Title: Justice League Dark Vol. 1: The Last Age of Magic
Author: James Tynion IV
Format: e-ARC
My rating: 3.5/5
content warnings: violence, death, torture
representation: bisexual main characters, sapphic side character
The fact that we don’t have a live-action Justice League Dark movie yet is a crime. I read the first volume of Peter Milligan’s run a few months ago and enjoyed that far more than I expected, and I was going to finish that before starting the new run but when I saw this on Edelweiss I couldn’t resist.
James Tynion IV’s run follows Wonder Woman as she attempts to form the Justice League Dark team in the face of something – or someone – tampering with magic and those who use it. Team members include Zatanna, Man-Bat, Bobo, Swamp Thing and Constantine (kind of).
I was unfamiliar with most of the team members but was endeared to them very quickly. Surprisingly, Bobo quickly became my favourite of the bunch (apart from Zatanna and John, obviously) and I loved his narration in particular.
That’s another thing that was really good about this volume: the writing itself is much better than I thought it would be. The plot is very fun as well, if convoluted at times. The art style also worked for me, which is good because we all know that bad art can ruin an entire comic for me.
On the whole, this is really fun and I would recommend checking it out in a couple days when it comes out if you can.
I received this book for free from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
Review also posted to my Goodreads.
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