How Powerful is John Constantine?

Today on Variant, we look at several of John Constantine's most impressive feats to determine how powerful he really is!

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[msrlapin]

So here's the thing about John Constantine: He knows how to take a losing hand and win with it. That's why he constantly screws over demons; he takes deals and contracts designed to put him on the losing end and manipulates things so he comes up on top. This is a man who beat lung cancer by selling his soul, three times over, to the most powerful demons he could find; the three convened on his death bed, realized that going to war over his soul would be a bloody stalemate, and healed him to avoid the conflict. He got rid of a curse that would kill him if he entered London by amplifying the curse to encompass every current inhabitant of London, forcing higher powers to intervene. It's not that Constantine is unbeatable; it's that he makes sure that beating him isn't worth the price.

[lucasgoad]

John Constantine is one character that I wish was more popular. Hes so cool.

[benedictjajo]

Satan was so pissed at Constantine that he didn't let him die so that he can make Constantine suffer for as long as possible.

[mmcgillis]

I always liked Constantine. The fact that he shows magic having a darker element and a price to pay. More risks. Unlike other "magical" characters. Its always like "i found this relic, or learned this new spell and banish away the bad guy" while Constantine is like "it was for the greater good...i guess."

[bc]

Hes so smart even batman wants his help in apokolips war .

[MUISHAGGY]

In short words, if John is smoking a cigarette he automatically wins.

[D-OveRMinD]

Batman: Unbeatable with prep time.
Constantine: Unbeatable, even when caught off guard.

[Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

The man fights demons, gods, aliens, elementals, AND cancer all at once.

[christophermyers]

You forgot to mention his most incredible feat that he survived, he got it on with king shark and lived....

[sleepytwiggaming]

John wick was also Constantine.... he’s bad ass for sure

[eversuperman]

The Constantine show on NBC was underrated as hell and his appearances on Legends of Tomorrow pales in comparison. Bring back Constantine horror!

[BeatLounge]

He nailed both of the JL dark parts, shame the tv show was canceled..

[FRISHR]

He’s so powerful that he’s immune to lung cancer and alcohol poisoning.

[KaneshaAndrews]

A friend of mine thinks John Constantine is the coolest. He likes everything about John, from his powers to his attitude and I do have to agree that yes, John is a bad-ass. I know some people like Keanu Reeves as John Constantine, but I personally prefer Matt Ryan. Not only just because he looks like John Constantine and is British. But because his portrayal is closer to the comics.

[godkingeldiablo]

Before John was a Wick.. he was a Constantine.

[malikaithehokage]

Title-"How Powerful Is John Constantine?"
Me-"Yes"

[lotusgal]

Constantine is so underrated. It’s amazing that he’s starting to get more recognition with the most recent central roles he’s had in dc movies and even joined the cast of the hit show Legends of Tomorrow. The fact that he’s nearly without fear contributes to the fact that he’s so dang powerful. He needs more recognition in the DC world

[iPhoneeditor]

If you read Hellblazer he starts off with a fair amount of knowledge of the occult and knows how to do a few things with the right set ups but his real power was in his quick wit, charm, ability to influence others, and his sheer dumb luck (which has since becomes a power called synchronicity wave traveling if I recall correctly which is basically luck manipulation). He's a depressed drunk, an occult detective, a swindler, and always gets into trouble or has trouble find him. He was pretty much a regular human with regular human weaknesses who could do extraordinary things but he and anyone who can call him a friend often suffered greatly because of his actions. His power has scaled WAY up over the years to ludicrous proportions which I don't think is for the better, there's not really much reason for him to be so powerful and I think giving him such crazy power really detracts from who he is as a character.

Also bonus fact: John Constantine knows all the entrances and exits to both heaven and hell and effectively blackmailed God to not send him to hell as he would cause even more problems if he was there.

[Razer]

Constantine is literally walking plot armor.. The dude is straight up broken.

[lfie]

"he can create a flame thrower out of a lighter"

I mean I got kicked out of secondary school for doing that with a deodorant can soooo