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TEEN TITANS #82

The Taking Of Dakota

June 2010

Written by Felicia Henderson

Pencils by Jose Luis

Inks by Mariah Benes

Cover by Joe Bennett

Synopsis

In Dakota, Holocaust has captured Wonder Girl, Aquagirl, Bombshell, and Static.  Cyborg, Superboy, and Kid Flash arrive to help their teammates.  Together, the Titans are able to defeat Holocaust.  Afterward, they are flying back home with Holocaust’s lab tech to get the antidote to the virus Holocaust created, when suddenly the lab tech creates a dimensional rift.  It destroys the plane, causing the Titans to fall to the ground, except for Raven, who is taken away by the lab tech.

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

If you have spent anytime around this site, then you probably know that I am way, way behind in reviewing comics.  And if you didn’t know that, then I guess you do now.  I say this because I am writing this review about 6 week after this comic was released.  And I don’t really want to spend much time writing about this issue.  Why?  It was bad.  Not just bad, but terrible with insipid dialogue, un-funny witticisms, stupid plot developments, and bad characterization.  It was painful to read and the fact that it just got worse as it went along dumbfounded me.  Frankly, I am just not in the mood to discuss the bad points and question everything.  I would just rather forget about it and move on.    

Fresh Hell, Chapter Seven

Written by Sean McKeever

Art by Yildiray Cinar and Julio Ferreira

Synopsis

In Russia, Will Roades thinks he has beaten Ravager, but she is able to fight back and defeat him.  However, she doesn’t kill him, only removes his tongue.  Later, Rose visits the hospital to see how the girl Will kidnapped was doing.  When she learns the girl is dead, Ravager finds Will and this time kills him.  Rose decides she will do whatever she thinks is right and not stress how other people perceive what she does.

Review

I get what McKeever was trying to do with the finale to this story, but I don’t think it quite worked.  The first time Ravager has Will, we should see her not kill him.  We need to know that she made the decision to spare his life, the decision, at least in her mind, to act like a hero rather than her father.  Then, when she learns of the woman’s fate, when she goes back to actually kill him, I think it becomes a little more powerful moment.  The other problematic moment is the plot point that the kidnapped woman grabbed the machine gun from her captors and killed him.  It is that moment that allows Ravager to fight back and defeat Will.  But it is not clear how it or even that it happened.  It took me moment to realize it, a moment that took me out of the story.  Overall, I understand what McKeever wanted, I just don’t think the story itself is executed to the point where the message and themes come across clearly. 

 

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