Titans #1, of all things... (Minor Spoiler Warning)

Today was a good day for comics. (Sand had lines!!! And GLC was great too of course. I liked seeing everyone summoned especially. But the fangirl in me keeps going "Sand had lines!!!" But I digress.)

One thing that surprised me though was that I ended up deciding to buy Winick's Titans. (Warning, this post contains mild spoilers relating to the aftermath of Titans East, so if you don't want to be spoiled for that part of this issue, don't read)

This is surprising because I tend to be very give-or-take with Winick's writing in general, and except for Wally, I really don't have a lot of interest in the original Titan line up. (I will thank Mr. Winick and Mr. Churchill for that nice shower scene.)

I actually enjoyed Churchill's art this time around, which surprised me. I actually liked his rendition of naked Starfire (which I don't resent. Equal opportunity eye-candy, heh). I suppose I just don't like his version of Supergirl's particular build/body type. I still think it's weird that Raven's reverted to highschool age, because it makes her significantly younger than the rest of the cast now. But it's not that visually jarring.

On the plus side, we got to see the end result of Titans East. Which I'll spoil, since I know a few people who probably won't get the comic who'll be somewhat happy by it. At least I know I am.

I was annoyed that the end of Titans East seemed to kill off so many interesting minor characters (especially Hawk and Dove. I'm indifferent to Dawn, but I really like Holly.) In this issue, we get to see the culmination though and it's somewhat more optimistic.

Cyborg (who we knew wasn't going to be killed) is "unconscious but stable".

Hawk and Dove are "serious but stable". (Yay!)

Son of Vulcan, Lagoon Boy and Anima are "comatose". (I know someone'll be happy Son of Vulcan's still alive!)

Little Barda is "critical". (I'm happy about this, I thought she had potential, though the bandaged eyes are a bit discomfiting.)

So really, the only one actually dead is Power Boy. And he wasn't really redeemable or hero-worthy anyway. This satisfies me.

On the other hand, the plot twist at the end is so utterly predictable (again?!) that I can't really see myself picking up the next issue.

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Unless of course there's another Wally-shower scene. Heh.