Young Heroes In Love #7 Young Heroes Unplugged The Faces of DC Month
	Writer: Dan Raspler		Pencilier: Dev Madan		Inker: Keith Champagne	Editor: Dan Thorsland
	Letter: Bill Oakley		Colorist: Scott Baumann		Asst. Editor: Ali Morales	Soap King: Frank Pittarese

A big chunk of the story so far:

Hard Drive, the ambitious founder of the fledgling team of super-heroes called the Young Heroes, is so determined to fight for the common good that he's willing to brainwash his friends. His real name is Jeremy Horton. Bonfire (whose real name is Annie Fletcher) is a pyrokinetic super-hero fan of epic proportions and is torn between the affections of her teammates Thunderhead and Frostbite. Thunderhead (secretly Scotty Tucker) can't play guitar anymore because of his super strength, but he's not really worried about it at the moment because Bonfire jumped his bones last issue. Or at least he THINKS she did. Frostbite, who never really thought that he would like the life of a super-hero, is loving it, but is so fixated on the way his power interacts with Bonfire's that he's freaking out; he's psyched to get away for a few days. Off-Ramp (an elusive gear-head named George Sloan), briefly broke Hard Drive's conditioning, but was zapped back into submission again by his leader. He's feeling antsy and he dosen't know why. Junior (a.k.a. Ben Newton), is a tiny little man of 5" tall, and he sees in his tiny little teammate Zip-Kid a path to true happiness. Zip-Kid (whose friends know her as Stacey Taglia), is a bundle of enthusiastic nervous energy. She likes Junior as a friend, but is in love with another guy. And as for Monstergirl (known to some as Rita Lopez), she played a very nasty trick on Thunderhead last issue, despite the fact that he's one of her old friends from the neighborhood. I think that covers everyone... - YHIL Lettercolumn

Plot Summary:

Say kids, the Young Heroes sure have been going at it pretty hard, haven't they? Well, they get to take a well deserved rest in this issue, and we get a sneek peek at the lives they lead when the masks come off and the capes are hung up. And what a treat it is kids! This issue not only tells us their secret identities but it answers a bunch of little questions. What goes on behind the scenes? What do they do for day jobs? Where do they hang out? Can they hang out and unwind on their week off? You bet they can!

Unanswered Questions:

• What secrets are Monstergirls parents keeping from her?
• Lou sure does seem jealous of Junior, but does that make him a mobster?
• How did offramp get that scar across his face?
• What's the deal with his, and his son's chin birthmark?

Did You Notice:

• Meta messenger with flash t-shirt? (p.8)
• Junior's ladders all over his room? (p.10)
• Bonfire's roomate, Carol is wearing a Death T-shirt. (p.16)
• Lil roadshow mobile in crib?

The Creators Speak:

• "Raspler: Issue #7 is Young Heroes Unplugged. And it's all...
  Madan: It's like their day off. A day in the life.
  Raspler: We say they take a week off.
  Madan: And they all go off to their private lives. - Interview on Mania.com

• "Well, if you look REALLY closely between panels 3 and 4, you can see him using his temperature powers to redirect the fury of the storm away from the town. He does that every so often.
  Which begs the question: what is that dome-thing in panel four?
  See, the dome's not really there. What's there is a high-pressure zone with a higher air temperature. What APPEARS to be a dome-thing over the town in panel four is one of those famous snow-mirages you see all the time when pencillers hit their deadlines."
  Raspler - rec.arts.comics.dc.universe

• "Elayne asked me what newgroups Bonfire from the Young Heroes would subscribe to, and I think it's alt.meta.heroes.culture, or something like that. We see her browsing next month (in YOUNG HEROES IN LOVE #7). I was wondering if anyone had any better ideas for more appropriate sounding newsgroups..."
  Raspler - rec.arts.comics.dc.universe