Justice League Dark (USA) di Tynion IV, Lopez, Fernandez & Anderson

[Azrael]

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #22
written by RAM V
art by ALVARO MARTÍNEZ BUENO
cover by YANICK PAQUETTE
variant cover by CLAYTON CRAIN
What dreams may come—we should be so lucky! Instead, the nightmares are here! Zatanna and John Constantine take a dive into the mind of Abigail Arcane to save her from the all-consuming Rot, while Animal Man must reach deep within himself to save Detective Chimp and Wonder Woman from the hordes of infected rot monsters. Minds, worlds, and lives hang in the (im)balance!
ON SALE 04.22.20
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | DC
This issue will ship with two covers.
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[Man of Steel]

Letto #19
Grande numero, la gestione di Tynion mi è piaciuta un botto e ora ancora un ultimo numero i guess.

[Azrael]

Si ci può fermare con la conclusione di Tynion?

[Azrael]

Justice League Dark #19 (Published by DC; Review by David Pepose; 'Rama Rating: 8 out of 10):

While I'm as excited for Ram V to take over the title as anybody, you can't help but feel a bittersweet tinge when you read Justice League Dark #19, knowing this is James Tynion IV's last issue on the series. Because given the way he juggles such a sprawling cast but still manages to hit all the right superheroic crescendos, this has probably been the best team book DC has been publishing over the last year, and I guarantee not enough people have been reading it. There's a lot of crazy ideas being tossed around, but Tynion tells them with enough confidence and propulsion that you don't need to have been reading previous issues to catch the gist - it also helps that artist Alvaro Martinez Bueno is such a gifted, generous artist that he's able to fit together so many panels so beautifully without skimping on any of the storytelling. (If anything, it makes his big moments, like Khalid embracing his mantle as Dr. Fate, all the more explosive.) A great showing from an underrated pair.

[Azrael]

Letto Lords of Order (#8-13)

Ogni volta che devo leggere dei volumi prolissi in inglese mi viene il magone
Cmq, confermo la bontà di questa serie, Tynion ha fatto un grandissimo lavoro.
Però la risoluzione mi sembra alquanto semplice, voglio dire a che

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Molto interessante il fatto che John abbia ancora tanto da dire

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Rischioso quello che vuole fare Zatanna.

[Azrael]

Letto Annual #1
Numero abbastanza inquietante e a quanto pare Lex non è ilnsolo con delle offerte!

Si, numero piu' Swamp Thing centrico.
Questo

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contorto ma anche

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non scherza.

[Azrael]

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #23
written by RAM V and JAMES TYNION IV
art by KYLE HOTZ
cover by YANICK PAQUETTE
variant cover by KYLE HOTZ
"The Parliament of Life" concludes—as the world burns! The villain at the dark heart of the war between the parliaments stands revealed as Anton Arcane! Zatanna lies wounded, her destiny now in jeopardy. Doctor Fate, Wonder Woman, and Animal Man must form an uneasy alliance with Abigail Arcane and the Floronic Man to protect humanity's fate. Betrayals and twists abound, with repercussions for the very future of the Justice League Dark!
ON SALE 05.27.20
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
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[Man of Steel]

Huh, come non detto i guess.

[Azrael]

Si prosegue.

[Azrael]

Preview: Justice League Dark #20

https://www.cbr.com/justice-league-dark-20-3/

[Man of Steel]

Letto #20
Buon numero anche questo, anche se fosse interamente scritto da Ram V.

[Man of Steel]

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #24
written by RAM V
art by AMANCAY NAHUELPAN
cover by YANICK PAQUETTE
variant cover by JOHN GIANG
At last, Justice League Dark's mission reaches the moment fans have been waiting for: their descent into the Other Place, as a reborn Swamp Thing, Wonder Woman, and Zatanna sharpen their swords and spells to battle the Upside Down Man. But Zatanna has more than just cards up her sleeve. The team discovers her burning secret, while Detective Chimp must come to terms with his own role within Team Dark.
ON SALE 06.24.20
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | DC
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Preview: Justice League Dark #21

https://www.cbr.com/justice-league-dark-21-3/

[Azrael]

Justice League Dark #21
Written by Ram V and James Tynion IV
Art by Alvaro Martinez Bueno, Raul Fernandez and June Chung
Lettering by Rob Leigh
Published by DC
Review by Joey Edsall
'Rama Rating: 8 out of 10

For there only being a single word difference between the most recognizable DC team book and Justice League Dark, it says a lot about the quality and consistency of this series that it's had such an immediately understood and riveting identity. This most recent arc has seen the storytelling reins being transitioned from James Tynion IV to Ram V, a writer whose work on Paradiso and These Savage Shores in particular hints that Justice League Dark could be experiencing an injection of even more interesting ideas. While this issue is marred slightly by its somewhat inconsistent need to move the plot into place for the next issue and some less-than-appealing character art, there is a wealth of visual and narrative intrigue to make this another solid book for the title.

The plot picks up on the two divergent threads from last month, with the book opening on Constantine and Zatanna's search for Abigail Arcane leading them to the abandoned Lewton Reformatory in Virginia. The name is a reference to legendary horror producer Val Lewton - Lewton's work was often littered with inescapable ancestral supernatural ties, and having the investigation of this condemned building culminate in the reveal of Abigail's uncle Anton Arcane feels apt. The building's rot being manifested as growth on a massive, somewhat anatomically accurate heart is a striking idea as well, and one which Ram V ties deftly to the Wonder Woman and Animal Man plot thread in the book.

As the plant plague spreads and infects more people in the city, including part of Animal Man's own face, the two realize their efforts at containment might not work as well as they had hoped, and Animal Man devises a strategy. As Wonder Woman buys him time in a stellar sequence, Animal Man possesses the mind and body of a flatworm in his gut. This is where it becomes clear that the impressively drawn gothadelics of the rotted heart in the Constantine and Zatanna storyline isn't just incidental, or there for the sake of giving readers something cool to look at - it mirrors Animal Man's possession of something microbial, both becoming small things fighting biological corruption of a larger system. It's a really cool scene, but ultimately stops there. It will obviously be picked up on in later issues, but feels like a somewhat sloppy loose thread in this issue, and as such that plotline feels prematurely shortened.

Something many readers are likely experiencing now with a number of new books is that strange sense when something was 100% created before a significant event but reaches an audience after (or in this case, during) a global event. Certain elements take on a thematic weight that they otherwise wouldn't. The infection scene, with Animal Man emphasizing the human element of the people whose bodies are betraying them, would have been a throwaway line as readers rush to get to the Constantine and Zatanna intrigue-laden gothic asylum, but instead, in late March 2020, it feels loaded in a way that it almost certainly was never intended to be. Something that would otherwise read as the Big Two-mandated mid-issue action scene instead feels like it is reacting to a current global pandemic. It isn't, of course — we are the ones reacting to the pandemic, and these works really show themselves as cultural mirrors of not just when they are created, but when they are consumed. An otherwise forgettable portion of the comic becomes heavier when Animal Man says, "They're people, Diana. People who woke up this morning trying to get to their jobs, schools, walk their dogs for God's sake."

Artistically, penciller Alvaro Martinez Bueno, inker Raul Fernandez, and colorist June Chung deliver mostly great art throughout Justice League Dark #21, with particular praise reserved for Chung who makes everything pertaining to the rot in the Reformatory and the swamp have an extra layer of dread to it. While some of the character's bodies feel inconsistently drawn at times, the entire art team is locked in step for making the horror-tinted scenes memorable, and making Wonder Woman's full page brawl down a staircase feel like the comic equivalent of the iconic corridor fight in Old Boy.

If the previous issue was a perfect time for new readers to jump into the series, Justice League Dark #21 gives readers plenty to mull over and appreciate. While the flaws in story and art consistency are there, overall the comic delivers far more positives than negatives, and above all succeeds in feeling unique among Big Two books. Between the intrigue-filled storytelling and the moody artwork, this is an arc you're going to want to jump into.