John Constantine was, to me, the biggest surprise out of the entire lineup of figures in the 2012 DC Universe Signature Collection. I knew that Mattel was using the Signature Collection as a way of giving fans the more obscure, fan demanded characters that most likely wouldn’t work at retail, but I never thought in a million years that we’d be getting John Constantine. He’s recently come back into the main DC Universe, but for most of his time as a comic book character he’s been in the Vertigo world, a DC Universe separate from the main one for the most part. So getting a Vertigo character from Mattel is pretty great, and hopefully opens the doors to other Vertigo characters. We’re already getting a line of Watchmen figures this year, so perhaps a series of Fables figures next year? Neil Gaiman’s Sandman? Or Transmetropolitan? If I got a Spider Jerusalem figure, I think I could call life complete.

But I digress. We’re here to talk about John Contantine and his new figure from Mattel. So join me as I take a closer look at this Hellblazer and determine if he’s a worthy addition to DC Universe Classics.
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