Young Justice #1

[arbre_rieur]

This is actually the second issue of the series, as a #0 came out last month. Interestingly, this issue's written by Art Baltazar and Franco, the team on TINY TITANS and BILLY BATSON. I guess they're DC's go-to guys for all-ages stuff these days?

Superboy's alone in Mount Justice, on his first day living there, when he hears the footsteps of another.





From off-panel, someone fires poisoned darts at the two of them, and Snapper goes down.

Comments

[shadowpsykie]

intruiging...

[thatnickguy]

I must be one of the few people among the community that actually enjoys the hell out of the cartoon so far.

[crinos]

Snapper and the Joker, we know where this is going.

Also, love the YJ joker design.

[proteus_lives]

The Joker looks British for some reason.

[mullon]

Happy to see that someone can write Superboy without him being pissy and whiny.

But I feel like they should have saved Joker for the cartoon, like at the season finale. Way to blow your load on the first issue. I suppose he could be a ghost too.

[omgwtflolbbqbye]

I'm going to take a stab and guess that it's some sort of holographic training simulator run amok.

[thanekos]

and suddenly, faint strains of Hello Spaceboy kick in..

[darkknightjrk]

I'm calling it--it's a test by the Justice League for both Snapper and Superboy, and "The Joker" is actually Miss Martian.

[rainspirit]

I feel like, this being Joker, there should be something attached to that outrageous chain of his...

[espanolbot]

I really liked the opening two parter, but then there was kind of a drop in quality up until the Bane episode, and then it started getting REALLY good. :)

Watching it with nearly a decade or so of buying DC stuff is fairly interesting though, as I can see where they might be referencing characters in the comics in various ways.

Like how Artemis appears to be something of an amalgam of Rose Wilson and Cass Cain, for example.

Explanation here,
Spoilers,
http://espanolbot.livejournal.com/103951.html#cutid1

I am looking forward to the Joker's appearence in the show, having liked their versions of Mr Freeze and Bane so far. :) Bane was closer to his comicbook incarnation than any of his previous screen adaptions.

[tohofuhai]

Joker makes me think of Mad Mod from the tv show.

[zyriex]

Forgive me for being clueless, but isnt Snapper Carr an adult reporter from both the DCAU and comics? Whyw ould he have gotten aged down and what does he have to do with the Joker?

[psychopathicus_rex]

The Joker looks very mod here, doesn't he?

[arilou_skiff]

So...

Just to start a flamewar: Young Justice or Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes? :p

[fifthie]

I never would have expected that title on a comic book to give me such a wicked case of the sads, but there you go :(