One of the fascinating elements about Young Justice was how the present included Apokolips. Darkseid had a sinister plan with Vandal Savage to weaken Earth and take over the universe, however Young Justice: Phantoms revealed that Savage had an actual plan that made him scarier than Thanos. He hoped to set Earth as much as be the final planet standing when intergalactic warfare broke out. With that thread nonetheless hanging when the present returns, one other highly effective character is getting into the fray within the newest Phantoms trailer.
That is none apart from Darkseid’s son Orion, whose function within the sequence has been very twisted as a consequence of Miss Martian’s brother M’comm. He impersonated Orion, manipulating the Without end Individuals from New Genesis into declaring warfare on the floating metropolis of Supertown. He knewt hat everybody would respect Darkseid’s son, who commanded legions underneath his Excessive Father and regarded to take Apokolips down. Orion’s primed to get revenge for this fallacy, particularly with M’comm on the free as soon as extra.
Curiously, the trailer has Orion as unhinged as ever, which can join to a couple present plot factors. M’comm’s seen with Parademons and he did get the bomb that killed Superboy from DeSaad, so clearly he is Darkseid’s lackey. That is another excuse for Orion to go on the rampage after M’comm tarnished his honorable repute. The trailer reveals him preventing somebody mysterious, in addition to firing blasts from his iconic Astro-Harness spacecraft.
There’s additionally somebody mentioning by way of voice-over how he cannot be trusted as a result of he is the son of Darkseid, which may riff on the Justice League Limitless sequence, through which Superman, Batman and Co. usually had completely different navy viewpoints than Orion. He was bullish and did not take heed to anybody, so his ego may very well be at play as soon as extra, testing each the returning Justice League members and the heroes they handed the torch to. The Without end Individuals — who used the Supply to kind Infinity Man — have been corrupted by a Fatherbox, so Orion could also be main the cost to destroy that gadget (which is the other of the Motherboxes his individuals use for portals)
The Fatherbox is a deadlier weapon, so Orion would wish to do away with it and use the Without end Individuals’s alliance with Young Justice to presumably work on a better united entrance. In any case, Orion will know that unity is important to stopping his dad and Vandal Savage. He’ll make an amazing addition to the group — and seeing as Metron’s already been noticed within the Mobius Chair, followers are questioning if he’ll be taking Orion and different heroes via house and time to repair actuality ought to it grow to be broken past restore. Metron and Orion have a historical past within the comics, in order that’s one other story level Young Justice: Phantoms may discover.
What’s for certain is Orion can be cracking plenty of skulls — as is his model — to guard the galaxy. His return within the second half of the season is an opportunity to provide the character extra persona; whereas he’ll be a thorn in everybody’s facet, he generally is a key chief too. He is bought a tricky angle, is a powerhouse in battle, and whereas he is gruff and aggressive, nonetheless stands for justice.
Young Justice: Phantoms returns this spring on HBO Max.