Comics! Teen Titans #3

Teen Titans #3

Story by Scott Lobdell

Pencils by Brett Booth

Inks by Norm Rapmund

This is the way that a team book should work. This is how the heroes should meet each other, not by fighting at the bit the moment they meet up, but by teaming up. Sure Red Robin and bunker are about to fight, but the second Red Robin shows himself to be Red Robin, Bunker stops and hugs him. Nice.

This issue is meant to introduce an openly gay character to the comic. I thought that as a character, we get to know him and he comes across as a genuine character. He is not fearful of being a hero, he wants to be one. Granted, he does have some learning to do.

We get a nice double page spread that shows Kid Flash in action. Still no answer on how he is related to Barry Allen, but I'm still going to give that time. We end on a nice cliffhanger with Kid Flash that I am looking forward to seeing how it is revealed. We are also told that next issue they are to do battle with the Superboy! Seeing as to how the whole team hasn't really met up yet, this will be interesting to see how the next issue takes this statement and makes it happen.

Now this book is obviously taking a couple of issues for the team to form up, much in the same way that Justice League has taken a few issues to get to its point. So why does it seem like this book is handling its characters better than in Justice League and telling a better story? Because it is making each page count. We don't have the art being all showy. We don't have the heroes fighting each other just because. We have the characters listening to each other and talking. The characters in both books are acting like teenagers, and guess in which book that is supposed to happen in?

The art is still great. Consistency helps here greatly. I think the two page spread at the beginning of the issue showing Kid Flash running through the building is one of the better two page spreads that I have seen in the new 52 outside of an issue of Batwoman.

Words: 9/10

Pictures: 9/10

Recommend: Yes. We are still learning about the characters, and this book is great if you have been reading from issue one, but it still serves it characters quite well in this single issue as well.

Buy Next Issue: Sold!