Teen Titans #68 - DC

I thought this was an interesting issue. Basically what we have left of the Titans right now are Eddie, who is powerless, Jamie, who's pretty new to his powers and the Titans, and Cassie. Bombshell is still around. She has nowhere else to go, and her father asked them to take care of her. And Kid Eternity. He broke out of hell recently, during the war, and showed up on the Titans doorstep, literally, asking for asylum. I know it's not the best team, or hardly a team at all right now, but . . the kids still have heart. And with all the victims that recently broke out of the Dark Side Club, I think their roster issues are about to become a thing of the past. But this issue? This issue isn't about any of that. This issue is all about trying to figure out Eddie. He, with Kid Eternity's help, are trying to figure out where he stands with the team and with his powers. They were recently stolen from him by Brother Blood. But, that may not necessarily be a bad thing. As per his contract with Neron he, and his soul would become Neron's property when he turned 20. So this may have happened at the most appropriate time. But now Eddie feels lost without them. So he and Kid Eternity go back down to hell to take a look at Eddie's actual contract. They find that it's not signed. Either he never did it at all, or it all changed when Brother Blood took the powers. So will that mean the Brother Blood is beholden to Neron? That's a story for the future, I think. Anyways, Kid Eternity gets distracted by the Lords of Order and Blaze shows up to make Eddie a similar deal. And the idiot is about to sign it when Kid Eternity stops him. By reading the contract though, Eddie does learn something. "Says here all Neron actually did was unlock my already-existing metagene. I guess that makes sense. Dr Caulder said my powers weren't mystical . . ." So I'm wondering if Eddie may find a different way to unlock his powers. Basically, what I think Sean McKeever is doing here is rebuilding the team from the ground up. Yes it sucks that Robin left. And there's no Superboy or Kid Flash. But, I think that's what this is all about. This team has always been a younger version of the Justice League. Roster and everything. But I think Sean is trying to make them into something different. He has to have something to anchor them with the past, which is why I think Cassie is so adamant about sticking around, but other than that? Other than that, it's all up in the air. And from this point? We really have nowhere to go but up. I'm also more and more impressed with Eddy Barrows pencils every issue. This guy is really coming into his own, and developing his own style. I think he's got a great future ahead of him. Next issue? We finally see some new members.