Young Justice: Sins of Youth

Young Justice (1998)

by Peter David, Todd Nauck, Tom Grummett

Klarion, the witch boy, turns the super-hero world upside down as he changes a band of young heroes into adults in an adventure which determines the fate of the planet.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Dc Comics, Superheroes, Graphic Novels Comics, Comic Book, Fiction

320 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2000

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

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Baby batman is the cutest thing. Also, Match appears!
I'm impressed that a comic that is mostly just middleschool humor and puns (and amazing 90's fashion) manages to be hardhitting and socially relevant even now. This era of young justice is much more satisfying than the current version (although I enjoy that as well) and I'm really bummed there's so little of it to consume.

[Liz.Loki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Actually had fun despite there being WAY TOO MANY CHARACTERS. It was hard to keep track of everything that was going on. But it was also really fun and entertaining despite some minor flaws. Seeing adult superheroes suddenly being the ones needing babysitting whilst the teens were the adults now, made for interesting dynamics (like adult!Robin and teen!Batman, and also adult!Wonder Girl and teen!Wonder Woman).

[Sophia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Young Justice: Sins of Youth was a crossover between Young Justice, the Titans, the JLA AND the JSA! It was exciting and different and a really good crossover, that showcased every team and the trouble that followed them! The heroes became the sidekicks and the sidekicks had to be the leaders and it was so awesome to read how each of the characters reacted to the situations they found themselves in. I really enjoyed this series and the extras that focused on a few of the characters (or teams) individually. I had so much fun reading this series and was so excited to read every comic. I highly recommend this series if you love the JLA, JSA, Young Justice, or if you just love to see a couple of heroes in a strange and fantastical situation!

[Felicity · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a confection in the form of a massive comic crossover. As with all crossovers, art varies, and background for some sections must be inferred, but for anyone who loves the DC universe and can stand to laugh at it, it's amazingly good fun.

Fans of teenage heroes Young Justice will enjoy seeing them step up to their increased responsibilities, and the childish and adolescent versions of the larger (adult) superteams bring all those teams' subtexts and dirty laundry to the surface to make mudpies and have food-fights.

Ridiculous, frivolous, rollicking in-joke fun.

[Kathleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Everyone gets turned into kids, except the kids, who get turned into adults.

Best. Plotline. Ever. Crisis on Infantile Earths indeed.

[Rebekah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think the other reviewers were too hard on this series for what it was. It’s everything I look for in a crossover: fun, lightheartedness, zany antics, opportunities for character growth, and interactions between a variety of beloved characters. The revelations characters had when forced into role reversals may not have been unexpected, but were still necessary and worth reading.

And I may not have read enough of the Robin or Batman comics from this era, but this was the first time I saw Tim Drake recognize that he doesn’t want to one day take Batman’s mantle.

[Brandon · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story provides lots of opportunities for costume redesigns (especially for Kyle Rayner’s Green Lantern), which I love, but the rest of the story is too tongue in cheek and breaks the fourth wall more than I like. There are some really nice moments between the Justice League and their YJ counterparts, but then the story gets in the way to derail them.

[Wren · Rating 5 out of 5]

remember when comics were good?

[Guido]

Recopila la saga completa de Sins of Youth con sus respectivo personajes (en desarrollo) y sus versiones intercambiadas.

[Lissibith · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fun but disjointed and at times directionless little trade collecting what may be one of the most inconsequential crossovers in the history of DC - a fluffy, cute, occasionally serious what-if-style story (but not an elseworlds!) If you like the JLA, the JSA, the Teen Titans or Young Justice (not the new one. No, the older one that started in the 90s) they're all here and having some amusing, sometimes absurd adventures.

The tale looks at an event where an aging ray and the magic of Klarion - dum dum dum! - the Witch Boy converge to swap the ages of a good chunk of the superheroes in the world. So you're got the JSA as kids being looked after by Stargirl... er, Starwoman, the Justice League as teens, Young Justice as adults, etc.

It has a lot of promise, but instead of one overarching story, it's a series of loosely associated short stories. It gives the whole thing a somewhat awkward feel. It feels almost more like a montage than an actual full-fledged story.

That being said, most of the stories are reasonably fun. A few of them are referencing things that happened earlier and you just have to sort of accept what they are. But a lot are self-contained, based around the comedic possibilities of not only the age swaps, but also that the characters all have the mentality appropriate to their ages instead of retaining their former mentality.

In that, it's a pretty fun ride. Not the best thing to ever come out of the early Young Justice (one of the most fun teams in comics, to me) but entertaining.

[Variaciones Enrojo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reseña de Daniel Gavilán para Zona Negativa:
http://www.zonanegativa.com/antologia...

Antología básica de Peter David 7: Young Justice
A mediados de los años 90, DC Comics se dio cuenta de los Jóvenes Titanes ya estaban demasiado cuajados para hacer encajar con el primer adjetivo de su cabecera, así que decidió crear a un nuevo grupo de superhéroes adolescentes. Con un tono mucho más distendido y cómico que sus predecesores, la divertida serie protagonizada por Tim Drake, Superboy (quien te ha visto y quien te ve), Bart Allen (lo mismo que el anterior) y compañía se labrarían un fiel núcleo de adeptos por medio de la frescura de sus disparatadas aventuras. Para sumergirse en esta cabecera, lo más recomendable podría ser acudir al primer TPB americano en el que se recopilaban sus primeros números.

http://www.zonanegativa.com/antologia...

[Alan · Rating 3 out of 5]

As I continue my re-read of DC events series in TPB (where available) I am struck by the up and down quality of the stories. While this event spun out of a storyline in Peter David's excellent Young Justice series, the story here is at best average. Perhaps, the best explanation is that to pull of an event like this (about 20 single issues all in one week) required a lot of editorial control and bringing in additional writers. The humor and humanity that marked Young Justice is absent from much of this story, and while the concept of making teen heroes adults and adult heroes teens has some promise the use of the villain Klarion doesn't work. The attempt to make Klarion a chaos seeking buffon falls very flat.

[Nurul · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love 90's Young Justice. But this arc was a hot mess. I only loved the beginning, Batboy and Robin and the end; everything else, excluding the decent Wonder Girl and Impulse issues, just sucked. Lagoon Boy and Aquaman are insufferable and I loathed the art in the Superboy/Superman issue. If you're not a hardcore fan of Young Justice, it's best to avoid this arc completely.

Also, tis a mark of how little I care for this arc that I don't even remember when I finished reading it. It's definitely not today.

[Jackie · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 1/2 stars. For me, this book certainly took a while to speed up and actually grab my attention. Though I did enjoy the fight scenes I thought that it wasn't one of the better YJ books out there. Fun and theme heavy in the portrayal of age and maturity and the social media not always being what it seems.

[victoria.p · Rating 2 out of 5]

Spent too much time on characters I didn't really care about and not enough time with the core four of YJ and their de-aged mentors. What we did get of them was fun, but the story could have done more with them. De-aged Superman was especially irritating.

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun but a tad confusing. Superheroes become teenagers, and the teenage superheroes become adults. There are some very nice character moments here, especially with Robin. Interesting, seeing all the adults behave like kids. There's also some laugh out loud moments.

[Karisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of things to like here. Between the normal heroes being de-aged, our teen heroes getting aged up, Klaroin the Witch Boy's enjoyable characterisation, and the threads running through this book, it's great from cover to cover. The art feels dated, but other than that I really enjoyed it.

[Fugo Feedback · Rating 4 out of 5]

Marco tanto en "verificar" como en "viejas lecturas" porque es probable que no haya leído todo lo que incluía este tomo.

[Mark]

"Weird transformations... mob scenes of heroes... everything coming unglued... Why does stuff like this seem to happen every fifth week or so?" - Li'l Steel

[Jdetrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

These huge crossovers always have ups and downs, but this is pretty strong throughout, with an interesting premise and actual important events in the lives of those affected.

[Andrea · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the role-reversals in this, but the plot was a little thin.