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Justice League Dark, Vol. 1: In the Dark
by Peter Milligan
content warnings: violence, murder
representation: bisexual main character
Apparently I liked this a whole lot more than everyone else. I think part of that might be that I'm more familiar with a lot of these characters than others, in large part because most of these characters have shown up in DC movies in recent years.
Justice League Dark, Volume 1 features Madame Xanadu bringing together a group of DC's most famous magic users to fight the Enchantress who has recently left June Moone's body and is now wreaking havoc on the world. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this plot, especially as I usually really don't like the plot of first volumes in comic series. The way it ended also makes me very excited for the future of this team.
Now, onto the team. As I said, I'm fairly familiar with most of these characters; John Constantine from the Arrowverse, Enchantress from Suicide Squad, Zatanna from Batman: The Animated Series, and Deadman from the Justice League Dark movie. The only characters I weren't familiar with were Madame Xanadu, Shade and Jay Young, and I understood their powers pretty quickly. The team as a whole is super dysfunctional because most of them don't really like each other, and I actually really like that. The more chaotic the team, the better, in my opinion.
I also really enjoyed the art style, which surprised me a little. The details of characters faces, in particular, I was extremely impressed with. There were also a lot of really cool visuals in this comic that I don't normally see in my superhero things on account of the team being made up not only of magic users, but magic users with different abilities. Major props to Mikel JanÃn because his art was great!
Not only was this a really solid first volume in a series, but it also makes me extremely excited for the future of it, something that I don't think any others comic series has done before.
representation: bisexual main character
Apparently I liked this a whole lot more than everyone else. I think part of that might be that I'm more familiar with a lot of these characters than others, in large part because most of these characters have shown up in DC movies in recent years.
Justice League Dark, Volume 1 features Madame Xanadu bringing together a group of DC's most famous magic users to fight the Enchantress who has recently left June Moone's body and is now wreaking havoc on the world. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this plot, especially as I usually really don't like the plot of first volumes in comic series. The way it ended also makes me very excited for the future of this team.
Now, onto the team. As I said, I'm fairly familiar with most of these characters; John Constantine from the Arrowverse, Enchantress from Suicide Squad, Zatanna from Batman: The Animated Series, and Deadman from the Justice League Dark movie. The only characters I weren't familiar with were Madame Xanadu, Shade and Jay Young, and I understood their powers pretty quickly. The team as a whole is super dysfunctional because most of them don't really like each other, and I actually really like that. The more chaotic the team, the better, in my opinion.
I also really enjoyed the art style, which surprised me a little. The details of characters faces, in particular, I was extremely impressed with. There were also a lot of really cool visuals in this comic that I don't normally see in my superhero things on account of the team being made up not only of magic users, but magic users with different abilities. Major props to Mikel JanÃn because his art was great!
Not only was this a really solid first volume in a series, but it also makes me extremely excited for the future of it, something that I don't think any others comic series has done before.