#i'm having some distressing health issues lately and this kind of comic book helps to lighten the mood

[kryptonbabe]

There's this moment in Young Justice #1 in which Red Tornado compares Impulse, Superboy and Robin to Id, Ego and Superego respectively and first I thought - nice parallel, that is actually a pretty smart and insightful way to look at these characters, particularly on their first solo issue... Then the next panel comes with Superboy's conclusion and...

This is the silliest comic book I've read in a while and I read silver age comics pretty often... you just can't take this seriously and it's lovely for that

Although I'm already a fan of Peter David, the writer of this series, ever since I read his X-Factor books at Marvel, I was still expecting Young Justice to be at least a little bit overrated (due to the absurd popularity of the main characters), but I'm having fun so far, this makes me laugh way more than I thought it would, the hype is real...

It's not a perfect series, nothing ever is and writers really seemed to struggle with what to do with women in these 90s titles (at least for now, in my experience), but still, Peter David writes the goofiest dialogues, smart word plays (and makes surprisingly accurate scientific references, which I do love to read in comics), and it's not without emotional sensibilities too, although the main focus is the lighthearted action and dynamics (for now)

I just wanted to write a little update and register these impressions!

From the first two issues of Young Justice (1998) by Peter David and Todd Nauck