What we can expect in Young Justice Phantoms
8/25/2021 4:03 pm
With Young Justice: Phantoms approaching on the horizon, it’s time we did a bit of reflecting on what we know so far about this season. Granted, it isn’t much, but we do have a few tidbits of information to go on, largely in thanks to the Young Justice audioplay: “The Prize”.
The events of the audioplay centered around the attempted recruitment of Clayface to Amanda Waller’s suicide squad after the big ol’ hunk of clay went straight and started working for Bowhunter Security. An entertaining romp, it ended in the hilarious climax where several members of the original team suited up in Bowhunter uniforms to battle Waller’s Task Force X and rescue their new ally. (Side note: if this isn’t proof that a Bowhunter Security spinoff could work, I don’t know what is.) Clayface was then offered a spot on the Justice League but turned it down in lieu of continuing to work at Bowhunter (can’t blame him!). However, the heroes did collect a new member in the form of Arsenal, who accepted Artemis’ offer to rejoin the team quite readily.
Although the audioplay left us with more questions than answers, it still provided some key clues as to what may be happening in Young Justice: Phantoms. For starters, we know that Artemis is leading the Team and likely has been for some time, Clayface is now a good guy and working with Bowhunter Security, and Miss Martian, Superboy, Beast Boy and Martian Manhunter are going on some sort of journey with Bioship. All of these things point to there definitely being another timeskip. As far as how big that timeskip is, we have some thoughts.
In an interview with Whelmed: The Young Justice Podcast in February, Greg Weisman noted that “One of the joys of Young Justice is time is passing, and you know, Artemis was 15 in season one and as we go into Season 4, she’s 25, and that’s a big difference.” If we do a little math here, we know that Artemis was around 22 years old in Season 3 since it had been seven years since the start of the series by that point. Using this line of thinking, in addition with the audio play taking place shortly before the start of Season 4, it wouldn’t be outrageous to assume that the timeskip will be a minimum of one year, and no more than three.
Of course, this is Young Justice. We wouldn’t be surprised in the least if the show opened thousands of years into the future, if only to tease us.
While this information isn’t exactly groundbreaking, it still is something small to go on until we get to the big news. Production on Season 4 is moving along steadily, and we have high hopes for an official release date and a trailer at DC Fandome in October. Either way, we’re waiting on the edge of our seats to find out more!
How long do you think the time jump will be? Got any insane theories as to what will happen in Season 4? We’d love to know! Drop a comment below or tag us on Twitter at @tvyoungjustice!
Young Justice: Phantoms New Characters and Timeskip Confirmed!
4/1/2021 9:53 am
Updates on the newest season of Young Justice have been few and sporadic, without much known except what was teased in the audioplay and the title. Today’s the day we get something a little extra! After months of waiting for news on Young Justice: Phantoms, we’ve finally received some confirmation on which characters will be leading the main cast, in addition to how long the timeskip will be.
While many were hoping for a shorter skip to maintain some of the storylines we were introduced to in Outsiders, it seems like this season will be taking a different approach. This season’s time-skip looks to be around 2.3 trillion years in the future, which is quite a big jump from timeskips of seasons past!
Given that most of the original team members would be, well, deceased, a whole new roster of characters will be taking center stage! This season will include valuable team members, such as the well-loved Sparrow, Blue Arrow, Apollo, Prodigy Girl, Red Grasshopper, Anna-Taz, and Missile!
While this change is quite a bit different than what we were initially expecting, we’re curious to see how the new season will introduce these new characters and what missions they’ll go on. Though, one has to wonder, with a time skip that big, will we ever get confirmation on if Wally’s alive or not? Fingers crossed.
The new season will premiere sometime in 2021, and we wait for it eagerly.
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Top Five Appearences of Dick Grayson Outside of YJ
1/6/2021 12:14 pm
Dick Grayson is by and far one of the most entertaining characters to watch in HBO Max’s Young Justice. Whether he’s flying through the air cracking jokes and laughing it up as Robin in season one or making the tough choices and risking it all as Nightwing in seasons two and three, most fans will tell you that Dick Grayson is one of their all-time faves of the show. So, if you like watching Dick in Young Justice, it stands to reason you would enjoy seeing him in some other material too, right?
Dick Grayson has been appearing in all forms of media ever since the 1940’s in his debut as Robin the Boy Wonder, so obviously if we took the time to list everything you might see him in it might take a bit too long. So, instead we’re going to give you the top five things (At least in this writer’s opinion) that you can find your favorite partner of Batman in.
Number 5: The 1960’s Batman live-action show. Starring Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin, the live action Batman series that ran from 1966-1968 was one of the very first TV series in general to feature Dick Grayson as Robin. This series is good for those fans who like a bit of comedy, quirkiness, and campiness rather than overly-dark and gritty storylines seen more often in modern Batman interpretations (We’ll be getting there soon, though). Sadly, 1960’s Batman is unavailable on any streaming services, but you can almost certainly find collections of it at your nearest store that sells DVDs or on iTunes.
Number 4: Gotham Knights. Currently unreleased but coming soon, Gotham Knights is a video game for PC, Playstation, and Xbox that focuses on the sidekicks of Gotham City rather than Batman himself, featuring such heroes as Red Hood, Batgirl, Red Robin, and, of course, Nightwing. A trailer for this game was recently released online and the game itself won’t be available until later in 2021, but it’s definitely worth sticking around for if you love watching Batman's partners in action.
Number 3: The Teen Titans animated series. Running from 2003-2006, Teen Titans aired on Cartoon Network and has always been a fan favorite DC TV series from day one. Featuring Dick Grayson as Robin alongside his heroic teammates of Starfire, Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Raven, Teen Titans features amazing action, storylines based on such famous Titans comic stories like The Judas Contract and The Terror of Trigon, and also a ton of hilarious jokes and humor. It’s also worth watching if you’re interested in seeing Dick Grayson getting romantic with people other than Barbara Gordon and Zatanna like he is in Young Justice. What can I say? Dickori is always a win! (Though Dickbabs and Chalant are easily just as great in this reporter’s eyes)
Number 2: Batman: The Animated Series. Considered the end-all-be-all of Batman animated content for most fans, Batman: The Animated Series was one of the first shows of the DC Animated Universe, or DCAU, and is certainly the most popular series from that universe. This is the series that introduced Harley Quinn to the world and gave us some amazing Dick Grayson moments both as Robin and Nightwing. It has plenty of storylines that will keep you on the edge of your seat and even tug at the heartstrings a little. It was recently added to HBO Max, so definitely go check it out if you haven’t already.
Number 1: The Titans live-action series. You all knew this was coming eventually. Titans, currently streaming on HBO Max, features some darker takes on the character of Dick Grayson, though that doesn’t mean it isn’t still entertaining to watch. This series picks up a little while after Dick quits working with Batman but is still trying to be a hero as Robin, and then gives us Dick in his even cooler Nightwing persona in season two. Season three of Titans is on its way and will be coming to HBO Max soon.
And there you have it! The top five appearances of Dick Grayson besides Young Justice. Again, there are obviously way more appearances of Dick as both Robin and Nightwing than just these five, so definitely feel free to tell us about your own personal favorite appearances of Dick Grayson below.