As a comic book reader since I was a kid, it’s so strange to see deep cut characters like the Demons Three and Black Orchid show up in an animated movie. This one takes place between Justice League vs. Teen Titans and Teen Titans: The Judas Contract.

Batman (Jason O’Mara), Superman (Jerry O’Connell), Wonder Woman (Rosario Dawson) and Green Lantern John Stewart (Roger Cross) start to realize that perhaps they can’t handle the supernatural crimes of the world, so Batman works to create a team alongside John Constantine (Matt Ryan) and Zatanna (Camilla Luddington) that includes Deadman (Nicholas Turturro), Black Orchid (Colleen Villard), Jason Blood (Ray Chase) — who is connected to the demon Etrigan — and Swamp Thing (Roger Cross).

As with any mystic issues in the DCU, Felix Faust (Enrico Colantoni) has to be involved, as is Destiny (Alfred Molina), but they never consider how underhanded Constantine can be.

Directed by Jay Oliva and written by Ernie Altbacker, this was followed by Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, which ended the New 52 timeline and brought about the Tomorrowverse that would start with Superman: Man of Tomorrow.

This gets in so many things of DC that I love, including the House of Mystery. You can talk superhero fatigue all you want, but if I keep getting to watch cool stuff like this, I’ll be happy.

You can watch this on Tubi.