The next accommodates spoilers for Young Justice: Phantoms, Episode 22, “Rescue and Search,” now streaming on HBO Max.
Many Young Justice followers puzzled what Dick Grayson was as much as following Superboy’s obvious demise in Young Justice: Phantoms. Nightwing was briefly seen mourning with the previous guard, realizing how a lot colleagues equivalent to Beast Boy had been combating their psychological well being. Kaldur even relinquished his mantle as Aquaman to work by way of his despair. Nonetheless. little was revealed about how Nightwing was deaing with the loss.
Nightwing lastly returned to motion within the season’s final story arc after Dick realized that he had a duty after main the primary iteration of the crew. Nonetheless, whereas followers anticipated him to work with Oracle/Barbara Gordon to analyze Superboy’s demise, Dick as a substitute teamed up with Zatanna. In a shocking twist, the way in which the duo interacted collectively was fairly stable proof that she, not Barbara, is Dick’s true soulmate.
Dick and Barbara have been star-crossed lovers in lots of comics, video video games, animated films and different cartoons. Nonetheless, their romance has been downplayed in Young Justice, with Zatanna getting extra of Dick’s consideration. Bruce Wayne introduced Zatanna in as a teen and Dick — then nonetheless Robin — took to her. They shared a whirlwind romance that felt fairly natural and he or she was the one who understood Dick greater than some other character. Sadly, responsibility bought in the way in which of their relationship.
Their chemistry resurfaced in Phantoms when Zatanna realized Superboy’s soul was alive. Zee, as he affectionately known as her, approached Dick to assist her discover a detective to find Conner. Gathering knowledge required Dick to do some pc hacking, which additionally proved that he had moved previous any emotions he could have had for Barbara. He admitted he might have used Oracle for the job, however stated he knew the 2 of them had it lined. That appeared to be proof his romantic emotions had been just for Zatanna.
The duo’s investigation led them to discovering out Superman had a secret mission of his personal involving time journey. They ultimately bought info from Rocket about her temporary expertise with a Phantom Zone portal on New Genesis, which had concerned battling Lor-Zod and Tomar-Re’s tragic demise. Zatanna was capable of penetrate thick emotional layers in Rocket’s thoughts to seek out proof that Conner was trapped within the Zone.
This reveal was a significant bombshell, because it proved to the heroes what Young Justice followers had been already conscious of. It additionally proved how good Zatanna and Nightwing are as a crew — and a pair. “Rescue and Search” proved that the 2 characters make one another higher out and in of the sector. Hopefully, they will rescue Conner and get a contented ending, as a result of in the event that they’ve realized one factor from Superboy going lacking, it is that life is brief and they should profit from it.
New episodes of Young Justice: Phantoms debut each Thursday on HBO Max.