Teen Titans Year One #1
Writer: Amy WolframArtists: Karl Kerschel & Serge LaPonte
After drooling over the cover for months, this issue was a major dissapointment. The best part of the issue is very beginning with Robin and Kid Flash instant messaging over AIM. Kid Flash is so bored between replies that he goes to get a snack in France, and even has time to play a little Nintendo DS. Funny, I didn't know they had AIM or DS 10-15 years ago. Wonder Girl is wandering around the city looking for Wonder Woman, and Aqualad is afraid of fish. The rest of the issue has Batman and Robin chasing after a cat burglar, and Batman beats the crap out of every person that gets in his way, including Robin. The issue ends with Batman smacking Robin with the back of his hand in broad daylight inside a jewlery store that's just been robbed. Apparently the only Bat-Book Amy Wolfram reads is All Star Batman and no one told her that Frank Miller does what Frank Miller wants and that is has no bearing on how Batman is portrayed in the regular DCU. This book was just abysmal, it did nothing to get me interested in the characters or show me how this team is needed other than that Batman is abusive. Oh, and the last four pages? Instead of showing me something about the characters, we get some Finding Nemo of talking fish. A fish says "something's coming" and I'm suposed to be scared and read the next issue? I might as well go buy the last 20 years of Spider-Man comics and read them all because they still matter. Riiight. Karl Kerschel, go get a regular pencilling gig, you're too talented to be wasted on trash like this issue. Don't pick this issue up, wait for the trade, and read that in the store. D
