This is a lesson in taking some moments. Get to know the characters bit by bit. Build the overall story. Show the antagonist. And have some fun while doing it.
Reading these three comics all at once made the whole story seem even better than what I remembered it being when I was reading it an issue at a time. I looked back over the reviews of the previous issues and I can't help but think that I should have made the comic a near perfect grade. It had the perfect beginning for the comic that clearly told you about the big villain of the series and what Tim was doing from issue number one.
Boom - the book has a premise that it has stuck to since the beginning.
Boom - the book has consistent art that helps in developing that overall story.
Boom - this is one book that I thought would be tossed to the side after seeing how the costumes looked. I thought that I wouldn't be able to stand them and would drop the book after a couple of mediocre issues.
Boom - I was wrong. I am so thankful that I am.
This comic takes the idea that Tim is super smart and was trained by Batman. There are still kinks in his character that can use development, but it is entirely understandable coming from a book that is dealing with teenagers. Tim uses his knowledge to recruit other teenage heroes in an effort to fight the organization called N.O.W.H.E.R.E.
His more impulsive counterpart is Kid Flash, who is accidentally recruiting other members while at the same time showing that he is also book smart but definitely not street smart. Thankfully, his costume that appears on the cover to issue one is still not being used by him. They can keep on doing that for as long as they like.
This comic has the really good one-two combination of being able to tell excellent single issue stories while at the same time telling a great story to read when you tell it all at once. I'm excited for each issue as it comes out.
My one big disappointment that comes from this series is the use of Superboy. We've had two pages of Superboy that doesn't tell us much about him. So, since this comic is written by the same writer for Superboy, one would think that they would work well as companion titles as indicated at the end of the first issue. This has not been the case. While that is frustrating, there is much more going on in the book that I am excited for that distracts me from that fact.
I think that I would add this title to a list of collected editions that I would buy just to give away to people.
Averages for issue #1-3:
Words: 9/10
Pictures: 8.6/10
Overall Grade for Issues #1-3: Reading them all at once, this is easily a 10/10 comic for me. It's perfect for new readers, and even better for old readers. One of the better successful relaunches of the new 52.
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