Friendship Dedication and Drama: Teen Titans vol 2 Rogue Targets

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Review:

Welcome back, Kon.

Just when the Teen Titans have reached the pinnacle of fame and social influence - Beast Boy hosting a comedy TV show, Bunker planning a reality series, Raven in tight with a metal rock band, Wonder Girl and her posse of empowered vigilante fangirls - Kon aka Superboy comes back and spoils it all.

Did he really kill dozens of innocent civilians in broad daylight? The world thinks so. So, too, do Martian Manhunter, Manchester Black and S.T.A.R. Labs. Red Robin, however, stands by his friend, showing a fierce loyalty that splits the Titans into warring factions.

Wonder Girl and Power Girl join Black and his Elite, a secret squad of meta-humans, to track down and capture both Superboy and the Teen Titans. We get a book full of high drama, friendships, broken relationships and of course violence, as the scene shifts from Chicago to Metropolis and its Supermax prison for super-villains.

With the villain Harvest pulling the strings behind the scenes, and Doctor Psycho plotting evil from within the Supermax prison, it's desperate times for our fractured team.

Will Pfeifer's storytelling is tight, guiding us through some convoluted shifts in direction. He centers on Red Robin, as the team leader and best friend of Kon, themes that run through nearly every page. Overall, it is an effort to bridge some unpopular twists in Teen Titans continuity, keeping elements like Harvest and Bart Allen, while ignoring or sweeping past some of the more forgettable bits. He mostly succeeds at threading that needle.

Kenneth Rocafort is the standout artist in these tales, as he continues to dazzle with his innovative panel flows and use of white space on the page. He is joined by other artists for occasional chapters, but his pages are so filled with breathtaking visuals and clever artistic touches that they rise above the rest.


Description:

Writer Will Pfeifer (CATWOMAN) and artists including Kenneth Rocafort (SUPERMAN) and Alisson Borges (BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT GENESIS) turn the Titans’ world upside down!

After saving New York City from a nuclear bomb, the Teen Titans are more famous than ever. TV appearances, reality shows, tribute bands—the sky’s the limit for the country’s favorite teenage superheroes!

But when their former teammate Superboy appears out of nowhere, public opinion does a fast 180. It looks to the world like Kon-El is responsible for a senseless mass murder, and even Kon himself can’t remember what really happened. Superboy turns to his friends for help, but not all the Titans are ready to put their blind faith in the Kryptonian clone.

Soon, it’s Titan against Titan as they struggle to find the truth. With the team fractured and their attention divided, will they be able to see the bigger picture? Or will the mysterious threat manipulating their loyalties from the shadows get the best of the Teen Titans?

Collects: TEEN TITANS #8-13, ANNUAL #1 and DC SNEAK PEEK: TEEN TITANS #1

Authors: Will Pfeifer, Tom King, Scott Lobdell
Artists: Kenneth Rocafort
Published By: DC Comics
Published When: March 15 2016
Parental Rating: Teen
ISBN: 978-1401261627
Pages: 192 pages


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