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How Justice League Dark Spotlights DC's Most Unlikely Hero

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The most recent incarnation of the Justice League Dark boasts some pretty big names, but it's real heart isn't any of its A-listers like Wonder Woman or Zatanna or Swamp Thing. It's a talking chimpanzee in a deerstalker cap who goes by the name Detective Chimp, and he's the secret to making the DC's thoroughly complicated magical lore accessible. He's a hard-nosed sleuth with an eye for mysteries and a skill with deduction that rivals Batman, a bizarre everyman around to provide commentary and, inexplicably, logic, to even the most bizarre magical mishaps, and a charmingly put-upon moral compass for the JLD's exploits.

So, what on earth does an anthropomorphic primate have to do with DC's mystic heroes?

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