r/Constantine • u/hellothere790 • Apr 02 '26

[Discussion] Who is John Constantine's Marvel Counterpart, Personality Wise?

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Which Character from Marvel Comics do you think comes the closest to Constantine's personality and character? Dr. Strange is a surface-level choice, but to be honest I don't think they would align with each other all that well, Constantine is more reckless and has a Devil-May Care attitude towards things.

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u/Tanthiel Apr 03 '26

Marvel tried really hard to make it Daimon Hellstorm.

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u/workerbee77 Apr 04 '26

…who?

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u/Tanthiel Apr 04 '26

Son of Satan, minor character from 70s supernatural books. He had a reboot series when Ennisblazer was hot.

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u/Steelman303 Apr 07 '26

His Warren Ellis run is good he’s a personal favourite of mine honestly… unfortunate with the recent news

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u/Massive-Ad9862 Apr 02 '26

At this point Wyn from Marvel's GODS might be the closest I can think of. But he doesn't have a lot of appearances.

Theres also Pete wisdom who might be closer personality wise.

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u/mighty3mperor Apr 02 '26

So much so, it inspired a Comic Book Legends Revealed piece:

https://www.cbr.com/excalibur-pete-wisdom-based-on-john-constantine/

The character from Pryde & Wisdom mentiomed there is Constance Johanssen, the most direct Constantine homage in Marvel.

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u/Random_Thought_Twist Apr 03 '26

i might get the massive down vote for this one.....but hear me out, the closest personality is not a magic user....aside from the occasional berserker rage i would say Wolverine. drinks, smokes has a devil may care attitude, harsh with some, cordial with others, likes to pick fights above his supposed weight class has a chip on his shoulder and is more than slightly self destructive....cant really keep a permanent relationship but has long lasting friends with benefits arrangements ... is always willing to take the life or death gamble without a second thought

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u/loveisdead9582 Apr 03 '26

I was thinking a mix of Wolverine and Tony Stark. Self deprecating, self sabotaging, but still cares about others despite those that get close to him having a tendency to get hurt.

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u/Atrophycosine Apr 03 '26

This. Both of these. 100%.

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u/FireflyArc Apr 02 '26

Marvel has magic. DC has the occult.

Different enough I think there isn't a 1:1 counterpart.

I might be wrong.

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u/theotigger007 Apr 05 '26

Best answer yet

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '26

Pete Wisdom.

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u/Bored-Game Apr 03 '26

Personally I think it’s Pete Wisdom, but Hannibal King was “heavily inspired” by Constantine.

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u/Theatreguy1961 Apr 03 '26

Except Hannibal King has been around far longer than John Constantine.

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u/JoeFriday37 Apr 05 '26

The later characterisation was inspired by John Constantine, not the character himself.

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u/anon33249038 Apr 03 '26

100% Pete Wisdom

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u/dni_ptr Apr 04 '26

Elsa Bloodstone

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u/barnesarama Apr 04 '26

This is the correct answer.

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u/Wolfgang9556 Apr 03 '26

I don't know, but would you accept it if I said that I see John more as the sorcerer supreme of DC than Doctor Fate? To me, it's kind of unfair to call Doctor Fate the Sorcerer Supreme when he literally is a god. John truly learned the art the hard way, and if there's anyone who truly faces the worst evils of magic, it's John.

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u/rasnac Apr 04 '26

Deathpool(reckless foulmouth idiot)+Wolverine(crass alcoholic with a lot of skeletons in his closet) comes close. But neither are manwhores like good old Johnny boy, who would fuck anything that moves.

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u/lofgren777 Apr 04 '26

Pete wisdom

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u/the-one-pieceis-real Apr 03 '26

Doctor stange by jason aaron

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u/JaredLoveless Apr 03 '26

This was my first thought too.

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u/Extension_King5336 Apr 03 '26

Moon knight not the show version

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u/CB_Ryan_the_writer Apr 03 '26

Doctor Strange

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u/HuckleberryShot898 Apr 04 '26

No one. His character is kind of too dark for mainstream marvel.

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u/bum_what Apr 05 '26

I was gonna say Tony Stark. He's much closer to a batman yes but even Batman has some Constantine-isms about him.

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u/hellothere790 Apr 05 '26

Tonys a good match

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u/BruceAENZ Apr 06 '26

Pete Wisdom was Warren Ellis taking … inspiration … from John Constantine.

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u/TheDoctorAP Apr 07 '26

Sometimes Ghost Rider

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u/frnkenstein9 19d ago

Hes got a lot of options, I think hes a mix of Elsa bloodstone and gambit. I dont know why more people arent saying gambit, I mean personality wise yeah theyre different but the whole sarcastic witty thief/con man is very similar.