ITT: sum up a character in a single sentence

Strange has two of the best cape runs even in Ditko and Englehart though

Hah reminds me of myself in a way. Intelligent, sardonic, one step ahead, and always ready with a quip.

I'll do you one better
>"Asshole brit and magic conman ruins everything"

I’ll do you one better
>Brit ruins everything
It’s world history!

>The most powerful wizard in existence.

Except all those times he fucked up and let all the people close to him die and when he dies hell will make him suffer like no one else, unless you are talking about Heckblazer in which case he is just edgier Dr strange.

Magic ALWAYS has consequences in the DCU. And whenever a fellow magician gets killed, they knew what they were signing up for.

Gay. Shazam does whatever he wants.

>consequences for godly power is dumb and lame

No, your post that "Magic ALWAYS has consequences in the DCU" is dumb and lame because it's an obvious lie.

Aside from the fact that Billy traded his existence as a normal person to guard the rock of eternity and had to carry this responsibility for the rest of his life, and possibly beyond. Aside from that, you mean. It may not seem like he has to deal with any consequences, but ask him how he feels about that when he has to retire to the Rock of Eternity.

So your argument is that the DC Universe which has arguably existed since 1940 this entire time has had a since now undisclosed rule that magic always has consequences?

Zatanna uses magic for even the tiniest of inconviniences and she's mostly alright

>since now
Read more comic books. This should not be news to you. Magic has serious consequences in the DCU, and people like John Constantine are a direct representation. Why do you think Felix Faustus looks like beef jerky? All of the major magic fuck ups in the DCU are when people fail to grasp the consequences of what they do.
And she's routinely warned by people that care for her that she's being deeply reckless, and creating a massive debt that she's going to have to pay someday. She's emulating her father when she's casually fucking around with magic, and he was burnt alive and damned to hell for that shit.

That's because Ted taught her to punch the problems she can't magic

So your argument is that the DC Universe which has arguably existed since 1940 this entire time has had undisclosed rule o an editorially level that magic always has consequences?

It's a yes or no question

No, it isn't. It's a question that betrays your misunderstanding of magic in the DC universe. The answer to your question is 'read more comics.'

How is that the answer to the question?

Read more comics.

Oh you're just a brain dead shitpsoter then. Ok.

>So your argument is that Superman, who has arguably existed since 1940, this entire time, has had a since now undisclosed ability to turn gold and bring planets back from destruction

I'm answering your question. You want to find out when magic started to have consequences in the DCU, go read more comics and find out for yourself. Read more comics. Or just like, google 'magic' 'consequences' 'dc universe.' Find out that answer for yourself.

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You didn't answer the yes or no question. it only takes one word.

>She's emulating her father when she's casually fucking around with magic,
And how. Look at him, the Zs are all spellaholics

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>her and her father use magic like it's the most normal, regular thing in the world
And then she blames John for Giovanni burning. It was only a matter of time for him, and it's only a matter of time for Zatanna.

Aren't the Zataras some kind of born wizard like Harry Potter and Bewitched? They probably think those rules don't apply to them

Black Bolt is a silent King and puts his people's safety above his own happiness.

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>John Constantine is the most powerful wizard in existence
>OP has never read an issue of Hellblazer in his fucking life

John's nine parts conman to every one part mage. He can't do much but he makes what little power he has go a very long way, and most of the time he cheats and bullshits his way to victory. Or he just sacrifices five of his friends.

Aside from the lockup that he had (until it was torched) filled with the world's most powerful magical artifacts, and the fact that he knows a spell for literally any occasion and has been referred to as incredibly powerful numerous times throughout his run, due to a combination of his extensive and even baffling knowledge of magic, his willingness to do anything it takes to win, and good old fate. Neil Gaiman started the idea that was fleshed out throughout Hellblazer that John is a recurring magical archetype, the laughing magician, who appears to have little power while possessing limitless knowledge. The theme of the Laughing Magician was reiterated and reified by Andy Diggle during the run of the same name. John has: created a magical clone of himself, filled it with his sins and damned it to hell; he's turned a Neo-Nazi into a golem; used passive magic to drive an entire prison completely mad; taken the madness out of his head, created a baby homunculus with it and dropped it off a cliff; ripped off a casino for literally all of its money, etc. etc. etc.

But I've never read an issue of Hellblazer in my fucking life.

>Alan Moore claims to have met his creation on two occasions.
>"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.'"

Not going off and talking to John is probably the wisest decision he ever made.

>John Constantine is the most powerful wizard in existence
Nope, the running joke is that Constantine is only average is power. What he has is guile and builds a fearsome reputation by out-thinking beings massively stronger than he is. Then his own myth becomes part of the con.