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HBO Max's YOUNG JUSTICE series (2021)
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First and foremost, the thing to know about this arc of Young Justice: Phantoms is that it takes place on the homeworld of the New Gods: New Genesis, and more specifically in their capital city of Supertown. The New Gods are quite literally exactly what their name implies. They are immortal beings blessed with the power of the old gods slain by their leader High Father (Mark Rolston) and his brother Darkseid (Michael-Leon Wooley), the evil ruler of Apokolips.

 

“Odyssey of Death!” serves as a great finale to this arc and a perfect setup to the next in a way that several previous haven’t quite managed. Things feel much more final and dire here. Everything for the last 21 episodes has culminated in this battle for the Phantom Zone Projector and its subsequent destruction.

 

Tomar’s death, while expected, feels every bit as impactful. He refused to fail another world, even with his dying breath. That’s a proper Green Lantern right there. Plus, seeing purple Forager become the new Green Lantern in his place was just unexpectedly wonderful. It does pull her away from red Forager, but I’m hoping that she, like Razer, will make a few returns as the series continues.

Overall: 9.0/10

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It’s been a long road, but the final arc of Young Justice: Phantoms has finally concluded. We went to Mars, saw the new League of Shadows, delved deep into magic and even deeper beneath the ocean waves, and then to a planet inhabited by New Gods of the universe. The final arc of the season sees all of our original heroes team up once again in a last ditch effort to find and save Conner before it’s too late for him or the galaxy.

 

Overall: 8.5 Nonstop things happening, and happening fast. Almost too fast.

 

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A recently released study shows that HBO Max's animated superhero series Young Justice is way more popular with U.S. audiences than the average TV series.

 

The study comes via data analytics company Parrot Analytics. It draws upon a range of sources (including downloading and streaming activity, social media presence, and fan and critic rating sites) to calculate that Young Justice is 15.2 times more in demand among viewers based in the U.S. This puts Young Justice among the top 2.7% of shows in the U.S. the market, while its percentile rank among action/adventure genre is an equally impressive 94.1%.

 

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At New York Comic Con, Christopher Jones, storyboard artist on Young Justice: Phantoms and artist on the show's tie-in comics, spoke with The Direct about the detailed knowledge the show's creative team has on the Young Justice universe's past, present, and future.

 

Jones first confirmed that Young Justice creators and developers Greg Weissman and Brandon Vietti "have a lot of ideas spelled out," be they ideas for future stories" or events that connect the dots between "events in the continuity:"

 

"Greg and Brandon both have a lot of ideas spelled out that are either ideas for future stories or are just part of a timeline that helps the cause and effect of events in the continuity of 'Young Justice' stories make sense to them, whether or not those details ever make it into a narrative."

 

Despite there being no word on whether the show will continue, Jones discussed how thorough the universe's canon truly is. He explained that "a character list of every DC Comics character or original character that has appeared in Young Justice" exists, from the most prominent heroes to one-off extras in the background:

 

"I haven't sat down and read this list myself. But I know Greg Weisman, working with Brandon, maintains ... a character list of every DC Comics character or original character that has appeared in Young Justice — and I'm not just talking like major super heroes and super villains, I mean, the waitress number two at Bibbo's restaurant. So if we've seen them, there's a record of them on a list of established characters in that universe."

 

Furthermore, Jones noted how Weisman keeps "a timeline of events" in the Young Justice universe that begins at "the known origins of the universe" and stretches to "at least ... the timeframe of the Legion of Super Heroes, if not further:"

 

"Similarly, [Weisman] has a timeline of events that at this point goes from ... the known origins of the universe, to, at least now, the timeframe of the Legion of Super Heroes, if not further into the future than that."

 

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