DC Supernatural, Magic And Mysticism Appreciation Thread

[Agent Z]

Gods, sorcerers, demons, angels, ghosts, elves, Amazons, vampires, ghouls and a whole bunch of others. You name it, chances are DC's got it. An appreciation thread for all things, fantastical, supernatural, mystical and magical in DC. Whether it be Wonder Woman and her Amazons, Amethyst of Gemworld, the Enchantress, Etrigan the rhyming demon. All are welcome.

[Hilden B. Lade]

Even Etrigan Hates Racists! (from Garth Ennis' run on The Demon, art by John McCrea)

(I've had a soft spot for the Yellow Rhymer of murderous fun, ever since I stumbled upon a back issue of Alan Grant's run)

[The tall man]

The upcoming Raven#7 issue featuring an all new Night Force looks cool. I would love for that team to become an ongoing more so than the upcoming Justice League Dark.

[Sutekh]

I used to be a big fan of Dr. Fate, but sometimes he's a little too big for the room (much like the Specter or Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt, able to more or less do anything, and if they can't, then I kind of feel that they're not being written right...).

Sargon the Sorcerer, on the other hand, hits that sweet spot of being a 'magical hero' without just being a generic 'I can do anything, except when badly written, and suddenly can't do anything.'

I've also enjoyed the mystical side of the Legion of Super-Heroes future, which is all spaceships and transsuits and flight rings, except when it's Mordru and the White Witch and semi-mystical characters like Projectra and Shadow Lass (who aren't spellcasters, but have magical origins, at least). The White Witch was particularly fun, as a spellcaster, because of her AD&D-ish limitations about preparing particular spells in advance, instead of being a 'pew pew, I shoot lazers!' kind of 'spellcaster' common to Marvel, who ends up being a sort of Green Lantern-y thrower of zaps and shields and stuff (which, IMO, is super-boring, particularly in a universe that already has dozens, if not hundreds, of non-spellcaster energy zap-throwers).

[Agent Z]

I used to be a big fan of Dr. Fate, but sometimes he's a little too big for the room (much like the Specter or Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt, able to more or less do anything, and if they can't, then I kind of feel that they're not being written right...).

Sargon the Sorcerer, on the other hand, hits that sweet spot of being a 'magical hero' without just being a generic 'I can do anything, except when badly written, and suddenly can't do anything.'

I've also enjoyed the mystical side of the Legion of Super-Heroes future, which is all spaceships and transsuits and flight rings, except when it's Mordru and the White Witch and semi-mystical characters like Projectra and Shadow Lass (who aren't spellcasters, but have magical origins, at least). The White Witch was particularly fun, as a spellcaster, because of her AD&D-ish limitations about preparing particular spells in advance, instead of being a 'pew pew, I shoot lazers!' kind of 'spellcaster' common to Marvel, who ends up being a sort of Green Lantern-y thrower of zaps and shields and stuff (which, IMO, is super-boring, particularly in a universe that already has dozens, if not hundreds, of non-spellcaster energy zap-throwers).

Shadow Lass is magical? I just thought she was an alien with shadow powers.

[Frontier]

[Agent Z]

Sorry but who are the guy in shades, the woman with white hair and the guy in the brown coat and hat?

[Sutekh]

Shadow Lass is magical? I just thought she was an alien with shadow powers.

Shadow Lass is the 'Shadow Champion' of her world, one of a long line of such bequeathed those powers by ancestral spirits encountered in a cave deep below Talokk VIII's surface. She's not just someone born with powers (like Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, etc.) or empowered in an accident (Lightning Lad, Sun Boy, etc.).

[HandofPrometheus]

Jennifer Morgan