Constantine

Alan Moore asked the artists what they wanted to do when he took over writing for Swamp Thing. "Do a character that looked like Sting," they all agreed. This rock star tribute was originally just an extra drawn in a crowd's background. However, when John Constantine was eventually presented, they made the lookalike's identity known in the past.

Despite being contemptuous at first, Sting eventually accepted the homage. He authored the introduction to a collection commemorating his 30th birthday in 2018. And he wore the trenchcoat the character wears in a little video teaser for the book.

The sightings of genuine people based on Constantine, however, are more intriguing than the fact that he was based on a real person. Strangely, Moore claimed to have seen the character in person not long after developing him. He was seeing someone from a sandwich shop come up the stairs while wearing a trenchcoat and a short haircut. He gave me a direct, in-your-face look, grinned, nodded almost conspiratorially, and then he simply walked away around the corner.

A real John Constantine, according to author Jamie Delano, was spotted outside the British Museum: "I didn't realize I'd walked past him until I'd gone fifty yards down the road, and he was just vanishing round the corner." It should be mentioned that Constantine was based on actual events and was set in 1980s England with Thatcher as the prime minister. Additionally, Moore enjoys magic, just like Constantine.

Publisher: DC Comics
Format: Ongoing series
Publication date: 2013–2015
Main character(s): John Constantine