Young Justice #8

I've been dubious about this series, but I find myself happy to have stuck with the series now that the story feels more defined. Young Justice #8 is one of DC's sleeping giants and is one to watch out for. Read Full Review

Please don't make me wait another two months for the next issue. Please! Read Full Review

While the previous issue felt more like a fun stand-alone portraying the misadventures of the team, this issue gains flesh and brings the story back to its main line. With some stunning art delivered by John Timms and Gabe Eltaeb in every single action scene, this would be a must-read even if it weren't for the suggestion of Tim Drake's new identity – which is coming from the most obvious place ever. That's a stroke of genius. Read Full Review

Young Justice #8 was worth the longer than usual wait. Jon Timms is producing his best work on the title so far with some incredible and cohesive action sequences. Bendis flexes his muscles by not only balancing the core four very well but also with some totally new villains. If you didn't love the first arc, I recommend giving it another shot. This issue is just pure fun. Read Full Review

This issue is a top-notch set up for what comes next both in a multiversal jaunt and for heroes prepared to establish what good and evil means their own generation. Read Full Review

It's evil twins galore on Earth-3 for Young Justice! Read Full Review

Overall: Young Justice is an absolute blast. If you love classic superhero action and adventure stories that focus on entertainment then you definitely should check out Young Justice #8. This is a modern comic book that proudly says that superhero comic books absolutely can be fun. Read Full Review

All things considered, this was an interesting, engaging story with lots of fun character interplay, but the narration undercut it severely. If that had been on just a couple of pages, it would've been a relatively minor problem. Since it pervaded the book, however, it was a huge stumbling block. Read Full Review

"Young Justice" #8 packs a lot of ideas but doesn't contain enough space or focus to explore all of them. Read Full Review

This wasnt the strongest issue of Young Justice thanks to a forced group of opponents and an overall lack of chemistry building with the still young team. Read Full Review

Maybe this series just isn't for me, and that is okay. Young Justice #8 will probably be the last I read of the series for a while. Read Full Review

Like Bart, I would have been happier if the team has spend more time in Captain Carrot‘s world than in this one, but the comic is notable for the high-level of action (and the suggested death of one member of the team… before they have even technically become a team). For fans. Read Full Review

If you're looking for an issue that's a big fight scene between our heroes and their unimaginative evil counterparts from Earth-3...... Well, maybe this issue is for you because it certainly looks good, I just can't say that the story is there or that Brian Michael Bendis really cares about the characters he's writing. Read Full Review

Young Justice #8 is a lukewarm issue that proves to be the artists' best issue while being one of Bendis's worst. The action and playful banter are fun, but some of the Earth-3 names, and decisions do not serve the story well. Read Full Review

Nihilist

Sep 11, 2019

Ugh, just cut it, Bendis, and let the characters come home finally, because the entire Gemworld, and now multiverse jumping plot isn't really interesting. It's something that fits The Terrifics, who by the way manage to pull off. This series, in comparison, seems like a wasted potential - I remember an interview with Marv Wolfman, regarding his legendary The New Teen Titans run, and how he explained each of the team members is different, and allows different stories to be told. You have Raven, who is connected to magic, Cyborg, a technological character, Starfire, and alien - you get the idea, right? Young Justice doesn't seem to have that, sadly. 8 issues in, and so far none of the main cast members had a single moment to shine on their ow n, or steer the plot in a particular direction. Yay, fun, they've met their evil elseworld counterparts, but that already happened... twice, in The Terrifics, with way more heart and comedy than we see here. I'm sorry, but I don't enjoy the series, even though I would like to. It has an interesting, diverse cast, so it should, in theory, combine their strengths and amplify them, but it doesn't. It doesn't give any of them any time in the limelight. Hopefully that'll change in the future, but knowing BMB, I'm concerned, to say at least. more

LunaMoody

Sep 11, 2019

Okay there are several things about this issue I didn't like. 1. The art work was lazy. I prefer the art to be drawn more real life. I hate when characters are drawn with just lines for eyes and lips. I also hate when they are drawn with sharp edges and odd angled body parts. That's just laziness on the artist part. 2. The new characters so far are NOT that interesting. Plus they don't really feel like a team but they are still new so they could come together better with time. I'm not sure about them becoming interesting though. 3. Was not happy with Spoiler/ Steph popping up. One thing about the comic I was enjoying was her not being in the comic since the first issue. I have not been a fan of Spoiler since she was introduced in the comics. The only time I did sort of like her was when she was Robin for a few issues. I've always found the character to be whiny, weak, annoying, stupid very very stupid and plain pathetic. I think Tim deserves a way better love interest then Steph and I was hoping that he would get one. 4. DRAKE???? Really??? I've long thought he needed to break away from the Robin name but Drake? No please no. For starters it's his last name. So I fail to see where that would be a smart thing to do. Granted he is now a Wayne but he doesn't call himself that so again where would the logic be in calling himself Drake as his hero name. Unless he no longer wishes his identity to be secret. ALSO a Drake is a term for male duck. So I don't know if the writer knows that or not but....... Drake? So NOT a cool super hero name in anyway!!!! NOW for what I do like so far about the book 1. I've liked the world jumping. It's been fun and funny for the most part. 2. I love that Tim is going the route Nightwing went and getting his own name and leaving behind the Robin persona. It's past time. And I'm looking forward to him getting the new costume. I do hope though that he keeps the Bat emblem on it somewhere. Just to show pride in where it all started with him becoming a hero. more

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LunaMoody - Sep 13, 2019

Actually yes I am

M1sf1r3

Nov 11, 2019

Prelude: Boy, there was a lot of Bendis books this week. Guess the quality has to drop somewhere asides from Event Leviathan so let's see how this issue of Young Justice holds up. The Good: It's cool to see the evil versions of the team, even if some don't make complete sense. The Bad: You guessed it, continuity issues are aplenty. Earth 3 was wiped from existence by the Anti-Monitor. It's why Forever Evil happened. But I guess it's too good for Bendis to pass up on. Speaking of which, Bendis really likes putting Earth 3 into his stories. He's already done the same in Superman... Interesting. Drake. Conclusion: The issue was interesting enough to avoid a 5 for boredom but there's still little going for it.

EDiakota

Sep 12, 2019

"It's one of the most dangerous bird. It's who i am." Drake

Psycamorean

Sep 13, 2019

Bendis' dialogue sucks and I'm sick of reading his books.

Spacey Medicine

Sep 18, 2019

Wow that was a mess.