Initially released in March 1990, Hellblazer #27 hit the shelves at a time of instability in the United Kingdom. Margaret Thatcher’s controversial time as prime minister was coming to an end amidst economic recession and rising nationalist sentiment courtesy of the far-right National Front. The boom of the eighties had buckled under massive cuts to public funding, leaving many with the sense that society’s most vulnerable had been left behind. Enter Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean with Hellblazer #27's "Hold Me," a tale of socially conscious horror that attempts to lay bare a glimmer of hope in the rising darkness.
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