DCU Comic Book Reviews

TITANS #10

Adult Swim

April 2009

Written by Judd Winick

Pencils by Howard Porter

Inks by Wayne Faucher

Cover by Tony Daniel and Sandu Florea

Synopsis

The Titans have locked themselves within their headquarters, knowing that one of them has been possessed by Jericho.  Outside, the Justice League of America want Jericho to bring him to justice.  Inside, Jericho, in control of Nightwing, tries to convince the others not to open the door, but slips up and reveals his presence.  Jericho then jumps to Flash and tries to run away, but the Justice League capture him. Jericho then jumps from JLA member to JLA member trying to get away, eventually jumping into Superman.  However, Superman can not be controlled, so Jericho is forced out.  Before anyone can capture him, Jericho disappeared.  Since everyone was wearing goggles, they are not sure where he has gone.  But wherever he is, he is still dangerous.

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

And here we go again as Winick trots another well worn plot device from the history of the Titans, the battle against their mentors.  Well, not their mentors since so many of them are dead (Superboy, Batman) or part of both teams (Flash, Red Arrow).  Let’s see, only Donna is really facing mentor, Wonder Woman.  So, the big dust up we see in this issue is a chance for Winick to show off everyone’s skill and abilities as they chase down Jericho.  Which we saw already, what, two issues ago?  In a book called Titans, do we really need to see the Justice League of America try to capture Jericho?  Well, except that they don’t.  Jericho gets away.  It makes me wonder, what the hell is the point of this story.  I think a good story could be made of Jericho’s pain and his plea for help in connection to the Titans getting all paranoid about each other because they don’t know where it is.  But this is not that story.  I remember awhile ago, I was talking about this book, saying that Winick was going for the summer, popcorn action movie type of story.  You know the one with the Swiss cheese plot but plenty of cool action.  You can see that here.  However, it is no longer interesting or even fun.  It is downright boring and repetitive.  Much like this review since I’ve kinda come back to my original.  We’ve seen the fight against Jericho before, we don’t need to see it again and we don’t need to see the JLA do it.  What we need is something new and refreshing, not a repeat of better stories that have come before it. 

Origins & Omens

Written by Judd Winick

Art by Jesús Saíz

COMMENTARY

Out of all of these back-up features, I think this may be my favorite.  Granted, all of the information is provided as exposition, as one character tells other characters stuff that they already know.  But at the very least, Winick makes sense of it by putting into context of Nightwing telling the team he is leaving.  It works to tell the origin of the team and it works as part of a story.  Huzzah.  As for the “omens” portion, is that a little tongue Gar is getting from Terra?  That question aside, I find it interesting that most of the bits and pieces (once more) plumb the history of the Titans.  Can we have a little something new rather than old? 

 

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