Young Justice: Targets #5

“Metallic Aftertaste”

Writer: Greg Weisman

Artist: Christopher Jones

Colorist: Jason Wright

Letterer: Wes Abbott

Cover: Jones & Wright

Variant Cover: Meghan Hetrick

Editor: Ben Meares

Senior Editor: Katie Kubert

Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster

Superboy created by Jerry Siegel

By special arrangement with the Jerry Siegel family

Our cover is a rather bland and boring image of Superboy fighting Metallo. I’m a little disappointed that Weisman is focusing so much on Superboy right after Young Justice: Phantoms featured him so prominently. I’d prefer to see some love thrown to some of the other characters who are often overlooked in this bloated universe. But that’s just me. Also, to no one’s surprise, Kid Flash is not included on the variant cover, so I’ll skip it.

We pick up with Kid Flash at Madinat Altharwati on November 11 at 22:42 UTC+2, in the tenth year since the formation of the Team. Static is apparently the leader of Mongoose Squad, which is tasked with the boring job of battling an endless army of Lex-bots, while Gorilla Squad does all the interesting stuff. Kid Flash tied up some robots with a whirlwind, but then he inexplicably took a hit from behind.

And that’s all we see of him this issue. As I mentioned previously, I consider this series to be a huge missed opportunity for Weisman. He created a massive, sprawling world with dozens of characters. But instead of exploring some of those untold stories, he stuck with the same old, same old.

Next time, we’ll return to Dark Crisis: Young Justice #5.