Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Book One ) by The Unseen Library. Expert reviews of the latest and the best in Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction and Crime Fiction from an Australian reviewer. Young Justice – Book Three by Peter David and . Publisher: DC Comics. Publication Date – 4 December 2018. Before the third season of the Young Justice television show debuts after its long hiatus, go back to the comic book series that inspired it all, with the third volume of DC Comics’ reprint of the 1990s Young Justice comic book series, which includes the full collection of the Sins of Youth crossover event from 2000. Young Justice is an interesting comic series. Most people would probably be familiar with the 2010 television series of the same name. The original comic book series started in the 1990s and was created in a unique period of DC Comics. Many of the traditional sidekicks had grown up in recent years and taken on different identities to distinguish themselves from their mentors. For example, the first , , had has own identity as Nightwing; the original Kid , , had succeeded his mentor as ; the original , , had become Troia; while the original Speedy and Aqualad had taken on the identities of Arsenal and Tempest respectfully. In order to fill the void, DC Comics creators in the 1990s created several new young sidekicks for their heroes. At the same time, with most of the former sidekicks in their early 20s, DC needed a new group of young heroes to appeal to their younger readers. With the former sidekicks already formed up as the Titans, these younger heroes were placed into their own team, Young Justice. Starting in 1998, this series ran alongside DC’s Titans series before both were cancelled in 2003 following the Graduation Day crossover event. Young Justice was a successful way to launch several of its featured character outside their mentors’ orbit, much like the original series did for the first round of sidekicks, and many of its key characters are still used in DC Comics to this day. Despite this, the series is probably best known for having the same name of one DC’s most popular animated shows, the Young Justice television show. The show, which started in 2010, features a team based more on the Teen Titans comics rather than the Young Justice comics, with only one member of the original comic run of Young Justice , , appearing in the first season, although other members of the team did appear in the second season. It did, however, make use of a number of storylines and villains from the original series, many of which were adapted into first-rate episodes. The show received high ratings, but was cancelled after only two seasons. However, continued petitioning from its dedicated fanbase has seen a revival of the show, with a third season airing in January 2019. A new comic book reboot of the Young Justice comic series is also planned for 2019 and will see several of the original characters reunite for the first time in years. Starting in 2017, DC started reprinting the original Young Justice comic run into a new set of collected editions, and this review is focused on the third volume of this reprinting. Before this new reprinting of the original series I had not had much of a chance to read Young Justice , but it has always been high on my list of must-read comics. This is mainly because I am such a big fan of Geoff John’s 2003 run on Teen Titans , which followed several characters from Young Justice after their team was disbanded. This run on Teen Titans has to be one of my all-time favourite series and I was always very curious to see what happened to the characters during their Young Justice years. So I was very happy when DC decided to reprint this original run and I have been having fun seeing these younger versions of some of my favourite characters before they got more mature and serious after the events of Graduation Day . They are the next generation of superheroes, but being the second round of sidekicks to the leading members of the is tough, and sometimes having your own group of friends is what you need. So Young Justice was formed: part team, part friendship group. Originally made up Robin (), Superboy (Kon-El/Conner Kent), Impulse () and Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark), the team was later joined by new heroes and , while also being monitored by veteran hero . Recent events have rocked the group and exposed them to negative attention. The team have continuously been drawn into destructive fights and been forced to partially destroy Mount Rushmore, and Arrowette has been forced to retire after nearly killing a suspect. At the same time, a new superhero team, Old Justice, made up of the aging sidekicks of of heroism, have been calling out the actions of their younger counterparts. Railroaded by the press, politicians and even their mentors in the Justice League, the situation keeps going from bad to worse for the young heroes when they lose their base to an attack from a new superpowered group, the Point Men. Attempting to regain public opinion, Young Justice and a supporting group of heroes attempt to hold a rally in support of young heroes, but a villainous presence wants to stop the young heroes from developing to their full potential. A mysterious organisation, Agenda, headed by ’s ex-wife Contessa Erica Alexandra Del Portenza, wants to discredit all superheroes and believes that Young Justice is their weakest link. Agenda uses the magical agent, Klarion the Witch-Boy, to cause havoc at the event, and Klarion’s magic leads to some accidental side effects. The members of Young Justice have all been aged into adults, while their contemporaries, the members of the Justice League of America and the Justice Society of America, have all been turned into children or teenagers. Worse, these de-aged heroes now have the emotional maturity of their age, while the members of Young Justice have the patience and wisdom of their mentors. Forced to switch roles with the world’s greatest heroes, the members of Young Justice must find a way to not only stop the sinister machinations of Agenda but also find a way to reverse the effects of the spell. Can Young Justice grow up to be the heroes they were always meant to be, or is the future of the DC universe a whole lot darker than anticipated? This third volume of the reprint is another fantastic collection of a great original storyline. I have been really enjoying this reprinting of Young Justice , and it was great to see this full collection of one of their most iconic storylines in full. Not only does this new volume contain issues #18-19 of the original series but it also contains a huge number of tie-in storylines that feature most of the other heroes of that period of the DC universe, following their adventures as they have been de-aged or aged up. As a result, this volume contains input from a gigantic range of DC creative talent, as the writers and artists of these other connected series do a one-shot version of the series they were working on at the time. There is quite a lot going on in this volume and it definitely takes a while to get through. There are a also a lot of technical and obscure comic book characters and teams that become the focus of the various stories within Young Justice Volume 3 , so it might become a bit confusing for some people. The volume is broken up by a couple of Young Justice storylines that introduce and finalise the story, while also providing the explanation for how this event unfolds and the villains responsible for it. Once this is established, the volume goes into a series of different short stories that focus not only on the members of Young Justice but on some of the other that have been caught up in the events of this crossover. Each of these storylines show how the various heroes deal with being de-aged or turned into adults, and then follows up with an adventure, often with that particular team or hero working to find a solution to the curse afflicting them. The four best storylines deal with the aged-up sidekick members of Young Justice (Robin, Wonder Girl, Superboy and Impulse) as they are forced to team up with teenage versions of their mentors. There are some good jokes in this as the characters reverse roles and the younger heroes are forced to act as the mature anchors for their biggest heroes in the DC Universe. These jokes range from Bruce Wayne being forced to pretend to be a moody Robin while his sidekick takes on the role of for the first time, to Wonder Girl being forced to reign in a destructive while making several snide comments about the practicality of her uniform, to a very young Flash attempting to hit on his fully grown wife. There are also some quite heartfelt moments as the mentors are finally placed in their misunderstood sidekicks’ shoes and find a way to emphasise with them in a way they haven’t managed before. In addition to these stories around the Young Justice sidekicks and their well-established mentors, there are a number of other interesting stories splashed through this volume. I particularly enjoyed the short one that featured a teenage teaming up with an adult Lagoon Boy to stop a under the water. This one is not only fun, as the teenage Aquaman is a bit of a bold ladies man, but it also shows how he was a hero even as a teenager, as he sacrifices a potential solution to his problem to restore a devastated city. There is also a story that focuses on the Titans, which brings its founding members back to their Teen Titans days, with a storyline that reminds the readers of their classic adventures. I was less of a fan of the storyline that focused completely on a teenage version of the Justice League, and I really disliked the storyline that contained an all-child version of the Justice Society going on an adventure. Overall though, this huge collection of stories comes together in a fun and cohesive narrative that not only presents a massive, whole DC Universe event, but one that focuses on the core team at the heart of the adventure. A major feature of this volume is the examination of the negative perceptions that older people have for the world’s youth. Even 20 years later this is still incredibly relevant, as most older people these days are quite dismissive of today’s youth culture (those darn millennials). Young Justice goes out of its way to show a group of teenagers who try to do the right thing but are constantly dismissed by adults as nuisances who do not try to see their side of the story. After being hounded for a good part of this and the previous volume, Wonder Girl gives an impassioned speech to the media that gets the worlds attention, divides some of the older heroes and rallies several other prominent young heroes to their cause. The creative team follows this up by putting its young heroes in the position of responsibility and showing that they can act in a mature and responsible way when given the chance, while their established mentors act irresponsibly when turned back into teenagers. All of this is a great examination of how young people are perceived by their elders and how they can surprise you when given a chance. This is still a great storyline to enjoy to this day and one that will resonate with the modern youth culture. While I have been having quite a lot of fun with this re-print run of Young Justice , it may prove a little harder to get into for people who are not as familiar with some of the other 1990s DC Comics storylines which were happening at the time. That being said, it is a series well worth getting into, especially for fans of any of the Teen Titan runs that followed the cancellation of Young Justice , as many of the members of these teams were originally featured in this series. Fans of the Young Justice television show will probably also get a lot out of this series, as several of the show’s best storylines and villains originated in this original comic series. Overall, Young Justice is a fantastic series that will appeal to both younger readers and well-established comic book fans. This third volume features a full and fantastic collection of one of this series’ most iconic story events, which provides an intriguing examination of youth culture perception and a great examination of the additional hazards of being a young hero. Extremely entertaining and a lot of fun to read, I am really glad that DC decided to do this re-print of Young Justice . Young Justice Book One ) by Peter David. When the team gains three new members--shy but powerful Wonder Girl, champion archer Arrowette and mystical Secret--Young Justice is ready to take on one of the toughest foes the universe has ever seen: the giant tyrant Despero. But it's a race against the clock: if Young Justice can't work together and defeat Despero within 22 minutes, the Justice League will disband Young Justice permanently. Can the team come together to stop Despero's reign of terror, or will Young Justice be separated forever? Witness the epic battles the Young Justice team faces in these classic stories written by critically acclaimed author Peter David. YOUNG JUSTICE BOOK ONE collects YOUNG JUSTICE #1-7, JLA: WORLD WITHOUT GROWN-UPS #1-2, YOUNG JUSTICE: THE SECRET and YOUNG JUSTICE: SECRET FILES #1. $29.99. More About Young Justice Book One by Peter David. Overview. When the team gains three new members--shy but powerful Wonder Girl, champion archer Arrowette and mystical Secret--Young Justice is ready to take on one of the toughest foes the universe has ever seen: the giant tyrant Despero. But it's a race against the clock: if Young Justice can't work together and defeat Despero within 22 minutes, the Justice League will disband Young Justice permanently. Can the team come together to stop Despero's reign of terror, or will Young Justice be separated forever? Witness the epic battles the Young Justice team faces in these classic stories written by critically acclaimed author Peter David. YOUNG JUSTICE BOOK ONE collects YOUNG JUSTICE #1-7, JLA: WORLD WITHOUT GROWN-UPS #1-2, YOUNG JUSTICE: THE SECRET and YOUNG JUSTICE: SECRET FILES #1. How Close Did Young Justice Come to Having Agents Futz and Nukk? In the latest Comic Book Legends Revealed, discover how close Peter David got to sneaking Agents Futz and Nukk into Young Justice. Welcome to Comic Book Legends Revealed! This is the seven hundred and sixty-fourth installment where we examine comic book legends and whether they are true or false. Click here for part one of this week's legends. Click here for Part two of this week's legends. NOTE: If my Twitter page hits 5,000 followers, I'll do a bonus edition of Comic Book Legends Revealed that week. Great deal, right? So go follow my Twitter page, Brian_Cronin! COMIC LEGEND: Peter David almost got to name two agents Futz and Nukk before a DC editor caught the joke. STATUS: The other week, I did a Comic Book Legends Revealed about how Peter David tends to work his puns into his comic book work. That legend was about how David only recalled one time where he brought a character into a comic book series specifically so that he could use a pun based on their name. Normally, David will come up with a character or characters and have a basic idea for them and THEN he will come up with puns to name them after. For instance, as I detailed in an even older Comic Book Legends Revealed, David knew that the first villain that Young Justice would fight as a team was going to be a riff on how women are often overly sexualized in comic books. Therefore, the archaeologist Nina Dowd. is transformed into the Mighty Endowed. However, as you can see from the cat motif in her design, she was originally going to be named something Saxcontain, and thus transformed into Sex Kitten. Okay, similarly, in the issue, Young Justice meets two mysterious government agents. They are introduced before Young Justice gets to the scene as Agents Donald Fite and Ishido Maad. The heroes are told to steer clear of them, because they're "Fite 'n' Maad". Reader Brian P. wrote in after the recent pun legend to note that originally, David named them Donald Futz and Ishido Nukk, and the joke was that the heroes should steer clear of them because they are "Nukk 'n' Futz." The joke got all the way to being lettered in the actual comic book before an editor finally realized it was a reference to "Nucking Futs," which, in turn, is a cheeky way of sneaking profanity into something. Thanks to Brian P. for the suggestion and thanks to Peter David for confirming it in an old But I Digress column! In a response to that column, by the way, my friend Michael noted that Fite's daughter (the superhero known as the ) was named Anita, so she was nearly Anita Futz. OK, that's it for this week! Thanks to the Grand Comics Database for this week's covers! And thanks to Brandon Hanvey for the Comic Book Legends Revealed logo, which I don't even actually use on the CBR editions of this column, but I do use them when I collect them all on legendsrevealed.com! Feel free (heck, I implore you!) to write in with your suggestions for future installments! My e-mail address is [email protected]. And my Twitter feed is http://twitter.com/brian_cronin, so you can ask me legends there, as well! Here's my brand-new book, 100 Things X-Men Fans Should Know And Do Before They Die, from Books. If you want to order a copy, ordering it here gives me a referral fee. Here's my second book, Why Does Batman Carry Shark Repellent? The cover is by Kevin Hopgood (the fellow who designed War Machine's armor). If you want to order a copy, ordering it here gives me a referral fee. Here's my book of Comic Book Legends (130 legends. -- half of them are re-worked classic legends I've featured on the blog and half of them are legends never published on the blog!). The cover is by artist Mickey Duzyj. He did a great job on it. If you'd like to order it, you can use this code if you'd like to send me a bit of a referral fee. Follow Comics Should Be Good on Twitter and on Facebook (also, feel free to share Comic Book Legends Revealed on our Facebook page!). Not only will you get updates when new blog posts show up on both Twitter and Facebook, but you'll get some original content from me, as well! Young Justice Book One. Batman. . The Flash. The incredible members of the Justice League of America cast a long shadow, and the members of Young Justice are eager to step out of it. Robin, Superboy and Impulse want to prove to their superhero mentors that they’re capable of tackling super-villains on their own. Under the guidance of the stoic, wise Red Tornado, the three teen heroes begin their quest to make a name for themselves, apart from their famous friends. When the team gains three new members—shy but powerful Wonder Girl, champion archer Arrowette and mystical Secret—Young Justice is ready to take on one of the toughest foes the universe has ever seen: the giant tyrant Despero. But it’s a race against the clock: if Young Justice can’t work together and defeat Despero within 22 minutes, the Justice League will disband Young Justice permanently. Can the team come together to stop Despero’s reign of terror, or will Young Justice be separated forever? Witness the epic battles the Young Justice team faces in these classic stories written by critically acclaimed author Peter David. YOUNG JUSTICE BOOK ONE collects YOUNG JUSTICE #1-7, JLA: WORLD WITHOUT GROWN-UPS #1-2, YOUNG JUSTICE: THE SECRET and YOUNG JUSTICE: SECRET FILES #1. Published: 2 May 2017 ISBN: 9781401271169 Imprint: DC Comics Format: Paperback Pages: 360 RRP: $49.99. About the author. Peter David is a prolific author whose career, and continued popularity, spans nearly two decades. He has worked in every conceivable media: television, film, books (fiction, non-fiction and audio), short stories and comic books, and acquired followings in all of them. Peter David. His Star Trek work includes both comic books and novels, such as Imzadi , and co-creating the New Frontier series. His other novels include film adaptations, media tie-ins, and original works, such as the Apropos of Nothing and Knight Life series. His television work includes series such as Babylon 5 , Young Justice , Ben 10: Alien Force and Ultimate Alien (both starring Yuri Lowenthal) and Space Cases , the latter of which David co-created. David often jokingly describes his occupation as "Writer of Stuff", and is noted for his prolific writing, characterized by its mingling of real world issues with humor and references to popular culture, as well as elements of metafiction and self-reference.