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

[Man of Steel]

Letto #2
Non avevo molto hype per questa testata, ma sapevo che Tynion mi avrebbe fatto cambiare idea, infatti non delude!
Sta impostando un bellissimo main plot, qua tra l'altro vediamo anche Dr.Fate con tanto del suo Dark side come piace a me, ovvero Nabu!

[Sefexir]

#2

Il primo numero era stato più convincente; ciò detto, il twist legato al Doctor Fate (personaggio che adoro) è stato bellissimo.

[Jacopo]

Molto carini i primi due numeri.

[No Use For A Name]

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #6
written by JAMES TYNION IV
art by DANIEL SAMPERE and JUAN ALBARRAN
cover by NICOLA SCOTT
variant cover by CLAYTON CRAIN
The Justice League Dark...trapped in the mystic realm of Myrra! Their jailer? Blue Devil...and he wants revenge on Detective Chimp! Seems Bobo tried to magically resurrect his best friend, the original Nightmaster, but lost control of the spell and filled Myrra with zombies instead. And left Blue Devil behind to get eaten. So BD's kinda sorta maybe got a reason to be pissed. With that in mind, will Wonder Woman and the rest of the JLD even step up to help Bobo against a raging Blue Devil? That sounds bananas to us.
ON SALE 12.12.18
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | RATED T+
This issue will ship with two covers.
Please see the order form for details.

[Azrael]

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #3 Preview



https://www.newsarama.com/41928-wonder-woman-zatanna-face-down-the-upside-down-man-in-justice-league-dark-3-preview.html

[Man of Steel]

Letto #3
Un altro bellissimo numero, mi è piaciuto tutto, matite, colori, ma sopratutto il plot!
JLA fa proprio per Tynion, il modo in cui scrive Zee mi piace molto, mi aveva convinto anche su Det Com!

Spiacente, ma non sei autorizzato a visualizzare il contenuto degli spoiler.

Il crossover con WW promette bene.

[Sefexir]

#3

Ottima prova di Tynion IV, che non risparmia né la sua creatività né gli stessi personaggi. Ha aperto un altro universo di potenzialità, una delle quali recondite in Diana che potrebbe ridefinire il personaggio nelle storie a venire.

[Man of Steel]

Letto Wonder Woman and Justice League Dark - Witching Hour #1
Non è per niente facile mettere in piedi storie di questo tipo, ma Tynion è riuscito a creare una bellissima atmosfera, ma sopratutto...Il ruolo centrale di Diana in tutto ciò, ha un suo senso.
Belle matite, curioso di vedere come proseguirà.

[Azrael]

E' importante?

[Azrael]

Wonder Woman & Justice League Dark: Witching Hour #1
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Jesus Merino and Romulo Fajardo, Jr.
Lettering by Dave Sharpe
Published by DC Comics
Review by Joey Edsall
'Rama Rating: 9 out of 10

Nobody is saying you need to listen to the Suspiria theme while reading the beginning of Wonder Woman & Justice League Dark: Witching Hour #1, but it certainly helps. The comic opens with the suspenseful and the dreamlike before becoming bombastic, wasting little time in establish the stakes of the story it is telling. Rather than relying on the recently introduced concept of the Otherkind, writer James Tynion IV instead focuses on a new threat, and in doing so gives artist Jesus Merino and colorist Romulo Fajardo, Jr. the opportunity to create some impressive and memorable panels. Despite some tonal interruptions stemming from this being a team book, this is an explosive comic with an air of dread at every turn, and one which will surely rope in new and established Wonder Woman fans.

Tynion opens on a young Diana running through the woods while being pursued by disorienting and unpleasant depictions of women conjoined by threes and chanting the name "Hecate." The art in these opening moments is fantastic, and the horror is played less as visceral body horror and more absurdist. The conjoined women are scary not because there is an air of revulsion, but rather because of the surrealism of it all. And as a scarred Diana eventually leaves the scene, with her mother losing all memories of the incident, we learn that regardless of if the opening sequence was a dream or real, it has implications.

The opening is flawless, and while some steam is lost in the middle of the book, what follows is still strong. After recapping the threat of the Otherkind, the comic goes into what can only be described as narrative clerical work, briefly explaining why certain characters are not helping and dumping some exposition to carry over the story from the first three issues of Justice League Dark. Luckily, it doesn't take up too much time, and would be less noticable if the open weren't so exemplary. The scene also introduces the divide Wonder Woman is placing between herself and the Justice League, as Hecate takes extra precautions to keep Earth's mightiest heroes at bay. It's a great scene that acts as a payoff to when the plot element of Hecate messing with memory was introduced in the opening. Watching the Justice League fall back on mundane and less pressing issues helps ramp up the sense that things are not going well for the DC Universe right now.

Several magic-wielding characters who will likely become key players are introduced in the Oblivion Bar, including Witchfire and Constantine. The scene is a clever bit of misdirection. The characters are all introduced as though they will be some sort of team to combat the threat against magic in the world. Witchfire soon enters the same state of incredible power that Diana entered in Justice League Dark #3, and accidentally kills the majority of the bar patrons. What initially felt like introductions to key players earlier in the scene turned out to be a moment of humanization for characters and a location that Tynion was planning on destroying. As Swamp Thing, Bobo, Man Bat, Zatanna, and Diana escape Hecate from a door to the bar beneath the Hall of Justice, they come upon the only living person remaining in the bar, Constantine.

The comic is a masterpiece at introducing and nurturing threats. It lets readers know it has the Otherkind card in its hand, but then goes full force with Hecate. It makes readers assume that Diana is the only one with the Hecate mark, that she was chosen as a vessel for it by the goddess herself, but then shows that there could be countless vessels for Hecate's power by showing Witchfire completely lose herself to the power in the symbol on her forehead. The themes at play with the comic seem to be those of controlling oneself and of the danger in being afraid to ask for help. It doesn't play much with these outside of a few panels, but has done enough that the story can still say something profound about it down the road. Themes aside, it is a well plotted and exciting comic.

Merino and Fajardo can just draw characters losing themselves to Hecate's power for 30 pages and it would be better than most comics. There's something unstable about the line work, and in particular the flames paired with Witchfire's pyromancy makes for some volatile art that will stick with readers.Fajardo's coloring is interesting and adds nuance to what is happening on the page. The juxtaposition of clearly demonic color signifiers and divine color signifiers compliment a similar juxtaposition in Merino's artwork. It seems pretty clear that the magic within Wonder Woman will somehow be the deus ex machina for the conflict in the long term, and the art alone works as a set up to it.

The book is a treat visually and narratively, and operates extremely well as a set up to the next Wonder Woman arc. There's enough potential here for an incredibly long story and an exploration of the archetype of the Witch with a character as interesting as Wonder Woman, and Tynion sets a lot up. It will be interesting to see the payoff and how that will reflect revisiting Wonder Woman & Justice League Dark #1, but at the time being it kicks off October for comics with a spooky bang. Between his high stakes storytelling and the dynamic art throughout, there's a lot to love.

[No Use For A Name]

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #7
written by JAMES TYNION IV
art and cover by ALVARO MARTINEZ BUENO and RAUL FERNANDEZ
variant covers by KELLEY JONES
First rule of magic: things can always get worse! Man-Bat learns that the hard way when he plays narrator and chronicles the nightmarish menagerie known as the Otherkind—horrific, monstrous entities such as "the Soup," "the Rip" and "the Offspring"—that burst through the Sphere of Gods and invaded Earth. The JLD soon realize they're no match for an invading horde of hellspawn, and to have any kind of chance, they'll have to go down a darker path. But how much darker can this team get before they become monsters themselves?
ON SALE 01.16.19
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | RATED T+
This issue will ship with two covers.
Please see the order form for details.

[Man of Steel]

Spero di vedere anche The Spectre & The Phantom Stranger....sooner or later.

[Azrael]

PREVIEW: JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #4



https://www.newsarama.com/42357-wonder-wonder-is-such-a-witch-in-justice-league-dark-4.html

[Man of Steel]

Letto #4
Far partire un crossover quando non la testata principale non ha nemmeno raggiunto 5 numeri è qualcosa che generalmente non mi piace...ma questa volta sta funzionando alla grande.
Questo storyarc mi ha conquistato, forse anche perchè va a toccare certi pg e luoghi e atmosfere che a me piacciono molto, come Nanda Parbat e Rama Kushna.
Prima o poi, voglio leggere quella storia con la League of Shadow e Ra's al centro di tutto.

[Azrael]

Justice League Dark #4
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Alvaro Martínez Bueno, Raul Fernandez and Brad Anderson
Lettered by Rob Leigh
Published by DC Comics
Review by Matthew Sibley
'Rama Rating: 5 out of 10

"Now is not the time for fear... that comes later."

This is admittedly a quote from The Dark Knight Rises, though it's applicable to where The Witching Hour crossover has led thus far, and where the Justice League Dark find themselves. Nanda Parbat's time is running out and the JLD are the only ones who might have a chance of saving it. Yet with the scale and stakes growing higher and higher, this crossover winds up losing its themes and particular narrative flavor thanks to overzealous dialogue and even more jam-packed action sequences.

Before we go any further into discussing the issue, it should be said that this is the midpoint of the crossover and reading the two previous parts –– the equivalent of an alpha issue and the latest Wonder Woman installment –– is highly recommended in order to fully understand what's happened to the team between Justice League Dark #3and now. To the crossover's credit, though it should be commended for keeping the proceedings contained to a select few titles rather than expanding outwards and consuming an entire line for the sake of ancillary tie-ins.

The crossover picks up following the first JLD arc, with Diana having discovered a strange symbol on her forehead during the team's fight with the Upside-Down Man. This is a witch-mark, a sigil with which she branded with at a young age and directly connected to Hecate, the Goddess of Magic. Hecate has used these Witchmarked people as stores for her power and has now returned to collect it, laying waste to the current world of magic in the process, with little regard for who stands in the way of her reclamation.

At the center of this plot is the idea of women's bodies and autonomy being taken away from them as they are turned into weapons for someone else's malicious ends. As such, the crossover fits with the elements of body horror which Justice League Dark has already embraced. James Tynion IV proves himself capable of constructing an effective scenario around such an idea early in the issue. Another of the Witchmarked, Manitou Dawn, has lost control of their actions and is currently laying siege to Nanda Parbat. Tynion's narration, in the same style as described earlier, talks of how underneath the Witchmark, she screams in horror of what her body is doing.

This then segues into a short, disturbing sequence of what's done to Manitou Dawn in the hopes of stopping her that turns both explosive and ineffective. Illustrated by Alvaro Martínez Bueno, Raul Fernandez and Brad Anderson, they zoom further and further in, dialing in on the gruesome imagery before being forced to take a step back by a blistering intensity. The previous parts of the crossover have been colored by Romulo Fajardo, Jr., and the difference between their and Fernandez's work is distinct. Here, there's a darker colour set on display, which when coupled with Bueno's lighter linework, allows for the malleability to mutate bodies.

Of these two sequences, the latter is the more effective due to how it values the storytelling of the imagery. Tynion's narration is grand, fantastical and out of the moment. Rather than working in tandem with what's being depicted by his artistic collaborators, the prose seems to lack faith in the clarity of what's being depicted, overly explaining the situation. At times, the language used would be more applicable for recapping the events of a previous issue, and this disconnect prevents a consistent rush that an action-heavy chapter should have. For what it's worth, however, Tynion's depiction of the team is as solid. There's a surface pleasure to be found in just seeing them together, depicted in the same panel, like one with Detective Chimp wielding a sword as John Constantine clears a path. The group's banter is pitched at just the right level of weird, self-aware enough of how strange it can all seem without turning it all into something more deconstructive.

Only there's not enough of it in this explosive chapter of the narrative, which proves how easy it is lose to character specific nuances in the chaos. The punch it packs is apparent, Bueno, Fernandez and Anderson nail a key quality of depicting magic – making its power palpable. Their biggest sequence occurs across a series of splashes and a spread. Taken in conjunction with the Manitou Dawn body horror moment mentioned earlier, the pair's ability to shift scale is clear. But the issue as a whole reads as a bit too vague and large-scale, with the extensive action overshadowing the idea about the price and weight of magic. That lost quality is what made the previous two parts as captivating as they were, and hopefully the remaining two installments will be able to recapture that character-driven storytelling over being yet another crossover that peters out before the end.