Papa Midnite

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Papa Midnite in Hellblazer: Papa Midnite v1 #1.

Papa Midnite is a male comic character that features in DC Comics.

Biography

Constantine attacked by Papa Midnite in Constantine v1 #4.

The character was created by Jamie Delano and John Ridgway where he made his first appearance in Hellblazer v1 #1.
After the New 52 reboot, the character was brought into the Prime Universe and made part of the regular DC continuity.

In the Constantine television series, the character appeared as an antagonist where he made his first appearance in the episode "The Devil's Vinyl" where he was portrayed by actor Michael James Shaw. He was described as being an immortal voodoo king and foe to John Constantine who was part of the plot that led to Ian Fell's soul trade as he desired the acetate containing the sound of the Devil himself. Papa Midnite saw this as an important relic and captured Constantine where he injected him with an anticoagulant and left a deep cut on his arm before leaving him in an abandoned warehouse. Two of his hired men were dispatched to acquire he acetate but became corrupted by its power where they sought to broadcast its infernal signal to the rest of the population at a broadcasting center. The would play the sound but Midnite arrived with an Ace of Wincester where he destroyed the speakers preventing the acetate to be played. He was prepared to acquire the acetate until John Constantine cast a spell sealing the acetate and the two men who were exorcised. An angry Papa Midnite in anger later created a voodoo doll resembling Constantine and would burn it.

In the film Constantine, the character made an appearance where he was played by actor Djimon Hounsou. He was once said to had been a witch doctor who fought numerous hordes of demons. Papa Midnite was described as being a legendary figure who was a crusader for good who swore the oath of neutrality in the war between heaven and hell. At some point, he became a bartender who opened a nightclub that served as a neutral ground for both sides to meet without incident. He stated that as long as the balance between the two was maintained then he would not taken any sides in the conflict. His bar had a relic called "The Chair" which was an old electric chair that allowed the user to see potent visions of the past or future. After being attacked by a carrion demon, Constantine decided to look for information at the Midnite bar. Chas Kramer reading about the magical world led to him learning of it as a haven for people who rose or fell though Constantine simply called it a bar. He asked Papa Midnite for the use of the Chair but the former witch doctor refused. Afterwards, Constantine forcibly entered into the club to access the Chair where he was attacked by Papa Midnite for the violation but John Constantine managed to convince him of his plight in stopping the coming of the Devil's Son to Earth. Papa Midnite would offer his aid and give prayers to both Constantine as well as Chas as they made their way to the site where Mammon would manifest on the mortal plane.

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