Young Justice #2

Seven Crises Part 2

Brian Michael Bendis Script
Patrick Gleason & Emanuela Lupacchino Art
Ray McCarthy Inks (pp 9-18)
Alejandro Sanchez Colors
Josh Reed Letters
Gleason & Sanchez Cover
Sanford Green Variant Cover
Jessica Chen Associate Editor
Mike Cotton Editor
Brian Cunningham Group Editor
Superboy created by Jerry Siegel.
By special arrangement with the Jerry Siegel family.

Sadly, Impulse doesn't appear in this issue — only on this variant cover. It's a bright, happy image of the whole team, even though they haven't officially come together yet. For the most part, I like this cover, but some of our heroes' faces are a little weird. Superboy looks rather smarmy, Bart's new buck teeth are a little too prominent for my liking, and since when did Jinny Hex start wearing lipstick?

This issue shows us what happened to the rest of Young Justice when they arrived on Gemworld. Robin was able to quickly convince Amethyst that he's a good guy, and she even let him ride her winged unicorn (or alicorn, if you prefer). Jinny, Teen Lantern and Wonder Girl all ended up in the same place, and we're treated to a flashback of Cassie beating up Despero (either Cassie's a lot stronger now, or Despero's a lot weaker).

Anyway, Cassie starts flying Jinny's truck around to try to get a sense of where they are, when they suddenly bump into Robin and Amethyst — literally. Teen Lantern cushions their crash with a bunch of pillows, but they landed right at the feet of the villainous Lord Opal.




This story is still very fun and engaging, but it's already run into the weakness of too many characters. Impulse's emotional reunion with Superboy got put on hold so we could catch up with everybody else and start to learn about Wonder Girl's backstory. And the problem is, we're going to need backstories on each of these characters, which will slow down this fast-paced story. Not that it's a bad thing to have some breathing room — I just want my Impulse, and I'm a little sad he has to share the screen with so many people.

Next: Whatever happened to Conner Kent?