Justice League Dark (Volume 2) #24 is an issue of the series Justice League Dark (Volume 2) with a cover date of September, 2020. It was published on July 21, 2020.
Synopsis for "As Above, so Below"
The Justice League Dark just resolved a planetary crisis after re-establishing the Parliaments of Life, but now the team is in shambles. John Constantine left after he once again lied to them and Zatanna almost died. Detective Chimp is searching for the team's leader, Wonder Woman, finding her on a rooftop. Bobo is afraid that Diana might have lost hope, and in some way Wonder Woman did: she thinks she made a bad job in her role as leader, given the current state of the team. Bobo tries to reassure her, and so starts telling her how the other members of the team are living these moments.
A few days before, The Oblivion Bar
Bobo encountered Zatanna to deliver her a drawing of the Seal of Solomon, a powerful image used to perform complicate magic. Opening it, a demon that guarded it appeared and both Bobo and Zee had to defeat him. Once the fight was over, Zatanna kissed Bobo on his forehead, leaving after explanations regarding why she needed the Seal. Curious by nature, the Detective followed her and discovered she was inside the theater where she and her father performed. He left, as he did not want to spy on her, and so he does not know that Zatanna is trying in every way possibile to free her father from the prison of the Otherkind and the Upside-Down Man. Zatanna is trying to enter the Other Place, but without success. Even after failing again, the sorceress will not give up.
Moments later, in the Hall of Justice
Bobo tried to talk with Man-Bat about what Zee's intentions might have been, but his friend was too much immersed in his work, as he started to study samples from the new Swamp Thing, discovering he's currently re-growing the Green in places around America. Turning to Khalid, Bobo still could not find a friend to talk with, as the kid was occupied with his mentor, Kent Nelson. Kent decided he wanted to live, as now he was free of Nabu. He told Khalid that the Helmet of Fate is as much a blessing as it is a prison: sharing his life with Nabu and knowing every single detail of the magical world won't be an easy thing to sustain. Kent sacrificed a lot for this responsibility and now wants a chance to love again. He bode farewell to Khalid and left. In the end, Bobo decided to search Diana and address her to solve the mystery behind Zatanna's actions.
Back to the Rooftop
Bobo tells Diana that he knows she's the only one that can lead them: she's the only person he knows that can take the burden of decisions that might change the world, facing them with courage. So, Diana decides to go to Zatanna and reveal her that, as she still possesses a piece of Hecate's soul inside herself, she is the key to access the Other Place, being that Hecate and the Upside-Down Man are mirror images of each other. Diana tells Bobo he must stay behind, trusting him to take Khalid and organize a line of defense in case she and Zatanna fail in their mission. Leaving, Bobo of course decides he will not leave Diana and Zee alone, and so he decides to get in contact with a dear former teammate: the Hellblazer, John Constantine. Meanwhile, Diana and Zatanna are in the Other Place, where magic lives free and uncontrolled: once there, in the distance, they see a man constantly burning in flames. He's Zatanna's father, Giovanni.
Appearing in "As Above, so Below"
Featured Characters:
- Justice League Dark (Flashback and main story)
- Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson) (Flashback and main story)
- Detective Chimp (Flashback and main story)
- Kent Nelson (Flashback only) (Quits team)
- Man-Bat (Kirk Langstrom) (Flashback and main story)
- The Swamp Thing
- Wonder Woman (Diana of Themyscira) (Flashback and main story)
- Zatanna (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Giovanni Zatara (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Parliament of Trees (Flashback only) (Behind the scenes)
Antagonists:
- Demonic Safeguard (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Dies in flashback)
- The Upside-Down Man (Dark Multiverse) (Flashback and main story)
Other Characters:
- John Constantine (Cameo)
- Solomon (In picture only) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Traci 13 (Flashback only)
- Hecate (Mentioned only)
- Hera (Mentioned only)
- Parliament of Decay (Mentioned only)
- Parliament of Limbs (Mentioned only)
- Eliphas Levi (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Dark Multiverse
- The Other Place (Flashback and main story)
- Multiverse
- Earth 0
- United States of America
- Houma (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Kennescook (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Rosewood (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Washington, D.C.
- Hall of Justice
- Dark Quarters (Unnamed)
- Hall of Justice
- Zatara's Theater (Flashback only)
- United States of America
- Oblivion Bar (Flashback only)
- Earth 0
- Hypertime
- Timestream
- Dawn of Time (Mentioned only)
- End of Time (Mentioned only)
- Timestream
Items:
- Bracelets of Submission (Flashback and main story)
- Helmet of Fate (Flashback and main story)
- Lasso of Truth (Flashback and main story)
- Sword of Night (Mentioned only)
- Wonder Woman's Shield (Flashback and main story)
- Wonder Woman's Sword (Flashback and main story)
- Wonder Woman's Tiara (Flashback and main story)
Concepts:
Trivia
- One of the pages Zatanna reads when trying to access the Otherplace is the "Mysterium Xarxes", from the Elder Scrolls video game series.
See Also