DCU Comic Book Reviews

TEEN TITANS #48

Flags Of Our Mothers

August 2007

Written by Adam Beechen

Pencils by Al Barrioneuvo

Inks by Bit

Cover by Tony Daniel

Synopsis

Due to the Amazons attack on Washington DC, the United States government has instituted the McCarran Act, which gives them the right to lock up any person who might have suspicious ties to the Amazons.  When Wonder Girl realizes that her mother has been placed into an interment camp, she (along with Supergirl) makes an attempt to free her, but the soldiers guarding the camp refuse. Supergirl and Wonder Girl then threaten to tear the place apart unless they get what they want.  The rest of the Titans then interfere to stop the two girls.  Seeing her daughter, Wonder Girl’s mom tries to get closer, but gets injured when she gets in the middle of the fight.  Wonder Girl checks on her mom, who tells her that fighting is not the thing to do and that she’ll be fine.  Wonder Girl and Supergirl then fly away, leaving the rest of the Titans at the mercy of the soldiers.  Later, Wonder Girl and Supergirl appear in Washington DC to see Hippolyta and ask for a way to end the war and spare innocent lives.  Wonder Girl suggest Hippolyta talk to the president and offers to go get him to talk about peace.  After she leaves, Hippolyta realizes the president will provide the prisoner she needs to win the war. 

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

We now interrupt your regularly scheduled Teen Titans issue for this unexpected crossover in which characters don’t really act they way you would expect them to.  Whether or not Cassie acts in character I suppose depends on how you view her as a character.  That actually is not the point I would like to, uh, point out.  I could not find anything in any of the character actions that made a lick of sense.  Cassie’s priorities seem to be a little backwards.  She should be in Washington DC helping to protect those innocent lives or fighting against the amazons, not trying to break her mother out of prison.  The same for Supergirl.  Yes, they are teenagers and one could argue they would be self-absorbed in their own worlds, but they are also heroes, which means that argument gets defeated just by the fact they choose to help others.  I guess what I am saying is that Cassie should either understand and accept what is happening to her mother or should be blithely unaware because she is deep into a war. 

Another thing that bothers me about this issue is the resolution to the main plot when Cassie gets to talk to her mom.  It’s a nice moment, but why is Cassie even listening to her?  She can fly.  First, she could have avoided the big fight if she had simply flown over the fence and into the camp to find her mother.  Second, once she found her mother, why didn’t she just grab her and fly her away.  Cassie wanted her out; why not just actually fly her out? 

What was the deal with the letter at the beginning of the issue?  How long has the war been going on that Cassie’s mom could have the time to write a letter about being in the camp?  And doesn’t it kinda say the same thing that she tells Cassie at the end anyway?

 

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