How hard can it be for a comic company to release graphic novels in sequence? A comic is released regularly each month and can be popular with more mature readers, as can the less frequent graphic novel. Isn’t it obvious that the series would be repackaged in graphic novel format? You would think so, but one of DC’s most famous dark characters, John Constantine, has really only been collected sequentially in the last few years. Before this, the comics have been erratic.
Luckily, the stories do not always suffer. As with Batman and EastEnders, it’s important sometimes to forget what has gone before so that the excitement remains current and we don’t overload the brain with mind-damaging amounts of horrific history.