, and good for him.