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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 the group dealing with the aftermath of [[ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal the Dark Multiverse Invasion]] and them trying to stave off [[TheMagicGoesAway the Death of Magic]].

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In 2018, a new series (''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark2018'') 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 the group dealing with the aftermath of [[ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal the Dark Multiverse Invasion]] and them trying to stave off [[TheMagicGoesAway the Death of Magic]].



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* 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.
* 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''.
* MagicIsFeminine: Hecate is the goddess of magic. She is the first magical being in the universe and even predates other gods. She was the one who taught humanity how to use magic. When some humans tried to steal her power she split into five portions each hidden within a woman: Wonder Woman, Manitou Dawn, Witchfire, Black Orchid, and Circe.
* 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.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** 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.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: On Wonder Woman's team, it's Man-Bat and Detective Chimp. Detective Chimp has become a self-pitying drunk after [[ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal the death of his best pal, Night Master]] and shows little desire to get out of his current state. Man-Bat isn't trusted as he's shown to be dangerously unstable in the past with his MadScience and outside of beating up mook-level threats, he's largely out of his depth as someone with no magical background.

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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Mordru reveals that his brothers and sisters, AdaptationalVillainy: Ram V's run sees a rare villainous depiction of 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.
* 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.
famed Arthurian Wizard, Merlin.
-->'''Zatanna''': Even * GreatBigLibraryOfEverything: Merlin uses a cheap stage magician knows that sleight spell to make Borges' Library of hand isn't about what you're looking at. It's about what you ''missed''.
* MagicIsFeminine: Hecate is the goddess of magic. She is the first magical being in the universe and even predates other gods. She was the one who taught humanity how to use magic. When some humans tried to steal her power she split into five portions each hidden within a woman: Wonder Woman, Manitou Dawn, Witchfire, Black Orchid, and Circe.
* 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.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** Diana lets [[EldritchAbomination the Upside-Down Man]] into the human world
Babel real, 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 enter it and they begin killing people.
** Detective Chimp attempts to resurrect Nightmaster who perished in the events
retrieve a copy of ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal''. However, because Myrra operates on different set of rules for life his spellbook. Anything written ends up there, and death for Earth, he instead raises an army of zombies that terrorizes the populace. Fortunately, he is able any alterations to undo his mistakes.
a book in it creates a copy without it to be stored.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: On YouAreInCommandNow: With Wonder Woman's team, it's Man-Bat and Detective Chimp. Detective Chimp has become a self-pitying drunk after [[ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal disappearance following ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal'', Zatanna gets promoted to the death leader of his best pal, Night Master]] and shows little desire to get out of his current state. Man-Bat isn't trusted as he's shown to be dangerously unstable in the past with his MadScience and outside of beating up mook-level threats, he's largely out of his depth as someone with no magical background. team.



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* AdaptationalVillainy: Ram V's run sees a rare villainous depiction of the famed Arthurian Wizard, Merlin.
* GreatBigLibraryOfEverything: Merlin uses a spell to make Borges' Library of Babel real, so he can enter it and retrieve a copy of his spellbook. Anything written ends up there, and any alterations to a book in it creates a copy without it to be stored.
* YouAreInCommandNow: With Wonder Woman's disappearance following ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal'', Zatanna gets promoted to the leader of the team.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Ram V's run sees a rare villainous depiction of the famed Arthurian Wizard, Merlin.
* GreatBigLibraryOfEverything: Merlin uses a spell to make Borges' Library of Babel real, so he can enter it and retrieve a copy of his spellbook. Anything written ends up there, and any alterations to a book in it creates a copy without it to be stored.
* YouAreInCommandNow: With Wonder Woman's disappearance following ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal'', Zatanna gets promoted to the leader of the team.
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The original run launched as an ongoing series in the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, with the initial cast featuring 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}}''. The team's roster fluctuated regularly over the course of the series, drawing on DCU characters with a connection to the supernatural.

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The original run launched as an ongoing series in the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, with the initial cast featuring 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}}''.''[[Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}} Flashpoint: Secret Seven]]'' by Creator/PeterMillgan (with Secret Seven acting as a precusor to Justice League Dark). The team's roster fluctuated regularly over the course of the series, drawing on DCU characters with a connection to the supernatural.
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* YouAreInCommandNow: With Wonder Woman's disappearance following ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal'', Zatanna gets promoted to the leader of the team

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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/TheKnifeOfNeverLettingGo''. 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]].

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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/TheKnifeOfNeverLettingGo''. 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]].
future]] but was ultimately scrapped by February 2023.
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''Justice League Dark'' is a comic featuring a group within the [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League]] that focuses on the magical and supernatural aspects of Franchise/{{the DCU}}.

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

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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 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.

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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 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.
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* FiveManBand: The 2018 version of the team.
** TheLeader: Wonder Woman
** TheLancer: Zatanna
** TheSmartGuy: Man-Bat
** TheBigGuy: Swamp Thing
** TheChick: Detective Chimp
** SixthRanger: John Constantine
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* FantasticAesop: Magic is sometimes used as an analog 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.

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* FantasticAesop: FantasticDrug: Magic is sometimes used as an analog 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.
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* TheGreatBigLibraryOfEverything: Merlin uses a spell to make Borges' Library of Babel real, so he can enter it and retrieve a copy of his spellbook. Anything written ends up there, and any alterations to a book in it creates a copy without it to be stored.

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* TheGreatBigLibraryOfEverything: GreatBigLibraryOfEverything: Merlin uses a spell to make Borges' Library of Babel real, so he can enter it and retrieve a copy of his spellbook. Anything written ends up there, and any alterations to a book in it creates a copy without it to be stored.
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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 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.

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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. Chimp, and [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Man-Bat]], their first storyline involving 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.
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* MagicIsFeminine: Hecate is the goddess of magic. She is the first magical being in the universe and even predates other gods. She was the one who taught humanity how to use magic. When some humans tried to steal her power she split into five portions each hidden within a woman: Wonder Woman, Manitou Dawn, Witchfire, Black Orchid, and Circe.
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* TheGreatBigLibraryOfEverything: Merlin uses a spell to make Borges' Library of Babel real, so he can enter it and retrieve a copy of his spellbook. Anything written ends up there, and any alterations to a book in it creates a copy without it to be stored.

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