History ComicBook / JusticeLeagueDark

In addition to the animated film, there have been numerous attempts at adapting ''Justice League Dark'' to live-action, most notably by Creator/GuillermoDelToro. His version, titled ''Dark Universe'', was confirmed to exist as a screenplay in late 2014, and reportedly featured a lineup consisting of Constantine, Swamp Thing, Etrigan the Demon, Deadman, Spectre, and Zatanna. Del Toro's film wouldn't have connected to the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse (nor the 2014 Creator/{{NBC}} series ''Series/{{Constantine}}'') though he expressed interest in modifying his script to accommodate them and even having ''Constantine'''s Creator/MattRyan reprise his title role. By June 2015, it was reported that del Toro had left the project, which would still be developed without him as director. In August 2016, Creator/DougLiman was then attached to direct, with del Toro producing, but in May 2017 it was reported that he stepped down to focus on [[Film/ChaosWalking2021 his adaptation]] of the novel ''Literature/ChaosWalking''. In January 2020, it was reported that Creator/JJAbrams was developing ''Justice League Dark'' projects as part of his new production deal with [=WarnerMedia=], which would possibly involve films and television series focusing on various characters. In April 2020, it was announced that a [[https://deadline.com/2020/04/hbo-max-the-shining-offshoot-overlook-j-j-abrams-duster-justice-league-dark-series-bad-robot-latoya-morgan-1202910337/ series would be broadcast on HBO Max at some point in the future]].

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Mordru reveals that his brothers and sisters, the Lords of Order have a glaring limitation. They're so besotted with Order that they limit what they can do with rituals and spells whereas the Lords of Chaos simply [[RealityWarper channel magic and will it to what they want]]. So when he turns the Justice League into Lords of Chaos, they easily wipe out the Lords of Order and imprison Nabu.
* CurbStompBattle: Hecate and the Otherkind do this to anyone who goes up against them. Dr Fate and the other Lords of Order continue this tradition of steamrolling everyone, before Justice League Dark are transformed into [[CosmicEntity Lords of Chaos]] and kill almost every Lord of Order in a single hit.

* EnemyMine: A GodzillaThreshold moment happens for Wonder Woman's team when they witness Dr. Fate and his fellow Lords of Order slaughtering entire dimensions. They know there's nobody on their side even close to being able to take on them. So they approach the evil Lord of Chaos, [[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Mordru]], for help.

* FaceHeelTurn: Dr. Fate turns on everyone and sides with his fellow Lords of Order, they end up dismantling entire magical dimensions while their inhabitants were still in them.

* FiveManBand: The 2018 version of the team.
** TheLeader: Wonder Woman
** TheLancer: Zatanna
** TheSmartGuy: Man-Bat
** TheBigGuy: Swamp Thing
** TheChick: Detective Chimp
** SixthRanger: John Constantine

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Subverted. Zatanna tries this on Diana who has been brainwashed by Hecate as a ''distraction'' so Constantine can exorcise Hecate's influence from Diana's body.
-->'''Zatanna''': Even a cheap stage magician knows that sleight of hand isn't about what you're looking at. It's about what you ''missed''.

* MagicVersusScience: Averted with Dr Kirk Langstrom. Despite being a man of science he accepts magic as real very quickly and is interested in studying it.

** Diana lets [[EldritchAbomination the Upside-Down Man]] into the human world so he can kill Hecate who is trying to bring about the end of the world. Unfortunately, this allows the Otherkind access into the human world and they begin killing people.
** Detective Chimp attempts to resurrect Nightmaster who perished in the events of ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal''. However, because Myrra operates on different set of rules for life and death for Earth, he instead raises an army of zombies that terrorizes the populace. Fortunately, he is able to undo his mistakes.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: John has an obsessive emotional attachment to Zatanna throughout the series, which is not returned. At all. As of Issue #30, [[spoiler: John decides that the best thing for him to do is leave Zatanna to move on with her life.]]
* WorkingWithTheEx: John and Zatanna. BelligerentSexualTension abounds as they didn't break up due to internal problems or (entirely) because John was an asshole, but because [[spoiler: John's actions led to her father's death]].
* YouWontFeelAThing: Deadman uses the "This won't hurt me" variant on June Moone when entering her body.

In 2018, a new series was announced as part of the "New Justice" DCU imprint spinning out of ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueNoJustice'', with Franchise/WonderWoman heading a team including Zatanna, ComicBook/SwampThing, Detective Chimp. and [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Man-Bat]], their first storyline involving [[spoiler:the group dealing with the aftermath of [[ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal the Dark Multiverse Invasion]] and them trying to stave off [[TheMagicGoesAway the Death of Magic]]. The [[CListFodder very]], [[EldritchAbomination very]], ''[[{{Gorn}} very]]'' [[KillThemAll bloody]] Death of Magic.]]

In addition to the animated film, there have been numerous attempts at adapting ''Justice League Dark'' to live-action, most notably by Creator/GuillermoDelToro. His version, titled ''Dark Universe'', was confirmed to exist as a screenplay in late 2014, and reportedly featured a lineup consisting of Constantine, Swamp Thing, Etrigan the Demon, Deadman, Spectre, and Zatanna. Del Toro's film wouldn't have connected to the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse (nor the 2014 Creator/{{NBC}} series ''Series/{{Constantine}}'') though he expressed interest in modifying his script to accommodate them and even having ''Constantine'''s Creator/MattRyan reprise his title role. By June 2015, it was reported that del Toro had left the project, which would still be developed without him as director. In August 2016, Creator/DougLiman was then attached to direct, with del Toro producing, but in May 2017 it was reported that he stepped down to focus on his adaptation of the novel ''Literature/ChaosWalking''. In January 2020, it was reported that Creator/JJAbrams was developing ''Justice League Dark'' projects as part of his new production deal with [=WarnerMedia=], which would possibly involve films and television series focusing on various characters. In April 2020, it was announced that a [[https://deadline.com/2020/04/hbo-max-the-shining-offshoot-overlook-j-j-abrams-duster-justice-league-dark-series-bad-robot-latoya-morgan-1202910337/ series would be broadcast on HBO Max at some point in the future]].

** TheSixthRanger: John Constantine

In addition to the animated film, there have been numerous attempts at adapting ''Justice League Dark'' to live-action, most notably by Creator/GuillermoDelToro. His version, titled ''Dark Universe'', was confirmed to exist as a screenplay in late 2014, and reportedly featured a lineup consisting of Constantine, Swamp Thing, Etrigan the Demon, Deadman, Spectre, and Zatanna. Del Toro's film wouldn't have connected to the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse (nor the 2014 Creator/{{NBC}} series ''Series/{{Constantine}}'') though he expressed interest in modifying his script to accomodate them and even having ''Constantine'''s Creator/MattRyan reprise his title role. By June 2015, it was reported that del Toro had left the project, which would still be developed without him as director. In August 2016, Creator/DougLiman was then attached to direct, with del Toro producing, but in May 2017 it was reported that he stepped down to focus on his adaptation of the novel ''Literature/ChaosWalking''. In January 2020, it was reported that Creator/JJAbrams was developing ''Justice League Dark'' projects as part of his new production deal with [=WarnerMedia=], which would possibly involve films and television series focusing on various characters.

A live-action film is also in the works, with the title ''Justice League Dark'' as of 2017. Although it was unclear if the movie would be a part of the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse line-up at first, [[http://screenrant.com/justice-league-dark-movie-dc-shared-universe/ it was confirmed]] that the movie would be a part of the universe not too long after the initial line-up of films were announced.

** Detective Chimp attempts to resurrect Nightmaster who perished in the events of ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal''. However, because Myrra operates on different set of rules for life and death for Earth, he instead raises an army of zombies that terrorizes the populace Fortunately, he is able to undo his mistakes.

* EnemyMine: A GodzillaThreshold moment happens for Wonder Woman's team when they witness Dr. Fate and his fellow Lords of Order slaughtering entire dimensions. They know there's nobody on their side even close to being able to take on them. So they approach the evil Lord of Chaos, [[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Mordru]] for help.

* EnemyMine: A GodzillaThreshold moment happens for Wonder Woman's team when they witness Dr. Fate and his fellow Lords of Order slaughtering entire dimensions. They know there's no on their side even close to being able to take on them. So they approach the evil Lord of Chaos, [[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Mordru]] for help.

** Detective Chimp attempts to resurrect Nightmaster who perished in the events of ''ComicBook/DarkKnightsMetal''. However, because Myrra operates on different set of rules for life and death for Earth, he instead raises an army of zombies that terrorizes the populace Fortunately, he is able to undo his mistakes.

* ScienceVsMysticism: Averted with Dr Kirk Langstrom. Despite being a man of science he accepts magic as real very quickly and is interested in studying it.

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Subverted. Zatanna tries this on Diana who has been brainwashed by Hecate as a ''distraction''.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Mordru reveals that his brothers and sisters, the Lords of Order have a glaring limitation. They're so besotted with Order that they limit what they do with rituals and spells whereas the Lords of Chaos simply [[RealityWarper channel magic and will it to what they want]]. So when he turns the Justice League into Lords of Chaos, they easily wipe out the Lords of Order and imprison Nabu.
* CurbStompBattle: Hecate and the Other do this to anyone who goes up against them. Dr Fate and the other Lords of Order continue this tradition of steamrolling everyone, before Justice League Dark are transformed into [[CosmicEntity Lords of Chaos]] and kill almost every Lord of Order in a single hit.

In 2018, a new series was announced as part of the "New Justice" DCU imprint spinning out of ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueNoJustice'', with Franchise/WonderWoman heading a team including Zatanna, ComicBook/SwampThing, Detective Chimp. and [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Man-Bat]]. Their first storyline will involve [[spoiler: the group dealing with the aftermath of [[ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal the Dark Multiverse Invasion]] and them trying to stave off [[TheMagicGoesAway the Death of Magic]]. The [[CListFodder very]], [[EldritchAbomination very]], ''[[{{Gorn}} very]]'' [[KillThemAll bloody]] Death of Magic.]]

''Justice League Dark'' is a comic featuring a faction of the [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League]] that focuses on the magical and supernatural aspects of Franchise/{{the DCU}}.

In 2018, a new series was announced as part of the "New Justice" DCU imprint spinning out of ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueNoJustice'', with Franchise/WonderWoman heading a team including Zatanna, ComicBook/SwampThing, Detective Chimp and Man-Bat.

* {{Deconstruction}}: The WillTheyOrWontThey, OppositesAttract, and WorkingWithTheEx dynamics between John and Zatanna are brutally slaughtered. John's attachment is borderline obsession that no one really approves of. Zatanna is upset and angry whenever John shows up, and never starts to like or even respect him again no matter how many times he saves her life. In issue #30, [[spoiler:Zatanna kicks John out of the House of Mysteries and the JLD. John has matured enough to realize that she, and everyone else, would be better off without him]].
* FantasticAesop: Magic is sometimes used as an analogue to drug abuse, in that most of the magic users are unstable. But the line is blurred with Xanadu, who is dependent on normal drugs in order to cope with her visions of the future.

* StarCrossedLovers: John fell in love with Zatanna when she was with Nick (and though they were all a [[OneTrueThreesome happy threesome]] for awhile, they eventually shut Nick out). Then, John's actions led to Giovanni Zatara's death, and Zatanna left John, wanting nothing more to do with him. Shortly after Zatanna finally deals with ''that'' and becomes more civil, [[spoiler:Xanadu prophesies that John will kill Zatanna.]] [[BigNo John doesn't take it well.]]

* WillTheyOrWontThey: John has an obsessive emotional attachment to Zatanna throughout the series, which is not returned. At all. As of Issue #30, [[spoiler:John decides that the best thing for him to do is leave Zatanna to move on with her life.]]
* WorkingWithTheEx: John and Zatanna. BelligerentSexualTension abounds as they didn't break up due to internal problems or (entirely) because John was an asshole, but because [[spoiler:John's actions led to her father's death]].

A live-action film is also in the works, with the title ''Justice League Dark'' as of 2017. Although it was unclear if the movie would be a part of the Film/DCExtendedUniverse line-up at first, [[http://screenrant.com/justice-league-dark-movie-dc-shared-universe/ it was confirmed]] that the movie would be a part of the universe not too long after the initial line-up of films were announced.

''Justice League Dark'' is an ongoing Creator/DCComics series launched in the ComicBook/{{New 52}} [[Franchise/TheDCU DC Universe]]. The series features a faction of the Justice League that focuses on the magical and supernatural aspect of DCU. The primary cast is ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}, Deadman, ComicBook/MadameXanadu, ComicBook/JohnConstantine[[note]][[AlternateContinuity A younger, different Constantine]] from the one seen in ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}''[[/note]], ComicBook/ShadeTheChangingMan and a new character called Mindwarp, who was introduced in ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}''. Each character has a history, and powers, related to the supernatural, which makes them better equipped deal with these threats than the [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League]].

The original arc featured the formation of the team as each character was independently dragged into a conflict with the Enchantress. The team appears to have a permanently fluctuating roster; after the first storyline Shade and Mindwarp are out, Madame Xanadu is (reluctantly) still connected but not officially a member, and Comicbook/BlackOrchid, Dr Mist (''Global Guardians'') and Andrew Bennett (''Comicbook/IVampire'') have joined (the former two on secondment from [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction A.R.G.U.S.]])

A film adaptation is in development under the tentative title of ''Dark Universe''. Although it was unclear if the movie would be a part of the Film/DCExtendedUniverse line-up at first, [[http://screenrant.com/justice-league-dark-movie-dc-shared-universe/ it was confirmed]] that the movie would be a part of the universe not too long after the initial line-up of films were announced. [[http://screenrant.com/justice-league-dark-movie-characters/ The supposed character roster]] includes John Constantine, Zatanna, Deadman, and Jason Blood. Creator/DougLiman is set to direct.

In addition to the live action film, it was announced in 2016 that ''Justice League Dark'' will be the focus of an animated film, with ''Series/{{Constantine}}'' actor Creator/MattRyan reprising his role as John. Deadman, Swamp Thing, and Zatanna are confirmed to also be in the film.

* MustBeInvited: Exaggerated. When John invites people--including Andrew Bennett from ''I, Vampire''--into the House of Mystery, he can call them back later whether they want to or not. They usually don't.

** FireForgedFriends: The team appears to have softened into this. In the Horror City Arc, John doesn't even need Zatanna to get everyone else to find the stolen House of Mystery, though he does need Frankenstein to talk Swamp Thing around.

* YouWontFeelAThing: Deadman uses the "This won't hurt me" variant on June Moone when entering her body.

''Justice League Dark'' is an ongoing Creator/DCComics series launched in the ComicBook/{{New 52}} [[Franchise/TheDCU DC Universe]]. The series features a faction of the Justice League that focuses on the magical and supernatural aspect of DCU. The primary cast is ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}, Deadman, ComicBook/MadameXanadu, [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]][[note]][[AlternateContinuity A younger, different Constantine]] from the one seen in ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}''[[/note]], ComicBook/ShadeTheChangingMan and a new character called Mindwarp, who was introduced in ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}''. Each character has a history, and powers, related to the supernatural, which makes them better equipped deal with these threats than the [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League]].

A film adaptation is in development under the tentative title of ''Dark Universe''. Although it was unclear if the movie would be a part of the Film/DCExtendedUniverse line-up at first, [[http://screenrant.com/justice-league-dark-movie-dc-shared-universe/ it was confirmed]] that the movie would be a part of the universe not too long after the initial line-up of films were announced. [[http://screenrant.com/justice-league-dark-movie-characters/ The supposed character roster]] includes John Constantine, Zatanna, Deadman, and Jason Blood. DougLiman is set to direct