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Summary[]
John Constantine is an occult detective from Liverpool, England. His violent and anti-social attitude makes him a formidable anti-hero, and he's known for doing whatever it takes to get the job done. He is a magician and the world's greatest con-artist.
John Constantine, is a working-class magician, occult detective, and con man. He is well-known for his scathing wit, endless cynicism, ruthless cunning, and constant chain smoking. A roguish counterculture anti-hero, Constantine is also a strident humanist driven by a heartfelt desire to defend mankind from the forces of evil.
John was born in Liverpool, but has spent most of his life growing up in London, from the sixties onward. He first left his father's house to live in a London squat aged fifteen. He is a natural born thrill seeker with hints of morality. Despite living in England for most of his childhood, Constantine has moved around the world on several occasions, following occult and mysticism all across the planet. He was born a twin, which he happened to strangle in the womb. His mother died in labor and his father blamed John for the death of his mother and that was the root to the friction between them. When not running away from home John Constantine was raised by his older sister Cheryl Masters.
Constantine is a chain smoker and has been from the very start of his characters introduction, his brand of choice is Silk Cut, though he has been seen smoking Marlboro or Camel’s from time to time, presumably when out of the country or when Silk Cut are unavailable. Despite being a chain smoker himself, Constantine does not take any other drugs, and once called his friend a “Dirty lowlife bastard” when he found a needle with a nondescript drug in it. John eventually moved in with roommate Chas Chandler, the two became best friends. Around this time John began following occult circles around London, and eventually became the magic using, demon tricking con artist he is today.
Powers and Stats[]
Tier: High 1-B | 1-A | High 1-A
Name: John Constantine, The Hellblazer, The Laughing Magician
Origin: DC/Vertigo Comics
Gender: Male
Age: 60 (Vertigo), 35 (Prime Earth)
Classification: Human with/Demon Blood
Powers and Abilities: Peak Human Physical Characteristics, Illusion Creation (Created an illusion that Doctor Fate believed to be real, which led to his death). Created an illusion on all divine senses that tricked Darkseid into believing he was dead and finished his mission), Extrasensory Perception, Astral Projection (Can enter the Collective Unconscious and manipulate dream logic bigger than belief), Exorcism/Spiritual Purification, Genius Intelligence, Telepathy, Memory Manipulation, Dimensional Travel, Sleep Manipulation that even works on elemental forces, Unholy Manipulation, Probability Manipulation and Fate Manipulation with Synchronicity Wave; Constantine rides the waves of Synchronicity, which allow him to be in the right place at the right time, control the fate of himself and others and manipulate events that have no place for causation. Synchronicity is tied to concepts such as the Collective Unconscious, which is the collective beliefs, hopes and dreams of humanity that shape reality and creates a hierarchy of Gods, concepts and creation itself. Synchronicity in magic is the belief the universe is guiding you. Resistance to Telepathy and Possession, Magic; Magic is creation itself. Manipulating magic is manipulating creation. You alter time and space, you warp reality, you make objects appear by pure force of will. It's a frequency that vibrates on every facet of existence. But there is no magic without belief. Belief is what allows the impossible to become possible. To allow something you believe come into fruition. You believe your power to be infinite, it will be more powerful. You believe magic has a cost, it will cost you. You make a coin disappear. You take a rabbit from a hat. You saw a lady in half. Is it magic or is it a trick? The trick is always to be learned. It is science. It is craft and skill. Then where is magic? The magic is in getting people to believe in another reality despite what they know to be true. That is where magic comes from. Belief. Belief is also tied directly to the Collective Unconscious as a foundational source in DC Comics. Belief from humanity powers the likes of The Presence. Energy Manipulation, Teleportation, Attack Reflection, Portal Creation (Can open portals between Heaven and Hell and other realities), Forcefield Creation and Magic Resistance (Protection Circles and Wards, which Presence could not break through, Casted the Rings of Dolus which held off Darkseid's attack which was crushing him on every level), Illusion Creation, Resistance to Possession (Resisted Deadman's possession. Resistance to Corruption (Resisted the effects of Pandora's Box), Ice Manipulation, BFR to other realities, Curse Manipulation, Sealing, Summoning (Can summon demons, spirits, Angels, Djinn, and other magical creatures. Summoned the Trinity of Sin against their will. Summoned Phantom Stranger against his will and casted him across creation), Soul Mutilation, Abstract Existence, Conceptual Manipulation (Can create living ideas such as angels, demons, mythical creatures and concepts). Plot Manipulation (Constantine is the puppet master of his own story and all events that have transpired in his life were at the will of his subconscious mind), Backwards Magic (Constantine can use Zatanna's backwards magic better than her), Soul Bind (Can bind the souls of angels, demons and Witchmark Wonder Woman), Power Nullification & Immortality Negation (Type 8 ,9 and True Godly. Can cut off Swamp Thing from the Green while connected to the Parliament of Worlds and had the Voice of God. Can shut off magic as a whole), Reality Warping (With the Books of Magic, he was stated to destroy all of existence), Resistance to Divinity (Resisted the belief of The Presence and denied his existence). Mathematics Manipulation (Can manipulate his brain alpha's waves to move through a pure mathematical realm, which exists in the 5th dimension). Precognition (Predicted the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths and predicted the coming of the Otherkind invading the Multiverse).
Attack Potency: Varies | High Hyperverse level (Scales to and killed Doctor Fate who was comparable to Indra; Indra threatened all planes of creation, which all Lords of Order and Chaos scale to as they can destroy infinite realities and casually endanger the entire Multiverse. Superior to Phantom Stranger and Spectre who was stated to destroy all of creation if they fought. Doctor Fate also implied he could reverse the effects of Zero Hour, which was on a level comparable to Crisis on Infinite Earths. Doctor Fate is the strongest of the Lords of Order and is comparable to Lords of Chaos like Dominus and Mordru, who can effect infinite realities. Each universe was implied to contain an infinite number of heroes and concepts alike, as well as infinite higher spatiotemporal dimensions) | Outerverse level (Contended and tossed aside Blight, who was the embodiment of mankind's evil and was a threat to the Presence. | High Outerverse level (Scales above Zatanna who is superiorto Upside-Down Man. Was stated to be greater than the likes of Spectre. Destroyed Pralaya's mind, who destroyed all of creation and threatened to throw it into the Overvoid. Pralaya existed in the void before creation and exists beyond it. Can make incantations that probe the World Soul/The Soul of Creation. Superior to the likes of Hecate, in which his Synchronicity Wave has effected. Casually defeats and contends with angels, demons and platonic forms from the Sphere of the Gods. Platonic forms are inherently above the concepts of space, time, duality and causality as a whole. Was able to hold off the Great Darkness which existed before Presence's creation and defeated the likes of Etrigan, Doctor Fate, Phantom Stranger and the Spectre, who can destroy all Creation. Killed Zatara, Sargon, Anton Arcane and nearly killed Zatanna. Harmed Upside-Down Man with a God Spell. Upside-Down Man is an embodiment of the Great Darkness and is the concept of fear, sorrow and hate which mirrors off the hope, belief and possibility of magic from the Sphere of the Gods. Existed at the end of everything and nothing where Destiny and Death of the Endless resided, in which Destiny ultimately died and Death shut off the lights and closed the doors of all creation once and for all. Existed on all facets of creation as the Laughing Magician at the end of everything.)
Speed: Immeasurable, Irrelevant (Tags and evades attacks from the likes of Spectre, Doctor Fate, Gods and other beings from the Sphere of the Gods and above).
Lifting Strength: Above average human
Striking Strength: Street class
Durability: Street level | Outerverse level (Can tank shockwaves from the punches of the Spectre, tank elemental attacks from Swamp Thing and spells from Doctor Fate, as well as tank Zatanna's spells).
Stamina: Superhuman
Range: Varies
Standard Equipment: Cigarettes | The House of Mystery, which exists outside of space-time, also anyone who enters this house is bound to John to do with as he pleases. The House can also travel through Limbo to go where he wants; and additionally has its own defenses, army and can form illusions against intruders. The house also moves through time, space and dimensions to meet its guests. Carries the Twin Blade which can kill anything it touches, and the Moon Blade which can entrap concepts and dreams within it.
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius. Constantine possesses vast knowledge of magic and magical beings, is incredibly persuasive and is capable of outsmarting ancient demons, cosmic beings, and reality warpers. He has tricked the First of the Fallen many times, is considered by the forces of Hell to be the most dangerous and cunning human alive, is excellent at prep and strategy, and great at psychological warfare. He once blackmailed God and even tricked The Spectre himself.
Weaknesses: Chain-smoker, physically not very formidable.
Notes: It's important to establish a baseline for the terminology used when describing certain elements. "Creation" in this context is exclusively referring to everything up to the Source, as that is the immutable presupposition to take when dealing with that term. Also, when scaling certain characters above a certain level, it's vital to acknowledge how the DC cosmology functions, which substantiates placements and their transcendence over succeeding planes of existence. Realms like Limbo and Monitor Sphere are both High Outerversal realms as they act on a hierarchy of fictional transcendence over the below realms. Limbo views realms like the Sphere of the Gods and below as nonexistent fiction and transcends its infinite hierarchies such as infinite Heavens, Hells and Limbos. Monitor Sphere views realms like Limbo as minuscule and infinitesimal, where everything is more profound and meaningful. The Monitor Sphere is also a world of primal and more fundamental Platonic Forms, which would mean that the Sphere of Gods, which is already a Platonic Archetypal realm, "participates" in the Monitor Sphere. The cosmology functions on higher fictional transcendences over each realm, so that's where the scaling is derived from. Use these links as references.
It's also important to understand that the tier placement for John Constantine is situational, and he doesn't always exert this level of power. The justification for the tier placement is his ability to consistently contend with higher-dimensional beings that correlate with the logic of the cosmology as I established previously. John Constantine scales off of certain high-level magic users like Doctor Fate, Zatanna and Spectre, as well as scaling above other beings that normally contest or scale above Outerversal levels of powers. Constantine's power and the spells he casts also play a major factor in determining his overall power, as it is mainly situational.
Please do not attempt to alter this profile in any way without knowing proper context on certain levels of abilities and forces that directly correlate to the overall hierarchy of the DC Multiverse.