Let me know what you guys thought of the video down in the comments and yes there were things I had to exclude from this video for the sake of length. Some of the more cosmological elements to Constantine's made it into my DC Multiverse video instead so check that one out if you are curious what terms like "Creation" actually mean within the context of DC: th-cam.com/video/7b0PktXUqD4/w-d-xo.html Go ahead and give me some ideas for other videos you'd like to see too.
Honestly he's the guy who watches what goes on an says... I'ma kick this puppy an solve the problem indirectly making 4 other ppl do it then sprinkle dust an say I win
He's like a magical batman mixed with young Joseph joestar (Batman) strategy, intelligent, almost always prepared and dangerous when so (Jojo)sharp wit, unbelievably lucky, not afraid to cheat to win, cheated death multiple times
And heaven wont take him when he dies, but if he goes to hell, he’ll take it over and organize the armies of hell and wage war on heaven. He cant go to heaven, cant go to hell, 20 different demons and supernatural beings own his soul, and theres at least 50 others that would want his soul for themselves. Constantine dying would cause more problems then him living.
you want him on your SIDE..... not on your team...... if he's on your team your likely going to die....... It's a curse on him that people near him die.
Dr Strange: Man borrowing the power of gods. Dr Fate: A god borrowing a man. Constantine: Beats gods at poker by cheating then knocks them out during the fist fight.
Dr Strange also as beaten gods before bro. Shuma Gorath, A literal multiversal being. Also Dr Strange would destroy John Constantine in a fist fight. He knows martial arts.
Batman is awesome but does not have even 1% chance against superman. Batman gets kyrptonite and superman destroys it from space with heat vision. Superman flies in faster than batman can see and punches him into the sun.
God and Lucifer had a bet, they would not directly interfere with Earth and see whether it would be destroyed or not eventually in the future, leaving man to his own devices in simplistic terms, they could just send representatives to influence the crowd, John saved the bet from being nullified from Lucifer's side, there was also when John impressed Lucifer with his moxie by having the balls to trick Lucifer into drinking holy water, and by tricking the lords of hell into competing directly for his soul
His greatest strength is his fearlessness. Batman rules over his own fear but Constantine _possesses_ no fear. Crucially important because demons feed on fear-he has none to give.
A lot of his powers being referenced in this video are from when he was in Vertigo. He used to just be a very shitty magician with extremely good powers of persuasion. He's a con man with party tricks but DC tried to turn him into an actual magician.
vertigo : con man who knows tricks New 52 : super ultra goddamn powerful evil magician rebirth : con man who happens to know magic now : con man who knows tricks.
"He's not the strongest magic user, nor the smartest, but heres 20 minutes worth of exmaples of him using magic that concepts themselves are affected by and understanding quantum fucking physics on a level that he can use it to travel through dimensions at will"
What I love about Constantine's story is that in the original Hellblazer it's hinted that John wasn't supposed to be born, his twin brother was supposed to be born but he was strangled in their mother's womb. John is an anomaly, in God's "plan".
Oh it is more than an implication. He did infact killed his brother in the womb. His brother was supposed to be The Magus, The greatest sorcerer to walk the earth, the true Messiah. Only to be revealed way later, that is all bullshit and his brother was a parasitic presence gnawing at him trying to break into this reallity and posses his body. And he is truly The Magus, The Messiah of the new World. And his messianic acts are him saving reallity more timed than he can count.
@@Razer5542 You are right about that one lol. He shares some similar traits to Batman(detective work, prep time), but John's in a class of his own, honestly.
“He cursed some random guy with bowel problems, erectile dysfunction, and a broken TV” This guy can kill gods, asked satan for a lighter, has the respect of Batman, and he does this petty shit I think I found my new favorite
You know the scene in Hellboy 2 where Hellboy and Abe are drunkenly singing along to a tune while slumped on the floor? Constantine would fit into that picture seamlessly.
Former Vertigo editor here, with a note: The "i" in Constantine is pronounced like the "i" in "wine," something that Constantine himself has pointed out on a number of occasions.
Allot of this stuff is from the Rebirth and New 52 story lines. They took Constantine and turned him into a faux Dr Strange. In the Vertigo Hellblazer comics, Constantine gets by with his wit, he barely uses magic. He makes deals with devil's and angels and eventually they go to cash in on the deals but Constantine constantly makes deals staying one step ahead of those trying to get him. For example, when he conjures a demon to fight another demon, the summoned demon hunts down Constantine. Constantine falls in love with Zed and Zed is set to be mated with angels. Constantine makes a deal with a demon, getting it's blood inside him. Constantine sleeps with Zed so the demon blood will be in her and then when the angels sleep with her they go on a rampage and kill the people who set Zed up to mate with them. Now Constantine owes this demon something and he eventually comes to collect but Constantine makes a deal with Swamp Thing to get the demon off his back. The thing about Constantine is he is always making deals and he knows one day demons and angels will seek to cash in. This is what makes his story attractive because every choice Constantine makes has good and bad repercussions, and you know with each choice he makes the actions will come back to haunt him. One last thing: you always see him standing outside of Hell or at the Gates of Heaven. This leads readers to believe that Constantine is finally answering for his actions but as you know, he always has a trick up his sleeve
One of constantines oldie but goodies co.es to mind "make a deal with a demon, call in a favor with an angel, drink with the devil and chat with god. How you ask, well anything is possible when hell wants your soul and heaven owes you some favors"
You could of easily said what you tried to say without overly explaining nonsense. Seriously man wtf. Just say Constantine has both dumb luck and finds a way to stay one step ahead of his ever evolving bullshit around him
@@Zero_cool_G39 I'm sorry to hear you find long paragraphs challenging and upsetting. Perhaps try reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar instead? It might be more your speed.
@@jonclarkillustration5273 his response made no valid point. This isn't about how long his paragraphs are but saying his points without having to break down every small detail. Quality over quantity is better displayed for mass majority. But sometimes people like you who feel the need to respond like an over protective internet hero for what nothing. Your silly comment against mine did nothing. I have every single plausible right to have an actual opinion not directly talk shit. I guess you just prefer to be the other person at the end of the table to be apart of this response. You have way too much time on your hands guy.
Yes and no. If you were to put someone like Darkseid versus somebody like the question yeah Darkseid seems really overpowered but when you put him against somebody like Superman it evens out. I honestly just think the power scale of most heroes and villains is a little bit higher in DC than it is Marvel, and that's not saying that Marvel characters are weaker, Marvel's heroes and villains are relatively equally matched but so is DC if it's the right combinations.
@@spencil9941 yeah there's definitely characters I could have used instead of darkseid that would have got my point across but at the same time when you think of Darkseid losing its usually Superman delivering the last few blows (with help, you got me there)
Someone is Here dude he does not need to he has repeatedly stated that he does not do powerscales or vs battles also you do realize that people can have there own ways to scale things right I mean outerversal was not a term until vs batt wiki made it up
@AiSEL IRAl Lucifer makes beings like the Warhammer Chaos Gods and Emperor of Mankind look weak, so said "punk" can erase our reality by infinite infities over. So yeah.
Constantine is so powerful that the fourth wall matters not to him because John met his creator Alan Moore aside from this he met other creators in reality. One day, I was in Westminster in London-this was after we had introduced the character-and I was sitting in a sandwich bar. All of a sudden, up the stairs came John Constantine. He was wearing the trenchcoat, a short cut-he looked-no, he didn't even look exactly like Sting. He looked exactly like John Constantine. He looked at me, stared me straight in the eyes, smiled, nodded almost conspiratorially, and then just walked off around the corner to the other part of the snack bar. I sat there and thought, should I go around that corner and see if he is really there, or should I just eat my sandwich and leave? I opted for the latter; I thought it was the safest. I'm not making any claims to anything. I'm just saying that it happened. Strange little story. His second meeting with his creation was illustrated in 2001's Snakes and Ladders an adaptation by Eddie Campbell of one of Moore's performance art pieces: Years later, in another place, he steps out of the dark and speaks to me. He whispers: "I'll tell you the ultimate secret of magic. Any cunt could do it." They met a third time in fiction, when Moore was written into issue No. 120 of Hellblazer by then-author Paul Jenkins. Moore is seen sitting in silhouette at the back of a bar as John Constantine (who is on a pub crawl with the reader) raises a drink to him. Writers who had their run on the Hellblazer series have also admitted meeting the character in real life. Original Hellblazer writer Jamie Delano also claims to have encountered Constantine, during his run on the character, outside the British Museum.Peter Milligan saw Constantine at a party around 2009 and rushed after him, only to find he'd disappeared. Brian Azzarello once saw him in a Chicago bar but avoided him, saying that "the thing about John is, the last thing you'd want to be is his friend."
My favorite Constantine moments are when he telepathically showed that annoying magic club full of fanboys how each member would die which drove them all insane and the time he crushed up Santa Claus' bones then snorted them for a little extra magic juice. I loved the Vertigo run.😁😁😁
@@oldmanjenkins771 St Nicholas. I dunno where he's buried, probably Turkey, but John went off to some church somewhere, cracked the floor, and dug up St Nicholas. The fame of St Nicholas / Santa, John managed to turn into immense power by snorting his crushed-up bones. He did the thing in the Tate Club by having a mate bury a hair from his head in the Garden of Eden. He managed to call up the angel who defends Eden, and he came and made a bit of a mess of a bunch of dick magicians at the club's 200th anniversary celebration.
My favourite involves Swamp Thing, who manifested himself in a pile of tobacco, while casually talking to him, John took a pinch of the tobacco manifestation for his smoke😂
When I hear about Constantine's feats and generally casual attitude towards danger, I just imagine that scene from Star Trek (2009). Trigon, Darkseid, Phantom Stranger, etc... : Human, you may be misreading the situation. There's infinite of us, and only one of you. John: *Casually lighting his cigarette* So get some more guys and then it'll be an even fight.
My friends are all like "Why are you such a Constantine fangirl? Batman is better, he always wins." Yeah, sure. Ok. We'll go with that, let me know when batsy needs pulled out of hell.
Crazy overrated,both in abilities(he mostly relies on bad writing)as well as his character,maybe I wouldn't be sick of him if DC didn't shove him everywhere even when it makes no sense.Used to love the character.
@@utoresa5193 Yes but Batman isn't one of the top 3 superhero money makers for nothing, he's the Hugh Jackman of DC because his charatcer is awesome and more inspiring than the others because he's a powerless human and if his portrayel is ever bad, it's because of the terrible writer
Kaitlyn Tillman actually I mean... Batman actually like breaks the plot 😂 I don’t even think the writers know how to beat Batman dc over here like Interviewer: Sooo what’s Batman’s weakness?? Dc: Everyone has a weakness but Batman does not That’s prime author dick sucking right there 😂🤣 (some of you might not get the joke)
In the injustice year 3 comics, John manages to trick everyone and accomplish his goal. And by everyone i mean EVERYONE - including but not limited to: trigorn, mxyzptlk, Batman's whole squad of heroes, superman's squad of "characters". It was... beautiful!
i like constantine he's a really cool character but his stories get so absurd that I roll my eyes. I mean i know DC likes to overpower they're characters but damn.. lol
@@russell2890 it's the best version. That "fate synchronicity wave riding" bullshit just ruins the character. In the Vertigo stories John was just a regular guy expert in occultism, the kind of fraudulent magic used by conmen in real life, not the D&D fireball kind of magic. And it was entertaining because you saw this almost regular guy getting himself into absurd and dangerous situations and get out of them thanks to a stroke of genius, or sometimes by sacrificing his friends. One thing that bothers me though is his wardrobe choice, he wears a full suit with tie and trench coat, but he doesn't hang around bankers and lawyers, just working class people, punk rock bands and drug dealers, is it a matter of personal style? Being recognizable and fully exploit his own reputation?
Emese Molnar-Kovacs That's because the HP universe in general isn't that powerful when compared to other magic utilizing universes. JK designed that universe to be hyper realistic despite the fantasy elements. People can't truly come back from the dead, magic can't cure everything, etc. It's almost a fantasy parallel to real life. I kinda like that about it too because the magic system is strict and unlike most anime and comics don't pull random abilities out of its ass when the plot calls for it.
Emese Molnar-Kovacs That statement doesn't look or sound like a joke. Apparently you haven't been on the internet long enough to realize there are real fanboys who say stuff like this and mean it.
I still say it the wrong way even though I know how to pronounce it correctly. It just feels strange to change when you hear it being pronounced wrong almost everywhere and I like the wrong version better.
Well. Everyone of them will die and everyone of them will come back. Rick will be petty and build a second finite curve around his side of the multiverse. The doctor will shatter internally and morally and bring out the Valeyard which will harnest probably the regenerative energy of all his past and future selves which are probably infinite based on the Timeless child lore. Constantine will probably stole timelord- and Council of rick-tech for a future encounter. Then they all will have the luck to never meet again, but Rick and the doc will be more damaged as ever before, while constantine just see it as a regular Friday.
I really liked the sympathetic magic in his coat. He loses it at one point and the coat keeps on trying to find its way back to him - all the while anyone who wears it basically gets some of his powers - but mostly gets screwed.
Constantine, Lucifer, and Dream are my fav charachters from dc, but by far my boy John gets the lest rep, even though he can tussle with them any fucking day, I mean the guy's main ability is luck, which is beyond the gods, he is op as fuck and he does not get enough love..
Liked, subbed, still picking my jaw off the floor. Think I cracked the concrete. Constinene is now and forever more my favorite DC Character. Great video, your voice is awesome. Nothing further. 💜
Constantine is the batman of magic, he has some trick and plan to get out of any and every situation. From making a deal with the devil to calling in a favor from god
Vertigo's Constantine was never over powered. His trick was making everyone believe he was. He only ripped Nergals spine out cause he knew his name (that has something to do with the demon lore in the book, which goes all the way back to the first time he summoned nergal and couldnt control him for that exact reason). He could always use magic but it was never opening pocket universes to dodge attacks. That was the problem a lot of the Hellblazer fans had with the new 52 version. They knew as soon as he went to DCs main imprint, he'd just become an asshole version of Doctor Strange.
hes a good character but hes too much overpowered, there is no way a mortal can stand that much power... makes 0 sense a creature challenging the creator.
John Constantine is the only character Batman cannot defeat and will always call on when things are far beyond his detective mind and way of thinking!!
it always deppend on the writter and time they have to prepare, in some cases like the old constantine he would need a lot of time to do deals to take care of batman, but now as powerfull he is in a quick fight he could win, but if they both have time to prepare that could be something really interesting
Ever since this came on my recommendations, I can't stop thinking about how John Constantine is so damn powerful, it's ridiculous. Why have I never got into the Hellblazer series?!?!
I love a good OP character as much as the next guy, but I honestly hate hearing some feats that literally should be impossible. Like trapping nigh omnipotent beings in traps/seals that The Presence cant break?!?! I mean cmon, comics. Youre better than this
No they're not. This is comic books. What are you whining about? Anything, and I do mean ANYTHING, can and has happenned. That's what makes them awesome.
I think he means another god because the presence is #1, he’s the equivalent of “the one above all” for marvel and they are supposed to be like the top characters.
Are they? With people saying "Nonsense is perfect writing" I have no clue where you got the courage to write that comics are better than this. I like the wackiness, but cringe at the attempts to make things so powerful they're dumb. And then the same people who like this, turn around and criticise anime characters for the same thing, the irony.
Actually the opposite in Hellblazer. He is an expertly skilled, and incredibly well researched Magician. But he wasn't born with the sort of raw power that Zatana or Dr.Fate have. He instead is basically the bastard that learned the frigging Cheat Codes to reality and can cut-off even gods off their power. He forces gods down to the level of mere men through their arrogance, but he never becomes a god himself.
DC tends to overpower their characters, and I think that actually takes away from Constantine’s charm a bit. I fell in love with the character because he relied mainly on his wits, intelligence, and charms throughout the Vertigo runs, and his magic was quite subtle in nature. Either way, thanks for the video! It’s really well put together and a great reminder I definitely need to start reading Justice League Dark.
"Go to Hell, John!" "Sorry. I can't go back there because of my trickery." "Wait. Whuuu.....?" "Besides, I don't really want to go back. Not my cup of tea." "But... wait... what?" "Bartender, cut this one off. To lit to even speak right."
TheUndyingOne84 my theory is that the show didnt get enough views and to the general audience it was too similar to shows supernatural which had a similar concept and trench coat wearing protagonist so the execs figured it wouldnt be worth continueing.
@@TheLyingFigure I have been watching supernatural since it came out and I am a lore fan but Constantine has way more possibilities than supernatural could ever dream of . I mean just in the vid he mentions the rich lore and John is a amoral character which I like and also the supernatural fandom can be hooked with Constantine once the show is over . But you are right that why they pulled it because it couldn't rack up the views because of supernatural . It should be aired after alongside Lucifer or on it's own they should also promote it to the supernatural fandom.
This is a great video and Constantine is a great character. His knowledge and lack of morals/ethics make him dangerous. Manipulation, deceit, and trickery are how he wins most of his battles, not through sheer power, because in most cases he's the least powerful person in the room. However, my most favorite moment was when he encountered Circe in The Trinity. Constantine knew she was losing her immortality. He told her in an attempt to manipulate her, he knew how she could get it back. Circe, the powerful goddess she is, did not care about his information and had him stabbed. Constantine lying on the ground dying from a stab wound was saved by a mystically restrained Zatanna who cast a spell which had absolutely no words to it at all. While I love the character, sometimes he is too over the top and shouldn't be in the same league as the big boys. Constantine has become the Batman of magic and needs to be dropped down a few pegs.
Perfect explanation. The character should be that of a man who uses trickery to win instead of "Haux GOd killing" magic. So his blood is that of a demon but he can be The Spectre and bind God?
I'm only six minutes in, and I didn't know Ol' John was capable of pulling off this many 'power stunts'; this is approaching the point of "Mary Sue-ness" (the same as I feel about Marvel's 'Blue Marvel', who they have shown beating TWO Hyperions [read Marvel's Superman.... well, one of them], AND a Hulk [Alternate Earth, but still]). All that being said, I love how he is depicted on Legends of Tomorrow. While he deserves a show as dark as Preacher or Walking Dead, 'Dark and Gritty' has been run into the ground lately (primarily due to TWD, in my opinion), so its nice to see this lighthearted version of him, that is still true to the core of his character, even if a bit underpowered compared to his comic version ^_^.
@@omnientertainment5852 Truth to tell, I haven't read comics in a long while,but I've seen others on TH-cam talk about how overpowerful Blue Marvel is (as I said, it seems like every other sentence he speaks is how he's beat down people tougher than his current opponent). Until this thing, though, I never knew how stupidly powerful Constantine was (even though he was one of my favorite characters during my 'goth' phase in the early 90s ^_^)
Yeah I don't mind an Overpowered character but they actually have to kinda make sense " This Character can punch reality after absorbing the power of God's " That's fine " A Average Joe in magic blackmailed God who created exestince " That's not
Vertigo John is my favorite. A video going over all the times John Constantine screwed up, gave up, did something selfish or straight up got someone killed, would probably be just as long. Or maybe longer.
I always find it funny how a guy who battles with the gods is unable to cure mere cancer from himself while able to continue on living as a soul outside his body
Love this mate Although just a thing about the Golden Boy. Constantine never took away his powers, he simply cut his connection with him so Golden Boy couldnt affect Constantine’s life anymore
Cause he is an nigh Omnipotent outsider that don't play by the Universe rules and magic apparently don't work on Dr because he is even capable of analyzing magic.
John Constantine appeared for a single panel(?) next to the rest of the Earth's Superheroes while they where on Mars. So it's safe to assume that Dr. Manhattan is even stronger than the combined efforts of all the Earth's Superheroes (with the exception of Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman) including Constantine.
What Ever - dr Manhattan is stronger then everyone, by a simple thought he could dismantle the very atoms that make them up without ever actually needing to fight
@@koro_kokoro Well... I wouldn't exactly say he is the strongest character in fiction, or the DC comics for that matter; he is not omnipotent after all. But I would say that he is one of the strongest.
It's things like this that make me think that trying to power scale comic books is a mistake. There are too many authors with different interpretations of their strength. Like if some random guy on some random planet can quite literally kill god, then what about all the other planets with all the other wizards, etc etc. I mean seriously, there has to be a limit somewhere. Imagine for a moment what happens whenever Superman has kids. They inherit most if not all of his powers. This, plus the fact that clones are just so easy to make in comic books, means that in a century or so there will be at least a couple hundred Super people. At that point, Earth is the most powerful planet in existence. Superman alone regularly beats up gods, a hundred would be able to conquer the universe.
I know movies leave out a lot of information for the sake of brevity, but your summation of the Hellblazer makes Keanu Reeves' character look sadly underpowered. Wow. Great upload. Subscribed.
Constantine is like Goku from DBZ with magical twist Base powers are decent All the Powerups are temporary Burn his soul or granted through artifacts and he needs to use them in order to take on more powerful foes. Has a time limit on them
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Let me know what you guys thought of the video down in the comments and yes there were things I had to exclude from this video for the sake of length.
Some of the more cosmological elements to Constantine's made it into my DC Multiverse video instead so check that one out if you are curious what terms like "Creation" actually mean within the context of DC: th-cam.com/video/7b0PktXUqD4/w-d-xo.html
Go ahead and give me some ideas for other videos you'd like to see too.
Day unknown of asking parrot to scale the dark tower franchise
Dark tower would be fire
WebCamParrot how about you try scaling Green Lantern Hal Jorden,the classic version
WebCamParrot This video was great! I had no idea Constantine was this strong!
Can you scale To Aru verse?
Constantine is basically "the nerd that read the lore and now knows where to farm all the good stuff"
When you have the walkthrough open, whilst playing.
Been reading Constantine for years, that is the best modern definition I've seen, well played
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Honestly he's the guy who watches what goes on an says... I'ma kick this puppy an solve the problem indirectly making 4 other ppl do it then sprinkle dust an say I win
He's like a magical batman mixed with young Joseph joestar
(Batman) strategy, intelligent, almost always prepared and dangerous when so
(Jojo)sharp wit, unbelievably lucky, not afraid to cheat to win, cheated death multiple times
My favourite fact about Constantine is that he’s immortal because he sold his soul too many times and dying would cause a war over his soul.
And heaven wont take him when he dies, but if he goes to hell, he’ll take it over and organize the armies of hell and wage war on heaven. He cant go to heaven, cant go to hell, 20 different demons and supernatural beings own his soul, and theres at least 50 others that would want his soul for themselves. Constantine dying would cause more problems then him living.
Like mr. Crab
@@firapuroki facts 😭😭😭🤣
Yeah 😂 he sold it to multiple different beings and they fought for it 😂
Like nukes, he neutered all major powers (for the most part)
"Hes physically a normal human" "Hes not the strongest magic user"
Also
"Heres all the times hes beaten Gods"
Because he is basically a normal human who knows where to go and who to go to, in order to get the power he needs at the time
He is a normal human,but he's the man who can even kill gods
He knows everything
He is lying. Even when he tells the truth.
He is my favorite character in all DC and marvel
He's basically knows a guy that owes him something for every situation
So,... Kim Possible with superpowers.
Basically a human version of lucifer
Off topic but birb
Dumb Cunt 02 overrated
@@TheTrashMobileGamer He even had Lucifer owe him something
The best summation of Constantine character is that, 'You only want him on your team because you dont want him on your enemy's side.'
I was going to say he's the god of infinite bullshit.
Lol i Dont want him anywhere near me tbh , you know right most of his best friend died in agony ?!
Constantine is on nobody's team but his own
@@benjamineneje192 ,Exactly
you want him on your SIDE..... not on your team...... if he's on your team your likely going to die....... It's a curse on him that people near him die.
Dr Strange: Man borrowing the power of gods.
Dr Fate: A god borrowing a man.
Constantine: Beats gods at poker by cheating then knocks them out during the fist fight.
Oh yeah there’s a good one
Constantine is basically that one guy in MMORPG that knows where to find the best loot possible in the shortest period of time
Dr Strange also as beaten gods before bro. Shuma Gorath, A literal multiversal being. Also Dr Strange would destroy John Constantine in a fist fight. He knows martial arts.
@@venturebrodude6599 your missing the point man, but i'm too lazy to explain
@@DenjiDugong Well who would win between classic strange and john constantine
Batman: Worlds Greatest Detective
Constantine: Worlds Greatest Conman
Um, Reigen Arataka has that title, thank you very much.
@@Nekotaku_TV This kinda looks like him
@@mojakhaha no matter when no matter how, I see takagi-san, I like :3
I smell plot armour with constantine
@@hunterzolomon1303 depend on who is writing him. To be honest I think Vertigo should not mix with DC supes, the themes are so different.
When people ask who beats who in the DCU, I answer: Batman beats everybody but Constantine. But they are both smart enough to avoid fighting eachother
Except Injustice where Constantine owned Batman.
and then you have the black metal run where batman do something than even constatine doesnt know how to do it xD
Batman is awesome but does not have even 1% chance against superman. Batman gets kyrptonite and superman destroys it from space with heat vision. Superman flies in faster than batman can see and punches him into the sun.
@@loganxman he has plot armor superman cant beat that
@@michaelvalentinoyo1259 fuck plot armor.. Period
"He's broken the rules of hell, preventing him from going there when he dies"
And in pretty sure Heaven is all like "nah we're good on him"
i believe he did something forcing all the gods to not want his soul, don't remember but death is forbidden from even coming close to his soul
@@Souls4Roca Lol i guess his soul is so toxic not even death want anything to do with it.
Simos
Death of the Endless?
Wanking destiny can go bugger itself
God and Lucifer had a bet, they would not directly interfere with Earth and see whether it would be destroyed or not eventually in the future, leaving man to his own devices in simplistic terms, they could just send representatives to influence the crowd, John saved the bet from being nullified from Lucifer's side, there was also when John impressed Lucifer with his moxie by having the balls to trick Lucifer into drinking holy water, and by tricking the lords of hell into competing directly for his soul
John Constantine's very existence is just one big flex.
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His greatest strength is his fearlessness. Batman rules over his own fear but Constantine _possesses_ no fear. Crucially important because demons feed on fear-he has none to give.
Lol, true 🧙♂️
God: Creates humans
Humans: Creates Constantine
God: Are you kidding me
@Matt Zilog my guy its just a meme
@Matt Zilog Gee. You must be fun at parties, pal. I would really give my time to be your friend.
@Matt Zilog Is your life really so mundane that you have to get angry at memes?
@@Shiobana753 yeah he seems like the type of person who, reads articles and uses very specific words to sound smart.
Example "Simpleton"
@@eduardojara6955 He attempts to sound "smart" and "different" from other people, yet it just comes off as rude and immature.
Heroes: How did you beat the villain?
Constantine: The secret ingredient is crime.
or you use a mouse to distract them
Damn, the secret to the most British hero is that he's actually Australian
He's literally Be Gay, Do Crime.
Every time Constantine lit up a cigarette; a demon dies.
Guess hell is empty now
Lungs=hell
Of lung cancer
legions die off
@@Gm-ce5kg 😂
So basically Constantine’s power level is dependent on who is currently writing about him for DC at the time gotcha
A lot of his powers being referenced in this video are from when he was in Vertigo.
He used to just be a very shitty magician with extremely good powers of persuasion. He's a con man with party tricks but DC tried to turn him into an actual magician.
@@downsjmmyjones101 to be fair, isn't that most comics?
vertigo : con man who knows tricks
New 52 : super ultra goddamn powerful evil magician
rebirth : con man who happens to know magic
now : con man who knows tricks.
@@Reaper1785 True. Characters get changed all the time. What's your point?
@@downsjmmyjones101 didn't mean to reply to you lol. Meant it for op.
"He's not the strongest magic user, nor the smartest, but heres 20 minutes worth of exmaples of him using magic that concepts themselves are affected by and understanding quantum fucking physics on a level that he can use it to travel through dimensions at will"
This is why I find comics so stupid. How is some regular dude just able to take on god like beings like it’s nothing
@@surferOS101
Batman does it regularly
@@surferOS101 will do you like Batman
@@SantaPorter yeah that’s why he’s an overrated Gary Stu
@@surferOS101 well he can't do everything by himself. like a man with indepth knowledge and wit of magic but shallow on how to write a computer script
John Constantine: When a deal with the devil isn't risky enough
When tricking the devil isn't enough, so he goes out and beats/tricks God himself instead, lol. Gotta love Constantine.
Now that sounds about right.
Con the devil, pick a fight with God, and do it all while drunk?
@@DeathBringer769 when one isn't risky enough *MAKE THREE*
@@Cheshire042 and again
What I love about Constantine's story is that in the original Hellblazer it's hinted that John wasn't supposed to be born, his twin brother was supposed to be born but he was strangled in their mother's womb. John is an anomaly, in God's "plan".
Oh it is more than an implication.
He did infact killed his brother in the womb.
His brother was supposed to be The Magus, The greatest sorcerer to walk the earth, the true Messiah.
Only to be revealed way later, that is all bullshit and his brother was a parasitic presence gnawing at him trying to break into this reallity and posses his body. And he is truly The Magus, The Messiah of the new World.
And his messianic acts are him saving reallity more timed than he can count.
Constantine is what you get when you invest in all of your points into luck and charisma
I’d say perception as well
everyone hates him tho
Nice shader
@@arowland1741 enmity is just another kind of charisma
Etrigan video where the whole script rhymes, you wont
That would be intense as fuck
everyone like this comment to pressure him into doing it
@@Scarletkillerxz Honestly I probably will do it eventually, sounds like a good laugh at the very at least.
@@WebCamParrot you can have whatever you want as long as you say it right
YOU DARE TO CHALLENGE US TO RHYME? YOU MAY BE COCKY BUT REGRET WILL BE THINE.
So Constantine is pretty much the Batman on the magic side.
Far from Batman.
@@The_Backman Both however are broken with prep time.
@@Razer5542 You are right about that one lol. He shares some similar traits to Batman(detective work, prep time), but John's in a class of his own, honestly.
Not magic. He's a manipulator.
Batman isn't really that impressive. He creates plans and all but he is mostly suited for support. Even his own series has multiple characters.
“He cursed some random guy with bowel problems, erectile dysfunction, and a broken TV”
This guy can kill gods, asked satan for a lighter, has the respect of Batman, and he does this petty shit
I think I found my new favorite
Hellblazer:
Dangerous Habits
If you haven't read it yet, enjoy
No no no, don’t undersell Trigon like that, he’s way worse than Satan.
Ah, poor old Keith. Caught John in the wrong mood.
If hellboy was ever in the dc universe him and John would be best friends and would do nothing but smoke with each other
Pretty sure hellboy IS in the DC universe.
Well he was never in the dc universe when I read the novels because he was owned by dark horse comics
@@williamwolffe2121 he's owned by DC now but isn't part of the universe, just a spin-off as far as I know
@Caleb Mayfield
He was supposed to be in there but someone didn't like he had the word hell in his name.
You know the scene in Hellboy 2 where Hellboy and Abe are drunkenly singing along to a tune while slumped on the floor? Constantine would fit into that picture seamlessly.
Former Vertigo editor here, with a note: The "i" in Constantine is pronounced like the "i" in "wine," something that Constantine himself has pointed out on a number of occasions.
I specifically sifted through the comments to find this. I feel like it's the duty of all fans of John to belabor this point.
@@scrimPinion Indeed, it bothers me that in practically every adaptation it's pronounced Constanteen.
@@alexlagunas It may be because Constan-tine sounds silly.
Its constantine now, confirmed in the crisis on infinite earths.
@@waddlinbleach Except to Lucy, he doesnt really care
Constantine is basically:
Call an ambulance
Call an ambulance
Pulls out a magic gun*
BUT NOT FOR ME!!
It's more like Constantine hiring a gunman for him. Then Shoots the guy himself after the enemy realizes someone is aiming at him.
Nah, Constantine would wait for the Ambulance, knock you out and run you over with the stolen Ambulance
Allot of this stuff is from the Rebirth and New 52 story lines. They took Constantine and turned him into a faux Dr Strange. In the Vertigo Hellblazer comics, Constantine gets by with his wit, he barely uses magic. He makes deals with devil's and angels and eventually they go to cash in on the deals but Constantine constantly makes deals staying one step ahead of those trying to get him. For example, when he conjures a demon to fight another demon, the summoned demon hunts down Constantine. Constantine falls in love with Zed and Zed is set to be mated with angels. Constantine makes a deal with a demon, getting it's blood inside him. Constantine sleeps with Zed so the demon blood will be in her and then when the angels sleep with her they go on a rampage and kill the people who set Zed up to mate with them. Now Constantine owes this demon something and he eventually comes to collect but Constantine makes a deal with Swamp Thing to get the demon off his back. The thing about Constantine is he is always making deals and he knows one day demons and angels will seek to cash in. This is what makes his story attractive because every choice Constantine makes has good and bad repercussions, and you know with each choice he makes the actions will come back to haunt him.
One last thing: you always see him standing outside of Hell or at the Gates of Heaven. This leads readers to believe that Constantine is finally answering for his actions but as you know, he always has a trick up his sleeve
One of constantines oldie but goodies co.es to mind "make a deal with a demon, call in a favor with an angel, drink with the devil and chat with god. How you ask, well anything is possible when hell wants your soul and heaven owes you some favors"
You could of easily said what you tried to say without overly explaining nonsense. Seriously man wtf. Just say Constantine has both dumb luck and finds a way to stay one step ahead of his ever evolving bullshit around him
@@Zero_cool_G39 I'm sorry to hear you find long paragraphs challenging and upsetting. Perhaps try reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar instead? It might be more your speed.
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@@jonclarkillustration5273 his response made no valid point. This isn't about how long his paragraphs are but saying his points without having to break down every small detail. Quality over quantity is better displayed for mass majority. But sometimes people like you who feel the need to respond like an over protective internet hero for what nothing. Your silly comment against mine did nothing. I have every single plausible right to have an actual opinion not directly talk shit. I guess you just prefer to be the other person at the end of the table to be apart of this response. You have way too much time on your hands guy.
You know the DC universe is absurdly overpowered when God himself is considered a jobber.
Yes and no. If you were to put someone like Darkseid versus somebody like the question yeah Darkseid seems really overpowered but when you put him against somebody like Superman it evens out. I honestly just think the power scale of most heroes and villains is a little bit higher in DC than it is Marvel, and that's not saying that Marvel characters are weaker, Marvel's heroes and villains are relatively equally matched but so is DC if it's the right combinations.
@@lukejaffray7347 U smoking if u think Superman alone can take on Darkseid.
@@spencil9941 yeah there's definitely characters I could have used instead of darkseid that would have got my point across but at the same time when you think of Darkseid losing its usually Superman delivering the last few blows (with help, you got me there)
@@lukejaffray7347 you are very wrong
God would make mince meat or ponies out of everyone in DC.
Batman: smartest man alive
Flash: fastest man alive
Constantine: The Only human Uno reverse card alive
Batman is not that smart, they’re many characters who are way smarter than him. Even Superman is smarter than him
@@surferOS101 i know, just trying to make a good comment
@@surferOS101 nope. superman is more intelligent but batman is so much smarter.
Blue mage
@@thephoenix4093 that literally doesn’t even make sense
Really digging your DC videos.
Definitely the most comprehensive and informative I’ve seen
Fahimus Alimus imaginary axis can’t even get dc to outerversal lmso
Fahimus Alimus Do you even know what outerversal is?
@@someoneishere6182 you probably just found out what it meant
King Jenkins no I’ve been aware of what outerversal is since last year.
Someone is Here dude he does not need to he has repeatedly stated that he does not do powerscales or vs battles also you do realize that people can have there own ways to scale things right I mean outerversal was not a term until vs batt wiki made it up
Remember that time Constantine became John Wick
micahel schmidt would love to see a reboot with him
@@SeniorNano have him a batman team up for. Movie would be cool
@@pinv0 they did in the animated universe
The posession in side him beelzebub when inside him beelzebub is a knowledge warrior supposed to be
Is this a Keanu Reeves Reference?
Because i like it
basically, *HE'S A LIVING UNO REVERSE CARD*
edit: holy shiiiite how did this get so many likes?!
Smart
The best description of anyone. Ever. The end. You win. At life.
Lmao he can literally go "no you" and add love to the end of it if he wants as insult to injury
Golden Experience Requim
Thank you.
You know you are powerful when even Lucifer is impressed by your power
@AiSEL IRAl Lucifer makes beings like the Warhammer Chaos Gods and Emperor of Mankind look weak, so said "punk" can erase our reality by infinite infities over. So yeah.
@@dareapermanstormearth1891 u know it ain’t real 😂
@@howdoiunbakeacake1525 fiction is fun making things OP LOL
@How Do I Unbake A Cake 15 so does your dreams and wishes asswipe.
@@pantyeater-kun5788 u mad bro 😂 Fkn DC fan girl
Constantine is so powerful that the fourth wall matters not to him because John met his creator Alan Moore aside from this he met other creators in reality.
One day, I was in Westminster in London-this was after we had introduced the character-and I was sitting in a sandwich bar. All of a sudden, up the stairs came John Constantine. He was wearing the trenchcoat, a short cut-he looked-no, he didn't even look exactly like Sting. He looked exactly like John Constantine. He looked at me, stared me straight in the eyes, smiled, nodded almost conspiratorially, and then just walked off around the corner to the other part of the snack bar.
I sat there and thought, should I go around that corner and see if he is really there, or should I just eat my sandwich and leave? I opted for the latter; I thought it was the safest. I'm not making any claims to anything. I'm just saying that it happened. Strange little story.
His second meeting with his creation was illustrated in 2001's Snakes and Ladders an adaptation by Eddie Campbell of one of Moore's performance art pieces:
Years later, in another place, he steps out of the dark and speaks to me. He whispers: "I'll tell you the ultimate secret of magic. Any cunt could do it."
They met a third time in fiction, when Moore was written into issue No. 120 of Hellblazer by then-author Paul Jenkins. Moore is seen sitting in silhouette at the back of a bar as John Constantine (who is on a pub crawl with the reader) raises a drink to him.
Writers who had their run on the Hellblazer series have also admitted meeting the character in real life. Original Hellblazer writer Jamie Delano also claims to have encountered Constantine, during his run on the character, outside the British Museum.Peter Milligan saw Constantine at a party around 2009 and rushed after him, only to find he'd disappeared. Brian Azzarello once saw him in a Chicago bar but avoided him, saying that "the thing about John is, the last thing you'd want to be is his friend."
Interesting. He's become a Tulpa
@@fusiontoa18 indeed
Jhon is so powerful he's actually a REAL magician who PUT HIMSELF into the comics to become famous. That's what Allen Moore said.
@@The4cp For real?
Wait, so John Constantine is real?
My favorite Constantine moments are when he telepathically showed that annoying magic club full of fanboys how each member would die which drove them all insane and the time he crushed up Santa Claus' bones then snorted them for a little extra magic juice. I loved the Vertigo run.😁😁😁
Can you run that back please
Yeah. Especially the Santa Claus part.
@@oldmanjenkins771 St Nicholas. I dunno where he's buried, probably Turkey, but John went off to some church somewhere, cracked the floor, and dug up St Nicholas. The fame of St Nicholas / Santa, John managed to turn into immense power by snorting his crushed-up bones.
He did the thing in the Tate Club by having a mate bury a hair from his head in the Garden of Eden. He managed to call up the angel who defends Eden, and he came and made a bit of a mess of a bunch of dick magicians at the club's 200th anniversary celebration.
My favourite involves Swamp Thing, who manifested himself in a pile of tobacco, while casually talking to him, John took a pinch of the tobacco manifestation for his smoke😂
@@SantaPorterthat was hilarious when I read that😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
When I hear about Constantine's feats and generally casual attitude towards danger, I just imagine that scene from Star Trek (2009).
Trigon, Darkseid, Phantom Stranger, etc... : Human, you may be misreading the situation. There's infinite of us, and only one of you.
John: *Casually lighting his cigarette* So get some more guys and then it'll be an even fight.
The exception is Jim gets his ass handed to him, John somehow manages to worm his way out of it
My friends are all like "Why are you such a Constantine fangirl? Batman is better, he always wins."
Yeah, sure. Ok. We'll go with that, let me know when batsy needs pulled out of hell.
Crazy overrated,both in abilities(he mostly relies on bad writing)as well as his character,maybe I wouldn't be sick of him if DC didn't shove him everywhere even when it makes no sense.Used to love the character.
@@utoresa5193 Yes but Batman isn't one of the top 3 superhero money makers for nothing, he's the Hugh Jackman of DC because his charatcer is awesome and more inspiring than the others because he's a powerless human and if his portrayel is ever bad, it's because of the terrible writer
Kaitlyn Tillman actually I mean... Batman actually like breaks the plot 😂 I don’t even think the writers know how to beat Batman dc over here like
Interviewer: Sooo what’s Batman’s weakness??
Dc: Everyone has a weakness but Batman does not
That’s prime author dick sucking right there 😂🤣 (some of you might not get the joke)
In the injustice year 3 comics, John manages to trick everyone and accomplish his goal. And by everyone i mean EVERYONE - including but not limited to: trigorn, mxyzptlk, Batman's whole squad of heroes, superman's squad of "characters". It was... beautiful!
@@stefanuzunov1146 What did he trick them into doing?
Constantine basically the guy who played that video game so much he knows all the cheats
🤣🤣
i like constantine he's a really cool character but his stories get so absurd that I roll my eyes. I mean i know DC likes to overpower they're characters but damn.. lol
Read the vertigo version not the DC version
@@russell2890 it's the best version. That "fate synchronicity wave riding" bullshit just ruins the character. In the Vertigo stories John was just a regular guy expert in occultism, the kind of fraudulent magic used by conmen in real life, not the D&D fireball kind of magic. And it was entertaining because you saw this almost regular guy getting himself into absurd and dangerous situations and get out of them thanks to a stroke of genius, or sometimes by sacrificing his friends. One thing that bothers me though is his wardrobe choice, he wears a full suit with tie and trench coat, but he doesn't hang around bankers and lawyers, just working class people, punk rock bands and drug dealers, is it a matter of personal style? Being recognizable and fully exploit his own reputation?
@@arx3516 well, as he says (somewhat) in Books of Magic, being known is better than any magic
@@BGrimoire it wouldn't surprise if clothing is a considerable part of his expenses, i don't think his suits are of the cheap low rank salaryman kind.
@@arx3516 He doesn't wear the suit much in the series. It's just the white dress shirt, tie, suit pants, shoes, and a ten trench coat.
When Sir Christopher Lee goes to sleep, he checks under his coffin for John Constatine.
Sir Christopher Lee: *Actually sees John under his bed* "What the--?!"
John: "Evening, wanker."
Silverblade416 wow that is underrated
Constantine is the embodiment of "I know a guy"
Oh and this guy makes Dumbledor look like a kindergardener.
Pretty much every dc magician does. Less talk of marvel.
@@kelechic.jemelumba9981 I love the way DC handles magic, it's way more terrifying and usually comes at a cost.
Emese Molnar-Kovacs
That's because the HP universe in general isn't that powerful when compared to other magic utilizing universes. JK designed that universe to be hyper realistic despite the fantasy elements. People can't truly come back from the dead, magic can't cure everything, etc. It's almost a fantasy parallel to real life. I kinda like that about it too because the magic system is strict and unlike most anime and comics don't pull random abilities out of its ass when the plot calls for it.
Abyssinian Architect And peaple say that i dont get jokes.
Emese Molnar-Kovacs
That statement doesn't look or sound like a joke. Apparently you haven't been on the internet long enough to realize there are real fanboys who say stuff like this and mean it.
The only thing that John can't force everyone to do is to say his last name the right way.
I still say it the wrong way even though I know how to pronounce it correctly. It just feels strange to change when you hear it being pronounced wrong almost everywhere and I like the wrong version better.
There is no wrong way. Constantine and constanteen are both correct because of the comics, cartoons, and liveaction tv series using both
Tomatoe tomatoe
I’d shudder to imagine what would happen if Constantine, Rick and The Doctor managed to find one another.
Well. Everyone of them will die and everyone of them will come back.
Rick will be petty and build a second finite curve around his side of the multiverse. The doctor will shatter internally and morally and bring out the Valeyard which will harnest probably the regenerative energy of all his past and future selves which are probably infinite based on the Timeless child lore. Constantine will probably stole timelord- and Council of rick-tech for a future encounter.
Then they all will have the luck to never meet again, but Rick and the doc will be more damaged as ever before, while constantine just see it as a regular Friday.
@@MegaAlchemist123 timeless child doesn't exist
@@saketbakshi4235 it is canon.
@@MegaAlchemist123 DO NOT TORTURE ME SO, PLEASE! (this is obviously a joke, I'm just expressing my regret at the timeless child thing)
Everybody gangsta until Constantine shows up.
*That's when you know shit just got REAL*
Remember. He’s only doing this so he can go to heaven, which heaven doesn’t even want him to be in.
I really liked the sympathetic magic in his coat. He loses it at one point and the coat keeps on trying to find its way back to him - all the while anyone who wears it basically gets some of his powers - but mostly gets screwed.
John Constantine: The Immortal (Essentially a god) DC version of Dr. Jack Bright.
Jack Bright is immortal by default (or rather after SCP-369), but yeah, scp boi is less powerful than this fucker
@@Crazylom is 963 not 369
He feels like the Doctor Who or Rick Sanchez of the D.C. universe, only using magic instead of science.
Pretty much
Epic Rap Battles Of History!
Rick Sanchez
Versus
JOHN CONSTANTINE
Begin!
right
Please tell me you told ERB that suggestion
@@geekymetalhead5112 Why would anyone ever watch ERB for any reason?
Constantine, Lucifer, and Dream are my fav charachters from dc, but by far my boy John gets the lest rep, even though he can tussle with them any fucking day, I mean the guy's main ability is luck, which is beyond the gods, he is op as fuck and he does not get enough love..
DC's version of Frankenstein is my all time favorite. They need to put him back in the Dark Justice League.
Agreed.
Liked, subbed, still picking my jaw off the floor. Think I cracked the concrete. Constinene is now and forever more my favorite DC Character. Great video, your voice is awesome. Nothing further. 💜
Constantine is the batman of magic, he has some trick and plan to get out of any and every situation. From making a deal with the devil to calling in a favor from god
I think you should do How powerful is Zatana next I've seen many people say she's nothing
she is as powerful as she believes she is.
@@danielniemeyer1987 literally
@@danielniemeyer1987 so her self confidence.
Conrad Kujur Exactly, she’s one of my favorite dc females
Supposedly she is the most powerful magic user in the universe
Vertigo's Constantine was never over powered. His trick was making everyone believe he was. He only ripped Nergals spine out cause he knew his name (that has something to do with the demon lore in the book, which goes all the way back to the first time he summoned nergal and couldnt control him for that exact reason). He could always use magic but it was never opening pocket universes to dodge attacks. That was the problem a lot of the Hellblazer fans had with the new 52 version. They knew as soon as he went to DCs main imprint, he'd just become an asshole version of Doctor Strange.
aka Heckblazer
Constantine is such an underrated character
Agreed.
hes a good character but hes too much overpowered, there is no way a mortal can stand that much power... makes 0 sense a creature challenging the creator.
RODRIGO FILHO Was thinking that maybe he’s a hidden archangel or something of that magnitude that no one knows of, and he isn’t self aware about
@@tevitateulilo7573
You got it to some extent, it was recently revealed that Constantine is "the fool":
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Loco_(Tarot)
@@rodrigofilho1996 Constantine is basically a shin megami tensei mc
John is so deadly that even the devil calls him his devil.
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Where is your picture from pls
This is dumb
@@shadowreaper5413 hyuga pest I believe it's a manga.
@@gadbenezer9329 thanks
John Constantine is the only character Batman cannot defeat and will always call on when things are far beyond his detective mind and way of thinking!!
it always deppend on the writter and time they have to prepare, in some cases like the old constantine he would need a lot of time to do deals to take care of batman, but now as powerfull he is in a quick fight he could win, but if they both have time to prepare that could be something really interesting
batman defeated constantine by punching him though...
Basically Constantine got clout on an Universal Scale
Nice downplay lol
*Multiversal & Dimensional Scale actually.
@@TheAyanamiRei Yeah Big Dick Energy For Sure.
Ever since this came on my recommendations, I can't stop thinking about how John Constantine is so damn powerful, it's ridiculous. Why have I never got into the Hellblazer series?!?!
Imagine if all that time Constantine was DC Lucifer just bored af so he nerfed himself to "play" with inferior beings as a way to entertain himself.
In other words, he's breathtaking
I wonder how his dog is doing
I love a good OP character as much as the next guy, but I honestly hate hearing some feats that literally should be impossible. Like trapping nigh omnipotent beings in traps/seals that The Presence cant break?!?! I mean cmon, comics. Youre better than this
"It should be impossible, but he did it anyways"
Well alrighty then
No they're not. This is comic books. What are you whining about? Anything, and I do mean ANYTHING, can and has happenned. That's what makes them awesome.
I think he means another god because the presence is #1, he’s the equivalent of “the one above all” for marvel and they are supposed to be like the top characters.
Are they? With people saying "Nonsense is perfect writing" I have no clue where you got the courage to write that comics are better than this. I like the wackiness, but cringe at the attempts to make things so powerful they're dumb. And then the same people who like this, turn around and criticise anime characters for the same thing, the irony.
Agreed.
And he's a novice Magician?
Imagine if he'd used half of his potential. Hed be God.
Actually the opposite in Hellblazer. He is an expertly skilled, and incredibly well researched Magician. But he wasn't born with the sort of raw power that Zatana or Dr.Fate have. He instead is basically the bastard that learned the frigging Cheat Codes to reality and can cut-off even gods off their power. He forces gods down to the level of mere men through their arrogance, but he never becomes a god himself.
@@WeirdTale so basically Constantine is that kid who learned "up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A" and used it everywhere
So, Constantine is borderline unstoppable...
Apart from lung cancer
DC tends to overpower their characters, and I think that actually takes away from Constantine’s charm a bit. I fell in love with the character because he relied mainly on his wits, intelligence, and charms throughout the Vertigo runs, and his magic was quite subtle in nature. Either way, thanks for the video! It’s really well put together and a great reminder I definitely need to start reading Justice League Dark.
My Constantine knowledge: *boosted by 100*
More DC characters please, these are more detailed than any other character analyses I’ve been able to find!
"Go to Hell, John!"
"Sorry. I can't go back there because of my trickery."
"Wait. Whuuu.....?"
"Besides, I don't really want to go back. Not my cup of tea."
"But... wait... what?"
"Bartender, cut this one off. To lit to even speak right."
Cringe
Accurate though.
Everyone up in arms about "Constantyne" or "Constanteen" while I'm over here yelling "HECK-A-TAY" when he says "Huh-kate"
Why wouldn't they keep the tv show while adapting the comics , there's loads of content to film .
TheUndyingOne84 my theory is that the show didnt get enough views and to the general audience it was too similar to shows supernatural which had a similar concept and trench coat wearing protagonist so the execs figured it wouldnt be worth continueing.
@@TheLyingFigure I have been watching supernatural since it came out and I am a lore fan but Constantine has way more possibilities than supernatural could ever dream of . I mean just in the vid he mentions the rich lore and John is a amoral character which I like and also the supernatural fandom can be hooked with Constantine once the show is over . But you are right that why they pulled it because it couldn't rack up the views because of supernatural . It should be aired after alongside Lucifer or on it's own they should also promote it to the supernatural fandom.
Wait, there was a tv series? :o
@@WadaWander yeh, I didn't watch it since I'm.used to the Keanu Reeves version
I loved that show...
He's the fusion between Dante and Doctor who.
That's pretty dope
Which dante are you talking about here?
Danta from Inferno or Devil may cry.
@@returnedtomonkey8886 probably inferno
He's magical batman with some part 2 Joseph joestar thrown in
@@windghost2 devil may cry actually
So his ability is basically D4C: Love Train
This is a great video and Constantine is a great character. His knowledge and lack of morals/ethics make him dangerous. Manipulation, deceit, and trickery are how he wins most of his battles, not through sheer power, because in most cases he's the least powerful person in the room.
However, my most favorite moment was when he encountered Circe in The Trinity. Constantine knew she was losing her immortality. He told her in an attempt to manipulate her, he knew how she could get it back. Circe, the powerful goddess she is, did not care about his information and had him stabbed. Constantine lying on the ground dying from a stab wound was saved by a mystically restrained Zatanna who cast a spell which had absolutely no words to it at all. While I love the character, sometimes he is too over the top and shouldn't be in the same league as the big boys. Constantine has become the Batman of magic and needs to be dropped down a few pegs.
Perfect explanation. The character should be that of a man who uses trickery to win instead of "Haux GOd killing" magic. So his blood is that of a demon but he can be The Spectre and bind God?
Exactly he is smart and dangerous but come on he is not that tough to survive against the big boys without some trick.
also he wins alot because beating him isnt worth the cost
He's my 2nd favorite DC character After batman.
For the love of God, please do not stop posting your videos....I love the research, the passion and the storytelling. I am binge watching you!!!
So John has druid blood, had demon blood, and is this generation's Laughing Magician.
Imagine if John casted a spell on his trenchcoat that allowed him to reach into it and retrieve any of his artifacts. RIP Batman's utility belt. LOL!
I'm only six minutes in, and I didn't know Ol' John was capable of pulling off this many 'power stunts'; this is approaching the point of "Mary Sue-ness" (the same as I feel about Marvel's 'Blue Marvel', who they have shown beating TWO Hyperions [read Marvel's Superman.... well, one of them], AND a Hulk [Alternate Earth, but still]).
All that being said, I love how he is depicted on Legends of Tomorrow. While he deserves a show as dark as Preacher or Walking Dead, 'Dark and Gritty' has been run into the ground lately (primarily due to TWD, in my opinion), so its nice to see this lighthearted version of him, that is still true to the core of his character, even if a bit underpowered compared to his comic version ^_^.
Blue Marvel is the shit
Blue Marvel rocks, that's why they had him off comics for a while.
Also, I agree with your assessment of how overpowerful Constantine is.
@@omnientertainment5852 Truth to tell, I haven't read comics in a long while,but I've seen others on TH-cam talk about how overpowerful Blue Marvel is (as I said, it seems like every other sentence he speaks is how he's beat down people tougher than his current opponent). Until this thing, though, I never knew how stupidly powerful Constantine was (even though he was one of my favorite characters during my 'goth' phase in the early 90s ^_^)
Yeah I don't mind an Overpowered character but they actually have to kinda make sense
" This Character can punch reality after absorbing the power of God's "
That's fine
" A Average Joe in magic blackmailed God who created exestince "
That's not
@@l0sts0ul89 not remotely an arverage Joe, he comes from a bloodline of magicians who are practically sorceror supremes
Vertigo John is my favorite. A video going over all the times John Constantine screwed up, gave up, did something selfish or straight up got someone killed, would probably be just as long. Or maybe longer.
Why are people disliking? Also, congrats on 1k subs
Idk
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There were 15 dislikes and 60 likes yesterday
I think it was a dislike bot but it looks like TH-cam has removed them now since they have pretty good filtration for that kind of stuff.
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Yeah good thing they're removed
I was always a fan of the hellblazer run, bought all of the issues and everything so I’m glad to see someone giving Constantine some street credit
I think my favorite Constantine interactions is with Batman and Lucifer honestly
Batman, has plot armor. Constantine, plot armor himself
The more you know
I always find it funny how a guy who battles with the gods is unable to cure mere cancer from himself while able to continue on living as a soul outside his body
Love this mate
Although just a thing about the Golden Boy. Constantine never took away his powers, he simply cut his connection with him so Golden Boy couldnt affect Constantine’s life anymore
Such an overlooked DC character. John and Batman are my favorite, thanks for the awesome video bro
What about the time that he hid Earth from Darkseid?
@Conrad Kujur it was in eàrth 2
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That's why I love him.
Just hit me: Constantine is like Odysseus, a master planner and deceiver, with martial skill
A video on Hal jorden would be interesting,the classic version
I was thinking of doing a Hal Jordan video. His post-crisis run was fantastic and has some really interesting scaling.
@@WebCamParrot can u do rebirth Superman scale
Or Superboy prime but I believe Superboy is high muliverse
The classic version was boring to me I remember actually binge reading the annals I got sick of how he kept on winning
When Dr. Manhattan showed up why didn’t Constantine go make light work of him!?!
Cause he is an nigh Omnipotent outsider that don't play by the Universe rules and magic apparently don't work on Dr because he is even capable of analyzing magic.
John Constantine appeared for a single panel(?) next to the rest of the Earth's Superheroes while they where on Mars. So it's safe to assume that Dr. Manhattan is even stronger than the combined efforts of all the Earth's Superheroes (with the exception of Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman) including Constantine.
What Ever - dr Manhattan is stronger then everyone, by a simple thought he could dismantle the very atoms that make them up without ever actually needing to fight
@@koro_kokoro Well... I wouldn't exactly say he is the strongest character in fiction, or the DC comics for that matter; he is not omnipotent after all. But I would say that he is one of the strongest.
Plot induced stupidity?
Constantine is the 1 person who reads all the fine print and "terms & conditions" when it comes to contracts and rules.
His magic sounds stronger then the modern doctor strange. Daaang .
his beyond dr.strange..specially with prep time.
@@nicknemiroff1417 agree
Erectile Dysfunction is the coolest yet the saddest curse I've heard of.
How is erectile dysfunction cool curse
"DETECTIVE"
@@omarzioui4766 It is not associated with magic and the victim would't think it was magical curse.
It’s once again 2 am in the morning and this video is in my recommended I’ve watched this video 5 times now and always in the middle of the night.
It's things like this that make me think that trying to power scale comic books is a mistake. There are too many authors with different interpretations of their strength. Like if some random guy on some random planet can quite literally kill god, then what about all the other planets with all the other wizards, etc etc. I mean seriously, there has to be a limit somewhere.
Imagine for a moment what happens whenever Superman has kids. They inherit most if not all of his powers. This, plus the fact that clones are just so easy to make in comic books, means that in a century or so there will be at least a couple hundred Super people. At that point, Earth is the most powerful planet in existence. Superman alone regularly beats up gods, a hundred would be able to conquer the universe.
Lol you're late to the party man, there are infinite Supermans in DC
I know movies leave out a lot of information for the sake of brevity, but your summation of the Hellblazer makes Keanu Reeves' character look sadly underpowered.
Wow. Great upload. Subscribed.
Nice to meet you Parrot! This is my sub video, and it’s the first of yours I have seen, well done!
Constantine is like Goku from DBZ with magical twist
Base powers are decent
All the Powerups are temporary
Burn his soul or granted through artifacts and he needs to use them in order to take on more powerful foes.
Has a time limit on them
Like the personification of Murphy's law against anyone who is against him
For a man who went toe-to-toe with multiple interpretations of Death, he was powerless against the ultimate evil in JL: Apoklips.
Was damn good bro. I've subbed and am hoping for more like this. Stuff with more obscure characters ya know!