The next major arc , " Fear and Loathing " ( issues 62 @-@ 67 ) cover a high point of John 's personal life , with his relationship with Kit going well , and a fortieth birthday party where his friends Ellie , Zatanna , and the Swamp Thing attend , and use their various abilities to create a large quantity of Bushmills whiskey and marijuana . The story then take him to his lowest point , through his dealings with the National Front , their threats towards Kit , and her leaving him to return to Ireland . Following this , John is defeated , and live homeless on the streets , drinking to forget his life . This remain the case until the King of the Vampires hunt him out , and is poisoned by his demon blood , leaving him out in the sun at dawn , killing him . Following his recovery , the storyline " Damnation 's Flame " ( Issues # 72 – 77 ) follow a trip to the US , where Constantine is put into an alternative America by his old adversary Papa Midnite , a Vodun shaman . He is accompanied by the spirit of JFK , who have to hold his brain in place from his infamous wound . He eventually learn how to escape , shortly before running into the First of the Fallen , in the guise of Abraham Lincoln . There then follow a small break where he meet the spirit of a dead friend in Dublin , offering some closure to his recent problems . Ennis ' run end with " Rake at the Gates of Hell " , a story which finally bring together the racism storyline , with riots in Mile End , echoing the real @-@ life Brixton and Broadwater Farm riots in London , the revenge attempt of the First of the Fallen , started in " Dangerous Habits " , and the end of John 's relationship with Kit Ryan . John 's eventual Pyrrhic victory leave this run with closure , and a relatively clean slate for a new writer to take over .