M-12 writes...

Yo, Greg, how about we do another AMA on my Sub? I mean, shiiiiit, all I've been getting lately is posts from people complaining about how the show sucks because its woke shit, and I'm tired!! That's not the attention I was hoping for when I let in my house! I thought the Sub would get like 50x subscribers, but booking you wasn't as impressive as I thought it would. Quite UNDERWHELMING, really. My followers also didn't celebrate me as hard or for as long as I imagined neither..... Being this the last season of the show, my precious Sub will dry up more than AH's snatch (lol).

Come on, homie, throw me a bone here. Also, would you consider joining my awesome Discord channel?? Between our attention seeking virgins and mentally disabled retards, your dick would be sore from so much sucking lol. I promise I'll ban anyone who doesn't bend over!

Ricky writes...

Hi Greg

a few questions then a thank you.

1) I read that Batman became Batman at the age of 21. Crazy young compared to other iterations of the character. What did his training look like before he became Batman? And was any of that training by Alfred?

2) How do you rate the combat prowess of Earth-16's Batman?

3) I absolutely loved your Nightwing & Roy vs Brick fight in S3. I always love seeing trained humans fighting metahumans.
How strong a metahuman can a well-trained human with standard vigilante gear defeat without relying on insta-win gadgets like red sun batons or kryptonite rings?

4)Would Nightwing have beaten Tommy Terror in a 1v1 if he wasn't focused on getting those kids out?

I want to start off by saying thank you. Thank you for bringing attention to minority groups that never get attention in mainstream media.
Not just having a cameo of the week to "celebrate our differences", but actually making these people main characters.

As a kid the only faces of heroes I've seen were white. Guys who looked like me were often racist caricatures with thick accents like Leslie Chow or emasculated nerdy losers.
Even the "heroes" like Jackie Chan or Jet Li were considered others, not a real American. For the longest time, I didn't think of being an Asian-American male as something to be proud of.
Even though I was born and raised in the states, it was pretty clear that there were many who considered me a perpetual foreigner.
And I know I'm not the only ethnicity that's experienced this. A lot of us are "Outsiders" if you will.

It really means a lot to know that it's not just white faces that get to be heroes.

So thank you for bringing non-traditional faces to the screen.

Anonymous writes...

How many Teekls has Klarion been through?

Anonymous writes...

Why did Nightwing at the beginning of Season 3 not want anyone to know that he was talking to Oracle?
At what point did other members of the Team (like Artemis as seen in Season 4) start talking to her?

Alan Smithee writes...

I'm sorry in advance.

I was looking through the archives for gargoyle heights and came across some questions pertaining to human/gargoyle err, intimacy issues with incompatible equipment, which led to this.

If say, Goliath and Elisa received a magical talisman or something that allowed the wearer to match their partner's form (Goliath becomes a human or Elisa becomes a gargoyle) and it's all systems go. The lights are dimmed. The Berry White is playing. Even considering they will have nigh-endless encounters of a similar nature in the future, who changes their form FIRST? And do they volunteer or have to be talked into it?

Anonymous writes...

Mr. Weisman,

The little glowing green eye that Lor-Zod seemed to recognize and then grabbed is the Emerald Eye of Ekron, correct? I could've sworn that it was a lot bigger in the comics...

Arstinos writes...

In the latest arc of Young Justice, there is a subplot about Rocket learning to understand her son's autism through her interactions with Orion. I personally was very disappointed with the way that this arc resolved, and it just seemed to fall into the basic "overcoming narrative" tropes that have been so harmful to the disabled community (especially autistic folk) in the past. The arc also largely focused on everyone else's perceptions of the neurodiverse characters without giving much voice to Orion or Amistad to talk about their own experiences.

I'm wondering if you had anyone who was autistic or at least a disabilities activist working on/reviewing these episodes? If not, would you consider hiring someone to work on future stories that touch on these subjects?

Anonymous writes...

Mr. Weisman,

In the Earth-16 universe, what was Ursa's original Kryptonian surname before she became the life-mate of Zod?

Anonymous writes...

Mr. Weisman,

Just so I can understand correctly, Dru-Zod and the rest of the Phantom Zone prisoners are from the present time, and they wouldn't know who the future Lor-Zod is even though Ursa would still be (presumably) one month pregnant with him right now. As such, should we assume that the future Lor-Zod will end up getting killed by his own father (presumably as a result of some kind of misunderstanding) and the present Lor-Zod will grow up to be a good guy instead...?

Anonymous writes...

Dear Mr Wiesman 1. Did you plan For Pf ( My nickname for Female Forager aka Purple Forager to avoid confusion) to become a Green Lantern from the start or did the idea come up later? 2. How long has Isis (the heroine not the Deity) known Zatanna, Madame Xanadu Zatara and the rest of there friends? 3 How did Joker find out from Poison Ivy that He and the rest of the injustice league where being used as Puppets ? 4 Did Tomar Re ever blame himself for what happened to krypton and the El Brothers?

Abdullah Khan writes...

George Eads voiced Flash in everything minus the finale and since Outsiders it has become clear James Arnold Taylor would now be his main VA.
Ariel Winter voiced Perdita in her first episode and the DC Showcase: Green Arrow short u wrote but is now recasted to Hynden Walch. I wanted to ask why these permanet recasts happened?

Anonymous writes...

1 Orm recieved training under wotan in sorcery. How well did orm do in his magic training in wotan’s opinion?
2 did orm recieve training from just wotan or did the light also hire a few other sorcerers to help orm with his training?

Anonymous writes...

Mr. Weisman,

1. Is Vandal Savage the paternal or maternal grandfather of Arion?

2. What is the exact year that Vandal Savage (as Temujin/Genghis Khan) first encountered Darkseid?

Marvelman writes...

Is "Mantis" a job/role in the hive, or is it a proper name? If it is the latter, why is that Mantis is the only bug with a name?

Anonymous writes...

Mr. Weisman,

The Earth-16 version of Superboy does not have access to all of Superman's powers apparently because of his half-human, half-Kryptonian DNA. However, if Superboy ends up in a position where he is in a critical condition that requires him to get a blood transfusion from Superman, would he be able to gain access to all of Superman's powers as a result? The reason I am asking this question is because I am aware that red shields only provided a temporary solution in Season 1, but caused him to be more aggressive with each use. As such, I have been wondering if there was a possible solution that is permanent but does not cause him to become aggressive?

Anonymous writes...

Mr. Weisman,

If Young Justice gets a fifth season, will we see any elements (costumes, storylines, etc.) incorporated from Infinite Frontier, Future State, Milestone Returns, and perhaps even The Wild Storm?

Dylan writes...

Is there a chance that Kyle rayner is the 4th green lantern mentioned by Orin in the Atlantis arc?( great job this season by the way it’s been amazing)

Anonymous writes...

1 The lord of chaos and order are aware of darkseid. Is darkseid aware of the lord of order and chaos?
2 If he is aware what does he think of these elemental entities. Does he consider them a threat?

Enda McNabola writes...

Is the Mobius Dimension the same dimension Metron took Halo and Cyborg to back in "Overwhelmed"?

Anonymous writes...

Mr. Weisman,

Which individuals in the Kent family tree (as seen in the link provided below) also exist in the Earth-16 universe?

https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Kent_Family

Anonymous writes...

Mr. Weisman,

If Lian Nguyen-Harper somehow manages to survive past the age of five (which was when she tragically died in pre-Flashpoint DC Comics continuity in 2009), will she eventually become the Red Hood (like her Earth-22 counterpart; an archer like her father, Red Arrow), or will she become the Cheshire Cat (like her Prime Earth counterpart; since she is revealed to be alive in the Infinite Frontier era)?

Anonymous writes...

In the World of Catwoman: Hunted
1. What year did La Dama begin her criminal career?
2. What year was Doctor Tzin born?
3. What year did Doctor Tzin begin his criminal career?

That's all from me; sorry if this was total torture. Love YJ and love your writing. I look forward to whatever's next!

Anonymous writes...

In the World of Catwoman: Hunted
1. What year did Boss Moxie begin his criminal career?
2. What year was Barbara Minerva born?
3. What year did Barbara Minerva begin her criminal career?
4. What year was Mr. Yakuza born?
5. What year was La Dama born?

Anonymous writes...

In the World of Catwoman: Hunted
1. What year did Tobias Whale begin his criminal career?
2. What year was Morax born?
3. What year was Nosferata born?
4. What year did Nosferata begin her criminal career?
5. What year was Boss Moxie born?

Anonymous writes...

In the World of Catwoman: Hunted
1. What year was Solomon Grundy born?
2. What year did Solomon Grundy begin his criminal career?
3. What year was Abaddon born?
4. What year was Julia Pennyworth born?
5. What year was Tobias Whale born?

Anonymous writes...

In the World of Catwoman: Hunted
1. What year does the film take place?
2. What year was Catwoman born?
3. What year did Catwoman begin her costumed career?
4. What year was Black Mask born?
5. What year did Black Mask begin his costumed career?

If 'How old' is more applicable than 'What year' here, would you be willing to answer that instead with this set of questions?

Owlman writes...

Hi Greg !
I've pretty surprised to hear in YJ the pronoun "they" to describe someone instead of him or her. I mean, why you, especially you, a writer, would you support the destruction of the language ?
Or maybe you think this is an actual progress, and in that case, I'm deeply worried about what you're gonna do next.
This could be the perfect show, if it wasn't for this silly woke ideology who comes and ruins everything, like a virus spreading inside a healthy body.
All right, maybe not the best metaphor here, but you got the point.
Just... WHY did you have to turn woke ? I find this to be an abomination and that has ruined a part of the show for me.
I mean, sure, you can be inclusive for those communities, but why this much ? It's like it's you're number one priority, and it's scary. We don't have a single episode with some woke allusions, and I'm really tired of it at this point.

I know that you moderators will be eager to delete this, so here's a message for you :
Before you do that, consider that this question, as unpleasant or offending (not my intend, really) as it might be, represents a lot of people who don't talk about this, but who nonetheless think the same way.
I think constructive criticism must be allowed, even if you find it personally unpleasant.
People have the right to be against woke ideology, as much as those who are supporting it.
If we hear only from one point of view, that's not fair, right ?

I'd just like to hear Greg's thoughts about that. That's an important subject that I think should not be putted aside, even if it's from the opposite opinion.

Thank you.

Anonymous writes...

1. I just started watching the show and I am enjoying it quite a lot, so I know it's been a long time since you wrote the episode Denial but in this episode there is a line "Oh, no. Not me. I'm just an old coot/coat Fate used to put on." when I watched this on Netflix the subtitles said coat and I really like this line but on IMDb in the quotes section it says coot. I know it seems like a trivial question but if possible do check and let me know if you remember what you wrote granted it was 10 long years.
2. Also my friend who is caught up with the show told me to watch GLTAS since it's a somewhat shared world(not quite sure what he meant by this,said the same thing for Green Arrow Showcase the same shared world thing about that too and to watch it after s1 ep 20. and Catwoman Hunted after season 3) and said I can just watch it along with season 2 of young justice alternating between the two shows Or after season 2 and before season 3. What order would you recommend for watching GLTAS.

Anonymous writes...

So about the quotation "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." You said "The quotation IS in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, but I didn't realize that it didn't originate there" so what chapter in I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou is this quote on I couldn't find it, do you happen to have a citation for this or the page number cause I can't find it.

Flay writes...

Why did Garfield not love Perdita no more by the time of episode one of young justice phantoms?

Anonymous writes...

1. What year was Lor-Zod born?
2. What year did Lor-Zod first travel back in time?
3. What year did Phantom Girl become a member of the Legion of Superheroes?
4. What year did Saturn Girl become a member of the Legion of Superheroes?

Anonymous writes...

1. What year was Abra Kadabra born?
2. What year did Brainiac 5 join the Legion of Superheroes?
3. What year did Chameleon Boy join the Legion of Superheroes?
4. What year was Lightning Lad born?
5. What year did Lightning Lad join the Legion of Superheroes?

Anonymous writes...

1. What year was Moonrider born? If not tracked, what is his age equivalent at last appearance?
2. What year was Orion born? If not tracked, what is his age equivalent at last appearance?
3. What year was Overlord created?
4. What year was Serifan born? If not tracked, what is his age equivalent at last appearance?
5. What year was Sphere created?

Anonymous writes...

1. What year was Kalibak born?
2. What year was Kreetin born? If not tracked, what is his age equivalent at last appearance?
3. What year was Lashina born? If not tracked, what is her age equivalent at last appearance?
4. What year was Lightray born? If not tracked, what is his age equivalent at last appearance?
5. What year was Metron born? If not tracked, what is his age equivalent at last appearance?

Anonymous writes...

1. What year was Granny Goodness born? If not tracked, what is her age equivalent at last appearance?
2. What year was Grayven born? If not tracked, what is his age equivalent at last appearance?
3. What year was Highfather born? If not tracked, what is his age equivalent at last appearance?
4. What year was Highmother born? If not tracked, what is her age equivalent at last appearance?
6. What year was Jovita born? If not tracked, what is her age equivalent at last appearance?

Anonymous writes...

1. What year was Desaad born? If not tracked, what is his age equivalent at last appearance?
2. What year was Dreamer born? If not tracked, what is her age equivalent at last appearance?
3. What year was Gilotina born? If not tracked, what is her age equivalent at last appearance?
4. What year was G. Gordon Godfrey born? If not tracked, what is his age equivalent at last appearance?
5. What year was Granny Goodness’s Gretchen Goode doppelganger created? Did she begin operation as the head of Goode World Studios around the same time?

Anonymous writes...

Have a good day Mr. Weisman.
Firstly I would like to say that I love your work and fingers crossed for continuing with Young Justice, Gargoyles or any project you wish to work on. The second thing is that English is not my native language and I am sorry for mistakes.

I gather so many questions over the years and I hope I am not asking for spoilers because the "No spoilers" was one of many things what sell your shows to me.

1. Are there any male New Genesphers or bioships?

2. In episode "Failsafe" we can see Alfred, Barbara and Betty together. Was it something (teoreticly) Dick ask him to do?
(I overthought this one too many times)

3. What do you think, is Violet trixic, toric or bisexual (umbrela term)?
(Well, I do not think they were thinking about this)

Thank you for your time, representation, amazing shows, my hobby (drawing but that is credit for Phil Bourassa) and my favorite number (16!).
Please, exuse me for mistakes or if any of these questions was asked before, I did not find it.

Anonymous writes...

1. You have made it clear that your answers on this site are not officially canon and sometimes used the term "canon-in-training" to describe them. You have also recently revealed that some non-YJ projects are "canon-adjacent" to Earth-16. In cases where canon-adjacent lore and canon-in-training lore do not match up, what is the hierarchy here? I understand these situations will likely be decided on a case-by-case basis, but generally which should we defer to?

2. More specifically, some Green Lantern lore from the now canon-adjacent GL:TAS contradicts answers you've given here over the years. For example, you've said that on Earth-16 two GLs are appointed to each Space Sector and you've talked about Guy Gardner being in a coma when John Stewart debuted as a hero. I presume these answers (from 2012 and 2013) were given long before it was decided to import some continuity from GL:TAS. Therefore I would like to ask if these notions (or any others you'd like to share) about Earth-16's Green Lantern history and lore have at all changed, now that you've crossed over with that other series?

Anonymous writes...

Mr. Weisman,

#1. Does the Earth-16 universe has its own version of the Antimatter Universe (aka. Sector -1; which is the only known space sector with a negative number designation)? Also, does Qward (the home planet of the Sinestro Corps) exist in the Earth-16 version of Antimatter Universe?

#2. Was Hal Jordan's Green Lantern predecessor Abin Sur; an alien from the planet Ungara (which is located in Sector 2814)? Also, in comparison to the comics, how much of the Earth-16 version of their encounter is the same/different?

#3. Was Hal Jordan's Green Lantern mentor Thaal Sinestro; an alien from the planet Korugar (which is located in Sector 1417)? Also, in comparison to the comics, how much of the Earth-16 version of the history between Hal Jordan and Sinestro is the same/different?

#4. Who was John Stewart's Green Lantern predecessor before he obtained the Green Lantern power ring?

#5. Who was Guy Gardner's Green Lantern predecessor before he obtained the Green Lantern power ring?

Anonymous writes...

1. What year was Antinoõs born? If not tracked, what is his age equivalent at last appearance?
2. What year was Big Barda born?
3. What year was Bear born? If not tracked, what is his age equivalent at last appearance?
4. What year was Celestia born? If not tracked, what is her age equivalent at last appearance?
5. What year was Darkseid born? If not tracked, what is his age equivalent at last appearance?

Anonymous writes...

1. What year was All-Widow born? If not tracked, what is her age equivalent at last appearance?
2. What year was Larva (blue) born? If not tracked, what is her age equivalent at last appearance?
3. What year was Larva (red) born? If not tracked, what is his age equivalent at last appearance?
4. What year was Mountain Forager (red) born? If not tracked, what is his age equivalent at last appearance?
5. What year was Mountain Forager (purple) born? If not tracked, what is her age equivalent at last appearance?

Anonymous writes...

1. What year was Sardath born?
2. What year was Scientist born? If not tracked, what is her age equivalent at last appearance?
3. What year did K'rii St'ferr become a Y'ellonn Martian Priest?
4. What year was Sykara born?
5. What year did Sykara become Queen of M'arzz?

Anonymous writes...

1. What year did Mongul take over the Warworld?
2. What year was Orb-One created?
3. What year did Razer become a member of the Red Lantern Corps?
4. What year was the Starro creature Klarion teleported to Babylon born?
5. What year did Tomar-Re become a Green Lantern?

Anonymous writes...

1. What year was Kylstar born?
2. What year was L-Ron created?
3. What year was Lobo born?
4. What year was Lok-Ron created?
5. What year was Mongul born?

PhnStr writes...

Hi Greg! How are you doing? I hope you're well.

By the time that you read this, Phantoms will have concluded, and hopefully we (the viewers) will all know what has really happened to Conner (i.e. how precisely he got into the Phantom Zone), as well as how he will get out (if he gets out... I mean, I imagine that he will, but as his circumstances are still somewhat mysterious, I do not want to assume anything).

At the time of my writing/typing, 420 has been released, so there are six episodes left. People are assuming that Phantom Girl managed to transport herself and Conner into the Phantom Zone, which certainly SEEMS like a safe assumption.

However, there remains the matter of the ash in the shape of Conner's body on the cave wall. I have brought this up online and have observed that the ash being in that shape would seem to suggest that Conner's BODY was indeed destroyed in the explosion. However, I have faced ridicule from some corners of the fanbase (only a handful of people, it seems, at least) who have insisted that the ash proves that Conner's body was NOT destroyed. I am not sure how they reached that conclusion. (I am also not sure why they insulted me when they typed this -- it is a sad sign of the toxicity of some fans they they feel the need to sprinkle their retort with rudeness and insults.)

This leads to wonder if you could clarify, please, whether the ash in the shape of Conner's body was intended to suggest that he was dead. This is certainly what I took from how M'gann and Garfield reacted at the end of "Involuntary" (M'gann facial expression and Gar's words), so I would like to think that the YJ crew did indeed want the viewers to see the ash as an indicator of Conner's likely demise. Could you clarify, please? I have a feeling that you will confirm that the ash was meant to suggest this (whether or not it was a red herring at the time) and so I look forward to your answer.

It really feels like my understanding of what happened with the ash on the cave wall is SO different to what others have perceived, so by asking you, I hope to bridge the gap in my understanding if possible... or at least highlighted what was intended to be conveyed in this scene.

Many thanks!

Anonymous writes...

In episode 4x12 Zatara flashes back to the day Superman defeated Mechanical Monsters, a clear reference to the Fleischer Superman films. Is that series, or at least The Mechanical Monsters instalment, canon-adjacent to Earth-16?

Family writes...

Do Karen and Mal live in Happy Harbor or Ivy Town?
Did they tell their friends about their daughter?

Steve Hockensmith writes...

If Joker's bomb threat on the UN took place in 2018, which was when Spoiler joined the Team, does that mean she joined in January? And was she new as Spoiler during that mission?

Sam writes...

Hey Greg!

My question is about M'gann's eye color. The whites of M'gann's eyes turned black when she went to M'arzz, though there are some scenes on M'arzz where the whites of her eyes are, well, white. It initially seemed like her eyes turned white whenever she casted a mental projection or was aboard Bio-ship / Baby, but there are some scenes that do not align with this pattern. Young Justice has always dealt with themes of identity and perception (especially with M'gann), and her eyes are always white when she is on Earth, so I was curious if her decision to switch between her eye colors was motivated by her desire to appear "more human" or "more Martian" based on who she is around? Or am I trying to find a pattern where there isn't one?

Anonymous writes...

It is very rare for vandal savage to be angry, but as shown with kaldur after he ruined the reach summit and after the lords of order killed orm it is possible to piss him off. So what I want to ask is vandal savage capable of holding a grudge?