Monday, July 8, 2019

Young Justice remains really good

Young Justice is still really good. I hope there is a fourth season after this season (which is steaming on DC Universe).  The title might be inspired by the Peter David Todd Nauck comic about a team of young heroes including Robin, Superboy, and Impulse.

This series feature younger heroes acting as a covert team for the Justice League. Old hands like Nightwing, Superboy, and Miss Martian serve as mentors/trainers. Aqualad has risen to Justice League membership, so we don’t see him as much as we did in the first two seasons. There are new heroes like Geoforce and Halo (she is different than her comic book namesake), and the alien Forager.

In season 3, the team is fighting meta human trafficking. Villains from the planet Apocalypse are involved. Also the death of Wally West is mentioned or referenced as the season progresses and there are still some plot points from previous seasons.

Static has made a few appearances, and it is good to see him. It was nice to see Blue Beetle too. Beast Boy might be getting a bigger role during the second half of this season but there are a few heroes who have not appeared yet that it would be nice to see.

Guy Gardner had another cameo this season. I love Guy, I like this show’s interpretations of him. Guy is one of the three or four most difficult DC heroes to write correctly. Guy can be a bit of a jerk but there is more to him than that and he lives a bit in Hal Jordan’s shadow.  

This is perhaps the best animated superhero series of the last decade. I think this show has a good ongoing plot but it also has some episodes that stand alone. The show is not perfect, there is a plot line that I wish the show was not doing.