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azn_trang's review against another edition
4.0
Loved the start, I thought the monsters were drawn amazingly grotesque. Thought it faded a little towards the end with the Bobo stuff but overall I liked how different the story line is and I love Wonder Woman's Witching Hour arc.
rashthedoctor's review against another edition
4.0
I was dreading the thought of reading another Justice league book , but I had enjoyed the last JL dark during the new 52 days and I like James Tynion IV , so I picked it up and it was surprisingly good .
The book was very well done , starting with answering the obvious strange Team , like why Man-Bat and Wonder woman are in the team and where is Constantine .
Infact despite the absence of Constantine from the main team , he made a large contribution to this story , and as usual to him , stole the show .
The art was stunning and unlike Scott Snyder's Justice league the plot wasn't convoluted , even though this book has a more stranger plot to grasp .
The return of Blue Devil was also fun . I did have a problem , that I feel Snyder is doing well in JL books , the book seems to again revolve around one or two characters while the rest feel needless . In this volume , Zatanna, Man-Bat and Swamp Thing had no use at all . Unlike Snyder's JL run where every character contributes to the story .
That said the reading experience was more fun than Snyder's JL run , and I am looking forward to reading more JL dark and excited about Tynion taking over the Batman comics soon
The book was very well done , starting with answering the obvious strange Team , like why Man-Bat and Wonder woman are in the team and where is Constantine .
Infact despite the absence of Constantine from the main team , he made a large contribution to this story , and as usual to him , stole the show .
The art was stunning and unlike Scott Snyder's Justice league the plot wasn't convoluted , even though this book has a more stranger plot to grasp .
The return of Blue Devil was also fun . I did have a problem , that I feel Snyder is doing well in JL books , the book seems to again revolve around one or two characters while the rest feel needless . In this volume , Zatanna, Man-Bat and Swamp Thing had no use at all . Unlike Snyder's JL run where every character contributes to the story .
That said the reading experience was more fun than Snyder's JL run , and I am looking forward to reading more JL dark and excited about Tynion taking over the Batman comics soon
talon1010's review against another edition
2.0
Though less so than some DC comics, it feels like a children's comic with adult content papered over. I read this after reading James Tynion IV's indie project, Memetic, and while the edginess and blood (and even certain cosmic horror analogues) carried over, the quality of the story and narrative did not.
In a comic, I look for fun, compelling art, which this had a reasonable degree of, over a complex, interesting, well-told story, which this lacked. It's a prescriptive case of magic causing all of the problems and solutions, while the reader is left entirely ignorant to what magic is. Fixes to problems, especially in the second half of the collection, were pulled from absolutely not precedent or context, so they seemed tactless and unimportant. Soft magic can work, but not when magic is every part of the plot, characters, devices, etc. And what's more, most of the problems didn't even really seem solved to me, despite the characters' acting relieved at the end of an arc.
Most strangely, I found the use of omniscient narration both confusing and very strange. This is perhaps the widest difference from Memetic, which had very dynamic, multi-point narration from the limited first person, where it was ambiguous who was speaking for several points of this book's. Sometimes, the narrator was eventually made obvious as a character, though sometimes it was just Tynion IV, which felt very noir-cliche.
In a comic, I look for fun, compelling art, which this had a reasonable degree of, over a complex, interesting, well-told story, which this lacked. It's a prescriptive case of magic causing all of the problems and solutions, while the reader is left entirely ignorant to what magic is. Fixes to problems, especially in the second half of the collection, were pulled from absolutely not precedent or context, so they seemed tactless and unimportant. Soft magic can work, but not when magic is every part of the plot, characters, devices, etc. And what's more, most of the problems didn't even really seem solved to me, despite the characters' acting relieved at the end of an arc.
Most strangely, I found the use of omniscient narration both confusing and very strange. This is perhaps the widest difference from Memetic, which had very dynamic, multi-point narration from the limited first person, where it was ambiguous who was speaking for several points of this book's. Sometimes, the narrator was eventually made obvious as a character, though sometimes it was just Tynion IV, which felt very noir-cliche.
drewmay97's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
andrewgraphics's review against another edition
2.0
Ugh: endless set up for more comics (some not even in this series..!), giving little character/plot development.
The art gives it a star
The art gives it a star
megankb's review against another edition
3.0
This was a pretty solid collection. The story is intriguing but nothing mind-blowing. Martinez's art is good - his Swamp Thing and Man-Bat are excellent but his grasp on human faces can be tenuous at times. I love Sampere's work and Brad Anderson's colors are on perfect display here. My only complaint is that the cast is a little ragtag - I don't really care for Detective Chimp or Man-Bat and prefer Deadman and Madame Xanadu as JLD members. And just throwing Traci in as a cameo is killing me!!! LET HER JOIN!!!! Interested to see where this goes.
dominicangirl's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
lightreading's review against another edition
4.0
Changing my rating of the separate issues to the volume, because I think it's neater this way.
I read this because I was on a Wonder Woman kick at the time and I wanted to read everything she's in, including this. I don't normally enjoy horror, but I ended up really liking this anyway - I loved the characters, I liked the art and I thought the story was really well-done.
I read this because I was on a Wonder Woman kick at the time and I wanted to read everything she's in, including this. I don't normally enjoy horror, but I ended up really liking this anyway - I loved the characters, I liked the art and I thought the story was really well-done.
nicolet2018's review against another edition
3.0
I stumbled upon this while browsing Wonder Woman titles as Diana has her own graphic novel set aside from this storyline, Wonder Woman & Justice League Dark: The Witching Hour. Thanks to the review by Anne, I knew to read these two titles together.
I enjoyed this though it was filled with horror - scary monsters and things we would not want to come across. An unlikely band of heroes are torn together to try and stop magic from being destroyed, while dealing with their own issues and things more powerful than them. I thought the John Constantine and Zatanna thing was weird. Maybe because I just finished watching him on Legends on Tomorrow.
Great pick if you enjoy graphic novels, horror and the mystical. I do hope good prevails.
I enjoyed this though it was filled with horror - scary monsters and things we would not want to come across. An unlikely band of heroes are torn together to try and stop magic from being destroyed, while dealing with their own issues and things more powerful than them. I thought the John Constantine and Zatanna thing was weird. Maybe because I just finished watching him on Legends on Tomorrow.
Great pick if you enjoy graphic novels, horror and the mystical. I do hope good prevails.