Back in 2011, when DC was slowly pulling back the curtain on what would comprise their new status quo after the (almost total) reboot inducing event known as Flashpoint, one of the titles that caught pretty much everyone’s eyes was Justice League Dark.
OK, first things first. Asinine name. I mean, really, it sounds like a chocolate bar variety. But, silly title blatantly trying to capitalize on the Justice League franchise moniker notwithstanding, I was certainly intrigued and I can’t say I was disappointed.
OK, first things first. Asinine name. I mean, really, it sounds like a chocolate bar variety. But, silly title blatantly trying to capitalize on the Justice League franchise moniker notwithstanding, I was certainly intrigued and I can’t say I was disappointed.
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Whereas the main Justice League was comprised of the heavy hitters you’d come to expect like Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, the Dark team was more of a loose confederacy of characters with varying ties to the supernatural and mystical corners of the DCU, headlined by the likes of longtime fan favorite Zatanna and the recently reinstated to the mainstream DCU anti-hero John Constantine, who’d made the move from being a solely Vertigo property at the close of Brightest Day.
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