Young Avengers won’t necessarily be in continuity with Young Justice: Outsiders. They will deal with similar themes (the rise of meta-humans), and the series will be in its own corner of the setting (namely New York state), but it’s impossible to completely keep the two series histories compatible.
Young Avengers, much like YJ, will draw from the entirety of Marvel history, including movies and alternate universes (i.e. MCU). Sometimes we’ll just do our own thing, much the same way that Zatara was still alive and became Dr. Fate.
Though the Avengers are the focus, there will be guest stars by other Marvel teams such as the Fantastic Four and X-Men, just not necessarily in traditional fashion.
Young Justice is the core truth of the setting – so if there already is a group or element in the YJ setting, the Marvel stuff has to mesh with it. There still will be tons of stuff Marvel specific, but they will have to slot into YJ history.
Premise
“The Shield exists for the American people; to do what needs to be done. If we need them to defend, these are your Defenders. If you need them to avenge, these are your Avengers”
- Nick Fury.
In response to an alien invasion, and general distrust of the Justice League (and the United Nations who sanction it), the United States government forms its own Super-team.
The Shield (known in the press as “The Avengers” after the famous introduction speech by Nick Fury, Is the country’s only sanctioned team of super-heroes.
Much like “The Team”, there is a Youth Training branch, again known as the “Young Avengers” in the press, operating out of the Hammond Metahuman Training Center. The HMTC is known by its students as Camp Hammond. Despite its name, it’s not just for metahumans – any individual wishing to learn to safely use their abilities, join the Shield or be a sanctioned hero can apply.
After the infamous “Reach Papers” breach that revealed true numbers of Meta-Actives to the world, there is growing hysteria about super-heroes. The publisher of the breach, the tabloid Daily Bugle has used its new fame to stir the flames of fear. They have already had success – through the government and heroes continue to call those with the Meta-gene, Metahumans, more and more people are using the offensive term “Mutant”.
The government set up “Camp Hammond” to train Metahumans and allay public fears over their numbers. O.N.E. has always known the general number of Metahumans in existence and knows the terrible cost hysteria would bring.
What has caused O.N.E. some concern is that many young Metahumans are disappearing off the grid. Camp Hammond was built for 200 students – there are about 20 because potential students have disappeared.
O.N.E. has tracked one source of the disappearance to a private school in Westchester County, New York. The other is still unknown, but rumors of a “mutant cult” known as the Brotherhood have spread through the metahuman community.
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