In opposition to all odds, Young Justice is again with season 4. A trailer for Young Justice: Phantoms premiered on Saturday at DC FanDome, asserting the present’s return … on Saturday. Sure, the primary two episodes of the season debuted shortly after the announcement on HBO Max.

Young Justice’s first two seasons ran on Cartoon Community from 2010 to 2013. Produced by Brandon Vietti (Batman: Beneath the Purple Hood and Jackie Chan Adventures) and Greg Weisman (Gargoyles and Star Wars Rebels), it adopted the lives of a bunch of teenage sidekicks, whom have been delegated as a covert ops workforce by the Justice League, as they tried to show themselves as heroes and take care of their very own struggles. The present was cancelled after the second season, inspiring quite a few fan campaigns to carry the present again. These decided fan efforts ultimately gave technique to the announcement of a 3rd season in 2016, which debuted on DC Universe in 2019.

This upcoming season of Young Justice will give attention to the set of core characters launched within the first season (nicely… those which are nonetheless alive). The huge, sprawling third season of the present launched a complete roster of DC characters, which served for an intriguing and tight plot maybe on the expense of character growth. However the first poster for Young Justice: Phantoms focuses on the unique workforce: Nightwing, Miss Martian, Superboy, Aqualad, and Artemis (with Rocket and Zatanna, who joined later within the first season, additionally within the highlight).

When the present debuted 11 years in the past on Cartoon Community, the characters have been all of their teenagers and the community made their issues — and the fights! — fairly PG. However now on HBO Max, the Young Justice workforce is nicely of their 20s and coping with extra complicated points than they may on Cartoon Community. Plus, onscreen blood!

The primary two episodes of Young Justice: Phantoms are out now. New episodes might be accessible each Thursday (starting 10/21), streaming on HBO Max.

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