DCU Comic Book Reviews

TITANS #4

Family Affair, Part 3:  Daddy's Little Boys

September 2008

Written by Judd Winick

Pencils by Joe Benitez

Inks by Victor Llamas with Olive Nome

Covers by Joe Benitez and Victor Llamas

Synopsis

The three sons of Trigon attack the Titans.  Each of the sons uses one of the seven deadly sins (rage, envy, lust) to attack the Titans or to have the Titans attack each other.  Meanwhile, Raven realizes her father is trying to reach Earth.  The sons also realize this and decide to steal their father’s powers.  However, Trigon has very little power; thus, giving his sons nothing.  The Titans save the day.  Afterwards, the Titans decide to stick together, forever.

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

Rushed.  This issue feels rushed.  And I am not referring to the art, although that may have been as well.  No, I am thinking the plot and story of Trigon’s sons was rushed.  Not only was this issue delayed, released months after it should’ve been, but it looks as the solicitations for future issues have been changed.  I get the distinct feeling that the lackluster response and generally negative reviews of the first couple of issues caused DC to change their thoughts on how to approach this series.  Of course, I could be wrong.  But if I am wrong, then I am really at a loss with this issue.  Winick seemed to have set up the sons for something more than to just disappear within a single issue.  Granted, the ending and the resolution made sense within the framework of the plot, but let’s face it, the sons were only introduced at the end of last issue and are gone even before the end of these 22 pages. 

The sad part, really, is that even assuming the plot has been rushed, and allowing the book latitude for being disjointed, this is still a bad comic book.  Winick is a good writer, but he seems to be going for witty dialogue in which all of the characters spew humorous one-liners.  The end result is that everyone seems to be speaking with the same voice; there is nothing really distinctive about these characters.  Given how long they have been around, it is amazing that Winick could lose their personalities in his attempts to give the book a lighthearted summer-action feel. 

Exactly, what happened to the sons?  One minute they are sapping Trigon’s powers and ten ext they are gone.  So does that mean they have no power?  Did their own powers get sucked away?  Regardless, where did they go?  Raven says they won the day, but later she seems to indicate the sons are still around and may yet return.  I guess Winick meant to leave it open to return the sons later, but really it just feels like pages were cut, perhaps to give us the “happy” ending and then move onward to whatever is next.  I guess we’ll find out. 

 

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