DCU Comic Book Reviews

TEEN TITANS #31

Lost And Found, Part 2

February 2006

Written by Geoff Johns

Pencils by Tony S. Daniel

Inks by Marlo Alquiza

Cover by Tony S. Daniel & Marlo Alquiza

Synopsis

In Los Angeles, the Teen Titans are battling Brother Blood and the return of dead Titans that Blood has brought back through the doorway between Life and Death.  While the rest of the Titans continue the battle, Beast Boy and Raven travel to the doorway.  There, they find Kid Eternity, who has been chained by Brother Blood to keep the door open.  They free Kid Eternity and return to Los Angeles, where he returns the dead (and Brother Blood) to where they belong.  In Smallville, Conner Kent learns what the Titans had done as Superboy Prime watches, waiting to judge Conner for his inactivity.

Review

Despite my reservations below, this was a good issue with a lot of good stuff in it.  The literal doorway to life and death was a great move and the explanation was also wonderful.  It was nice to see that Johns did not forget the kiss shared by Raven and Gar and their conversation felt natural and true to the characters (including the comment about Firehawk).  I am not all that familiar with Kid Eternity (or many of the older Titans) but at least his appearance made sense and his origin kept to a minimum so that we understand why he is in this story in the first place. 

In my review of last issue, I was intrigued by Johns’ decision to tackle the problem of death’s revolving door in the DCU.  In this issue, we learn that really the problem has not been addressed at all.  We now know that some of the fluctuations in the DCU history are due to Superboy Prime, which Kid Eternity alludes to here as well.  Plus, Kid Eternity also states that the deaths coming back to life have very little to do with him being tied to the door.  So, we get a big tease of something being resolved or at least investigated and it turns out to be nothing.  I feel like saying same on Johns for leading me on, but I think I was willingly being led.  I wanted to see some kind of resolution, a moment that would forever erase the possibility of coming back to life in the comic books, but that is just not going to happen. 

These past two issues, this one and the previous one, are nothing more than placeholders, marking time until we get to the One Year Later leap in two months.  The fact that Johns (who is also the writer of Infinite Crisis) is able to weave the Titans into the overall big picture in the DCU right now makes it intriguing but also frustrating.  It is nice to see how things are fitting together but we know that any big news or shocking moments will be saved for the big mini-series and not for any of the regular titles.  I suppose this is also true of most other titles, but for Teen Titans is especially notable given that Johns is the writer for both. -- Review by MRB

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