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Justice League Dark (2011) (Single Issues) #35-40, Annual #2
Justice League Dark, Bd. 7: Im Bernstein dieses Augenblicks
Time is broken--and so is the Justice League Dark! The team may have welcomed Andrew Bennett, Frankenstein, and others back into the fold, but the reunion will be short-lived when the JLD finds itself scattered across the timestream. They're lost in an apocalyptic wasteland at the end of time. An incomprehensible dimension beyond all existence, the JLD finds itself at the dawn of a dark civilization lost to recorded history--the place where magic was first harnessed. They can barely work together under the best of circumstances, how will they ever find their way home from this?
Collects JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #35-40 and JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK ANNUAL #2.
Collects JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #35-40 and JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK ANNUAL #2.
188 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2015
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J.M. DeMatteis
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J.M. DeMatteis was a professional musician/singer and rock music journalist before entering comics in the late 70's.
Credits include Spider-Man, Moonshadow, Brooklyn Dreams, Justice League, Abadazad, Hero Squared, the Life and Times of Savior 28.
Created I, Vampire , Creature Commandos, Moonshadow, Hero Squared (co-creator), Abadazad, Stardust Kid, Savior 28 and more.
DeMatteis, John Marc
Ellis, Michael
Lombego, Wally
Bio:
J.M. DeMatteis was a professional musician/singer and rock music journalist before entering comics in the late 70's.
Credits include Spider-Man, Moonshadow, Brooklyn Dreams, Justice League, Abadazad, Hero Squared, the Life and Times of Savior 28.
Created I, Vampire , Creature Commandos, Moonshadow, Hero Squared (co-creator), Abadazad, Stardust Kid, Savior 28 and more.
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January 1, 2020
The End...or so I assume?
This was ok, I suppose. Nothing I'd recommend, but it wasn't painful to read. The main problem is that there was too much weird mumbo jumbo for my taste. Wacky time travel, end-of-the-multiverse villains, spells to counteract spells that were cast to counteract other spells...
Some of it was good, some of it was bad, but most of it was meh.
I didn't feel much tension during any of it because, between the time travel & magic spells, I knew they would be able to fix everything.
Well, not everything, but I also knew they weren't going to fix {spoilery relationship}, because DC doesn't do happy couples.
Still, because I knew that, there was STILL no tension for me when it came to that plotline.
I actually liked the line-up for this team, so it's kind of a shame they couldn't make it work. Sadly, another one bites the dust.
This was ok, I suppose. Nothing I'd recommend, but it wasn't painful to read. The main problem is that there was too much weird mumbo jumbo for my taste. Wacky time travel, end-of-the-multiverse villains, spells to counteract spells that were cast to counteract other spells...
Some of it was good, some of it was bad, but most of it was meh.
I didn't feel much tension during any of it because, between the time travel & magic spells, I knew they would be able to fix everything.
Well, not everything, but I also knew they weren't going to fix {spoilery relationship}, because DC doesn't do happy couples.
Still, because I knew that, there was STILL no tension for me when it came to that plotline.
I actually liked the line-up for this team, so it's kind of a shame they couldn't make it work. Sadly, another one bites the dust.
April 30, 2021
I don't care for the metaphysical stories J.M. DeMatteis likes to tell. He has the JL Dark fighting all these amorphous, vaguely defined threats. Magic in the DCU has just become energy swirling around the page that can accomplish whatever pushes the plot forward. This book could really have worked if they took it in a darker, more Vertigo-like direction and established some rules of magic. There's a reason Hellblazer lasted 200+ issues and this one didn't make it past 40.
January 29, 2021
There's some grand, epic and sweeping victories and defeats, only to basically rest at the end of the volume. Sometimes too much exposition, and some of the adventures are too cerebral.
We ditch John Constantine for quite a while, but pick up Frankenstein, Madame Xanadu, and Black Orchid again.
We ditch John Constantine for quite a while, but pick up Frankenstein, Madame Xanadu, and Black Orchid again.
June 27, 2024
About the only thing keeping me from throwing in the towel in regards to Justice League Dark is the fact that John Constantine and Swamp Thing are still in it and because Zatanna’s skimpy costume is ridiculously sexy. (Seriously, it’s a weird cross between Vampirella, sexy magician’s assistant, and every goth chick I had a crush on in high school.)
Volume 6, “Lost in Forever” was more of the same hot mess that the stories have been since volume 4, except now, the artwork seems to be getting worse.
I have pretty much stopped caring about every other character in this series—-Nightmare Nurse, Deadman, Black Orchid, Madame Xanadu, Frankenstein, and Andrew Bennett—and it’s pretty clear that so have the authors.
It seems that each issue now pits the team of heroes in world-, galaxy-, universe-, or multiverse-ending peril that either Constantine or Zatanna manage to stop with some ancient magical spell that they pull out of their ass. (Ohmigod the Great Nothingness Cloud of Planet Zanzibar is ripping a hole in our time-space continuum! Hold on a minute, I have the Amulet of Ahmek Ra here in my pocket! It’s the only thing that will stop it!)
Yeah, I’m kind of done with this series. I’ll still read them, of course, but let’s be honest: I’m really only reading them now for Zatanna’s clothing. Or lack thereof…
Volume 6, “Lost in Forever” was more of the same hot mess that the stories have been since volume 4, except now, the artwork seems to be getting worse.
I have pretty much stopped caring about every other character in this series—-Nightmare Nurse, Deadman, Black Orchid, Madame Xanadu, Frankenstein, and Andrew Bennett—and it’s pretty clear that so have the authors.
It seems that each issue now pits the team of heroes in world-, galaxy-, universe-, or multiverse-ending peril that either Constantine or Zatanna manage to stop with some ancient magical spell that they pull out of their ass. (Ohmigod the Great Nothingness Cloud of Planet Zanzibar is ripping a hole in our time-space continuum! Hold on a minute, I have the Amulet of Ahmek Ra here in my pocket! It’s the only thing that will stop it!)
Yeah, I’m kind of done with this series. I’ll still read them, of course, but let’s be honest: I’m really only reading them now for Zatanna’s clothing. Or lack thereof…
January 21, 2023
The team comes back together to end the series. Not bad but not very memorable. The series went downhill during the second half.
December 29, 2015
This was one incredibly boring book. Instead of great tales of magic and mysteries, we get more mumbo jumbo, yet another being who can wipe out the universe before creation began, and it just all ran together after a while. The cast is awash in stupid, constant introspection, and I am so sick and tired of Zatanna and John Constantine and their idiotic relationship problems. Get over it!
Swamp Thing seems to provide contrived plot twists, and Andrew Bennet does nothing of note here. Black Orchid is just boring as usual, and Deadman feels the need to remind the reader every issue that he used to be alive and now he's dead and blah blah blah.
The art was really ugly, also. And not in a good, experimental way, either.
What a let down this series became after a really interesting start. DeMatteis used to know how to write good mystery type characters, but this was just awful.
Swamp Thing seems to provide contrived plot twists, and Andrew Bennet does nothing of note here. Black Orchid is just boring as usual, and Deadman feels the need to remind the reader every issue that he used to be alive and now he's dead and blah blah blah.
The art was really ugly, also. And not in a good, experimental way, either.
What a let down this series became after a really interesting start. DeMatteis used to know how to write good mystery type characters, but this was just awful.
March 19, 2022
Two things:
1. If you asked me what happened in this collection, I would not be able to tell you.
2. I understand why past me bailed on this series, I probably should have listened to her.
1. If you asked me what happened in this collection, I would not be able to tell you.
2. I understand why past me bailed on this series, I probably should have listened to her.
November 23, 2020
pretty good ending but the art took a bit of a dip in my opinion. I thought the concept of the volume was really cool. Overall the series is definitely worth a read.
December 6, 2015
It was so baaaaaad I'm surprised I could finish it. I can't leave a series unfinished even though I've already given the last issue only one star. It could get even worse! Seriously, what is wrong with you people??? In particular Zatanna was annoying as hell.
At the beginnig of this comic book she kinda likes Constantine again-- for about two minutes before accusing him to have put a love spell on her because it can't be possible that she still has feelings for him. What the actual f-? I really tried not to be biased (because I can't stand Zatanna anymore) and give this issue a chance but she was always like ME ME ME and overshadowed everything else. And if she would be honest with herself she became even worse than all the things she accused Constantine to be and did more selfish things than he has ever done. Of course in consequence of that the team thought she can't be the leader of the JLD anymore. Who would have thought? -.-" If this comic book series hadn't already been canceled they probably would've changed leadership every two seconds. It's like they despise every leader to show human emotions and have flaws. Zatanna simply whined too much (and suddenly Constantine was the love of her life again, I don't get it). Constantine would have taken the burden and simply would have done (and already did countless times) what had to be done. At one point Zatanna spoke for everyone else and begged the bad monster-darkness-thingy (Pralaya) just to kill them all. I just can't understand how Zatanna can be so self-centered and-- I could go on and on about this but it's too frustrating.
This could have been such a great comic book if they hadn't destroyed this otherwise promising, great and beautiful story idea. I'm sorry to say that would have been the only great thing about this comic book though. The art was--I hate to say it but in my opinion really awful. They not only look terrible but it seems that they change their looks every two pages. No continuity whatsoever.
At one point they call themselves a team and I had to laugh. Almost everyone of them don't want to be in said "team" and they are all way too selfish to act like a real team-- Zatanna even said "My house! My Team! My Rules!*"-- I mean...come ooon!
*translated from German back to English
At the beginnig of this comic book she kinda likes Constantine again-- for about two minutes before accusing him to have put a love spell on her because it can't be possible that she still has feelings for him. What the actual f-? I really tried not to be biased (because I can't stand Zatanna anymore) and give this issue a chance but she was always like ME ME ME and overshadowed everything else. And if she would be honest with herself she became even worse than all the things she accused Constantine to be and did more selfish things than he has ever done. Of course in consequence of that the team thought she can't be the leader of the JLD anymore. Who would have thought? -.-" If this comic book series hadn't already been canceled they probably would've changed leadership every two seconds. It's like they despise every leader to show human emotions and have flaws. Zatanna simply whined too much (and suddenly Constantine was the love of her life again, I don't get it). Constantine would have taken the burden and simply would have done (and already did countless times) what had to be done. At one point Zatanna spoke for everyone else and begged the bad monster-darkness-thingy (Pralaya) just to kill them all. I just can't understand how Zatanna can be so self-centered and-- I could go on and on about this but it's too frustrating.
This could have been such a great comic book if they hadn't destroyed this otherwise promising, great and beautiful story idea. I'm sorry to say that would have been the only great thing about this comic book though. The art was--I hate to say it but in my opinion really awful. They not only look terrible but it seems that they change their looks every two pages. No continuity whatsoever.
At one point they call themselves a team and I had to laugh. Almost everyone of them don't want to be in said "team" and they are all way too selfish to act like a real team-- Zatanna even said "My house! My Team! My Rules!*"-- I mean...come ooon!
*translated from German back to English
August 24, 2015
This book was so pathetic, irreverent, lazy, listless and abysmal that if the book series had not already been canceled, I would have unsubscribed.
September 30, 2015
Again, a good story idea mucked up by vague execution. When any problem can be fixed with a spell the heroes already know - ANY problem - there is no tension at all in the tale.
June 17, 2018
Ok this is probably more of a 2.5 but I rounded up because I'm just so absolutely astonished that this series managed to finally churn out another volume that is a self contained story line that actually mostly makes sense. Mostly because this writer seems to think that magic as a plot device means 'do whatever you want' and not like ...that magic also needs to have rules to make it make sense! But I did enjoy parts of this and I think it was a pretty good note to end the series on. I mean still thank god it's over, but this did manage to slightly redeem it for me after the clusterfuck of the last few volumes. Now back to never reading things from Marvel or DC's main imprints anymore, especially not team titles lol
July 30, 2018
It was better than I thought it was gonna be. I honestly thought it would suck since it went downhill after Lemire left. And it wasn’t exactly blowing me away before either. But as a whole I’ll give the JLD 4 generous stars. And also just in time to start reading the new run of the justice league dark. I just picked up issues #1. It better be good!
October 1, 2021
The art was not as good as some of the previous volumes, but it's not bad. The plot was actually pretty good, though it moved a little slow. I enjoyed the characters in this, and will be looking up the Rebirth JLDark.
May 24, 2017
Not a great ending to an inconsistent series (except for the fact that it also was inconsistent). Also, no Mikel Janin at all, and instead a huge drop in quality. Boo.
June 14, 2022
This volume collects the final issues of the new52's Justice League Dark, a great concept that midway became shadly executed, and now ends in a very unspectaular and dissapointing note.
This volume has been very similar in tone to the previous one, but even less interesting. Same kind of threats, same kind of problems between the members of the team, with very unimpressive artwork.
I am glad to have been done with this. Volumes 1, 2 and 4, as well as the whole Blight deal were great to good, but ever since the title has lost its magic, so I'm glad they didnt continue running the title and the characters to the ground after these issues.
This volume has been very similar in tone to the previous one, but even less interesting. Same kind of threats, same kind of problems between the members of the team, with very unimpressive artwork.
I am glad to have been done with this. Volumes 1, 2 and 4, as well as the whole Blight deal were great to good, but ever since the title has lost its magic, so I'm glad they didnt continue running the title and the characters to the ground after these issues.
November 16, 2015
Justice League Dark finally escapes the cross over incoherence only to land in the cosmic battle for the fate of the universe without any of the DC backdrop that the readers are familiar with. Most of the Dark Characters are pulled in for this farewell festival and the Zatanna / Constantine romance is finally resolved. Not really going to miss this title.
November 5, 2016
Good conclusion to the series. The destruction of the House and the time paradox was written very creative.
December 30, 2024
Well, on the plus side, this volume goes back to one big story rather than a bunch of short ones. And it's sure trying to have the series go out on a bang, with the JLD confronting first a threat to the world and then to the multiverse. But it never manages to reach the heights of the first half of the series, and it also lacks the emotional resonance I felt from the last volume of Constantine despite having a similar amount of potential.
This volume collects the second JLD annual and the last six issues of the New 52 run. Technically the annual is a separate story but it largely leads directly into the rest of things. And the annual is probably the strongest part of the story. The House of Secrets finally makes an appearance, bonding to Constantine and starting a war with the House of Mystery. It's a good excuse to bring back basically the entire roster of the team over the course of the series (except Shade cause he's still dead or whatever). Of course this is all actually a ploy for the two houses to merge and somehow mind control all houses every to conquer the world. Okay, so it's kind a doofy plot, but unlike a lot of the time when the characters wave their hands and spout curlicues to fix everything, there's actually some stakes. In a move reminiscent of Marvel's One More Day but not completely dogshit, Zatanna and Constantine sacrifice their relationship to save the world.
Unfortunately the fallout of this dumps everyone except John across space and time. Zatanna winds up at the dawn of the Earth when magic is so potent wishes become real and gets to reunite with her dad, which I think marks the first real appearance of Zatara in quite some time. Swamp Thing, Frankenstein, Nightmare Nurse, and Andrew Bennett (yes, my New 52 reading manages to start and end with him) are trapped at the end of time when only a small asteroid ruled over by Felix Faust the worm man has escaped nonexistence. And Madame Xanadu, Black Orchid, and Deadman wind up in a world trapped in the eternal present.
Of course, the team does eventually wind up reunited and facing off against the real threat - the darkness from before and after the universe that wants everything to return to the void. Which is kinda funny on a meta level given the New 52 imprint and universe were about to get rebooted, rendering the whole disappearing and reappearing multiverse of this plot kinda pointless. It is fun to see a dimension from which all time comes, and I enjoyed the wacky imaginary character stuff, even if some of it was cribbing from the start of the first post-movies episode of Futurama.
And so the first run of Justice League Dark ends. Not with a bang but not quite with a whimper either. It's been an interesting series but I feel like it never quite cohered, especially since it bounced from world ending threat to crappy crossover to personal story and back again. Beyond Constantine and Zatanna I'm not sure there's really an iconic lineup established the same way there is for the JLA. And honestly it never felt like calling these guys a Justice League made sense beyond marketing purposes. I have mostly had fun with this series, though I think I'd generally be most interested in revisiting the second volume and less so the rest. I imagine I will read the second run of JLD at some point, and I will inevitably read more stuff from the New 52 as I chase down some character or another, but for now I'm going to give both a rest and find some other comic to get into.
This volume collects the second JLD annual and the last six issues of the New 52 run. Technically the annual is a separate story but it largely leads directly into the rest of things. And the annual is probably the strongest part of the story. The House of Secrets finally makes an appearance, bonding to Constantine and starting a war with the House of Mystery. It's a good excuse to bring back basically the entire roster of the team over the course of the series (except Shade cause he's still dead or whatever). Of course this is all actually a ploy for the two houses to merge and somehow mind control all houses every to conquer the world. Okay, so it's kind a doofy plot, but unlike a lot of the time when the characters wave their hands and spout curlicues to fix everything, there's actually some stakes. In a move reminiscent of Marvel's One More Day but not completely dogshit, Zatanna and Constantine sacrifice their relationship to save the world.
Unfortunately the fallout of this dumps everyone except John across space and time. Zatanna winds up at the dawn of the Earth when magic is so potent wishes become real and gets to reunite with her dad, which I think marks the first real appearance of Zatara in quite some time. Swamp Thing, Frankenstein, Nightmare Nurse, and Andrew Bennett (yes, my New 52 reading manages to start and end with him) are trapped at the end of time when only a small asteroid ruled over by Felix Faust the worm man has escaped nonexistence. And Madame Xanadu, Black Orchid, and Deadman wind up in a world trapped in the eternal present.
Of course, the team does eventually wind up reunited and facing off against the real threat - the darkness from before and after the universe that wants everything to return to the void. Which is kinda funny on a meta level given the New 52 imprint and universe were about to get rebooted, rendering the whole disappearing and reappearing multiverse of this plot kinda pointless. It is fun to see a dimension from which all time comes, and I enjoyed the wacky imaginary character stuff, even if some of it was cribbing from the start of the first post-movies episode of Futurama.
And so the first run of Justice League Dark ends. Not with a bang but not quite with a whimper either. It's been an interesting series but I feel like it never quite cohered, especially since it bounced from world ending threat to crappy crossover to personal story and back again. Beyond Constantine and Zatanna I'm not sure there's really an iconic lineup established the same way there is for the JLA. And honestly it never felt like calling these guys a Justice League made sense beyond marketing purposes. I have mostly had fun with this series, though I think I'd generally be most interested in revisiting the second volume and less so the rest. I imagine I will read the second run of JLD at some point, and I will inevitably read more stuff from the New 52 as I chase down some character or another, but for now I'm going to give both a rest and find some other comic to get into.
September 12, 2023
Lost in Forever is the final volume to the New 52's Justice League Dark. After the events of the previous volume, Zatanna now controls the House of Mystery and Constantine is booted from the team. However, the essence of the House comes to Zatanna and her team claiming that its counterpart, the House of Secrets, is engaging in a takeover with the other former members of the JLD: Constantine, Andrew Bennett, Madame Xanadu, & Black Orchid. It's an all-out magic war, and it's revealed the houses themselves are plotting against them. There's only one way to stop it, performing a specific curse where the love is extracted between one individual and the other will forever hold the memories. In doing so, a power strong enough to split the houses back into their inanimate forms. When Zatanna performs the curse on herself and Constantine, it works but the end results is now that everyone is split into different dimensions and these places are not going to hold on soon, if they can't escape them.
It started out promising, with the house wars between all the JLD members, and a nice touch to bringing some of the old characters back. Although, I did wish I had an explanation as to why Xanadu and Bennett quit the team initially though. When it got to the division of dimensions that's where things start to falter a bit. While each team gets a spotlight in there own stories, there's definitely a lot of expositions going on. Expositions can be okay, but it didn't help move the plot that much. The supporting casts that pop up in the different dimensions also don't have a whole lot going on for them either, and to be honest, a little forgetful. How it ends felt like it could've been done a little faster as well. In which, the ending ends on a bittersweet note that things do go back to normal, the team is even more dysfunctional than before and may have fallen apart by that point. So overall, while I liked it, I think some improvements on its execution could've made it a better story than how it turned out. The New 52 JLD is one of those series that's readable, but only has a few moments where it shines well on the series, it's unfortunate this last volume wasn't one of them.
It started out promising, with the house wars between all the JLD members, and a nice touch to bringing some of the old characters back. Although, I did wish I had an explanation as to why Xanadu and Bennett quit the team initially though. When it got to the division of dimensions that's where things start to falter a bit. While each team gets a spotlight in there own stories, there's definitely a lot of expositions going on. Expositions can be okay, but it didn't help move the plot that much. The supporting casts that pop up in the different dimensions also don't have a whole lot going on for them either, and to be honest, a little forgetful. How it ends felt like it could've been done a little faster as well. In which, the ending ends on a bittersweet note that things do go back to normal, the team is even more dysfunctional than before and may have fallen apart by that point. So overall, while I liked it, I think some improvements on its execution could've made it a better story than how it turned out. The New 52 JLD is one of those series that's readable, but only has a few moments where it shines well on the series, it's unfortunate this last volume wasn't one of them.
July 16, 2018
Justice League Dark: Volume 6: Lost in Forever is slightly better than volume 6, in that not every moment is a cliche. So, there’s that.
Constantine is again pitted against Zatanna when the House of Secrets comes up against the House of Mystery. Each is seeking the help of a powerful magician to represent them in a war. From there, the characters are thrown into different realities and must determine how to respond, whether to escape, and should they choose to do so, how that can be a possibility.
There is a lot of emphasis on Zatanna and Constantine’s relationship, which is played up to be this powerful and loving thing, which I just don’t see as being an actual thing. At least, not to that extent. Constantine is always a manipulative jerk, even when he has a heart. If he cares for a woman, it is intense and true for about two fleeting minutes. Zatanna is not his great love, because no one is his great love. And for Zatanna to fall for this as hard as she does in this volume would take a bit more convincing than the no time it takes convincing us that she actually feels this way. Plus, the gratuitous cover. Zatanna’s outfit isn’t practical or comfortable. Does she have to soak it before she puts it on, or is she sewn into it?
Constantine is again pitted against Zatanna when the House of Secrets comes up against the House of Mystery. Each is seeking the help of a powerful magician to represent them in a war. From there, the characters are thrown into different realities and must determine how to respond, whether to escape, and should they choose to do so, how that can be a possibility.
There is a lot of emphasis on Zatanna and Constantine’s relationship, which is played up to be this powerful and loving thing, which I just don’t see as being an actual thing. At least, not to that extent. Constantine is always a manipulative jerk, even when he has a heart. If he cares for a woman, it is intense and true for about two fleeting minutes. Zatanna is not his great love, because no one is his great love. And for Zatanna to fall for this as hard as she does in this volume would take a bit more convincing than the no time it takes convincing us that she actually feels this way. Plus, the gratuitous cover. Zatanna’s outfit isn’t practical or comfortable. Does she have to soak it before she puts it on, or is she sewn into it?
July 24, 2024
3.5
Thank God I liked it since it’s the final volume. The writer finally understood that it’s Justice League Dark (aka a team book); I liked that they brought back all the previous members and in concept it was smart that they separated them into groups so all of the characters didn’t get lost in the shuffle but unfortunately the only characters that got their time to shine were Zatanna and Swamp Thing, which is a shame. I also have problems with the final battle since you never feel like they’re gonna loose since every universe in existence is at stake, and Dc isn’t just going to seize to exist, and because we don’t know what the magical boundaries of these characters are, then throwing spells isn’t that interesting, but I think that the mystery of all of the three subplots was solid. I’m sad that Constantine wasn’t a part of the volume tho, especially because they could’ve explored the effects of the spell they did, also the art could’ve been better Constantine and Zatanna look really weird on a lot of panels
Thank God I liked it since it’s the final volume. The writer finally understood that it’s Justice League Dark (aka a team book); I liked that they brought back all the previous members and in concept it was smart that they separated them into groups so all of the characters didn’t get lost in the shuffle but unfortunately the only characters that got their time to shine were Zatanna and Swamp Thing, which is a shame. I also have problems with the final battle since you never feel like they’re gonna loose since every universe in existence is at stake, and Dc isn’t just going to seize to exist, and because we don’t know what the magical boundaries of these characters are, then throwing spells isn’t that interesting, but I think that the mystery of all of the three subplots was solid. I’m sad that Constantine wasn’t a part of the volume tho, especially because they could’ve explored the effects of the spell they did, also the art could’ve been better Constantine and Zatanna look really weird on a lot of panels
April 29, 2024
Not terrible, not great. Kinda boring at times. Deadman is kind of fun, but most of the characters are just not that exciting. Constantine is an ass, but he's still more interesting than the others. I would suggest a lineup change for this title if it was going to continue (I'm not sure if it did or not after New 52).
August 11, 2017
This one wasn't my favorite of the series, but I did like it more than most people did. I enjoyed the overall tone of this series and it just gets more and more bizarre as it goes on, but all in all I thought it was cool and something different. Loved the interaction between the characters.
July 7, 2018
1 Star for the art... the writing is atrocious. DeMatteis has now proven to me that he is incapable of writing for this medium. His incessant exposition and internal monologues bogs down the narrative, rendering it nearly unreadable. I do not recommend this book.
March 24, 2021
Finally fulfils the potential of the series, with a kinda batshit insane mind-warping story reminiscent of Vertigo in the 90s. I enjoyed it more than some lame monster-of-the-hour tale, though probably not many would.
January 18, 2024
This was so incredibly over-long and boring. The team is sent to the end or beginning of time and magic is weird. The end. It was so dull. Guinaldo's art was also a step back from last volume. Overall, these characters deserved much better.
May 22, 2017
2.5 Glad this is over. Sad to see where it came from and that it devolved to this.
September 13, 2017
Hm. This whole series was pretty disappointing overall. I wish the character of Zantanna had ended better these last two books.
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