James Tynion IV's Justice League Dark coming July 2018

[HandofPrometheus]

It felt so good to see Nightshade and Witchfire. Hopefully Nightshade joins the team.

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

I dont mind the witching hour plot , i just don't think it needs to be an actual crossover between WW and JLD.

[kjn]

It felt so good to see Nightshade and Witchfire. Hopefully Nightshade joins the team.

I guess that she will turn up at least once more in the arc, but the team is pretty much set already, and with John Constantine as the additional bad penny. I first thought Nightshade (and Traci 13) would serve the role of telling them what happened at the Oblivion Bar, but then I realised Constantine was already there and had lived through it all.

But it's pretty clear that Tynion is drawing deep in DC's magical character gallery.

[Lee Stone]

Tell me that Witching Hour takes longer to read than JLD #3.
I'm paused at the $5 price tag.
It does appear to be ten more pages than an average issue of JLD... so that's a good sign.

[WallyWestFlash]

Tell me that Witching Hour takes longer to read than JLD #3.
I'm paused at the $5 price tag.
It does appear to be ten more pages than an average issue of JLD... so that's a good sign.

Well it's 38 pages of story. So page count wise you get your moneys worth.

[Lee Stone]

Well it's 38 pages of story. So page count wise you get your moneys worth.

I went ahead and got it.
I'm counting on JLD #3 just being a bit rushed and having more double page spreads than normal.

And being the first part of a story, Tynion's probably chewing the backstories, which will make it feel more substantial.

[kjn]

I went ahead and got it.
I'm counting on JLD #3 just being a bit rushed and having more double page spreads than normal.

And being the first part of a story, Tynion's probably chewing the backstories, which will make it feel more substantial.

Four double page spreads in JLD 3 and six in WW/JLD WH 1, but JLD 3 also has six pages of a Green Lantern sneak peek; I guess that's what makes the issue feel so short.

[Lee Stone]

Just finished reading Witching Hour #1.

Much, much better than JLD #3, and on par with the first two issues.
Maybe even surpassing them a bit with its great use of subtleties throughout the story.

[Lee Stone]

Four double page spreads in JLD 3 and six in WW/JLD WH 1, but JLD 3 also has six pages of a Green Lantern sneak peek; I guess that's what makes the issue feel so short.

It may also be that as I read my comics digitally, double-page spreads are treated like single 'letterboxed' pages, like a comic printed horizontally instead of vertically.

So, digitally, JLD #1 and 2 both had 20 pages of story each, while #3 had only 18. And with very little narration after the Zatanna/Zatara opening scene, and a couple pages with sparse dialogue, #3 felt a bit more shorter than it actually was.

Also, I think my reading #1 and #2 back-to-back (as essentially one 40-page comic) may have also made the 18 pages of #3 seem even shorter.

Meanwhile, Witching Hour #1 had a whopping 32 pages, which is almost double of #3.

[WallyWestFlash]

Just finished reading Witching Hour #1.

Much, much better than JLD #3, and on par with the first two issues.
Maybe even surpassing them a bit with its great use of subtleties throughout the story.

Great, I'm looking forward to picking it up. I saw Merino is on art who I really like. And I saw the JL was in there too.

[JLH]

I LOVED Witching Hour #1. I don't remember the last time (or if ever) a comic creeped me out so much. Beautiful art and an absorbing story. Well worth the price, imo.

[kjn]

A discussion in the Zatanna appreciation thread led me to a theory on how they can get out of the pickles they are in as of JLD 4, to wit:

• A mind-controlled Diana
• Diana having super-magic in addition to all her usual superpowers
• Zatanna not having proper access to her magical powers
• Get Diana and Zatanna back to "normal"

spoilers:

Diana's lasso has soul-connecting powers, so Diana catches Zatanna in it; Zatanna then uses their connected souls to break Hecate's control of Diana. In the end they transfer the Hecate super-magic from Diana to Zatanna.

end of spoilers

[MarquisAsh]

I don’t think that will happen if you read the spoilers for November.

[kjn]

I don’t think that will happen if you read the spoilers for November.

Nitpickery details, spoiling my perfectly cromulent theory!

[starduck]

Nitpickery details, spoiling my perfectly cromulent theory!

Maybe what you said will just purify Zatanna's normal magic. I mean she really needs it back, having her be powerless and helpless for five issues straight has been a bit too much imo