The next accommodates spoilers for Young Justice: Phantoms Episode 18, “Past The Grip of the Gods!,” now streaming on HBO Max.
Probably the most intriguing issues about Young Justice is the way it initially pivoted away from Darkseid. The Justice League and Justice League Limitless cartoons leaned closely into the Lord of Apokolips, however this present used Darkseid in cameos to spotlight Vandal Savage’s sinister schemes. Their alliance was a sham, although, with Vandal enjoying Darkseid, orchestrating a coup to take over Atlantis, for instance, so he might make Earth a real energy participant to face Apokolips after which personal the galaxy.
Nonetheless, Darkseid continued his personal work, unperturbed and awaiting the approaching conflict. He is aware of it will be a real check to actually decide who ought to rule the cosmos, embracing the problem forward. Curiously, the newest episode of Phantoms simply introduced a brand new risk to gentle related to their rivalry — somebody who might really find yourself being extra harmful than each these tyrants.
That is none apart from Darkseid’s third son, Grayven. Created within the ’90s by Ron Marz and Darryl Banks, Grayven hasn’t been as in style as Kalibak or Orion, or any of Darkseid’s different conflict hounds, for that matter. Nonetheless, he had key appearances, attempting to raze Apokolips and take it over to point out his father he should not have been ignored. Young Justice, nonetheless, has given Grayven rather more company, making him his dad’s right-hand common.
The issue is, whereas Darkseid is cool, calm and picked up, Grayven is tempestuous and bloodthirsty. It confirmed when he introduced M’comm in and chided him for not correctly executing Darkseid’s terrorist imaginative and prescient and stamping out dissidents on the hearth planet. This was fairly an introduction, as a result of Grayven was seen in a non-speaking position earlier within the sequence when Apokolips made its alliance with Vandal. Now, although, it is clear he is the fist that crushes, finishing up Darkseid’s will, and who’s impatient after millennia of not with the ability to correctly personal their homeworld or conquer the galaxy.
This poses engaging potentialities. He might kill and depose his father if he thinks he can do a greater job, akin to the comics, or Grayven may very well be given free rein to take the Furies and Parademons and reduce a bloody path via the star-ways. With New Genesis assembly the Justice League and Inexperienced Lanterns to kind a coalition, this may be an excellent place to begin.
Grayven can even assault Earth to precise revenge on Vandal, exhibiting no mercy and slaughtering thousands and thousands to impress his dad. In any case, they beat Vandal and his household the final time, so it is easy to see Grayven carving out a win as soon as extra. Within the lore, he had most of his dad’s powers too, so Grayven might take some massive League scalps and hunt Inexperienced Lanterns like Kyle Rayner, per the supply materials.
There’s even the likelihood if Vandal or the League kill Darkseid, Grayven loses it, takes the management mantle and runs amok, ignoring the code and guidelines of engagement his boss and Vandal laid down. Finally, Darkseid would not belief Grayven if there wasn’t one thing particular in him, so ought to he be unleashed totally, there will probably be hell to pay. It is left followers desirous to see how he’ll honor his dad’s legacy, work with M’comm to enslave extra of the cosmos and make his father and Vandal appear like rookies.
See how Grayven’s future unfolds with new episodes of Young Justice: Phantoms debuting Thursdays on HBO Max.