Comic book writer Si Spurrier and artist Aaron Campbell discuss bringing the character back to his roots with the new DC series.

The character hadn’t really gone away, in one sense; after the 2013 conclusion of the first Hellblazer comic book series — which launched in 1988, and was the backbone of the DC Vertigo line for a quarter century — Constantine was brought into the mainstream DC comic book universe in a variety of titles, including Justice League Dark and Constantine: The Hellblazer, while also showing up on television in his own NBC series and, later, the CW’s Legends of Tomorrow. Those appearances seemed to be missing something, however — perhaps not surprising, as they lacked both the “mature readers” content warning and extended, three-decade continuity of Constantine’s earlier incarnation.

Now, that John Constantine has returned. It happened in the one-shot issue The Sandman Universe Presents Hellblazer, in stores this week, and continues next month in a brand new John Constantine: Hellblazer ongoing series, by Si Spurrier (The Dreaming, Coda) and Aaron Campbell (Infidel).

Heat Vision spoke to Spurrier and Campbell about the new series, and got an extended look at artwork from the first issue. It seemed like the best way to celebrate Halloween, really. You can read the whole interview clicking here.