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Hellblazer?

16-08-2004 11:07PM

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MarVeL

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Ok I probably should know this but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Where did the title "Hellblazer" come from?

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#2 17-08-2004 12:55AM

Err..

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MarVeL wrote:

Ok I probably should know this but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Where did the title "Hellblazer" come from?

From http://www.tabula-rasa.info/AusComics/Hellblazers.html

a 'meaningless title' as Delano says, coined by DC after Clive Barker beat them to the more obvious choice

The obvious choice being Hellraiser

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#3 17-08-2004 08:51AM

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What Err said - I was recently reading the Vertigo Secret files issue about Hellblazer and apparently they got stuck with Hellblazer because Barker released Hellraiser shortly before the comic's original launch date, and hellblazer is the best they could come up with in the time available.

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#4 17-08-2004 01:52PM

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Cool thanks for that

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