Young Justice #1

History

Wonder Comics was announced at the DC 'Meet the Publishers' panel at New York Comic Con in October 2018, where Bendis — appearing as a surprise guest — revealed he would personally curate a line of in-continuity, teen-focused titles, with Young Justice as its flagship. DC co-publisher Dan DiDio stated publicly that it was Bendis's specific interest in the property that finally convinced DC the time was right to bring the dormant team back after roughly sixteen years. Bendis reunited with artist Patrick Gleason, with whom he had already worked on Superman and Action Comics, to maintain creative continuity across his DC output; colorist Alejandro Sanchez completed the core creative unit on the series.

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• Published January 9, 2019 (cover-dated March 2019); written by Brian Michael Bendis, with art and cover by Patrick Gleason and colors by Alejandro Sanchez.
• First appearance of Teen Lantern (Keli Quintela) — an eleven-year-old girl from La Paz, Bolivia, who hacked a Green Lantern Power Battery gauntlet — and Jinny Hex, descendant of Jonah Hex, both created by Bendis and Gleason.
• Marks the reintroduction of the pre-New 52 Conner Kent (Superboy) and Bart Allen (Impulse) to the main DC continuity, which the New 52 reboot had erased.
• Core returning team consists of Tim Drake as Robin, Cassie Sandsmark as Wonder Girl, Impulse (Bart Allen), and Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld, alongside the two new characters.
• The issue is the launch title of DC's Wonder Comics imprint, a pop-up YA-oriented line also comprising Naomi, Dial H for Hero, and Wonder Twins — all announced at NYCC 2018.
• The story arc (titled 'Seven Crises: Part 1') frames the Gemworld invasion of Metropolis as a consequence of Earth's multiple crises events affecting the extradimensional realm.
• The series ran for 20 issues (2019–2021) and was collected in trade paperback as Young Justice Vol. 1: Gemworld (ISBN 978-1401292539) and Young Justice Vol. 2: Lost in the Multiverse (ISBN 978-1779500380).
• Teen Lantern's cover appearance in this issue is described as a cameo — voice and power constructs only — with her full in-story appearance developing across early issues of the series.

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