History ComicBook / YoungJustice

* FriendshipFavoritism: Tim has to field some accusations of favoritism and deal with Kon and Bart fighting over his time on occasion. Evidently that's just the deal if your two best friends are YoungerThanTheyLook failed attempts to create TykeBombs one of which was raised by virtual reality and the other by implanted memories as they're both still trying to sort out some social norms.

In 1996, riding high on the Creator/GrantMorrison relaunch of the JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, DC Comics attempted to relaunch ''Comicbook/TeenTitans'' yet again. It failed miserably, in large part due to massive amounts of ExecutiveMeddling. Most notably, the fact that NO ONE wanted to let the 1996 Teen Titans writer Dan Jurgens use any of the major teen heroes running around DC at the time (particularly [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Robin III -- Tim Drake]], who actually WON a fan contest to select a new member of the team -- only for the Batman editors to refuse to honor the contest results, resulting in Captain Marvel Jr. being forced upon Jurgens instead.) The lack of "Teen" in the "Titans" didn't help, either.

In 2018, it was announced that the Young Justice team would return as the flagship title of Creator/BrianMichaelBendis' Creator/WonderComics, set for a relaunch in early 2019. The team stars the four most well-known members: Robin, Impulse, Superboy, and Wonder Girl, alongside newcomers Ginny Hex and Teen Lantern. Notably, this marks the team's return after ''16 years'' since their dissolution.

In 2018, it was announced that the Young Justice team would return as the flagship title of Creator/BrianMichaelBendis' Creator/WonderComics, set for a relaunch in early 2019. The team star the four most well-known members: Robin, Impulse, Superboy, and Wonder Girl, alongside newcomers Ginny Hex and Teen Lantern. Notably, this marks the team's return after ''16 years'' since their dissolution.

Launched out of a FifthWeekEvent tie-in "Girlfrenzy: Young Justice -- The Secret" and a Justice League mini-series "World Without Grown-Ups", the series was written by Creator/PeterDavid and ran for 55 issues before being cancelled. The cancellation (along with cancellation of ComicBook/{{Titans}}) was done mainly to launch a ''new'' ''Teen Titans'' comic to complement the recently debuted ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon series, placing the remaining members of Young Justice under the wing of veterans from the classic Wolfman Titans team.

Launched out of a FifthWeekEvent tie-in "Girlfrenzy: Young Justice -- The Secret" and a Justice League mini-series "World Without Grown-Ups", the series was written by Creator/PeterDavid and ran for 55 issues before being cancelled. The cancellation (along with cancellation of another Titans comic that was launched in 1999) of course was done mainly to launch a ''new'' ''Teen Titans'' comic to complement the recently debuted ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon series, placing the remaining members of Young Justice under the wing of veterans from the classic Wolfman Titans team.

* TrueCompanions: Especially the first six members of the team, Cassie even transfers to the same school as Secret [[spoiler: Gretta]], and Cissie after the two of them retire from superheroics and the "[[FanNickname core four]]" (Tim, Kon, Bart, and Cassie) remain each others closest friends and stick together even after joining the Teen Titans.

** Secret and Spoiler were prone to these as well, when the latter guest-starred, due to a Secret having a crush on Spoiler's boyfriend Robin.

* ChromaticArrangement: The team founders; Superboy (blue), Robin (green) and Impulse (red). The first three girl also fit with Secret (a dusty dull tan), Wonder Girl (black), and Arrowette (red).

** Not to mention the appearance of [[Comicbook/{{Batgirl}} another Cassandra]] in an issue of the series. She's usually called "Cass" though.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The Young Justice team including [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Robin]], ComicBook/{{Superboy}}, ComicBook/WonderGirl and Arrowette fall victim to this at one point. Supergirl helps snap them out of it.

--> '''Robin:''' The kids... They've turned old! And those other kids are dancing out of control!
--> '''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}:''' Wow. I can tell '''you''' were trained by the world's greatest detective.

** A cross-title one that ''could'' be an accident...if it weren't for Creator/GrantMorrison's involvement. In the first Young Justice story, a kid gets hold of an all-powerful genie and wreaks havoc. When the team save the world and the League are congratulating them, someone says "So cool!" among the chatter. A year or so later, in a {{JLA}} story, a former superhero gets hold of an all-powerful genie and wreaks havoc. The genie here is a revealed to be a 5th-dimensional being like Mxyzptlk, and can be summoned or dismissed by saying his name backwards. His name is Lkz, making his control phrase zkl...pronounced in the comics as "so cool".

* MyNameIsInigoMontoya YouKilledMyFather PrepareToDie : Issue 49, poor Empress.

** Joked about with Arrowette. When she feels she is destined to become a villain, she bemoans having to get a black costume that shows off her cleavage. Particularly since she doesn't have much in the way of cleavage to show off. Later on we see an alternate universe evil version of her. [[MostCommonSuperpower Guess what?]].

* ComfortingComforter: Arrowette requires one after she has a mini breakdown when she realizes she just gave the ''Justice Leauge'' an awesome TheReasonYouSuckSpeech while Superboy and Wonder Girl worriedly watch over her.

** One notable ShoutOut goes to DC's [[Creator/MarvelComics main competitor]]; more specifically, to their [[SpiderMan poster boy]]'s origin. A cop chases after a crook, shouting for someone to stop him before he gets to the elevator, and Arrowette lets him pass. The cop then chastizes her, hoping he doesn't shoot someone's mom...or uncle.

* BalanceSpeedStrengthTrio: Robin, Superboy and Impulse are considered as this, mirrowing their mentors in ComicBook/JusticeLeague.

** Possibly unintentional, but Spectre at one point says to Secret, "Dead girls don't eat ice cream". It's farfetched, but this the same phrasing of every title of The BaileySchoolKids books, with a similar subject (a monster or supernatural creature) and action that they don't do (something trivial and normal for humans).

Cancelled in 1998, DC decided to launch a new replacement book; but since the Jurgens Titans series was pretty much universally reviled, it was decided to instead come up with a new name for the new teen book. Meanwhile, Robin's popularity was matched by two other teenage superheroes with ties to Justice Leaguers: [[TheFlash Impulse]] and [[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman Superboy]] -- and the trio worked as a PowerTrio. Hence, "Young Justice" was born.

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* CastFromCalories: Kid Flash keeps a small supply of food in a hidden compartment in his right glove to maintain his SuperSpeed, due to his accelerated metabolism.

* ChromaticArrangement: The team founders; Superboy (blue), Robin (green) and Impulse (red).

* ComfortingComforter

* TakeThat: Wonder Girl mentions to [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] Jr./CM3 that "[[Creator/MarvelComics The Marvel]]" would be a lousy name.

** Secret and Spoiler were prone to these as well, when the latter guest-starred, due to a rivalry over Robin.

* CrazyPrepared: Robin. When the crew went camping, a game of Truth or Dare came up. He was dared to pull his mask off... and so he did, revealing that he had a SECOND mask on underneath! Yup, you can tell he was "trained by the world's greatest detective!"

* FogFeet: Secret.

* ImprobableAimingSkills: Arrowette was assumed to be just another BadassNormal with a bow. Turns out that ever since she was a toddler, she could throw three darts at a time and hit a bullseye, and see things at a distance that her mother needed binoculars to see.

* LegacyCharacter: Robin and Cassie "Wonder Girl" Sandsmark are legacy characters ''for'' legacy characters.

* MagicKnight: Empress.

* PutOnABus: The other kids at The Wabe facility Secret escaped from after they were rescued by Young Justice.

* UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode: This generally humorous miniseries ends on a sudden and bleak note as Donna Troy and Omen die horribly and Young Justice dissolves, along with the Teen Titans.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Arrowette's normal costume features one of the Grade A variety.

In 1996, riding high on the Creator/GrantMorrison relaunch of the JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, DC Comics attempted to relaunch ''Comicbook/TeenTitans'' yet again. It failed miserably, in large part due to massive amounts of ExecutiveMeddling. Most notably, the fact that NO ONE wanted to let the 1996 Teen Titans writer Dan Jurgens use any of the major teen heroes running around DC at the time (particularly Robin III -- Tim Drake, who actually WON a fan contest to select a new member of the team -- only for the Batman editors to refuse to honor the contest results, resulting in Captain Marvel Jr. being forced upon Jurgens instead.) The lack of "Teen" in the "Titans" didn't help, either.

* AscendedExtra: Cissie "Arrowette" King-Jones, who TookALevelInBadass after an appearance in ''Impulse''.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The Young Justice team including Robin, Superboy, Wonder Girl and Arrowette fall victim to this at one point. Supergirl helps snap them out of it.