Justice League Dark Vol. 1: In the Dark ) Author: PETER MILLIGAN RYAN SOOK MIKEL JANIN | Language: English | ISBN:
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As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics - The New 52 event of September 2011, a new type of super-team must come together when supernatural forces threaten the DCU - Justice League Dark!The witch known as The Enchantress has gone mad, unleashing a wave of chaos that not even the combined powers of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Cyborg can stop. Shade the Changing Man, Madame Xanadu, Deadman, Zatanna, Mindwarp and John Constantine may be our only hope - but how can we put our trust in beings whose very presence makes ordinary people break out in a cold sweat? Critically acclaimed writer Peter Milligan brings together an unorthodox team for the most unnatural threats. With stunning art by up and coming star Mikel Janin, Justice League Dark Vol. 1 visits the unexplored corners of the DCU!
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- Print Length: 144 pages
- Publisher: DC Comics (October 16, 2012)
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- Language: English
- ASIN: B009MD20M2
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The premise behind Justice League Dark is nothing new but the series itself really works thanks in part to its rich character development. Like in numerous other super team stories, a powerful existential threat to the universe forces a group of heroes with different powers and conflicting personalities to come together and fight to save the planet. In this case it's the enchantress who defeats the original Justice League and unleashes dark, supernatural forces throughout the planet. This calls for a new super team with more magical abilities. The team that ultimately comes together includes many intriguing albeit lesser known characters from the DC Universe. These include Madam Xanadu, Deadman, Zatana and John Constantine.
Peter Milligan's character development is extremely strong. I was never a diehard fan of the former Vertigo comics and I did not know that much about some of these characters when the series launched. I picked this up because it looked interesting and I have been trying to get into some of the best series in the New 52 lineup. The members of the Justice League Dark are more anti-heroes than heroes; they see their abilities as a burden rather than as a gift. Their use of magic and the occult often force them to physically harm their own bodies or live in altered states of existence. I found myself empathizing with these "anti-heroes" despite the morally ambiguous ways in which they govern themselves because the very nature of their special abilities seems to thrust them into one unenviable scenario after another.
Michael Janin's artwork is ideal for capturing Milligan's surrealistic imagination. He adds just the right effects to the ghouls, ghosts and magical realms that play a prominent role in the series.
When DC started their New 52 company-wide reboot, I knew I would be trying out the JUSTICE LEAGUE title, but when I learned there would be a book called JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK, and that it would not only feature the DC Universe's supernatural characters like John Constantine and Shade, the Changing Man, but would also be written by Peter Milligan, well, it didn't take a second thought to know this book would also be on my monthly buy list.
The first story arc, "In the Dark", covered 6 issues and set up how this band of unlikely heroes, including Boston Brand AKA Deadman, Zatana, Madame Xanadu as well as the aforementioned Constantine and Shade got together. The first story deals with the rescue of June Moone, a woman who claims to have been living inside a witch named Enchantress. One day June Moone escapes her prison and is found wandering the road. Actually, there are about half a dozen June Moones wandering the road and it causes a pretty intense massacre along the highway.
The Justice League members Superman, Wonder Woman and Cyborg are called in to handle The Enchantress, but her magic defeats them, so Madam Xanadu, a fortune teller who sees the formation of this new team, puts out the call to bring them all together. June Moone seeks out the help of Deadman to find out what's wrong with her, but Deadman turns up nothing. Zatana joins the fray after seeing how ineffective the Justice League were, but she too is nearly defeated by the Enchantress who, since losing June Moone, has begun to go insane and her magic is getting out of control.
The entire plot of the first Justice League Dark story deals simply with trying to save June, but also trying to save the world as the Enchantress's magic gets more and more out of control.
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