There are some interesting reveals with the packaging of the new wave of Mattel’s 6″ Young Justice line.  First and foremost is the fact that Mattel is incorporating the new “Invasion” storyline that will be taking place in Season 2 of Young Justice into the packaging and the line.  You can learn a little more about the upcoming “Invasion” story arc in this new video on the DC Nation site  (it is in the last segment about Young Justice).

As they mention in the video, we will see some new characters joining the team, and as we can see from the side panel of the box that the new Blue Beetle will most likely be one of the characters. Also it appears that Lagoon Boy might be joining the team as he is prominently featured on the side of the box.  Lagoon Boy has already appeared briefly in the episode “Downtime” but it looks like he will have a bigger role in the coming season.

Other reveals are on the back of the box are for the 4″ figures ”Young Justice’ line.   We knew Red Arrow and Black Manta were coming.  We have seen Captain Marvel…er… I mean “Shazam” but he had not be confirmed by Mattel until now.  This is our first look at the 4″ Classic blue and gray Batman.

Young Justice 6″ Batman- Is the first adult team member we got in the 6″ line of Young Justice figures.   Clearly his release is to correspond to having the maximum number of Batman figures on shelves for early summer and the release of “The Dark Knight Rises.”   This Batman has fairly standard for a 6″ DCUC type figure.  He has the ankle, knee, thigh swivel, DCUC hips, swivel waist, ab crunch, ball shoulders with swivel, elbow and wrist.   The boots and trunks are just painted on with no etech-lines.  The new parts are: head, cape, torso, belt, forearms and hands.   He’s got a great over the shoulder cape that we are seeing for the first time on a Mattel 6″ figure.

He come’s with 2 bat-a-rangs and a gas bomb that can attach to one of the foot pegs on the base.   The base is a large 2 tier rooftop with a gargoyle.

This sample was provided by Mattel.