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Young Justice returns Jan 5th

There is a new trailer for the remainder of Young Justice’s second season. Fair warning of significant spoilers  if you haven’t seen the episode “Depths” yet…

The villains I could identify include Deathstroke, Despero, Mongul, the return of the Red Volcano, and that toy soldier could indicate the Toyman. I’m not entirely sure, but that thing Aquagirl destroys could be the Brother Eye satellite.

We see Doctor Fate and Captain Marvel having more to do.

Aquagirl makes an appearance so her death may be explained. There is also the new wave of teen heroes that have been hinted at in previous episodes. Those shown in this trailer are a variation on the Apace Chief, Static, and teleporting person.  A new Guardian hints that Mal Duncan may be using one of his costumed identities from the comics.

There is even someone that looks like a possible Green Beetle (?).

E3 – Injustice & Young Justice: Legacy

There are a few  DC games on the horizon and three of them have had new reveals at this year’s E3 games expo. The following are some of the best videos about these games.

IGN on Batman LEGO 2

I’ve played a few of the LEGO games, but it was the Batman LEGO game that  got me into them. It and Arkham Asylum seem to perfectly bracket the story telling possibilities of the Batman character. The second Batman game is more of DCU affair and is an open world game. I did wonder how they’d go Green Lantern, but in hindsight a building game like Lego is perfect for ring constructs.

G4TV interview with Ed Boon about Injustice: Gods Among Us.

This is probably our best look yet at the real in-game action. I’m still undecided on its potential, but it could be cool if they can solve the replay issues that let down Mortal Kombat Versus DCU.

Comic Alliance on Young Justice: Legacy

Legacy is a game set between the first and second seasons of Young Justice. It features the in-canon explanation for a lot of the differences between those seasons. There are a couple of videos out there from E3, but I found this one shows off the game play best (even if the camera work is a little shaky).

I can see myself getting all three of these games.

James Robinson on CBR TV

CBR TV have an interview with James Robinson that was recorded at April’s Wondercon. There aren’t any real spoilers in it so I can’t understand why they’ve sat on it. He talks a little about his JLA run and about Alex Toth’s run on Eclipso (I first encountered those Toth issues because of his JLA run so I’m appreciative of just how different they were).

Most of the second half of the interview is about Robinson’s impending Shade 12-part series. It sounds like work is well underway despite it not being one of the New 52 titles coming in September. Listening to its description as a Starman-like reverential DC mythology series you get the feeling that it wouldn’t fit so well with the September’s clean slate initiative. Lets hope it appears soon afterwards.

Kirby Krackle “Ring Capacity”

Kirby Krackle are a fantastic nerdrock group who sing about the pain of being sent back to the beginning of a Mario Kart level and of only ever being a henchmen. The thing about them is their songs, as well as being amusing, are also great to listen. I’d heard “Ring Capacity” before, but I’d never seen this amazing video until recently. These guys have to be on the Green Lantern soundtrack.

Denny O’Neil on Julius Schwartz

Denny O’Neil worked with Neal Adams on the key 1970s revamps of Green Lantern/Green Arrow, Superman and Batman. The were both working for Julius Schwartz who had, since the 1950s, been DC’s go to editor for revamps. Schwartz was also the Justice League of America editor and he assigned O’Neil to be the League’s second writer after Gardner Fox left. In this video from the Comics Archive O’Neil talks about meeting Schwartz for the first time and in the public reaction to his Green Lantern/Green Arrow work.

[via: Forbidden Planet Blog]

Young Justice trailer + MTV sneak peak

In the last few days two new Young Justice trailers have appeared online -  a Cartoon Network trailer for the first episode (called “Independence Day”) and MTV have an exclusive copy of the 6-minute preview that played at New York Comic Con.

Independence Day Trailer.

The first proper trailer for new Young Justice cartoon (above) is out in the wild. The show will premiers on Cartoon Network on November 26th with a special hour-long event called “Independence Day”. The official episode blurb tell us that:

In Young Justice, being a teenager means proving yourself over and over — to peers, parents, teachers, mentors and, ultimately, to yourself. But what if you’re not just a normal teenager? What if you’re a teenage super hero? Are you ready to join the ranks of the great heroes and prove you’re worthy of the Justice League? That’s exactly what the members of Young Justice — Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Superboy, Miss Martian and Artemis — will found out, whether they have what it takes to be a proven hero.

The full series will begin sometime next year. This should be good.

MTV Exclusive

The MTV trailer is a copy of the 6-minute preview that played at this years New York Comic Con. A camera-phone version has been make the rounds on Youtube, but this is the full version in gloriously sharp video.

Two All-Star Superman videos

MTV have put up the first trailer for Dwayne McDuffie’s adaptation of Grant Morrison’s All-Star Superman as part of the DC Universe direct-to-DVD line.

The trailer is interesting and they obviously have tried to hit iconic beats from the series, but I’m not quite as excited about this one as I have been for some of the their other releases. If I think there is a single problem it is that the trailer makes it look rather similar to the Death of Superman – i.e. a Superman who dies – feature from a few years ago.

All-Star came about after a chance meeting between Superman and Grant Morrison. Grant and Mark Waid talk about their meeting him in this clip from Respect! Films and Sequart’s documentary Talking with Gods – a new documentary about Grant’s work.