Comics do not all the time present solutions to their followers’ largest questions concerning inconclusive storylines, and once they do, it usually takes years for the revelations to unfold. That is primarily as a result of when newer characters like Jonathan Kent and Damian Wayne take over the highlight, earlier generations are forgotten or placed on the again burner — just like the heroes of Young Justice.
Their newest sequence, a tie-in to the Dark Crisis occasion, lastly offers them the eye that they deserve. It additionally highlighted simply how uncared for they have been. The whole DC Universe was too busy to care and even discover that they had been gone. With an entire world of their very own to discover, followers have lastly gotten a few of their largest questions answered in Dark Crisis: Young Justice #3 (by Meghan Fitzmartin, Laura Braga, Luis Guerrero and Pat Brosseau).
This problem had the Young Justice boys come nose to nose with the villains which have harm them most. However, ultimately, those who brought on them essentially the most ache had been one another. The most important revelation of the story was the formation of Tim and Cassie’s relationship when Conner was lacking. The love triangle between the three has all the time been a scorching matter amongst the group, with a kiss following Conner’s dying in Infinite Crisis placing a pressure on Robin and Superboy’s friendship. Nevertheless, Tim and Cassie’s failed try at a relationship again then wasn’t the main focus right here.
The connection that Tim and Cassie had been speaking about was the one that they had within the New 52 — the place Conner did not exist. Though the New 52 featured a Superboy who regarded lots like Conner Kent, it was later revealed that they had been very totally different characters. The fates of the heroes followers knew and beloved had been revealed within the 2019 Young Justice sequence by Brian Michael Bendis and Patrick Gleeson. There, it was revealed that Conner was misplaced on Gemworld post-Crisis and his existence was forgotten by his pals and family members, due to Flashpoint. Conner discovering Tim and Cassie’s romance throughout the time he was forgotten did not go over very nicely. It basically cut up up the group. Even so, followers who had been invested within the love triangle previous to this lastly obtained a little bit closure by way of his response.
Dark Crisis: Young Justice has given solutions to quite a lot of different questions, too. Some of the attention-grabbing got here within the final problem. When Cassie was trying to find Young Justice again in the true DCU, she tried to recruit former member, Cissie King-Jones, who revealed why she stop being a superhero. This offered followers with a definitive reply as to why Cissie left and supplied a special perspective on the unique Young Justice sequence as an entire.
This problem additionally confirmed how a lot Bart Allen has matured as a hero, heralding the return of an Impulse with all the burden of his earlier expertise because the Flash. The reactions of the others to the brand new Bart had been harsh, however for followers who’ve missed these characters for years, it is thrilling to see how they work together with one another now.
This sequence is stuffed with callbacks to the unique comics and the deep historical past these characters have with one another. Though they have been ignored lately, and fittingly in Dark Crisis, too, they’re the main focus now and this sequence seeks to benefit from it. Dark Crisis: Young Justice has unpacked lots about these characters and the way they really feel about sure conditions from their previous. The subsequent half of the sequence is bound to proceed down this path and uncover much more secrets and techniques these heroes have been hiding from one another, which can certainly delight longtime followers.