Titans #14 - DC

This issue was almost exclusively about Vic, Cyborg. Unfortunately, overall . . it was pretty boring. However, this is an in-between issue, because next issue is a prelude to Blackest Night: Titans. It's by JT Krul and Ed Benes. Part of the problem, I think, this issue, is that it appears to be by a couple of new-comers . . Eric Wallace, and Michael Shoyket. Although that fantastic cover is by Angel Unzueta. Michaels' art, in spots, looks like it could be really good . . some day. But right now, it's very inconsistent. I see many different influences here, but that's also part of the problem. There's to many varying styles between panels . . even on the same page. And, I'm sorry, but Eric's story is really boring. I get what he's trying to accomplish here . . Gar's trying to get Vic to realize that he's become a 'work-a-holic'. He's constantly working on Titans' systems, or his own systems, or caught up in whatever battle the Titans are currently involved in. He has little, or no social life. That priority isn't even in his top 10 right now. He goes and talks to Sarah. She helps him realize that maybe he needs to dial it down a little and try to get some perspective in his life. It isn't until he goes home to Harlem, and he sees that Ron Evers is now a pastor of the First Church of Anti-Technology, that he realizes how much things have changed and how out of touch he's become. It's driven home even more so when he's called to an emergency at STAR Labs and finds Dr Adams who's completely immersed himself into his nanotech project. He had worked 15 years on his project but was recently fired. So after he stops Adams, he has to ask himself, "One life was already lost. The only question is, who destroyed it? This place . . or Adams himself?" S0 . . he decides to take some time off and go on a date. Like I said, I understand what Eric was trying to accomplish, but . . it was really boring how he got there. I've been a strong supporter of the Titans, and all of it's books . . even through the 'dry' times. But this issue? This issue really did nothing for me. I would've just as well have skipped this issue all together.