069 | Comics | Hellblazer Vol 1 (Vertigo Comics)

Blazing through Vertigo comics Hellblazer issues 1-4 and Mike tells the tale of Sister Rita Josepha. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Download Episode 69: Hellblazer 00:30 - Intro01:22 - Sister Rita Josepha Does Not Approve of Hellblazer07:02 - Hellblazer (1988) Issue 1-2 by Jamie Delano, John Ridgway, Lovern Kindzierski09:40 - Old color style, crosshatching10:37 - Setup - Starving/Eating to Death13:07 - Constantine's Trip to Tangiers14:44 - Very ghastly story17:04 - Papa Midnight Freaks Us Out19:24 - Not a Superhero Comic, not even a Super Anti-Hero Comic20:30 - Taking out the Demon Mnemoth, John makes a hard decision22:58 - Hellblazer (1988) Issue 4 "Waiting for the Man"24:30 - Very dark comic, seems to have boundaries25:29 - John Constantine can get his butt-kicked26:34 - What IS that Constantine Movie?27:30 - English 80's Underworld - Movie that Should have Been29:08 - Outro Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: [email protected] Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Check out our new show Kids on Comics! Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!