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Arrow showrunners made clear that Matt Ryan’s crossover return to the role of Constantine was a one-off for Season 4, but in lieu of seeing the actor’s take once again, we can at least hear it in the animated Justice League Dark. A new featurette goes behind-the-scenes of the long-awaited adaptation, including Ryan’s return as the chain-smoking demon-fighter.

Welcome to Cast Party, the feature that imagines a world with even more live action comic book adaptations than we currently have, and comes up with arguably the best casting suggestions you’re ever going to find for the movies and shows we wish could exist. In the second of our guest editions for Pride Week, Tara Marie wants to see a fresh take on a TV adaptation of Hellblazer, completely divorced from the cancelled 2014 Constantine TV show. This version would take its lead not just from the recently wrapped Constantine: The Hellblazer comic series by James Tynion IV, Ming Doyle, Riley Rossmo, and Ivan Plascencia, but from the Vertigo Hellblazer years and related series like Swamp Thing and Sandman.

On this day in 1985, a man walked into a bar. It was a punk bar; this was 1985 in comic-book London, after all. The man was named John Constantine, and he was there looking for a friend who had information about the end of the world. It all happened in the pages of Swamp Thing #37, written by Alan Moore with art by Rick Veitch and John Totleben; the "American Gothic" storyline was beginning in earnest, and Moore's legendary run was kicking into high gear. According to Moore, the character of Constantine owes his debut to the fact that Swamp Thing's regular artists, Totleben and Stephen R. Bissette, were big fans of the band The Police, and they wanted to draw a character who looked like the lead singer, Sting. Even though it ended up being Veitch on the pencils for Constantine's first appearance, he is unmistakably a dead ringer for the British musician.

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‘Arrow’ Season 4 delights DC fans by the arrival crossover of ‘Constantine’ to save Sara’s soul, but is the series still “Haunted” by its endless ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ setup? Our full review!

Anticipation only grows for Arrow and Constantine to crossover by Wednesday’s “Haunted,” but might we see Matt Ryan dropping by Star City once again? Our first official clip from the landmark crossover sees Oliver and John in good spirits, even with Damien Darhk on the horizon, but promising to meet again.

Despite a few unfortunate leaks over the weekend, most Arrow and Constantine fans will at last get their wish tomorrow, as Stephen Amell and Matt Ryan share the screen for the first time to confront a “Haunted,” Sara. The CW has released a new preview for the hour, showing off the dynamic between the two comic heroes (well, hero-antihero), along with Sara’s mental state and a surprising new partnership.

Dejected Constantine fans will summon forth a bit of relief with Matt Ryan’s upcoming Arrow appearance next week, but NBC series creator Daniel Cerone will do us one better: The ex-showrunner has revealed an unutilized draft of what would have been Constantine’s 14th episode, if not for cancellation.

We’re only hours from Arrow Season 4 deciding if a revived Sara Lance is “Beyond Redemption,” but next week will truly settle the matter with help from Matt Ryan’s John Constantine, in a landmark crossover. We’ve seen a few tidbits, but watch heroes collide against the supernatural in the full photo set from Arrow’s Constantine crossover, “Haunted!”