I played a little hokey from work to get this. In fairness, I’d finished all of my work and
I had some time before I’d be clocking out.
I just wished I’d noticed that two senior officers were still around
before I’d left. (I don’t think they
noticed.) I was gone for under 20
minutes (I timed it) to walk to Zia Comics and back. Given the distance, the heat, and the somewhat
uncomfortable dress shoes I was wearing that was awesome time.
Unfortunately, the comic I’d gone to get, Adventureman #1, wasn’t there. Yes, I was there on a Wednesday, but they
were out (again). This turned out to be
a good thing. After I saw this video review of the comic, I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have enjoyed it, even if the
artwork was good. Thankfully, I
immediately noticed this 100-page Titans comic and snapped it up. If I’d known it was here, I probably would
have come just for this.
The first story was for the most part what I came for, a
somewhat classic-style Titans story.
I’ve mentioned my admiration for the Dick Grayson Robin/Nightwing
character before. He’s in great
form here. Donna Troy (Wonder Girl? Troia?) gets a bit of a short-shrift, but
it’s a short story. Stargirl does have
pink hair, instead of orange, but is still improbably glamorous. Then there’s Raven. Gibi mentioned a group restyling in one
of her cosplay ASMR videos recently. The
punk look here is a definite downgrade.
Those are the characters I care about.
The story was okay and fairly fun.
The next new story features just Raven and she looks even
worse. The story doesn’t really make
sense, but the artwork is pretty good.
This one gets a down vote though.
Next up is a classic Teen
Titans story from the 60’s. It’s . .
. ah . . . quaint. I do dig the classic
artwork. Of note here, along with the
regular members, there’s a whole bunch of other teen heroes. We have Betty Kane, the original Bat-Girl,
playing tennis on the aircraft carrier.
There’s also Harlequin, who may have been renamed Joker’s Daughter
later. Her “powers” seem to revolve
around using gag gimmicks to knock out the villains.
Next is a Starfire solo story, which seems to be a reboot
of part of her origin. (I’m not entirely
familiar of her origin, new or old.)
This is a cute story with some obvious appeal. However, it is left on a cliffhanger.
Finally, there’s a teamup story with the new Superboy and
the current Robin. I’m still a bit put
off by both characters. I didn’t know
Lois and Clark had a kid until I read that Robin
Special linked above. Damien Wayne
is just kind of annoying. I will admit
though that they sort work well together and the characters make some sense in
the DC Universe. Of course if you’re
going to have kid heroes, you need kid villains, so why not child versions of
the dads’ adult arch-enemies? Again,
it’s only a part one, so I have to give this an incomplete.
Overall . . . wait-a-minute. Didn’t I say last time I wasn’t going to buy
anymore comics, certainly not new ones? I’ve probably said that a few times over the
last few years. So this is what it’s
like to be a battered wife. Okay, fine. Take Two.
Overall, for $5, this was maybe barely worth it, mostly for the first
story. These things are so close to
being great fun comics, but don’t quite get there and it’s disappointing. I’d just have to ask that they choose their
reprint material more carefully, do better with the new material, and not do
continued stories, especially since I don’t know if they’re going to be a #2.
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