Young Justice
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Young Justice was a DC Comics superhero team consisting of teenaged heroes. The team first appeared in Young Justice: The Secret (June 1998).
The team was formed at a time when DC's usual teen hero group the Teen Titans had become the Titans, a group consisting of now adult former Teen Titans. Like the original Teen Titans, Young Justice was centered around three previously established teen heroes, Superboy, Robin and Impulse, but grew to encompass most teenaged heroes in the DC Universe.
In the 2003 mini-series Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day, both groups disbanded and members of each formed a new Teen Titans.
History
The team was first formed in a one-shot, part of the "Girlfrenzy" Fifth week event, called Young Justice: The Secret written by Todd DeZago, where they first encountered the mysterious superheroine Secret. They next appeared together in the Justice League miniseries, World Without Grown-Ups, also written by Dezago, in which a magical being moved all adults to an alternate world. This was when they first stumbled upon the abandoned Justice League Cave in Happy Harbor (formerly called "The Secret Sanctuary").When the ongoing title began in September 1998, the three heroes had formed a clubhouse in the Cave. However, in the first issue they woke the robot superhero Red Tornado who continued to be a recurring character throughout the series' run, acting as something of a mentor. From issue 4 the group doubled in number with the addition of 3 teen superheroines: the second Wonder Girl, Secret, and Arrowette.
One of the key events of the series was the Young Justice: Sins of Youth fifth week event, which reversed the ages of young and old heroes thanks to Klarion the Witch-Boy and Doiby Dickles. During this event, Superboy's girlfriend Tana Moon was killed, Wonder Girl decided to no longer use her brunette wig, and Jack Knight (Starman) decided to give the Cosmic Rod to Courtney Whitmore, the second Star-Spangled Kid, who later became Stargirl. It also marked the transition between the original six and the new cast, with Empress joining right after this storyline and Lil' Lobo (and, eventually, Slo-Bo) being created by it.
The series ended with #55, at which time the membership was Superboy, Robin, Impulse, Wonder Girl, the de-aged "Li'l Lobo" (known as Slo-Bo), Empress, Snapper Carr and the Ray, as well as many reserves. In the follow up miniseries Young Justice/Titans: Graduation Day, the group disbanded. Robin, Superboy, Kid Flash and Wonder Girl went on to form a new team of Teen Titans, with the help of veteran Titans Raven, Starfire, Beast Boy and Cyborg. Past Young Justice members such as Secret, Empress, Snapper, Ray and Arrowette either retired or moved on to other teams.
Awards
The 1,000,000 issue of the series was a part of the DC One Million storyline, which was a top votegetter for the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for Favorite Story for 1999. Said story involved Justice Legion T, an 853rd Century trio of young heroes: Robin the Toy Wonder (a robotic Robin), Superboy OMAC (One Millionth Actual Clone, a play on the classic OMAC character) and Impulse (a Speed Force-influenced energy being, presumably either personified by the spirits of previous persons who used the heroic name, or else the living embodiment of random thoughts lost in the Speed Force).External links
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