Teen Titans #72 - DC

Ok . . Bryan Q Miller comes on board this issue as the new scripter. Let's see what he can do with these kids. Joe Bennett is the penciller . . and his stuff looks pretty damn good. On the very first page of the issue, we see that one of the Titans has died, but . . we don't know who it is. The story then goes back a day to lead us up to those events. Personally . . I think this current team definitely has potential, but . . everybody has to figure out the dynamics of the group and the roles that each of them play in it. It's pretty balanced now . . between males and females, and I like that the realistic approach has been taken as far as the tensions that would naturally arise between them. Especially with Jamie Reyes, the Blue Beetle. He's definitely noticed the opposite sex around him. But the main part of this story is about the Calculator and him wanting to get his revenge on this group for what's happened to his daughter. Of course he doesn't take any of the blame himself. Why would he do that? Anyways, in the opening salvo this issue, he's separated Cassie from the rest of the group. He has her in alone Alcatraz with the Fearsome Five. At the end of the issue it appears that she may be the one who dies. But . . I think that would be a little to obvious. There's got to be a twist next issue. And speaking of twists . . this issue starts the back-up stories, and this one is about the Ravager. Right now she's probably my favorite Titan . . even though we don't technically know if she's in or out right now. Anyways, she's finds herself out in the wilderness when her bike breaks down. When she gets to the local bar / diner . . she tries to be cordial but then ends up viciously attacked by the locals. They're trying to hide or protect something, but we don't know what yet. The story ends with her lying on the floor in a pool of her own blood. This part of the story is by Sean McKeever and Yildiray Cinar. Yes it was $3.99, but . . we got 40 pages of art. That's better than what they do over at the Marvel-ous competition. But I know . . it's still $3.99. Outrageous! But what are you gonna do? Either buy them . . or don't. That's the only options we have.