[Thaumatology] Powers as (Path/Book) Magic

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by The Colonel

DC Comics character, mainly Alan Moore creation IIRC.
Blonde Scouser in a trenchcoat - wizard and supernatural con-artist, like a wretched version of Harry Dresden in some ways.

Main character of the Hellblazer series.

The 2005 movie Constantine starring Keanu Reeves was (maybe)based on that. I mostly note it as one of those adapted movies where the lead actor was too lazy to dye his hair. <shrug> Maybe Keanu wouldn't have looked good all bleached out(think Billy Idol). They may finally be making a sequel.

More recently (2014 maybe) Constantine had a single season TV series with an actor known as "Matt Ryan". He dyed his hair and came from the correct side of the Atlantic. Ryan and his version of Constantine were rescued from cancellation limbo by the Legends of Tomorrow TV series where he was seen for most of the last 5(?) seasons. Bizarrely they wrote Constantine out for the last season and kept the actor for another character.