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Young Justice (2011)
Young Justice, Vol. 3: Creature Features
Based on the highly anticipated, all-new hit animated show from Warner Bros. airing on Cartoon Network, YOUNG JUSTICE collects single issue, all-ages appropriate stories featuring the popular characters from the hit Cartoon Network show.
In this volume, Superboy, Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, Miss Martian and Artemis make their way to Atlantis to foil Ocean-Master's plan to purify the underwater city. Also, the team must fight off the menance known as Kobra, as well as defeat an army of warrior gorillas in the dangerous Gorilla City!
In this volume, Superboy, Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, Miss Martian and Artemis make their way to Atlantis to foil Ocean-Master's plan to purify the underwater city. Also, the team must fight off the menance known as Kobra, as well as defeat an army of warrior gorillas in the dangerous Gorilla City!
128 pages, Paperback
First published February 19, 2013
About the author
Greg Weisman
231 books126 followersGreg Weisman (BA Stanford, MPW U.S.C.) has been a storyteller all his life. His first professional work was as an Editor for DC Comics, where he also wrote Captain Atom.
Greg worked at Walt Disney Television Animation from 1989 through 1996. In 1991, Greg created and developed a new series for Disney: GARGOYLES, becoming Supervising Producer and Supervising Story Editor of that series.
In 1998, Greg became a full-time Freelancer. He wrote the new Gargoyles and Gargoyles: Bad Guys comic books for SLG Publishing, while producing, writing, story editing and voice acting for Sony’s The Spectacular Spider-Man. He then moved over to Warner Bros., where he produced, story edited, wrote and voice acted on the new series, Young Justice, as well as writing the companion Young Justice monthly comic book for DC.
Greg was a writer and Executive Producer on the first season of Star Wars Rebels for Lucasfilm and Disney, and he’s also writing the spin-off comic Star Wars Kanan: The Last Padawan. His first novel, Rain of the Ghosts, was published in 2013; its sequel, Spirits of Ash and Foam, arrived in bookstores in 2014.
Greg worked at Walt Disney Television Animation from 1989 through 1996. In 1991, Greg created and developed a new series for Disney: GARGOYLES, becoming Supervising Producer and Supervising Story Editor of that series.
In 1998, Greg became a full-time Freelancer. He wrote the new Gargoyles and Gargoyles: Bad Guys comic books for SLG Publishing, while producing, writing, story editing and voice acting for Sony’s The Spectacular Spider-Man. He then moved over to Warner Bros., where he produced, story edited, wrote and voice acted on the new series, Young Justice, as well as writing the companion Young Justice monthly comic book for DC.
Greg was a writer and Executive Producer on the first season of Star Wars Rebels for Lucasfilm and Disney, and he’s also writing the spin-off comic Star Wars Kanan: The Last Padawan. His first novel, Rain of the Ghosts, was published in 2013; its sequel, Spirits of Ash and Foam, arrived in bookstores in 2014.
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November 17, 2020
I've got to say, I've always loved Young Justice, especially since my kids turned me on to the television show about a decade ago. Robin, modern Superboy (Cadmus-cloned of Superman and human DNA), Aqua Lad, Miss Martian, Kid Flash, and eventually Artemis are teamed into a covert arm of the Justice League (in hopes of keeping them out of MAJOR trouble...)
This series is off-continuity... we're back, I believe, to the Dick Grayson Robin, for one thing; in the contemporary New 52, Miss Martian makes only rare appearances, and Kid Flash... isn't.
This volume covers several sidebar missions to the companion show, including new origins of Kobra and Gorilla City, and some serious backstory to Aqualad.
Good, mindless, PG comics, if you need a break from the serious stuff.
This series is off-continuity... we're back, I believe, to the Dick Grayson Robin, for one thing; in the contemporary New 52, Miss Martian makes only rare appearances, and Kid Flash... isn't.
This volume covers several sidebar missions to the companion show, including new origins of Kobra and Gorilla City, and some serious backstory to Aqualad.
Good, mindless, PG comics, if you need a break from the serious stuff.
January 13, 2020
Nice entertaining quick reads. great for a slow weekend afternoon. Recommended
October 3, 2016
Issues 14 and 15 take place in Atlantis and it was fun reading about half the team's adventures and then getting know what the other half is up to in issue 16. I was really meh on Green Arrow, though. I thought it was the TV show Arrow but I guess he's just not impressive at all? Flash and Kid Flash team up adventures were definitely the best of the three. My favorite:
Wally: You're having another CSI moment, aren't you?
*5 minutes later*
Wally: Uh Flash...think I'm having my own CSI moment.
The kobra man creature was really ugly, though. No more, please.
Then the team is back in issues 17 to 19 that take place in Gorilla City for the most part so really, a lot of creatures all around. Really enjoyed Wally and Artemis interactions AND THAT ONE PANEL. I also love how Robin just knows.
Wally: You're having another CSI moment, aren't you?
*5 minutes later*
Wally: Uh Flash...think I'm having my own CSI moment.
The kobra man creature was really ugly, though. No more, please.
Then the team is back in issues 17 to 19 that take place in Gorilla City for the most part so really, a lot of creatures all around. Really enjoyed Wally and Artemis interactions AND THAT ONE PANEL. I also love how Robin just knows.
August 5, 2016
I... monkeys? Everywhere? Okay, sure.
This storyline was unnecessarily long and it was stupid besides. I understand the need for filler issues in comics especially when they're the companion comic if an ongoing television series but I can think of at least five things they could have done than given me 3+ issues of the team fighting monkeys. Poor Conner.
This storyline was unnecessarily long and it was stupid besides. I understand the need for filler issues in comics especially when they're the companion comic if an ongoing television series but I can think of at least five things they could have done than given me 3+ issues of the team fighting monkeys. Poor Conner.
April 30, 2023
Creature Features - Young Justice trade paperback/graphic novel #3 begins with the new Aqualad taking his friends Superboy and Miss Martian to Atlantis. There they discover a violent and racist sex against, those who aren’t white people who swim and their gills are invisible against the other sea-folk that Aqualad who has visible gills, squid-boy, whale-boy and shark-boy. It’s a little weird and a little too PC/on-the-nose but I’ll go with it.
This is inter-cut with a far more interesting story of some people digging up a dead superhero. “…Here there be Monsters” is a pleasant enough little story about Queen Mera of Atlantis being kidnapped by Ocean Master and the kids saving her. A nice little twist is the squid-headed kid they rescue joining the fight in the ‘nick-of-time’ and saving the shark-king.
“Common Denominators” starts with Green Arrow and Artemis on a mission. It plays much like a Batman and Robin story overseeing a bank robbery in progress. I don’t know if Artemis ever was a sidekick to Green Arrow, but it’s a neat pairing.
I also appreciate the artistic touch that Green Arrow has a pull bow and Artemis has a Compound Bow that compensates for her lesser arm strength and more modern approach!
A cool old-guy teaches young kid and young kid teaches old guy a thing or two story.
Next comes a similar Flash & Kid Flash Story.
Cool Flash Line: “Kid, I was CSI before anyone knew what CSI stood for….”
A similar story for these two.
Next is Batman & Robin. It’s a weird gag in the cartoon that Robin is obsessed with words that don’t seem to have an opposite so he tries using them in different combinations. For instance, in this story he’s “feeling the aster” which is the opposite of “disaster”. I guess it’s a homage to Robin’s traditional pun-happiness. It’s weird but it kinda works.
No lessons traded with these two. They’re just a well-oiled machine.
It’s nice. It seems that these stories are set ‘in-between’ the stories in the cartoons. So these stories expand the series.
It ends with a rather muddy story about the team rescuing gorilla children kidnapped in Gorilla City by M. Mallah and the Brain (recurring Teen Titan villains). They succeed and then at the end we see Dick Grayson as Nightwing commenting on the mission that ‘those were the days’. These were good and enjoyable. The art was good and I love the semi-anime character designs, but I’m not sure they are worth getting the rest of the series or keeping, so I’ll give them 3 stars and put them on the ‘maybe’ pile.
“Common Denominators” starts with Green Arrow and Artemis on a mission. It plays much like a Batman and Robin story overseeing a bank robbery in progress. I don’t know if Artemis ever was a sidekick to Green Arrow, but it’s a neat pairing.
I also appreciate the artistic touch that Green Arrow has a pull bow and Artemis has a Compound Bow that compensates for her lesser arm strength and more modern approach!
A cool old-guy teaches young kid and young kid teaches old guy a thing or two story.
Next comes a similar Flash & Kid Flash Story.
Cool Flash Line: “Kid, I was CSI before anyone knew what CSI stood for….”
A similar story for these two.
Next is Batman & Robin. It’s a weird gag in the cartoon that Robin is obsessed with words that don’t seem to have an opposite so he tries using them in different combinations. For instance, in this story he’s “feeling the aster” which is the opposite of “disaster”. I guess it’s a homage to Robin’s traditional pun-happiness. It’s weird but it kinda works.
No lessons traded with these two. They’re just a well-oiled machine.
It’s nice. It seems that these stories are set ‘in-between’ the stories in the cartoons. So these stories expand the series.
It ends with a rather muddy story about the team rescuing gorilla children kidnapped in Gorilla City by M. Mallah and the Brain (recurring Teen Titan villains). They succeed and then at the end we see Dick Grayson as Nightwing commenting on the mission that ‘those were the days’. These were good and enjoyable. The art was good and I love the semi-anime character designs, but I’m not sure they are worth getting the rest of the series or keeping, so I’ll give them 3 stars and put them on the ‘maybe’ pile.
June 23, 2017
Another very fun installment in this series. I swear, the Nightwing reveal at the end hit me like a ton of bricks - just like the reveal in the show. (I love Nightwing/Dick Grayson so much.) I think this comic has helped me bridge that gap between Robin and Nightwing. So often I almost forget that they really are the same person. The frame of Nightwing talking like he used to (which he doesn't really do in season 2) helps me reconcile the two personas. It's crazy cool to see Dick really grow up. I guess that's one of the things I really like about him: we get to see that coming of age that we often don't see for a lot of these other heroes. Peter Parker is another character I like as I've seen him mature into adulthood.
Enough of me gushing over Grayson, read this comic, people! Especially if you're a Young Justice fan. (Super excited for season 3!)
Enough of me gushing over Grayson, read this comic, people! Especially if you're a Young Justice fan. (Super excited for season 3!)
December 10, 2022
Lately I've been having problems focusing on the work I need to finish. And when I try to focus on the bigger projects in my life, my eyes get blurry. The voice inside me says you can't do that, you're too tired. Lie down and handle that tomorrow.
All that to say, I grew attracted to reading these collections. The stories between the big episodes on the show illustrated, to me, that every day is a struggle. Every day is a new challenge, a new thing to keep working on. And I like how by the end of the issue, a solution emerges. I don't have that in my days but I have these comic books. And that's a comfort.
All that to say, I grew attracted to reading these collections. The stories between the big episodes on the show illustrated, to me, that every day is a struggle. Every day is a new challenge, a new thing to keep working on. And I like how by the end of the issue, a solution emerges. I don't have that in my days but I have these comic books. And that's a comfort.
March 21, 2023
Bueno, insisto en que el estilo de Weisman no me termina de agradar. Nada personal con él, simplemente que se siente como cualquier otra historia genérica de superhéroes, no tiene absolutamente nada que la distinga o que le de un toque personal a las historias.
No son malas porque, objetivamente, cumplen con lo que cualquier historia puede requerir, pero se quedan en eso, en lo básico. Son unas cuantas batallitas sueltas y poca trama. Incluso hay unos saltos temporales bastante horrendos y unas elipsis que uno no sabe de donde provienen... en fin.
Esperaba mucho más de esta serie, pero al menos resulta entretenido.
No son malas porque, objetivamente, cumplen con lo que cualquier historia puede requerir, pero se quedan en eso, en lo básico. Son unas cuantas batallitas sueltas y poca trama. Incluso hay unos saltos temporales bastante horrendos y unas elipsis que uno no sabe de donde provienen... en fin.
Esperaba mucho más de esta serie, pero al menos resulta entretenido.
July 4, 2021
It is nice that the comic gave us more of Ocean Master as he really did nothing in the first season of the show even though he was arguably one of the most important villains and it was a shock that he was absent in the 2nd season of Young Justice. I also liked that we get an explanation of how Dr. Morrow managed to his androids back before trying to get Red Tornado. That is one of the reasons I really like about these comics is that they help fill plot holes or just expand a bit more about areas the show was not able to address do time.
August 2, 2017
I don't know how long ago I started this but I finally came back to finish it so I can return it to the library. The stories are fine, kind of in between the episodes of the cartoon, mostly focused on not my favorite characters. I'm sad to see the 5 year time jump at the end, I didn't like it in the cartoon either. If the series continued I won't be bothering to follow up with it anyway.
October 17, 2017
Such an amazing read. As I said before, though, I wasn't a big fan of the issue #17; but the rest was incredible. It is a simple reading that connects very well with the series and gives more sense to it. It's fun, entertaining, awesome and with badass characters. Can't wait to start the 4th volume!
March 9, 2018
I didn't find these stories as engaging as the previous ones. I think these are less character driven and more plot based, and I usually prefer a mix of the two. I did like the final page of the book though!
May 31, 2018
I thought all in all it was a nice all ages collection. Nothing too crazy or wild, but a lot of action, a lot of heart, a lot of teen angst. Pretty much what I expect from old Weisman. I'm sure once I finish all those comics, they'll be some major explosions.
December 5, 2018
Another volume that perfectly captures the spirit of the show and dances in between actual episodes in a way only possible because Greg Weisman is writing it. The art is fun and buoyant, retaining the feel of the show while also including Christopher Jones' personal style. Can't wait for season 3.
July 28, 2018
3.5
This fed my Spitfire shipper heart well but the first 2 issues were a little meh.
This fed my Spitfire shipper heart well but the first 2 issues were a little meh.
January 16, 2019
More of a supplement to the first season of the show than something that really stands on its own.
April 19, 2019
Atlantis, Kobra cult and Gorilla city. These 3 arcs really added nothing to the character development.
May 16, 2020
Very entertaining and easy to read!!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 19, 2020
I enjoyed vol. 1 since it really captured the essence of the animated series but the consecutive volumes have been a let down with the third volume being the worst of the three.
February 7, 2021
I really love this series and the representation in the group
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August 23, 2021
I liked this volume but I found it kinda boring that the whole volume being about the adventure in gorilla city was kinda boring, but I LOVED the ending
September 18, 2022
This was pretty fun. I liked seeing the glimpses of the characters and their adventures.
November 9, 2022
when this book isnt spending way too long recapping things, its delivering some of the most boring and forgettable young justice stories
this book is just...nothing...
this book is just...nothing...
February 24, 2017
Again, another enjoyable read. Not the most complex graphic novel in the world, but it's not supposed to be. It's fun and ties in perfectly with the show. I especially liked the last couple of panels, which work as a great bridge between the two seasons.
April 19, 2013
This trade collects issues #14-19 of Young Justice (the tie-in comic for the animated series, not the original comic of the same name).
I'm a big fan of the Young Justice animated series, which created it's own ground up take on the DC Universe (instead of adapting any particular established title or continuity) to create a wonderfully deep and compelling narrative. It focuses on a core group of young heroes forming a covert ops team for the Justice League, draws inspiration from everything from Teen Titans to it's original namesake comic, and is one of the best animated shows I've seen in years. So with it's disappointing cancellation I'm finally getting around to the highly regarded tie in comic.
Creature Features contains three main 2 issue stories featuring Aqualad, Superboy and Miss Martian visiting Atlantis, Robin, Artemis, Kid Flash and their mentors facing Kobra, and the entire YJ team investigating Gorilla City. The stories are interesting and fun, although a slight step down from those in volume 2 (Training Day). I liked the Kobra one the best. The Atlantis tale had a great plot but was rushed. The final story was kind of filler. Still, they capture the feel of the show, expand insight into the characters and provide enjoyable tales of what's happening between (or "off-camera" during) episodes.
The stories here tie less directly to episode plots that previously and each story can stand on it's own, but I think a lot of the enjoyment could be lost if you're not familiar with the characters. The final story also starts with a summary of several episodes, and ends with a page that spoils the beginning of season 2. I'd recommend being a couple of episodes into season 2 before reading this.
Another strong supplement for fans of the Young Justice animation. I'll miss this as much as the show when I get through all there is.
I'm a big fan of the Young Justice animated series, which created it's own ground up take on the DC Universe (instead of adapting any particular established title or continuity) to create a wonderfully deep and compelling narrative. It focuses on a core group of young heroes forming a covert ops team for the Justice League, draws inspiration from everything from Teen Titans to it's original namesake comic, and is one of the best animated shows I've seen in years. So with it's disappointing cancellation I'm finally getting around to the highly regarded tie in comic.
Creature Features contains three main 2 issue stories featuring Aqualad, Superboy and Miss Martian visiting Atlantis, Robin, Artemis, Kid Flash and their mentors facing Kobra, and the entire YJ team investigating Gorilla City. The stories are interesting and fun, although a slight step down from those in volume 2 (Training Day). I liked the Kobra one the best. The Atlantis tale had a great plot but was rushed. The final story was kind of filler. Still, they capture the feel of the show, expand insight into the characters and provide enjoyable tales of what's happening between (or "off-camera" during) episodes.
The stories here tie less directly to episode plots that previously and each story can stand on it's own, but I think a lot of the enjoyment could be lost if you're not familiar with the characters. The final story also starts with a summary of several episodes, and ends with a page that spoils the beginning of season 2. I'd recommend being a couple of episodes into season 2 before reading this.
Another strong supplement for fans of the Young Justice animation. I'll miss this as much as the show when I get through all there is.
September 10, 2014
OMG! This was absolutely fantastic! At some point during the publication of these issues the cartoon was cancelled but the comics continued for a while longer. We start off with a nice long story that takes place in Atlantis (minus Aquaman because he's busy with the JL) but everyone else you could almost imagine from Atlantis shows up with Ocean Master the villain, though no one knows his identity here. Only Aqualad, Superboy and Miss Martian are in the story so we next jump back a few days in time and visit our other heroes who are each out on a mission with their partner: Artemis & Green Arrow, Kid Flash & Flash and Robin & Batman each have separate crimes to solve which lead them and the 3 others to the same place where they find all are linked to the Kobra Cult for another good story. Finally the coup de grace is a gorilla story. It was with glee I realised we had three Gorilla villains in one story! Monsieur Mallah, Ultra-Humanite & Gorilla Grodd! But they weren't even the real bad guy! Great story, loved it. Then the book ends with one little panel that says 5 years later and Robin is Nightwing! OMG! I can't wait for the 4th and final volume of this series. An excellent series, suitable for all ages.
June 3, 2015
This book collects Issues 14-19 of the Young Justice Comic book based on the popular Cartoon Network series and contains three separate two issue stories:
Issues 14 and 15 feature Aqualad, Superboy, and Miss Martian going to Atlantis where they encounter an undersea coup. This is a fun story made even moreso by Miss Martian who has some very fun moments in Atlantis particularly using her shape-changing ability.
Issues 16 and 17 catch up on what the rest of the team was doing. The idea behind Issue 16 is to show Robin, Artemis, and Kid Flash doing sidekick duties. in separate stories that do eventually come together. The book was too short to make the separate stories interesting and the coming together story was only so so.
Issues 18 and 19 has the team facing gorillas and encountering Grodd for the first time. Again, Miss Martain was a highlight and I really enjoyed their different spin on Grodd as the book sets up some key differences between the world of the Young Justice comics and the rest of the DC universe.
Overall, despite a weaker middle story, this book is a well-written all ages comic book and enjoyable in its own right even without seeing all the episodes the book revolves around.
Issues 14 and 15 feature Aqualad, Superboy, and Miss Martian going to Atlantis where they encounter an undersea coup. This is a fun story made even moreso by Miss Martian who has some very fun moments in Atlantis particularly using her shape-changing ability.
Issues 16 and 17 catch up on what the rest of the team was doing. The idea behind Issue 16 is to show Robin, Artemis, and Kid Flash doing sidekick duties. in separate stories that do eventually come together. The book was too short to make the separate stories interesting and the coming together story was only so so.
Issues 18 and 19 has the team facing gorillas and encountering Grodd for the first time. Again, Miss Martain was a highlight and I really enjoyed their different spin on Grodd as the book sets up some key differences between the world of the Young Justice comics and the rest of the DC universe.
Overall, despite a weaker middle story, this book is a well-written all ages comic book and enjoyable in its own right even without seeing all the episodes the book revolves around.
January 23, 2017
3 Stars ★★★
Once again a solid book - compendium to the television series.
As with the prior volumes this book directly fits into the series in ways other media tie-in comics do not, connecting moments or asking questions like: 'What were the rest of the team doing during Terrors or just before Targets?' As well as exploring other mysteries...
Kevin Hopps and Greg Weisman keep up their work in this last volume associated with Season One of the series, as do Luciano Vecchio, Dan Davis and Christopher Jones who keep doing what they can to capture the art style from the animated version.
This book still works for what it is and while you may not lose much by just watch the series, a fan will gain both texture and substance by jumping on in, between these pages... Recommended for all YJ fans!
Once again a solid book - compendium to the television series.
As with the prior volumes this book directly fits into the series in ways other media tie-in comics do not, connecting moments or asking questions like: 'What were the rest of the team doing during Terrors or just before Targets?' As well as exploring other mysteries...
Kevin Hopps and Greg Weisman keep up their work in this last volume associated with Season One of the series, as do Luciano Vecchio, Dan Davis and Christopher Jones who keep doing what they can to capture the art style from the animated version.
This book still works for what it is and while you may not lose much by just watch the series, a fan will gain both texture and substance by jumping on in, between these pages... Recommended for all YJ fans!
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