<P> By 2013, John was contacted by the Three Fates, who tell him that he will finally die in five days . Having lived a good and adventurous life, John happily accepts his fate rather than trying to fight it like he always does . When the 5th day came, John Constantine was murdered in his own home when he was ambushed and killed by a gangster . His funeral was attended by many of his friends and family . But it later turns out that he had faked his death yet again . Constantine decides he should keep a low profile, because he doesn't want to hurt the people around him again . He bids farewell with Finn and Epiphany, and finally visits Gemma . In the meanwhile, Gemma, hearing about her uncle's return from the Fates, tries to kill herself with a poisonous revolver, but Constantine sneaks the last remaining dart from his niece . Gemma says her life will be better without him, because he takes up too much of it and she is either hating him or loving him too much . John suggests he leave her be, but Gemma fears he will return and put her life to misery . John tells Gemma to make her own decision, and she reluctantly points the revolver at him . Gemma closes her eyes before muttering, "Damn you, John Constantine ." and pulls the trigger, but when she opened her eyes again, Constantine had vanished . The last scene shows Constantine in the Long Journey's End bar, holding a glass of liquor with a vacant look . </P> <P> In The New 52, Constantine appears as one of the lead characters in Justice League Dark . His history is slightly altered, such as meeting Zatanna in New York instead of San Francisco, and the origins of how he got his trademark trench coat . During the gap where he travels the world to learn magic, the New 52 added the history of him meeting Nick Necro, who was implied to be John's mentor and original owner of the trench coat . The Forever Evil: Blight storyline would establish that the three characters were all involved in a magical pact and a love triangle, which fell apart due to Zatanna ending her relationship with Nick to pursue John . Nick states "We were all in love, and you two shut me out!" The character also stars in the ongoing series Constantine, which replaces Hellblazer . He is still an unsavory trickster in the New 52 universe, as, while during the Trinity War between the three Justice Leagues, he tries to trick Shazam (15 - year - old Billy Batson) so that he can steal his magic . He fails, causing Billy to become even more distrustful of other people than he already was . </P> <P> In Constantine #14, it was revealed that John Constantine, as a boy, was taught and cast his first magical spell--at the cost of the lives of his parents and his house burning down (it was implied that his mother, unlike in Hellblazer, survived the childbirth). It was also revealed that he spent his childhood in the' 80s in Liverpool, England (it is not shown if he had any sibling, like Cheryl Constantine in Hellblazer). The one who taught John his first spell was Tannarak from the Cult of the Cold Flame (Constantine #15). </P> <P> His primary enemies in Constantine are Mister E, Sargon the Sorceress (the original Sargon's daughter), and Tannarak: all are members of the Cult of the Cold Flame . Together with his allies Papa Midnite, the psychic mage Spellbinder, and a witch called Julia Everheart, Constantine attempts to destroy the Cult by conspiring a scam to take Sargon and Tannarak by surprise . However, prior to the planned battle, Constantine is thrown into the battlefield in Dar es Salaam in World War I because of a ritual going wrong, making his plan ultimately fail . An encounter with Doctor Occult there results in Constantine being transported to Earth - 2 - a world dying under siege from Darkseid and his army of Parademons . </P>

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