DCU Comic Book Reviews

TEEN TITANS #79

Home Alone

March 2010

Written by Felicia Henderson

Pencils by Joe Bennett

Inks by Jack Jadson

Cover by Joe Bennett

Synopsis

In New York, Wonder Girl visits Cyborg to talk about his decision to send Gar to join the Teen Titans.  He tells her they are family.  At Titans Tower, Static informs the team he needs to return home.  A virus has struck Dakota and he needs to deal with it.  In Dakota, his sister is not pleased to see him.  She is annoyed that he never wrote to her or explained where he had been.  Later, he visits his parents who are were worried about him, as well.  Elsewhere, Wonder Girl assembles to the Titans and they head to Dakota to help Static.  Meanwhile, Static investigates the virus.  He learns there is a vaccine, but only certain people are able to get it.  At the West Health Clinic, he stops thieves trying to get the vaccine.  Later, he protects a shipment of the vaccine coming into the city.  When he learns the vaccines are only available at Hollander Clinics, he visits the company’s headquarters.  There, he is attacked by Holocaust.

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

Well, this was fricking annoying.  We spent the entire issue with Static continually telling the other characters that he didn’t want to talk about it, but we the readers don’t even know what “it” it is supposed to be about!  Unless I missed something, at no point does Static, as the narrator, or anyone else offer any insight onto why he refused to talk about what he was not supposed to talk about. Even vague hints would be helpful, like “that time I was there, I don’t want to talk about it.”  Something.  Anything, would be great.  Now, I think what Static refuses to talk about is his time in the Darkside Club seen in the Terror Titans mini-series, but (to sound like a broken record) it is not mentioned.  Worse, why is it Static can’t talk about it, now?  If he didn’t want to talk about it, why visit his family? Why not just avoid them and do what he needs to do as Static.  Or, and this is just a novel idea, why not sit down, discuss what happened with his family and then go after the bad guys and the virus and all that.  I suppose you can tell I am a little annoyed, but I found this entire issue very off-putting as it skirts around whatever it is the Static doesn’t want to talk about. 

On the plus side, I did like Wonder Girl’s return and her decision to man up and become the leader everyone thinks she should be.  I thought it was stupid for her to get the team into the conference room only to lead them right back out.  Seemed like a waste of space.  In fact, a lot of the pages with the Titans seemed like wasted space as it should not take long for Cassie to tell everyone she is in charge and they go to Dakota.  One page; hell, you could do it in two panels. 

Fresh Hell, Chapter Six

Written by Sean McKeever

Art by Yildiray Cinar and Julio Ferreira

Synopsis

Ravager has been kidnapped by Will, a local gang leader in the far north who has been dealing in human trafficking.  Now, Will injects a serum into Ravager to make her into his own personal army, his assassin.  Ravager fights the effects of the serum and manages to escape.  Later, she rescues a group of kids that had been kidnapped by Will’s gang.  She then asks the driver what happened to Will.  He tells her Will left town several weeks ago and he won’t tell her where he went.    

Review

I am not quite sure what to make of this back-up strip now.  The idea of brainwashing her is redundant given what her father did.  I guess McKeever is using that as a way to push her close to the edge as I am sure she will equate Will with her father, but that is not the impression I got.  What I got is a plot point that felt tired and lazy, as if McKeever wasn’t sure what he wanted to do, so he might as well just do what has been done before.  The other problem I had is the ending.  I don’t like the idea that this story is going to drag on even further, as she will need to search and find Will.  This installment should’ve ended with  Ravager finding Will, not running into yet another obstacle.  Again, I get the basic idea of putting barriers in front of her that she needs to overcome, but the story has reached the point where we need to get to the final confrontation. 

 

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