DCU Comic Book Reviews

TEEN TITANS #46

Titans East, Part 4

June 2007

Written by Geoff Johns and Adam Beechen

Pencils by Al Barrionuevo

Inks by Bit

Cover by Tony S. Daniel

Synopsis

In New York, Deathstroke and his team of Titans East and his allies square off against current and former Titans.  While various current members of the Titans square off individually against the Titans East, the older Titans along with Jericho and Ravager battle Deathstroke.  Eventually, the titans are able to take out the Titans East.  Meanwhile, Deathstroke tries to kill Jericho and Rose, but the Titans band together to save their family.  Seeing this, Deathstroke walks away from the fight, pleased that the Titans will take good care of his children.

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

I am torn on this issue.  On the one hand, I have to give Geoff Johns credit because the ending suggests he has been building to this moment pretty much from the beginning of the current run of Teen Titans, and especially since the One Year Later Leap.  He has written the characters of Jericho and Rose based on the question of their loyalty, creating friction within the team, nearly blowing them apart.  But when it comes right down to it, when lives are at stake, Titans are loyal, regardless of their histories, and Johns shows that very well at the end.  Add to that Deathstroke’s involvement, and the reasons for his involvement, and it adds a new layer of the term family.  It was nice to see that unity and really sums up the charm of the Titans. 

On the other hand, the story in this issue kept repeating itself over and over (You can’t kill us!” and “Yes, I will”) that I was getting sick of it.  It was like someone ht repeat on the CD changer, like the number of moments (see pages 2 and 3, 6, and 17) where the Titans proclaimed “together” and tried to take him out, but they all failed.  Then the ending came and it just kinda petered out as Deathstroke decided he’d had enough.  There wasn’t a defining moment, a time when Deathstroke gets the shit kicked out of him.  Instead, Deathstroke just walks ways, twirling his mustache and proclaiming, “I love it when a plan comes together.”  For all of the buildup to the fight and it just wimps out?

The entire sequence with Batgirl, Deathstroke, and Nightwing didn’t make much sense.  Batgirl says she is going to kill Deathstroke (yeah, she’s hero again -- note dripping sarcasm) but somehow misses him.  Did Nightwing push her aside or did Deathstroke (as the little squiggly lines suggest) move to avoid her? Actually if he did move, that is fine, but the other Titans were right behind her.  Apparently they don’t attack right away. What did they do, watch Cassie land on her ass?  Then Nightwing tells her they don’t kill and proceeds to punch her in the face, which is weird for two reasons 1) I would think Cassie could easily dodge that blow and take Nightwing down and 2) I doubt one punch could knock her unconscious. 

Comic Connection

Inertia began to assemble the Flash’s Rogues Gallery together to battle Bart in the The Flash:  Fastest Man Alive, issue #10 (May 2007).

 

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