Teen Titans #50
Writers: Sean McKeever, Geoff Johns, Marv Wolfman, & Todd Dezago
Artists: Randy Green, Mike McKone, George Perez, & Todd Nauck
There are two things happening this issue, the Titans are celebrating Bart's all too short publishing life, and the Big Guns of the DCU are getting shut down by... themselves? Sean McKeever writes the majority of this issue and as the new series writer does a pretty good job. At least he's better than the horrible drivel that came out of the Titans' mouth when Adam Beechen was on this book. Instead of speaking cliches all the time, these Titans actually emote. Robin and Cassie share some moments over Bart. Ravager and Kid Devil rebel against all the mourning and go skinny dipping, while Blue Beetle appears in a 3 page re-cap of his last issue #18 just to set up his appearance in the book later on. Geoff Johns and Marv Wolfman write some cool flashback sequences that relate to Bart. Johns' being the best where Robin lets Bart fly the Bat-plane over Smallville. Wolfman's segment has the Wally reminiscing about how he wanted Barry's approval of him being in the Titans, the same way Bart did of Wally. Dezago writes a page that captures Bart's impulsive nature but doesn't do that much for the story. Of course all the old arists are back to draw their segments. Randy Green illustrates the rest of this issue, but I'm left wondering why Ale Garza didn't do it as he's listed to be the next artist on the book. One the whole, it's not a bad story, but it's not a neccessary one. It's your typical anniversary issue, that while enjoyable, doesn't merit a must-buy for it's 3.99 cover price like Superman and Wolverine did last week. B
