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Milligan assumes scripting the exploits of London-based sorcerer John Constantine with two story arcs. In one, the magician’s body is enveloped by a horrifying scabby growth that has its origins in a decade-old scandal. In the other, Constantine confronts ghosts buried beneath the construction site of the Olympic Village. Concurrently, he’s trying to come clean with a new girlfriend about the pitfalls of a relationship with a disaster-prone, lone-wolf warlock. Milligan captures Constantine’s sardonic nature but has yet to invest his contributions with the quirkiness that has distinguished his work elsewhere. Giuseppe Camuncoli and Goran Sudzuka’s art is similarly serviceable but unremarkable. --Gordon Flagg
About the Author
Peter Milligan is a British writer, best known for his work on X-Force / X-Statix, the X-Men, & the Vertigo series Human Target. He is also a scriptwriter. He has been writing comics for some time and he has somewhat of a reputation for writing material that is highly outlandish, bizarre and/or absurd. His highest profile projects to date include a run on X-Men, and his X-Force revamp that relaunched as X-Statix. Many of Milligan's best works have been from DC Vertigo. These include: The Extremist (4 issues with artist Ted McKeever) The Minx (8 issues with artist Sean Phillips) Face (Prestige one-shot with artist Duncan Fegredo) The Eaters (Prestige one-shot with artist Dean Ormston) Vertigo Pop London (4 issues with artist Philip Bond) Enigma (8 issues with artist Duncan Fegredo) and Girl (3 issues with artist Duncan Fegredo) .
