Word: demon
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Since childhood, Constantine has been able to recognize the ghoulish “half-breeds” who, as hybrid demon-human creatures, can cross the border between heaven and hell and upset “the balance” between God and Satan’s bids for human souls. Young Constantine’s terrifying visions classify him as a psychotic, and as result of the trauma of his visions and equally horrific “therapy,” he commits suicide...
Larry Summers was chanting beside a glowing crimson pentagram. The Devil himself (or perhaps just a regular old demon, what do I know about infernal cosmology?) was communing with Larry from within the symbol. His skin was red like the blood of ten thousand martyrs and foul black horns protruded from his temples. I could feel waves of evil rolling...
Like the traditional epic hero, John Constantine’s problems arise from both his own character flaws and the particularly grueling fate allotted him. Since childhood, he has been able to recognize the ghoulish “half-breeds” who, as hybrid demon-human creatures, can cross the border between heaven and hell and upset “the balance” between God and Satan’s bid for human souls. Young Constantine’s terrifying visions classify him as a psychotic, and as the result of the trauma of his visions and equally...
This mortal sin condemns him to hell, but he manages to survive and returns to earth. Though he’s been given a second chance at life, he can’t seem to ditch his self-destructive bent, courting danger as a freelance demon-hunter and smoking himself to lung cancer. Now, facing death a second time, he agrees to help the lovely but pushy detective Angie unravel her sister’s suicide...
...Jean-Christofe's demon twists him into knots...