The Pendulum

Young Justice #12: "The Pendulum" is the thirteenth issue of the official Young Justice spin-off comic series.

Solicitation
There's a new menace in Gotham City: a creature so strange – and so versatile – that not even the combined might of the entire Young Justice team can stand against it. Witness the origin of...Clayface!

Characters

 * colspan="3"| Aqualad
 * colspan="3"| Batman
 * colspan="3"| Clayface
 * colspan="3"| Kid Flash
 * colspan="2"| Lucius Fox
 * colspan="3"| Miss Martian
 * colspan="3"| Robin
 * colspan="3"| Ra's al Ghul
 * colspan="3"| Sensei
 * colspan="3"| Superboy
 * colspan="3"| Talia al Ghul
 * colspan="3"| Tula (illusion)
 * colspan="3"| Ubu
 * colspan="3"| Robin
 * colspan="3"| Ra's al Ghul
 * colspan="3"| Sensei
 * colspan="3"| Superboy
 * colspan="3"| Talia al Ghul
 * colspan="3"| Tula (illusion)
 * colspan="3"| Ubu
 * colspan="3"| Superboy
 * colspan="3"| Talia al Ghul
 * colspan="3"| Tula (illusion)
 * colspan="3"| Ubu
 * colspan="3"| Tula (illusion)
 * colspan="3"| Ubu
 * colspan="3"| Ubu

Continuity

 * The fight in the sewer is concluded in "Downtime"

Production notes

 * This issue was penciled by Luciano Vecchio instead of regular artist Christopher Jones. When Jones came on the project, they were already almost a month behind schedule, and could not make up for it. So it was decided to let #12 be done by a fill-in artist, and Jones went from #11 directly to #13.

Goofs

 * Even though series creator and comic series writer Greg Weisman has reportedly stated that "Young Justice" is the name of the show and the young heroes team is merely referred to as "The Team", the solicitation for this issue calls them the "Young Justice team".

Cultural references

 * Lucius makes reference to the 9/11 attacks, and the increased security precautions that went into affect after it.