By means of the usage of time-jumps and references to traditional DC Comics storylines, Young Justice has arrange a variety of main occasions in their very own timeline with some well-placed winks and nods. Now the most recent episode of Young Justice: Outsiders simply hinted at a serious character debut that can have big affect on Batman’s future, and it is one thing comedian followers ought to get excited for.

Warning: Spoilers for Young Justice: Outsiders beneath.

Within the episode “Rescue Ops,” now streaming on DC Universe, the budding crew of Outsiders arrive at Infinity Island, the bottom of operations for Ra’s al Ghul and the League of Shadows, in hopes of discovering Prince Brion’s sister Tara, who has been lacking.

Their search leads them there after somebody was assassinated by an enormous boulder being dropped on their head, hinting that Brion’s sister’s metagene has been activated and that she’s being brainwashed. It is a main reference to her DC Comics id of Terra, the previous turncoat Teen Titan.

However that is not the main revelation that can rock the Batman household; that comes on the episode’s finish.

After Ra’s al Ghul informs the crew that Tara will not be on the island, and that he is not within the Gentle or main the League of Shadows, he forces the heroes to go away the island. Shortly after, Talia al Ghul steps out of the shadows… and he or she’s holding a child.

So, it appears to be like like Young Justice simply revealed the delivery of Damian Wayne, the son of Bruce Wayne and Talia who finally turns into Robin.

Within the comics, Talia used Bruce Wayne’s DNA after a desert tryst, going down within the storyline “Son of the Demon,” and makes use of a man-made womb and genetic enhancing to create the proper warrior to steer the League of Shadows and probably succeed Batman sooner or later.

She lastly reveals Damian’s existence when the boy is an unruly teenager within the storyline “Batman and Son,” leaving him in Bruce’s care in hopes of disrupting his life as Batman. However Bruce evokes his son, who renounces his ties to his mom’s group of assassins and decides to coach to change into a hero, finally adopting the mantle of Robin.

After all, on condition that the infant is simply that — a child — we probably will not see Damian don a superhero costume anytime quickly. However given the character of time jumps within the sequence, maybe it is one thing we will anticipate in Season 4 ought to it get renewed for extra episodes.

The reveal of Damian is just one of many main revelations that is set to rock the Batman household sooner or later, as the most recent episode additionally teased that one in every of his former sidekicks may nonetheless be alive…

New episodes of Young Justice: Outsiders premiere each Friday on DC Universe.