REVIEW: Teen Titans - 60

So here's a bit of an oddity. I reviewed issue 58 of Teen Titans a little while back, and I seem to remember feeling a little uneasy about the book - worried about how it was floating along the 'middling to average' river. Not quite good, but not quite bad either.

And so here we are again with the same book a couple of months later, and I'm still not really feeling it.

***SPOILER ALERT***

Perhaps its just me, but the only thing that really resonated with me in this issue was Ravager's apparent departure from the team. I say apparent, because I get a feeling that she might be back before we know it.

The rest of the issue, alas, fell on deaf ears and blind eyes. It just didn't perform.

But anyway - Sean McKeever's script and Eddy Barrow's pencils are both again, perfectly competent - but neither give you the 'wow' factor that you should be looking for in a Titans book. Maybe they could do with having a read of Titans issue 3...

Pete's Score: 3 out of 5
(could have been better - decidedly average)

REVIEW: Robin / Spoiler Special - 1

So I bought this issue, a little uncertain as to how I would take it. Happily, I loved it.

***SPOILER (ha) ALERT***
So, as it happens, I'm nowhere near as up to speed as I need to be when it comes to Stephanie's (Spoiler's) history. Last I read, War Games hadn't ended up to well for her, then recently she reappeared.

Now, usually this would be a problem. And this time, I'll admit, I (mistakenly) was expecting it to be a big problem.

Thankfully however, Chuck Dixon has done such a bang up job of scripting this issue, it wasn't an issue at all. Stephanie's history is just a side note threaded in between two wonderfully action packed stories.

As you might expect, the book is spilt down the middle, offering up a choice cut of Robin and Spoiler rescuing a kidnapped girl, and a prime rib tale of Stephanie's time in Africa, which gives fans a little more to add onto her character.

Raphael Alberquerque and Victor Ibanez both back Dixon's script up with some truly top notch artwork, making you wonder what they could do on other DC books, such as Batman or Titans.

Pete's Score: 4 out of 5
(seriously enjoyable reading - recommended for all)