Dial B for Bendis

The good news is that Miguel and Summer continue their story in Young Justice. The bad news is that Brian Michael Bendis is writing them. This isn't a declaration of war because he's written some fine stuff, but he tends to fill his team books with tons of characters essentially because he likes to write crowd banter, and not because he cares about those characters necessarily. His current run in Legion is like that. His Young Justice is too. The Dial H heroes are recruited in #12, along with the Wonder Twins (and others, recently, looks like - I wasn't reading it before - and even more in issue 14), and after three issues, haven't really done anything. Bendis' handle on the mythos elaborated by Sam Humphries in the Dial H for Hero series is dodgy too, having the characters complain about the Red Dial's randomness, then making it act like the Blue Dial in a later issue (though the Red Dial hasn't been particularly consistent on this point, it's just that he went and MENTIONED IT). Anyway, my Dial H fandom is such that I will continue to read Young Justice as long as the characters are involved, but don't expect too many of these articles to come out of that if things keep going like they are.

Case 113: Young Justice #12-14
Dial Holders: Miguel Montez, Summer Pickens
Dial Type: Red H-Dial
Dialing: Miguel and Summer are now known as the Keepers of the H-Dial, at least by Tim Drake who, according to Dial H for Hero has used the H-Dial (though we never saw that adventure). As they were about to use the Dial, the phone "overcharged" and sent them through a multiversal rift Young Justice were dealing with. Kryptracheon energy (coming from dimensional rifts) makes the Dial freak out, sending flashes of energy (it also affects other tech and magic artifacts used by the team). Though Summer complains about the Red Dial's randomness, she and Miguel later use it to become their inner heroes, Lo Lo Kick You and SuperMiguel. Jinni Hex claims to have "one of those dials" in her trunk. No more information on that.

Name: None given, I will suggest Spiderling (is that safe from prosecution?)
Costume: A blue leotard with red spider-motifs whose legs cross across the forearms (from shoulder placement) and thighs (possibly from a belt placement). Red rolled-up gloves. A blue half mask with red goggles. Closer to Amalgam's Spider-Boy than to Spider-Man's outfit. (Still safe from prosecution?)
Powers: Super-agility and the ability to produce sticky webs he can swing on. At first I thought the electricity was part of the power set, but that's the Dial doing its stuff.
Sighted: In that group shot, in Port Oswego, Oregon. And that's all. It's reused for a splash in a later issue, but that doesn't really count. In #13, Miguel and Summer agree they used the Dial too soon.
Possibilities: If free from prosecution, Spiderling is DC's way of incorporating Spider-Boy into the DCU. There are several Amalgam characters who could be of use to either company, and all they need to do is file the numbers off. I wouldn't even change his backstory and let him be a Cadmus clone, which would make him Connor Kent's little brother. Maybe adapt his web powers so tactile telekinesis is a part of his moves and you've got enough of a distance with Spider-Man to be legit. Right, lawyers?
Integration Quotient: 50% (would be higher if I could get a legal opinion on this)

Next: Don't hold your breath, but will keep monitoring.