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nergal: do you think that hiding in this playground will help you conquer me? constantine: in a word — yes. nergal: YAAAAAH! constantine: uh-oh!

hellblazer #12: "the devil you know"

i would also try to kill him for this.

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JOHN CONSTANTINE ART I LOVE

↳  hellblazer: city of demons, issue #1 artist: sean murphy colorist: dave stewart

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[ It's been three months. Why haven't I done anything? I burned all the evidence, I didn't go to the police — I haven't even consciously thought about him since. Why? Because I'm scared. Why am I scared — because he's old and he's been killing people for years? No, it's because I liked him. Before I knew, something that he said, perhaps, a gesture? Just for a second I thought I saw myself behind those eyes, trapped, old in a ruined fantasy. I have to find him, don't I? The poison must be drawn, analyzed — an antidote discovered. Murder may be a virus carried by us all, just waiting for one mutating photon to goad it into life. ]

hellblazer #28: "thicker than water"

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constantine: the summoning had started. that was all i could think about. the bird had gone. and i'd planned for two years... and i'd seen four friends die and one corrupted... and i'd been too late.

swamp thing (1982) #49: "the summoning"

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constantine: busy my arse! what it is, mate, is that you've got the needle because i'm a rival operator, and you think you're too good to mingle.baron winters: well, in terms of ability, there are obvious differences... constantine: oh, yeah? listen... just across the street from your front door, there's a hot dog stand. i feel suddenly peckish. why don't you nip out and fetch me one? shouldn't be beyond a man of your capabilities, eh? baron winters: don't be stupid. why should i want to... constantine: go on! you're so bloody omnipotent, walk across the street and get me a hot dog! baron winters: i...can't leave the house at present. constantine: right. you can't. so let's not hear any more about these obvious differences in ability. bloody hell, i'd have thought you'd be pleased to help. sargon volunteered like a shot.

swamp thing (1982) #49: "the summoning"

"get me a hot dog" makes me fucking LOSE IT

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[ he's traumatized from shock. i cut the binding marks into flesh like putty. have to work fast. could come at any... ...moment. ] constantine: gaz, no. fight it, man. don't let it do this. don't let it make you hurt me. i'm your friend, mate. it's john. john constantine. you don't want to hurt me.

hellblazer #2: "a feast of friends"

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[ he's traumatized from shock. i cut the binding marks into flesh like putty. have to work fast. could come at any... ...moment. ] constantine: gaz, no. fight it, man. don't let it do this. don't let it make you hurt me. i'm your friend, mate. it's john. john constantine. you don't want to hurt me.

hellblazer #2: "a feast of friends"

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tim hunter: will you tell me something? dr. occult: possibly. tim hunter: you four. who are you? i mean, constantine, he's just a bloke, isn't he? dr. occult: john constantine... yes. he dances on the edge of the known, like a crazy man, pitting himself against heaven and the pit, because he is john constantine; and because he is alive.

QUOTES ABOUT CONSTANTINE THAT KILL ME ↳  the books of magic (1990), issue #3

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constantine: look, mate, i don't know how to tell you this... computer ritchie: you won't believe where i've been... constantine: ritchie, i... computer ritchie: columbus only discovered a new world. ritchie simpson found a whole new universe. you ought to try it, john. man, what a rush. here, be a mate and get some coffee in. i'm always parched after one of these jaunts. [ goddamn it all to hell. why...? why is it that, lately, everything i touch — — turns to shit in my hands. ]

hellblazer #7: "ghost in the machine"

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constantine: oh no. [ i don't want this to happen. it isn't going to happen. i won't let it — — happen. it's far too hot for the extinguisher — can't even get near. S.H.C. — spontaneous human combustion — there've been some cases in the "fortean times!". last time i saw it was in baron winters' house. it's horrible. in less than one crackling, scorching minute, ritchie is reduced to charcoal. the acrid smell of the charnel house paints my senses with nausea — but i have to have a look. what's left is brittle — but greasy to the touch. ] computer ritchie: john. constantine: wha! [ the shock of hearing his voice is temporary — the sinking feeling that follows realization of the implications, less so. ] computer ritchie: you there, john? listen, i had a bit of a close call, but i'm ok. i'm on my way back.

hellblazer #7: "ghosts in the machine"

early hellblazer had some of the most devastating deaths of characters you've only just met and they still haunt me to this day.

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john constantine: that's right. the boy's mine. and in thirty seconds, me, and him, and the witch, are going to walk out of here. you know who i am. or you ought to. you know my reputation. now... ...does anyone here really want to start something? [...] constantine: right. come on, you lot. we're leaving. zatanna zatara: i could have stopped them, you know. constantine: yeah. you probably could. zatanna: john, you don't have any power to speak of. any one of them could have torn you to shreds. but they...were scared of you. i don't understand what happened back there. constantine: magic. zatanna: no, seriously, john... constantine: a good magician never tells you how he did a trick, love. you taught me that. but it helps that they're all a few guppies short of an aquarium. zatanna: speak english, can't you? constantine: i speak perfect english. so does tim. it's you that's got the funny accent. zatanna: what happened to your face? constantine: you wouldn't believe me if i told you. tim hunter: mister constantine — are you mysterious about everything? constantine: who? me? mysterious? transparent as glass, i am...

the books of magic (1990), issue #2

a.k.a. two balls of brass in a trenchcoat

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↳  the books of magic (1990), issue #2 illustrator: scott hampton

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Hellblazer Covers — #50 (Tom Canty)

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Hellblazer Covers — #49 (Tom Canty)

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Hellblazer Covers — #48 (Tom Canty)

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Hellblazer Covers — #47 (Tom Canty)

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Hellblazer Covers — #46 (Tom Canty)