Review: This issue kicks off in earnest with Deathstroke telling the girl he was tasked with rescuing from Arkham WHY he was rescuing her. Bottom line, her father was a c-list villain named Wavelength, had to give her up, and wants her back. While Deathstroke and the girl are running around the Asylum, Batman(in this instance, Dick Grayson)separates Killer Croc and Osiris, which leads to Osiris leaving the Asylum and apparently the Titans. The Atom talks to a few members of the JLA about the disappearance of Ryan Choi, but really, who cares? Certainly not anybody at DC... Meanwhile, the Titans and the inmates at the Asylum battle for a while, which gives an excuse for us to get Arsenal and Dick together. Dick still believes in Arsenal, but Arsenal is nothing but a worthless junkie(and this is coming from a HUGE fan of his), and basically tells Dick as much. By this point, the Arkham guards arrive on the scene, as does Deathstroke. Deathstroke tells the inmates that him and his team were leaving, and that the inmates could do whatever they wanted to Bats and the guards once he was gone. Dick makes one last attempt to appeal to Arsenal, but Arsenal leaves with Deathstroke and the Titans. From there, Deathstroke takes the girl to Wavelength, and the girl kills him. She then asks to be on the Titans, but Deathstroke slaps a power-dampening collar on her and tells her no. This issue ends with Deathstroke presenting Ink with the man who murdered his son, Slipknot.
Thoughts: Wow, this series is really bad... I mean just when I think it's hit rock bottom, it goes a step lower. Where do I start? The girl Deathstroke rescued was as annoying a character as I've read about all year, I'm SICK of Roy Harper: Useless Junkie, the Asylum story was simply abandoned midway through(first the Titans are fighting the inmates, then they aren't, and then the Titans leave and we never find out what happened...), and Congorilla made an appearance... Seriously, this series is bad... Really bad. I keep holding out hope that it's going to turn around(I mean it has Arsenal, Deathstroke AND Cheshire in it!!!), but with each passing issue, I doubt it more and more.
Score: 3 1/2 out of 10.
My GOD is Congorilla ugly!
My GOD is Congorilla ugly!
And now you see why I dropped this series. It's so oddly written and bad. And I doubt Ink is gonna kill that guy, but I'm sure someone else will which will lead to team fighting and other stupid crap.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I can't blame you on that one, JT... I just can't believe a comic with Deathstroke, Arsenal and Cheshire can be THIS bad... I SO want to like it, but that just doesn't seem likely. As for your prediction, I can easily see that happening, just because it's the thing that would make the least sense.
ReplyDeleteRight? I mean.... the cast is good. Even Cinder should be fun to write for since we barely know her past and everything. And Cheshire, Roy, and Slade like you said, have enough history between them alone to be interesting. And the fact this comic is so bad sometimes makes Choi's death seem even MORE pointless.
ReplyDeleteIt's really mind boggling, JT... I'm telling you, every month when this series comes in the mail I open it hoping it'll be good, and yet, every month, it lets me down. This is probably one of those series I'll keep getting, no matter HOW bad it gets because it has some of my favorite characters in it... Now if Roy, Slade and/or Jade left this series, I'd be all too happy to drop it!
ReplyDeleteChoi's death WAS pointless! Can it possibly get any MORE pointless?! :P
True but at least something could come from it if it was used right, but now, Choi's just dead cause he's dead. Poor Ryan. Even worse, poor us for having to read Titans.
ReplyDeleteIDK, JT... I don't see how Choi's death EVER could have led to anything... He wasn't really major enough to really give the Titans a rub... If it would have been the Palmer Atom, it would have been a bigger deal, plus it would have cleared the way for Ryan to become a major player in the DCU, but since this is DC we're talking about, that was never going to happen.
ReplyDeleteI don't read this, but, I clicked this blog saw the talking monkey and just had to say something. Lol. Monkey's don't deserve to talk. Lol.
ReplyDeleteThis was a series I started getting into and had to drop, I see it still stucks. Lol.
And also, whoever did the art on this gave Donna Troy some huge melons. Lol. That is all.
"Monkey's don't deserve to talk" AMEN!!!!!! Lisha, you JUST made my day with that line! :D
ReplyDeleteLmao. It's true. I HATED when those Amazon worshiping gorillas talked in the Wonder Woman comics I read. It's like, dude shut the hell up and go eat a banana. lol
ReplyDeleteI'm just gonna comment on how I love the fact that Lisha used the term "melons", that is all.
ReplyDeleteJT, take your dirty mind out of here! Lisha and I are talking about how much we hate those damn talking monkeys! :P
ReplyDeleteLol SHE said it! Okay,okay. Talking Monkeys suck, and more monkeys suck for that matter. Happy? :P
ReplyDeleteLol. You guys are wonderful. You've left me speechless.
ReplyDeleteBetter, JT. :D
ReplyDeleteHey man, monkeys have rights too. Who are you to deny them their freedom of speech? :)
ReplyDeleteYou don't want to open THAT can of worms, Marc! :D
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