DC Comics

John Constantine, Hellblazer by Jamie Delano Omnibus Vol. 1 is the root of Constantine as a political, working-class occult lead. Delano's run is angry, literary and haunted by Thatcher-era Britain, nuclear dread and spiritual compromise. The book matters because it defines the texture later writers inherit: Constantine as manipulator, survivor and guilty witness, moving through horror that feels social as much as supernatural.