User blog comment:Manofgod/Comic Battle: John Constantine vs Jack Horner/@comment-17814994-20181118075559

Elgb's "Better Preps than Batman" EDGES!!!

Powers and Abilities: The thing about Constantine and Horner is that while they are armed with powerful magic, they seldomly use it, opting to take out their enemies with their brains. Still though, both are gifted with some pretty powerful and useful tricks. In terms of raw power, Horner seems to take the edge; the dude can shape reality, has an almost indestructable body, super strength and a dragon form that would chew and burn Constantine to bits. In terms of utility, Constantine has the better magic to control the battlefield; he guy can manipulate luck, summon beings to aid him, become invisible and casts spells etc. While his magic lacks the brute force that Jack has, it gives him a wider variety to pin down and immobolize Jack. Not only that, but Constantine's sealing magic, which is powerful enough to trap a god, will take down Horner (who's a magical being himself) once successfully performed. EDGE: Constantine

Weapons: Now here, I give it automatically to Jack Horner. Constantine (the Hellblazer version anyways) isn't really the best fighter. He can handle himself decently in a fight, but expect that his ass will get kicked like a third of the time. Jack's not the best fighter in the Fables Universe, but he can handle himself when he needs to. He's a way more talented user of weapons than Constantine will ever be. I remember a time when Constantine fought this deranged serial killer with a knife and it took him a whole issue, several bullets and a lot of squimishness to kill him. EDGE: Horner

X-Factors: Its basically a battle with the guy with a better prep and a guy with a better punch. Constantine obviously takes the edge in feats and in intellect while Horner takes the edge in fighting capability. Since this battle is a prep battle, I'll be giving this edge to Constantine. EDGE: Constantine

'Deadliest Warrior? '

It's without a doubt the better thinker here is John Constantine. The dude made the Devil, God and several minor gods his own stooges. Jack Horner is no slouch to an intellectual battle, but unlike the cold and calculating Constantine who has these intricate plans and always one step ahead from his enemies, Horner is more like the goofier prankster who creates one plan and modifies it along the way (some story arcs involving Jack Horner has other characters suggesting him a solution and him improving it). It also doesn't help that many of Jack's complicated schemes have been countered by others like Bigby Wolf. It won't be easy for John Constantine on the other hand since Jack's powers will provide difficulty especially in confrontations. In the end though, with the right planning and magic, John would end up tricking and trapping Jack in the end. Constantine is without a doubt the better conman.