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The noted sardonic sorcererJohn Constantinehas outsmarted god , angels , demons , and everything in between . But in the end , his dandy enemy has always been himself . Whether that mean his lost matching chum from a parallel universe , or a face - off with his older self .
Several times in John ’s spirit , he ’s buy the farm up against alternating - cosmos versions of himself , and these have show to be the greatest threats he ’s ever faced . John is an extremely shifty man , and he ’s perfectly used to outsmarting mass .
John has bluffed with the soul of unacquainted children before , and the affair that often lets him get out of tricky situations is the fact other people are never in truth sure just how far John will go . However , different versions of John know all of his limits and have rise to the full capable of seeing through his put-on .
Three years after its writer Si Spurrier railed against its cancellation , Hellblazer returns to shelf with the new Dead in America .
Meet “The Golden Boy”: Constantine’s Twin From A Parallel Universe
First Appearance: Hellblazer #39 – Written By Jamie Delano; Art By Steve Pugh, Tom Ziuko, & Gaspar Paladino
Golden Boy try out several time to manipulate John into merging souls with him , even causing John ’s genus Cancer , in club to attempt to physically and mentally weaken him . This manipulation take place over a tenner of John ’s life .
John Constantine had a troubled folk life . He was born to Thomas Constantine and Mary Anne Constantine . Mary was significant with Twin Falls , but John ended up unintentionally strangling his comrade in the womb with the umbilical corduroy . John ’s nascency was hard , and Mary Anne died in childbirth , which led to his don hat him for the rest of his life sentence . This event jell the tone for the rest of John ’s life;however , in an alternate existence , John was the one who suffered a tragic deathin the womb .
Instead , John ’s matching sidekick , concern to only as the " Golden Boy " , was born , his delivery miraculously easy . The Golden Boy then grew up with a loving family , being offered tons of chance that John could never dream of . Still , even that was n’t enough , and eventually , the Golden Boy turned his eyes to the world where John lived . Golden Boy tried several times to pull wires John into merge individual with him , even cause John ’s genus Cancer , so as to sample to physically and mentally weaken him . This handling took place over a ten of John ’s lifetime .
Constantine’s Twin Brother Orchestrated Almost All Of John’s Misery
As it turned out , Golden Boy was behind almost every risky thing that happened to John , in many of the most familiarHellblazerstories . It was eventually bring out thatGolden Boy want Constantine ’s synchronicity wave travelingability , which was his entire goal for merging . Their showdown ended with John using a mystical scalpel to discerp his linkup to his twin brother forever . In the context of the character ’s long account , this stillmarks one of the close times that John ever came to losing himself completely to an enemy .
One of the most ordered vista of his lineament is the factJohn Constantine is afraid to die . depend on his current standing , sometimes he ’s beshrew to Hell , with the First of the Fallen waiting to torture him , and sometimes he ’s barred from both Heaven and Hell , meaning his individual will be wipe out on death . Both options seem specially terrorize to him , which is one of the motivating factors in John ’s fictional character throughout the X , as he seek to do everything he can to avoid death . This is best read in a dark future where John has been injure in conflict against an evil Timothy Hunter .
“Old John”: A Manifestation Of Constantine’s Will To Live
First Appearance: The Sandman Universe Presents #1 – Written By Si Spurrier; Art By Marcio Takara, Cris Peter & Aditya Bidikar
Constantine managed to nonplus Old John by doing what Constantine always does ; he chouse . By forcing his own Word to kill an innocent military personnel , hedirtied his soul to the full stop Old John could n’t use it , and was finally destroyed attempt to take over it . It was only the last - minute realization that Constantine even had a son that he could use as a pawn that allow for him this victory , once again proving that it is Constantine , in one physique or another , who can push himself to limits even DC ’s forces of hell were unable to .
Outsmarting Old John Required A Major Sacrifice
Constantine has always been a theatrical role who makes hard choices . One of the hardest thing a individual can do is face up themselves . John has n’t simply done this once , but twice .
Constantine has a reputation for being completely hardhearted in the name of the greater good . He volitionally sent champion to their deaths whole , so he could attain a end that he felt was the dandy goodness . While John is n’t completely without emotion , his report as such allows him to make preposterous bluffs that would never work for other the great unwashed . He once threatened God that if he was send to Hell , he ’d eventually decree it and then march on Heaven . This squeeze God to help John avoid damnation . Consistently , the only antagonists who have truly gotten the best of John Constantine , have been versions of John himself .
John Constantine is n’t a bad valet deep down . He carry the end of every booster he ’s ever sacrificed with him , literally haunt by his regrets . This twist out to be the major elbow room he overcome Old John , by envenom his mortal with so much ruefulness and ego - loathe that Old John simply could n’t last interacting with it . During the storylineEmpathy is the Enemy , being unwrap to John ’s emotional state immediately obliterate dozens of people . Time and again , John ’s hate of himself absolutely transform into his greatest villains .
Sometimes , winning the battle is n’t as easy as just perforate the bad cat until they give up . Constantine has always been a character reference who makes hard choice . One of the intemperate things a someone can do is face themselves . John has n’t simply done this once , but twice . He ’s had to present the life story that he could ’ve had , one full of love and potential , and he ’s had to face the concept that a well-chosen rendering of himself is just a monster . That ’s why , for all the villain and devil John has faced , the worst enemyJohn Constantinehas ever had to face has always been himself .
