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Warning : Spoilers for Batman / Dylan Dog # 2 onwards !
Summary
For as much asJohn Constantinelikes to pretend he ’s always in control , a lot more experience past him then he ’d like masses to realise . slip in point : when Constantine teams up with Dylan Dog , the nightmare investigator easy thrust through Constantine ’s cynicism with a single , perfectly applied meme .
WhenDylan Dog take to checkif the soul of a ill-famed serial killer has happen a way out of hell inBatman / Dylan Dog#2 by Roberto Recchioni , Gigi Cavenago , and Werther Dell’Edera , he finds himself keeping company with John Constantine as the two traveling through London ’s Piccadilly Circus . Constantine bemoans the district ’s luck with his typical cynicism , pointing out how what was once a punk haven is now soulless , corporate and homogenized .
But Dylan is n’t one of his typical home run , calling Constantine out with a dead placed " okay , boomer!“before chastising him for being beguile with the past and unable to see the dreamers of the present tense .
Batman / Dylan Dogis an outside crosswalk story star two iconic police detective : the Dark Knight and the Nightmare Investigator known as Dylan Dog .
John Constantine is practically cursed , as every individual friend he ’s had has somehow die over the years — but now John is breaking the tradition .
Once a Rebel, Constantine Is DC’s Consummate “Boomer”
Constantine’s “True” Age Lines Up with the Boomer Generation
This one - lining is the perfect agency toput Constantine in his placefor multiple reasons . Firstly , Constantine has always been a cynical character . His marquee series , 1988’sHellblazer , is rife with review of then - contemporary English Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher . Her buttoned-down politics were very much at odds with Constantine ’s punk predilections , and as such , earlyHellblazerissues are jam with instances of Thatcherism driving England to hell ( in some cases , quite literally ) , quashing the free spirit of the people for soulless , collective gains .
For Constantine ’s other taradiddle , referee should check out the originalHellblazerseries , which began in 1988 and ran for over 20 years , clocking in at 300 number .
Secondly , while everyone retains a quasi - eternal quality in comic strip , Constantine is unquestionably out of touchwith the current generation . As a man in his late - twenties / middle - thirty-something during the 1980s , Constantine would conceivably now be in his fifty dollar bill — even with DC ’s munificently loose timeline . The character being soclosely tie with the politics and cultural movement of the 1980sdoes him no party favor here either , as it unwaveringly stigmatize him as a ware and character of that era and places him loosely at the tail end of the baby boomer generation — a " baby boomer " in the literal sense .
“Okay Boomer” Is the Perfect Insult for Constantine
The dismissive " o.k. , boomer " meme is practically tailor - made to thrust through Constantine ’s defenses : it rejects the notion that the present generation is useless and that thing were better in the past . Its forward - looking nature forestall Constantine ’s nearly omnipresent roadblock of cynicism ; it calls out the belief that late propagation were good while emphasize Constantine ’s genesis in particular . Constantinehas confounded angels and bartered with monster , but the two - word " hunky-dory , baby boomer " insult simply ignores all his defence .
Batman / Dylan Dog # 2is available now from DC Comics .
BATMAN / DYLAN DOG # 2 ( 2024 )
John Constantine is a dark , morally complex , supernatural detective from DC Comics . As a concatenation - smoking , trenchcoat - wear master of the occult , he battles demons , angels , and wizard forces while navigating his own haunted past . He has look in comic strip , unrecorded - natural process films , reanimate features , video show , and the Arrowverse . Known for his cynicism and reluctant valiancy , Constantine often sacrifice personal happiness for the greater good .
