Building up new threats in season 3 is harder than in season 1.
Building up new threats in season 3 is harder than in season 1.
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I think Weisman's too in love with these Machiavellian villains like Xanatos whom you can never truly defeat and always find some way to turn the tables (though Xanatos kind of grew out of it).
It's just the show did not benefit from being such a slow burn as it went along.
Here how it goes with most cartoon shows.
Toy sales help deal with the costs of the shows. There are exceptions like Fox's Animation Domination shows and show like Arthur or Netflix's She-ra.
For everyone else it's toy sales or back in the day the magical number of 65 episodes. 65 episodes allowed you to run an entire series at least TWICE a year. If you aired it 5 times a week.
Now Gargoyles and Ducktales and Darkwing Duck are among the exceptions.
In the case of Young Justice, Static Shock, 2001 He-Man and Masters of The Universe shows-TOY DEALS were the reason they ended.
NOBODY wanted to do Static toys despite it being the second highest rated cartoon during it's entire run. Only Digimon beat it.
He-Man and YJ it was toys sales and as a toy collector myself I can pretty much tell you why.
A LOT of those figures especially the deluxe figures of Aqualab (MAINLY) were not sold everywhere. I had to DRIVE to another city to get mine.
Always remember as an owner of an IP that relies on SALES-you are FOREVER at the mercy of the bias of a store.
It's why stuff like New Superman, Ms Marvel, Moon Girl and others do better as trades in other venues.