By
Elizabeth Airelle
"Family Matters"
The issue picks up where we left
off, the Teen Titans find themselves overrun by a jokerized group of homeless
people. Roy and Kori arrive on the scene and help them. Starfire wonders why
they do not simply incinerate them, but Kid Flash states that they are innocent
victims that hopefully can be cured. Arsenal orders Kid Flash to corral the
group, Wondergirl tells him to ignore the order. She is able to force them into
the building herself. Kid Flash attempts to seal up the doors but it’s obvious
it won’t last long.
Arsenal tries again saying they are
all trying to find their members they should work together, to which Bunker and Solstice agree. After
taking a blood sample from one of the victims Arsenal comes up with an antidote
to cure them, he sends everyone but Bunker to gather the supplies while the two
remain to hold off the group.
As Bunker and Roy try to push the group
back, Roy reflects back to when Killer Croc took him to his lair which he stole
from Toyman. Croc says he can stay there
as long as he stays in the program, Alcoholics anonymous.
Kori and the Titans fly to the
warehouse as she and Solstice talk. Starfire asks Solstice if she has told
them. She states she will but not until she chooses to. When they arrive they
find boxes with “Joker’s cure, do not touch” written on it. The warehouse is
booby trapped and explodes. Kid Flash is able to get the girls away safe as
well as the boxes with the cure!
Meanwhile Bunker and Roy are
struggling to push back the Jokerized group. Following Roy’s advice Bunker
creates a wall from his power to hold them back. Roy thinks that Bunker will be
in the Justice League before he is twenty. Meanwhile in Missouri a woman is
getting her book signed and the author is Hugo Strange! “Strange” things to
come?
When they open the boxes they
discover that the cure is ready to be administered. Kid Flash notes he hates
needles and they make him queasy. Wondergirl orders him not to pass out until
he has stuck every one of the victims.
It takes a moment but they all return to normal. Roys tells Kori that
they should all stay together and now they can resume their search.
Meanwhile Deathstroke the assassin
is warming up, he’s taken a new contract, to kill the Outlaws! And elsewhere
Joker is putting together one of Jason’s helmets…
In this issue we got a glimpse of
villains who are sure to make appearances very soon: Killer Croc, Deathstroke
and Hugo Strange. We’ve had mentions of Killer Croc before, so for Hugo Strange
and Deathstroke to be appearing soon should be interesting. Red Hood vs
Deathstroke should be awesome. What kind of mind games can Hugo Strange be up
too? It was great to see some of Roy’s past, it’s still unclear what happened
and why he became an alcoholic. Hopefully with DC presents Arsenal we will get
more details very soon, especially with Croc’s involvement. It was good to see
him take the reins this time. It’s one thing if you’re a princess commanding
your fleet or a trained warrior who worked with the world’s greatest detective
giving orders, but for Roy he had a little trouble being taken serious as a
leader. Red Robin had trouble at first too leading the Titans. Hopefully he
will keep them together so they can find the former Robins. The story continues
next week in Teen Titans which should shift the story back to Jason and Tim.
Death of the Family is coming to an end as is Scott Lobdell’s time on the book.
The next few issues promise to be big and I can’t wait to see what happens
next!
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