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"Constantine star Matt Ryan has promised that the new NBC series will &amp;quot;do the comics justice&amp;quot;. The fall drama is based on the Hellblazer series, published by DC Comics between 1988 and 2013.  &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s over 300 issues of the Hellblazer comic,&amp;quot; Ryan told IGN. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s just so much source material to glean from. I&amp;#039;ve read about 100 of them now, so I&amp;#039;ve got a way to go.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re trying to stay as close to the source material as possible and really do the comics justice.&amp;quot; Hellblazer previously served as the inspiration for the 2005 film Constantine starring Keanu Reeves. In the loose big-screen adaptation, lead character John Constantine - originally a Liverpudlian - was re-imagined as an American. NBC&amp;#039;s own Constantine will premiere in the US on Friday, October 24at 10/9c. The series is yet to secure a UK broadcaster. Comic books, aliens &amp;amp; cult stars: Why 2014-15 is the season of the geek Watch the trailer for NBC&amp;#039;s Constantine below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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