Teen Titans #53 - DC

A couple of things I'd like to say about this book . . . first of all . . . look at that beautiful cover. It's by Ale' Garza and Rod Reis. Secondly, this book, with it's current inception, unfortunately hasn't has an artist stick around for to long. When the series first started, Mike McKone was on the pencils, and he was actually on there for about 23 issues. With a few missing in the middle. But after that, I don't think there was anybody that was on board for more than 6 issues. Even Tom Grummett did 4 or 5 issues in the middle of McKone's run. But, no matter who has come on this series, they've consistently stepped up and turned in some of their best work. Right now we have Eddy Barrows on pencils. And I gotta' tell you, when he first came on the scene over in the Atom, I wasn't all that thrilled with his stuff. But, towards the end of his run there, and, really, everything I've seen on this book, I think the guy is improving tremendously. Maybe it goes back to my argument about the right inker / penciller match-up. I don't know. But I'm really impressed with the look of the most recent chapter. Lex Luthor has brought his Titans of tomorrow back to ensure that their future exists. And this time he's brought his entire Titan Army. It seems like right now, their plans are to sow the seeds of doubt in their current selves. There seems to be some kind of turning point that's approaching rapidly, and they want to make sure that they make the right decision. Robin seems to be the pivotal character. But Kid Devil, Blue Beetle and Ravager also seem to play a big part in it. We don't actually make to much progress on our storyline this issue, because the Starro's have come to attack the Earth, after they've been repelled by the Green Lanterns. So they spend most of the issue trying to deal with that invasion. And, by the end of the issue, it looks like Blue Beetle is the only one left standing in his right mind. This is a fantastic book, and one of my all-time favorite hero teams. Sean McKeever is the current scribe, and he hasn't slowed the pace down one bit. If anything, it seems to be in hyper-drive. I enjoy the current story-line, but I'll be happy when it's over so Sean can move on to some character development, and we can see what he's going to be bringing to the table. Titans Together!