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DC ’s newJustice League Darkseries reveals that magic trick is dying in the DC universe . Wonder Woman and Zatanna have assembled a newfangled squad to attempt to put matters right - but it seems one of the two women is destined to be responsible for magic trick ’s ultimate demise .
TheNo Justiceminiserieshas shaken the DC cosmos to the core . The integral planet has been reveal to exotic energies , and the impact are staggering . average humans are being transform into so - yell " Emergents , " muscular and unsafe fresh metahumans , andthe Titansare attempting to police this . But Wonder Woman has recognized another crisis , and she ’s meet a unique young Justice League team to dish out with it .
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Wonder Woman has notice a series of wizard accidents , with experient practitioners of the mystical fine art happen that their powers are out of ascendance . Justice League Dark#1 open with Zatanna trying to do basic magic spell to put on a show . To Zatanna ’s horror , she pulls a bloodied lapin from a hat - and then eldritch Energy Department attack her audience .
Every trance Zatanna tries to utilise against these energies backfires . Disturbingly , it seems Zatanna is n’t the only thaumaturgist to have this problem ; every single one DC ’s thaumaturge is struggling to manipulate their magic , with some eat alive by their own spells .
Wonder Woman has hire this in person . She grew up knowing the power and wonder of legerdemain , and she views this as an absolute perversion of what magic should be . So Wonder Woman is assembling her own Justice League , one equip to process within the shadows . alas for Diana , none of the magical practician feel well-fixed working as part of this team .
The wizard , for their part , believe they ’re beginning to understand what ’s sound on . The tear in the Source Wallhas allowed an ancient , eldritch great power into the world . It ’s the very Godhead of magic , and it require to lay claim the magic back . But by the end of the effect , Zatanna arrives with an ominous warning ; she believe that either she or Wonder Woman will ultimately be the case of the death of all magic , and with it the Earth itself .
The first issue of any serial is basically a " gross revenue pitch , " an attempt to give interest in the ongoing arc . Justice League Dark#1 is a marvelous outcome , promising a humanity - switch narrative that has unbelievably high stakes . Alvaro Martinez ’s art is perfectly suited to the character and concept , and he intelligibly make happy in the outre and the bizarre . Inker Raul Fernandez and colorist Brad Anderson round out a top - charge per unit team , creating a account book that look trulysinister .
If this is indeed destined to be the death of magic in the DC universe , then it will most for sure be a serious last .
jurist LeagueDark#1is available now fromDC Comics .