Young Justice Saves the World! | JLA: A World Without Grownups

Buy Young Justice! amzn.to/2ZPfSM3 Batman. Superman. The Flash. The incredible members of the Justice League of America cast a long shadow, and the members of Young Justice are eager to step out of it. Robin, Superboy and Impulse want to prove to their superhero mentors that they’re capable of tackling super-villains on their own. Under the guidance of the stoic, wise Red Tornado, the three teen heroes begin their quest to make a name for themselves, apart from their famous friends. Never miss an episode by subscribing today! bit.ly/2WYvgkt #justiceleague
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[@flywheelshyster6549]

i hope ben and ethan know that they bring a lot of smiles to sad faces, sal and tiff know because we tell them all the time, but ben and ethan hopefully know too...and if they don't they bloody do now!

[@pfhorsworn]

Ben: You have books for kids. They’re called super hero comics. Me: 💀

[@danielduff]

"He doesn't really fart, but he socially farts" -Sal Crivelli 2020

[@FloorTankMain]

Sal, that was exactly how they got their name... The media called them that and they hated it but Bart kept saying it so they went “fuck it” and went along with it 😂

[@fragile4408]

Bart: We’re Young, but it’s just us. Media: right young justice! Bart: NO

[@FloorTankMain]

Blazing Nerd CLASSIC

[@danielalbertovazquezrodrig9476]

That's a classic

[@daelen.cclark]

It’s so wonderfully simple.

[@johnny2003]

“Hey everyone Billy’s got a plan” that whole thing had me dying.

[@KenByrneNL]

This episode seems like it was a blast to shoot. Ben's "...they're called super hero comics" had me howling

[@houstonrowan9614]

instablaster...

[@salvatoreocello]

I’m at that point right now and I’m cracking up

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

_Being a Young Justice fan is suffering._ Since pretty much the *beginning.*

[@greenrangeralex]

Just save the mustache already

[@daelen.cclark]

You’re telling me. (At least they’re trying to fix it. Not successfully, but still trying.)

[@maglor2414]

Since Karl Kesel stopped being SB's writer

[@anothercleverusername992]

_Young Justice_ is literally the only reason I love comic books to this day. I STILL in my 30's, love these characters.

[@anothercleverusername992]

The idea of Robin berating Billy Batson so hard is killing me!

[@RushedAnimation]

The Young Justice era was my favorite era of comics. Impulse, Young Justice, Stars and STRIPE, and The Power of Shazam! were my jam. Try giving them to kids these days and there's no way they don't walk away a comic book fan. The only comic in recent memory that captured the same feeling was SuperSons.

[@fragile4408]

Impulse story was never meant for him to go back to the future, it was actually to stay in the past since the future wasn’t really safe for him. Because the president of the future is a Thawne and he controls the science police. Still can’t believe that science police is a thing. From my profile picture it’s really obvious I’m big ass nerd for this character.

[@idongesitusen5764]

Has the Impulse series been collected? I remember seeing a trade paperback called Impulse: Reckless Youth in a Barnes & Noble once.

[@samkaranja5709]

@@idongesitusen5764 the large majority of it has not, only the first 11 or so issues. There was supposed to be an omnibus of the first 25 but it got cancelled

[@fragile4408]

Idongesit Usen judging by the fact that I own mostly single issues. I don’t know. I do have the death of max mercury as a volume though. I’m still sad that Max and Bart’s relationship never got a proper conclusion. Closest I got to that was in DCeased at worlds end. That was nice.

[@SterlingOladapominiiglo]

And that Impulse being a hero in the 21st century was predestined just like Booster Gold

[@Sicod79]

I would also note the was raised in a VR environment so he really did not have a sense of what the "real future" was, and the only member of his family who lived and cared about him came back to the past with him.

[@fearloathingingeneral2877]

I remember when Young Justice came out my mom found me this JLA Impulse figure. I thought Bart Allen was so cool.

[@dlvnmedia]

Because he was and is and always will be - love me some Bart Allen

[@fragile4408]

Dylan Wheeler Amen

[@Omar-wq9dz]

I remember Peter David saying in an interview, even though Young Justice tv show shares the same title as his series, the show has little resemblance to the books

[@ultimate_lance]

I laughed so much at young justice bullying billy

[@daelen.cclark]

I could image Conner saying that to Billy.

[@TheGreatDevlin]

DC will call Sal one day just to offer him "Old Justice".

[@dinosaurusmaximus8506]

Old Justice was actually a team that was opposed to Young Justice operating (because they thought YJ were kids who didn't know any better) and was made up of a bunch of old superhero sidekicks.

[@YawnBlue]

@@dinosaurusmaximus8506 One of which was Merry aka the Girl of a Thousand Gimmicks! ...just mentioning to tie in with a different DC thing from this week.

[@daelen.cclark]

@@YawnBlue Funny how that works, isn’t it?

[@michaelvalentine8723]

One day Doiby Dickles will show up on GBU. One day.

[@daelen.cclark]

@@dinosaurusmaximus8506 And they cameoed in the Stargirl: Lost children miniseries, since Nauck drew both series.

[@Insane-Howl-Cowl]

Reminds me of the FF issue where The Thing was playing Franklin's Nintendo knock-off "Nincompoop"

[@dlvnmedia]

Bens “There’s a god damn Captain Carrot reference.” Had me howling and then going when did he learn about Captain Carrot?

[@Avatarconner]

“Oh Christ they have impulse.” Made my cackle 44:35

[@dentonfilms8446]

“Who we gonna eat first? Huh Billy?”

[@TheLed77]

You can tell they haven't read any of Impulse when they don't know his other grandfather would try to kill him if he went back to the future.

[@fragile4408]

For those who think they are talking about Barry. Nope. Impulse other side of the family is Thawne. Aka the reverse flash. And his other grandfather is President Thawne of earth.

[@daelen.cclark]

As someone who enjoyed Young Justice (even owns three of the trades), I love it when people bring it up. Frankly I'd love to see Peter David return to the team in some fashion, or at least get a tribute in it.

[@chrisdaily2077]

Honestly as cliché as it is I love younger versions of heroes and/or sidekicks hanging out with each other.

[@maglor2414]

None of the YJ members were sidekicks except Robin and maybe Wonder Girl. The rest worked solo

[@irascendedkitten7450]

I’d say as someone with ADHD. Bart has ADHD and superspeed. Also from what I remember he didn’t have mic to come back to. Also thank you for feeling our pain as fans of Tim Drake, Bart Allen and Conner.

[@daelen.cclark]

It’s definitely a shame. But as long as someone cares about them, they’ll be alright.

[@freack3333]

Ben cracked me up by the "why do all that, you have books for kids. Its called Super Hero comic." 🤣

[@-libertyprimev1-902]

(Around 1:01:13) Impulse: Bedlum, I've Come To Bargain!

[@SlightlyPeeved]

I love the original Young Justice comics so much! It's to bad that the current Bendis stuff just can't compare 😆

[@mttylerdurden9]

16:25 I remember Peter David saying in an interview that he wrote young Justice for his son.

[@daelen.cclark]

Best gift you could give a child. (Especially if each issue is free for them) Where was the interview you got that from?

[@maglor2414]

Didn't he also have daughters? That's why he put so much care into his female characters instead of making them mere love interests.

[@rebel4life449]

Is it weird that while they were talking about the "World without Grownups" story, the first thing I thought of was the Jimmy Neutron movie?

[@bergerchicken]

14:14 I feel like Sal's underlying resentment for the parents of his former students just came out.

[@brianadkins3880]

Speaking of young characters, the CW show,STARGIRL has been really good. Have you guys ever done the Geoff Johns (along with David S. Goyer for a while) run of JSA that she was a big part of? Mild spoiler:her and Billy Batson become an item. That was fun.

[@nemesiscomix]

Man back when things were simpler and Tim Drake was just Robin. In all seriousness great video guys! Hope to see you do more Young Justice stuff!

[@thetizic]

say it with me generation of YJ and YA adult readers: WE NEED A PART 2!

[@daelen.cclark]

We could see a review of the Secret one-shot.

[@comiccrusader7793]

Loved the lord of the flies reference around 42:30

[@Zxzero36]

For me time traveling super heros will always be "We want to be able to have this character but we still want to have it in the main time line"

[@kanpaa]

I was already a fan but that duck dodgers reference has solidified that fandom to the greatest degree possible

[@supernerdgavin]

To be honest, I remember the young justice series being way more mature and complex than most books. It dealt with serious issues of their lives and I remember a campfire issue where the young kids bonded while the parents had serious conversations inside.

[@fragile4408]

It also wasn’t afraid to change status quos. Arrowette retired and stayed that way. But she still was a friend to the team who appeared.

[@solidcroft]

and there first villain was The Mighty Endowed villains.fandom.com/wiki/The_Mighty_Endowed

[@FloorTankMain]

Facts. Remember the YJ storyline in the Our Worlds At War event? That shit hurt my soul... And I remember the campfire scene you’re talking about! It always stuck with me cause Superboy was so deeply in denial about how he felt concerning his future and how he couldn’t grow up and Robin admitted he would love to quit being Robin cause then it would mean Batman didn’t need him anymore and that was the whole point. YJ could be silly as hell but when it got serious it got serious,

[@daelen.cclark]

@@solidcroft That didn’t age as well, but better villains came along. (The dig at her in the YJ dark crisis miniseries was one of the few good things in it)

[@daelen.cclark]

@@FloorTankMain And it’s still got funny moments to make the serious stuff hit that much harder.

[@antoniuspoe9945]

I wish you explained how Impulse was raised to them. How he was raised and taught through VR

[@liamhemstock2286]

I’m new to comics and my first video I saw of this channel was the Back Issues of Spider-Man: Life Story (my first comic). I love this channel and now I want so many comics because of this channel so thank you and have a good day.

[@SpiralSine6]

What a good series to start your dive into the world of comics

[@flywheelshyster6549]

There is no better comic channel. Certainly not one as honest . though if you ever have questions that might lead you to a wikipedia just watch comics explained episode on it instead hes basically a comic wiki in video form

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Ahh yes. The three stooges of DC's Teen superhero division. Tim Drake Robin = Moe Bart Allen Impulse = Larry Conner Kent Superboy = Curly

[@DCReviews4]

This was such a joy to watch and I feel like Sal had a lot to add to this one specifically because of his teaching background.

[@Longclaw959]

As a Young Justice kid I can say they 💯 precent they hooked me and those are my DC characters no matter how old I get

[@alexandrumarin8981]

A Duck Dodgers reference? Instant like!

[@samkaranja5709]

Young Justice was a silly silly book and a lot of fun but the characters were always grounded. They were three dimensional and grow. They have hopes and fears and experienced status quo changes in the book. Peter David knew what demographic he was writing for and treated them with respect and made a great book

[@FloorTankMain]

90's DC teams= Young Justice: younger teen super heroes, Teen Titans: older teen super heroes, Titans: young adult superheroes, JLA: adult superheroes, JSA: boomer superheroes

[@andrewpragasam]

Please cover more Young Justice stories on Back Issues. I loved this book when I was a kid (Arrowette and Secret were my favorite characters) and you did a great job with this episode.

[@davidbreault3283]

Hey guys thank you so much for doing this book in particular. Over the past few years ive seen it pick up some speed and it makes me really happy to see this team get some love with an audience.

[@what3070]

I sincerely hope that this turns out to lead to you guys following all of these characters to the end of their Teen Titans days.

[@daelen.cclark]

The TT book might take a while to untangle.

[@MugenNiFukuzatsuna]

OMG, yes! I never thought we would get this. I loved this team back in the day.

[@Yoshimitsu4prez]

Lol I love that the current dark crisis tie-in about Young Justice basically tackles what Sal is talking about. With the audience missing them and stuff. It’s this weird storyline about how they don’t understand their own existence or something

[@tatersalad76]

Remember the "no adults" episode of the Young Justice TV show?

[@supaflycomix]

I loved how they used Captain Marvel in that episode

[@liverusrock6789]

Yup

[@MrEnKaye]

Listening to Sal talking about how kids suck at telling stories, I could already tell he was a former teacher 😂

[@thatnovoguy1378]

Ethan's face at 47:14 is hilarious...

[@danielalbertovazquezrodrig9476]

My favorite DC comics team book. It's so brilliant, it's so fun, but it gets pretty serious some times.

[@aadilsood_014]

I could never get into reading teen titans or titans, but I friggin love young justice

[@AnarchicArachnid]

For anyone coming from the show : toss all that out of the way

[@fragile4408]

Exactly

[@creed8712]

Ironic since this story is apparently the bases for an episode of the show

[@AnarchicArachnid]

@@creed8712 yes but if you are expecting the spec ops, Grayson led team wit Connor being "just born " and Wally being Kid Flash, also all the teen angst drama, yeah this story would throw you off majorly. Edit: instead you have Tim as Robin, Connor already calmed down and has a more level head & Bart as apart of the universe already and they're just doing normal super heroics that are teen focused.

[@SuperboyLilly]

@@AnarchicArachnid I keep forgetting the TEEN Titans didn't exist in the 90s, LOL.

[@SuperboyLilly]

@@DeltaAssaultGaming To each, his own.

[@flywheelshyster6549]

you know i was real skeptical when i started it that i wouldn't enjoy the story as much but it was fun, or at least the gang made it fun. favorite moment 36:48 and i was all, oh ya, "get out that chair! that's my brother's chair!" that was a clever allusion there ben

[@irascendedkitten7450]

Trust me it’s fun.

[@PhsycoRed]

YOUNG JUSTICE !!!! LET'S GO !!!

[@darwinpierce4749]

Unless they retconned it at some point Superboy is a clone of Superman. But for the clone to be stable they had to use DNA from a human also and of course that had to be Lex Luthor. So it’s more like he is the son of Lex Luther and Superman

[@artman9000x]

I was hoping that we'd get to see Ben's reaction to Mighty Endowed. Still a great episode!

[@michaelvalentine8723]

Maybe one day. We can only hope!

[@daelen.cclark]

And see their reactions over YJ’s reactions to her.

[@TevyaSmolka]

yay young justice one of my all time favorite comic series growing up because this series was fantastic and tons of fun.

[@sonofhercules195]

This is the First ComicBook I ever bought at my local comic store when i was a kid

[@grimandbilly005]

Sal was on fire for this one! so many puns and great episode guys! Didn't really think too much about young justice but now i'm interested

[@daelen.cclark]

It’s worth it.

[@ctl6985]

I started reading Teen Titans with the Young Justice team moving over there. My entire run of is of that team. Impulse becomes Kid Flash, Superboy just wears a black and red shirt and some jeans. Good times

[@supernerdgavin]

I’m surprised I’ve never read this book because one of the series that got me into comics was the original young justice series comic. There was an episode of the show like this but it was because of Klarion the witch boy and it was more of a Captain Marvel focused episode.

[@kourtneyr.scruggs0988]

Shazam. There is no Captain Marvel in DC comics. There is only Shazam. Respect the contract

[@barraki6706]

@@kourtneyr.scruggs0988 [pulls out flamethrower]

[@supernerdgavin]

kourtney scruggs They call him Captain Marvel in the show man..... even in the newest season. There is no actual contract. Just a trade mark that marvel took because they could during the limbo period of before DC bought him. They called him Captain Marvel for years but his book was titled Shazam. So yes there’s still a captain marvel he’s just more well known as Shazam lol.

[@Kekkersboy]

@@supernerdgavin The copywrite means that they can call the character Captain Marvel, but they can't title the book that.

[@supernerdgavin]

Kekkersboy That’s what I said lol but yeah he’s still captain marvel. He’s just not well known as captain marvel because all his books have been titled Shazam for years

[@ThePandaSupreme]

Glad they made superboy an actual clone and not a weird not clone or whatever lol

[@daelen.cclark]

The idea to ignore sales in favour of a grassroot-audience (lack of a better term) is actually a really good idea. I wish more companies did that. They've got the cash to fall back on, so why not?

[@marshmalva24]

I'm starting to really love these videos because I get a really fun history lesson and it tells me what's been retconned and what's original

[@grantnewton4230]

And here we are finally reaching the heart of the matter 🤣 17:20

[@WannabeWryter]

Now Comic Pop has to do Young Avengers either 2003 or 2013.

[@amaristudent9456]

That be dope

[@jelancritic3158]

Just read them both, yes please.

[@donb7519]

they did do childrens crusade a while back

[@WannabeWryter]

@@donb7519 I remember that, I watched it while I read the video.

[@nigelflood7074]

One of the best show's to date, more Young Justice please

[@samuelanderson1862]

I probably commented the first time I saw this episode but man I loved young justice. Got every issue

[@FloorTankMain]

Young Just Us on backissues??? Be still my beating heart! 😍

[@TheMelMan]

I remember when the Young Justice cartoon did this episode. I was so impressed by the concept.

[@Dominickudo]

Thank you for bringing that up that has always bug the crap out of me that they just took teen titans scratched it out and wrote young justice on it.

[@irascendedkitten7450]

It makes some sense though, that this generation wouldn’t want to trespass on their mentors thing.

[@MrNewguy456]

I've been staring at this set for years and I've only just noticed... The shelves on the left have DC stuff, the shelves on the right have Marvel stuff. 🤯

[@donb7519]

i think thats only a coincidence on this episode since stuff moves around and changes i remember the lantern was on the right once

[@cicadianrhythm]

I thought I just hated Bart as a visceral reaction to/rejection of his design: the big dumb hair, the big dumb bug-eye lenses, the big dumb teeth, the big dumb feet--and, new rule? No children in skintight onesies; you're on notice, Flash Family. And then I learned his backstory, which, as far as I've been able gather, is directly tied to an already horrible plotline, namely: Iris was sent to the 20th century from the 30th because reasons, so when she gets her brain blended, she gets sent back to the future, where her future parents stuff her into the corpse of an identical dead woman, and then Barry goes to the future so they can bang out some kids with identical sounding names. And then one of them bangs a distant Thawne descendant (because I guess Eobard found time to spawn a kid when he wasn't stalking Barry? Probably just cloned himself), despite her looking like an example from an early 2000s How to Draw Anime book (thus, Bart's hair), and then one thing leads to another, and Grammy Iris has to repeat her "backstory" by sending Bart back in time (it's like poetry!) to protect him from standard Thawne shenanigans. Also, apparently Bart has a half-brother in Owen Mercer, the inferior sequel to Captain Boomerang, from that time when I guess OG Boomerang got sent to the future and... I guess just randomly ends up having a kid with the melon-headed Thawne woman because ??? Of course, I'm pretty sure this is all pre-Flashpoint (and... post-Crisis?), and, by god, I hope it stayed there, but the continued existence of Bart gives me doubt. I blame Dr Manhattan. I mean, just in general, but also for this.

[@mothhra]

I always forget when its Wednesday back issues is such a pleasant surprise lol

[@robphoenix1182]

The cartoon adaption of this story cleans up the issues it has. It is executed much better. One of my favorite DC animated stories.

[@mikesmith145]

lol it gave us a mid adaption of Wally and Connor Kent

[@dww7094]

I will admit there was a year of my teenhood where I was all-in on my Tim Drake/Conner Kent ship

[@blerdrotic]

Now I have to pull out my Impulse issues. I think that’s the only comic I have the complete run of.

[@infernaldisdain8051]

I have to disagree with Sal's rant about children and legacy for a sec here. Yes a good portion of Superheroes had a theme about found family and legacy instead of bloodlines. However the argument for one or another presupposes that both can't be equally important. Heck when Damian was really starting, his relationship with Dick was very important to his character. Even though they didn't share ties of blood they were family. That was a good idea but was undercut because the writers wanted only one Batman legacy character at a time and why not go with his son, "Because he's his SON!" While I do think they went overboard with "TIES OF BLOOD" that doesn't mean that it's entirely inappropriate nor that it inevitably takes away from the found family aspect of the characters. That part is more to do with "(so-and-so) can't be pushing 40! Kill off all sidekicks and people who age them in any way" which has never stopped happening in the comic book scene.

[@dfdgbrgregjkhkuyirdh]

nightwing shoulda been a chicken.... so we can have , chickenWing

[@uncannyhumantorch3704]

Impulse just doctor strange’d him 😂

[@Treblemaker1279]

So I was rewatching this episode, and when the whole thing with Bedlam is solved I had a funny thought. What if Batman knew or figured out the real source of the problem was on the kids side and had faith that Robin would figure out what to do. But to insure the Justice League didn't mess anything up mistakenly, he gives them some bullshit so they think they're helping. It's stupid, but I would think it would be a Batman thing to do.

[@Revanxbone]

YOUNG JUSTICE back issues yeaaaah!

[@michaelvalentine8723]

Long time watcher, first time commenter here. I love seeing my nerd rage and Sal’s nerd rage align. YJ4evah! Just curious, what’s the over/ under if Meghan Fitzmartin watched this vid before writing her Young Justice tie-in to Dark Crisis?

[@willcrouch2359]

I love how that thigh tap got extra screen time

[@chowderman8888]

I recently read Peter David's young justice so good you can tell there was genuine creativity in it i think he was also writing supergirl at rhe time and the interplay was awesome.

[@Kilroy487]

Middle-Aged Justice

[@willmartinez1606]

Another hilarious 🤣 episode. Thank you so much. Nj represents once again.

[@dominichoward7497]

Best day of the week..... New Back Issues ❤❤❤

[@ToonGal12]

11:46 Wait. So does this mean I can go to my local Wal-Mart, buy a Superman T-shirt, and instantly become a member of the House of El?

[@chowderman8888]

Would love to see some more young justice on the couch

[@bgood8299]

Hey, guys! I have not even watched the video yet, but I'm already in a better mood. Thanks for lightening the mood in dark times.

[@bornsinner8653]

A purple being that’s fueled by imagination and is never seen by adults. Is Bedlam DC’s Barney?

[@dennisssmith430]

So I’m asking this mid-watching, but if Barry Allen was dead at the time, do they ever explain how Impulse even existed if he’s Barry’s grandson? Or is it just multiverse/multi-timeline theory?

[@TheLed77]

Before he died, Barry was living in and future with Iris and impregnated her. She raised the kids (Don and Dawn Allen) in the future, but they died when Bart was young, so Iris went back to the present to have Wally and other speesters teach Bart to control his powers.

[@JoshMunroe]

Goodbye forever, Ethan and Ben! See you next week! (or whenever I play the next video, so in like 2 minutes)

[@regularguy5403]

Great way to start my day.

[@-libertyprimev1-902]

I always love that older Comics or TV Shows or Games made the joke about a Play-Tendo (and just how common that combination just happens to be) then it turns out that was a real thing, up to the point of a Prototype being made before Sony and Nintendo split... (For anyone who didn't know Yes Nintendo and Sony almost made a Console together that would've likely changed the course of Video Game History, look up the details if you ever have a bit of free time it's a Very Interesting read.)

[@AVC-qd8lr]

Good video to calm the brain after my first day at cross country.