The newest episode of Young Justice launched Lia “Looker” Briggs – one of many few traditional Outsiders from the comics not but seen on the present.
The newest episode of Young Justice: Outsiders, “Elder Knowledge,” launched one of many few members of the traditional comedian ebook Outsiders workforce to not seem on the present prior to now. Going by the codename “Looker,” Lia Briggs has one of many strangest backgrounds of any character in comedian ebook historical past.
First showing in Batman and The Outsiders #25 in 1985, Lia Briggs was initially a mousy accountant who was kidnapped by the residents of a misplaced underground metropolis referred to as Abyssia. Discovering that she was a misplaced descendant of Abyssia’s royal household, Lia was uncovered to a fraction of Haley’s Comet, which woke up her metagene and remodeled her physique, giving her the fantastic thing about knowledgeable mannequin together with appreciable psychic powers. Her powers would later defend her when she was bitten by a vampire and Lia gained the entire powers of the undead however not one of the drawbacks, save that she might solely draw vitamin from ingesting blood.
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Lia is launched into the world of Young Justice: Outsiders as one in all a number of assassins who disrupt a United Nations convention within the nation of Bwunda. Lia is a part of the workforce despatched to neutralize Troia, the ambassador to the Amazon nation of Themyscira. Whereas her telepathic powers are sturdy sufficient to momentarily disable a warrior with Troia’s psychological fortitude, they’re no match for Ms. Martian, who arrives on the scene together with Terra and Halo to thwart the assassins.
Lia is later found to have been underneath the affect of some type of implant on the again of her head. As soon as Ms. Martian destroys it, Lia regains management of herself and explains that she was not actually a part of a terrorist group. Whereas the Outsiders haven’t any proof, it seems to be like Lia is just the most recent in plenty of metahuman teenagers who have been kidnapped and brainwashed by Lex Luthor’s supervillain union, The Mild, and that she had unwittingly been a part of Luthor’s scheme to make the Outsiders look dangerous.
Ms. Martian asks Lia if she’d be keen to let The Outsiders assist her. Lia agrees, and is seen close to the tip of the episode among the many many individuals who posted movies on-line to voice their help of the teenager superhero workforce, declaring “We’re all Outsiders.” Lia is just seen briefly, however she seems to be sporting a purple outfit just like her costume from the comics.
It stays to be seen simply what kind of position Lia Briggs may have in Young Justice: Outsiders. Additionally it is unsure if she’s going to undertake her Looker codename from the comics or change into an lively member of both The Crew or The Outsiders. With Ms. Martian operating The Crew, there’s actually room for a telepath on The Outsiders, and with the tip of season 3 quick approaching the Outsiders might use all the assistance they will get.