Spyboy/Young Justice

Spyboy #6

by Peter David, Pop Mhan, Norman Lee

SpyBoy and Young Justice team up to defeat the villainous REMbrandt and Annie Mae.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Dc Comics, Humor, Graphic Novels Comics

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 16, 2003

About the author

aka David Peters

Peter Allen David, often abbreviated PAD, was an American writer of comic books, novels, television, films, and video games. His notable comic book work includes an award-winning 12-year run on The Incredible Hulk, as well as runs on Aquaman, Young Justice, SpyBoy, Supergirl, Fallen Angel, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2099, Captain Marvel, and X-Factor.
His Star Trek work included comic books and novels such as the New Frontier book series. His other novels included film adaptations, media tie-ins, and original works, such as the Apropos of Nothing and Knight Life series. His television work includes series such as Babylon 5, Young Justice, Ben 10: Alien Force and Nickelodeon's Space Cases, which he co-created with Bill Mumy.
David often jokingly described his occupation as "Writer of Stuff", and he was noted for his prolific writing, characterized by its mingling of real-world issues with humor and references to popular culture, as well as elements of metafiction and self-reference.
David earned multiple awards for his work, including a 1992 Eisner Award, a 1993 Wizard Fan Award, a 1996 Haxtur Award, a 2007 Julie Award and a 2011 GLAAD Media Award.

Reviews

[Chad · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not what I've come to expect from Peter David. The plot was just a bunch of nonsense. The 2 teams fought these super deformed versions of themselves. I'm not really sure why. The book was an actual chore to finish reading.

[Mary · Rating 2 out of 5]

Underwhelming. I can't speak to Spyboy, but this lacks a lot of what makes Young Justice great: puns, gratuitous belts (Superboy's whole look in this was terrible, honestly), authority issues. With all that missing, there was only the plot to carry it, but the plot was half-hearted at best.

[Ethan Merriman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kinda mid

[Andrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was really happy to find this. I'm still bummed that I ran out of Young Justice to read. (Also, I want a plushie of the SD Impulse...)

[Nico · Rating 3 out of 5]

you know idk what i was expecting, but i was hoping it would be better than this
for peter davids 2 big titles at the time (one of which i adore, and the other i admittedly havent even touched) crossing over, i was expecting something less... generic. this book barely felt like it even had his touch on it and you get a lot of... early 2000s mainstream comic writer trying way too hard to be like anime/manga with an artist that just cant make it work (it was a trend at the time and not a good one) so you get annie mae using SDs (super deformations) of the protagonists (they call them everything but chibi for some reason) to open a hell hole in japan and its up to young justice and the technicolor hair crew to save the day
maybe its a good thing i haven't read spyboy
overall i cant say im heartbroken about its lack of inclusion in the recent young justice trades, but there still is a glimpse of what i love about young justice in here.
not terrible but not really worth reading

[Michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

A bit of a mess, honestly. Too many moving parts, too little character.

[Mati G. W.]

Un crossover intereditorial injustamente ignorado.

[Patrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun little romp with some old friends.

I've been wanting to get back to reading the Young Justice from the 90s for quite some time, now. The collections aren't available digitally and the printed copies are pricey. I found this little gem in a graphic novel sale at my LCS.

It helped with my need to see those characters again, but like junk food is didn't really satisfy. I still need something to stick to my ribs. I hope DC starts releasing these digitally soon. It looks like they might.

[Jdetrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm a huge fan of Young Justice, and this is a great adventure of theirs. The Spyboy characters are used well too, and even if you're not familiar with the premise of the book, this brings you up to speed quickly enough.

[Juan Jose]

Nice mix of art by Tood Nauck and Pop Mhan, for concept by Peter David, both of them. Quite entertaining.

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun crossover where manga versions of our heroes are evil. Never read spyboy before but it does seem to work in the DC Universe. A good read.

[Chioma · Rating 4 out of 5]

i love it and its even better because I'm a huge fan of young justice

[Nicolas · Rating 3 out of 5]

This wasn't very good, but it made me want to read Spyboy so I guess that's something.

[Hannah Stubbs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Young Justice and Spyboy fight chibi versions of themselves, it's so dumb. I love it. I just wish there were more puns, (and more Impulse - you can never have enough Impulse).