The Justice Society of America recently got a lot bigger thanks to the addition of some forgotten young heroes. Calling themselves the “Young Justice Society,” these characters were introduced via DC’s miniseries Stargirl: The Lost Children. The previously unseen sidekicks of popular Golden Age heroes, these youngsters have highlighted a way to successfully retcon characters into important periods of time in a shared superhero universe.Sadly, DC’s rival Marvel Comics has taken the opposite approach to Spider-Man’s new junior partner, and it’s affecting the company’s main hero. Spider-Man apparently had a sidekick of his own who’s never been mentioned or even remembered until now. The plot development has been controversial, and it speaks to how these sorts of stories only work when writers combine the right characters with the right approach.In Stargirl: The Lost Children by Geoff Johns and Todd Nauck, Stargirl/Courtney Whitmore investigates a sidekick who literally vanished from history. This sent her on an adventure where she eventually freed several other young heroes who dated back to the Golden Age of Comics. These “lost children” were captured by the Childminder, a villain inspired by the many changes and retcons that had affected the DC Universe. When the children had no place in time even after several Golden Age character’s stories were restored, they were forgotten by almost everyone who lived outside their prison on Orphan Island.RELATED: Why Everyone Should Be Reading World’s Finest: Teen TitansRELATED: DC Is Bringing Back the Most Overlooked Justice Society Hero
The Justice Society of America recently got a lot bigger thanks to the addition of some forgotten young heroes. Calling themselves the “Young Justice Society,” these characters were introduced via DC’s miniseries Stargirl: The Lost Children. The previously unseen sidekicks of popular Golden Age heroes, these youngsters have highlighted a way to successfully retcon characters into important periods of time in a shared superhero universe.
Sadly, DC’s rival Marvel Comics has taken the opposite approach to Spider-Man’s new junior partner, and it’s affecting the company’s main hero. Spider-Man apparently had a sidekick of his own who’s never been mentioned or even remembered until now. The plot development has been controversial, and it speaks to how these sorts of stories only work when writers combine the right characters with the right approach.
In Stargirl: The Lost Children by Geoff Johns and Todd Nauck, Stargirl/Courtney Whitmore investigates a sidekick who literally vanished from history. This sent her on an adventure where she eventually freed several other young heroes who dated back to the Golden Age of Comics. These “lost children” were captured by the Childminder, a villain inspired by the many changes and retcons that had affected the DC Universe. When the children had no place in time even after several Golden Age character’s stories were restored, they were forgotten by almost everyone who lived outside their prison on Orphan Island.
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