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Tweak says, "death doesn't sell tickets"

bluefall (bluefall) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-04-01 20:42:00

Teen Titans #69
Hey, so, you know how Titans has been a total cesspool of misery, "shock value" death and maulings, ZOMG LOOK HOW EDGY posturing and general filthy, angsty wallowing? But in the last couple issues, it's been kind of picking up a bit, and starting to look like a title that might actually be worth following?

Well, the relief from gory murder didn't last long...

... but the dead guy is Face, who spent the entire issue repeatedly sexually harrassing every girl within leering distance until Aquagirl laid a massive smackdown on him and Cassie kicked him out of the tower. So, hey, the title has turned around! First good comic book death in years!

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	warpedhand 2009-04-01 11:26 pm UTC (link)
	Charlie could be the martial arts/connection to Oracle. I think that collectively, they'd make a good detective team as well. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bluefall 2009-04-01 11:29 pm UTC (link)
	Charlie's mostly the Bart, actually, I'd say. Gets places fast, is a very effective advance scout, has a fighting style that's almost entirely dependent on her power, and is a playful goof who's very bad at taking instruction. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

warpedhand
2009-04-01 11:43 pm UTC (link)

The only problem with the team is that there is no real leader, per se. Jaime's too new (or too modest), Traci doesn't seem to get at the forefront very much (although I think I could see her taking the leader role) M'gann is the coordinator rather than the leader, and Charlie... well, let's just say she's still in training. She'd probably be an effective leader if Dinah was able to train her enough, although she is definitely more effective on point.

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	ladymirth 2009-04-02 04:13 am UTC (link)
	To quote Cissie: "That's it? Cass, that's totally lame. You got the muscle, the comic relief, the utility player and the chick, but no one dark and mysterious. Every group has someone dark and mysterious. They provide the angst." I always wondered whether "dark and mysterious" was supposed to be Robin or Secret. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bluefall
2009-04-02 10:25 am UTC (link)

Secret. Tim wasn't really that angsty - he had a baseline level about his secret identity issues, but it was baseline, same as Cassie and Cissie's fights with their moms and Kon's "I wanna be a real boy" stuff. Secret was a solid ball of ZOMG misery and unspoken woe and dark and terrible burdens to horrific to even fucking talk about for fifty bloody issues.

(Sorry. Loved YJ. Hated the Secret arc.)

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	ladymirth 2009-04-02 10:58 am UTC (link)
	Which one? YJ began and ended with Secret storylines. One could argue that the Secret's story was the over-reaching arc of the entire series. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bluefall 2009-04-02 11:02 am UTC (link)
	Yes. It was. And IMO it was annoying and poorly done. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ladymirth 2009-04-02 11:30 am UTC (link)
	Oh, well, I loved it. But different strokes and all that. =D (Reply to this) (Parent)

	milleniumrex 2009-04-02 12:28 pm UTC (link)
	I'd actually say Jaime's modesty is the reason he should be leader. He'd be the kind who leads by example and encourages the team. I'd love for there to be a leader vote, and he gets completely blindsided and goes "Huh? Me? Really?" I mean, the boy did singlehandedly fight off an alien invasion! He's got a lot more experience than he gets credit for. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

jlbarnett
2009-04-02 05:36 pm UTC (link)

He didn't fight it off single handedly. THat's what really was so awesome about it. He fought it off with the help of his family, his friends, the local gang, the local crime boss, four Justice League rejects, a superhero washout, and one of his predecessors' granddaughter.

We're talking something that's normally full scale Justice League but Jaime pulled it off with those guys.

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	milleniumrex 2009-04-02 05:40 pm UTC (link)
	Well, yeah, but he was the only superhero involved for most of it. The former JLIers didn't come in till the end. It was mostly him and his friends and family. He actually showed some fantastic leadership skills during that whole thing. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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