Hellblazer #257

Written by Peter Milligan
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Landini

I continue to be torn by Milligan's run on Hellblazer. The first arc, with the scabs, I liked a lot. The plague doctor story didn't really do it for me. This current story, wherein John gives a love potion to both Phoebe and Julian the Ekkimu, is much more interesting.

There is a lot of good character work in this issue, as John starts to see some of the consequences of his actions, and, being John, pushes things a lot further as he tries to overcome his addiction to Julian's dead skin. I'm very curious to see how this storyline ends.

The next arc is going to be drawn by Simon Bisley, and if it looks like this cover, I'm going to be passing.