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Of Embassies and Origins - Justice League International Part 2 (Eaglemoss Collection v77)

  Review: Since we are doing a series of reviews focusing on Booster Gold over his nearly 40-year history, we include this one as a collection of some of his earliest appearances, dating to late 1987. That places the original publish date of these tales while his original solo series was still going strong.  This book is a beautiful, glossy hard-cover with smooth and heavy-stock paper inside, although the sometimes-low print reproduction quality leads to blurred and hard to read word balloons on occasion. It is also a rare book here in North America, as Eaglemoss Collections targeted UK fans with this series. At this point in the history of the 1987-rebooted Justice League, they have gained official United Nations recognition and sanction. To ensure their reach truly is global, they rebrand as Justice League International (as does the title of the series!) and they open new headquarters buildings around the world: New York, Paris and Moscow are included here. As this is a product of 19
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Teens on the Run: Teen Titans volume 3 - The Sum of its Parts

Cover of Teen Titans vol 3 Sum of Parts

 

Review:

This volume, which collects issues #14-19 of the ongoing series, picks up immediately following the prison break-in that capped the Superboy story arc of volume 2. And it starts with a bang, a spectacular break from custody and battle with the cocky and over-confident Alpha Centurion.

As fugitives, the team passes through a range of locations - Pennsylvania, Gotham, Chicago, Virginia and beyond. They overlap with the Robins War happening in various Bat-related DC titles; they face down Professor Pyg and his gruesome surgeries (images that are definitely not for young children!); they battle Durlan soldiers, come to Earth to reclaim Chimera; and at last they travel internationally for a deep-dive into Wonder Girl's past.

It is this multi-part Wonder Girl tale that takes the prize in this group. Greg Pak blends teen struggles and fears with demigod mythology and swirls it all together into a potent mix. It reaches its climax in an almost unbearable choice for Wonder Girl to make. Wonder Woman guest-stars, and exudes such easy strength and maturity, in stark contrast to the teenaged volatility and confusion.

Ian Churchill does a great job with the age differences between Teen Titans and Wonder Woman. Her visual confidence, strength, experience and wisdom shines through in every panel. As with the storytelling, his visuals create a superb contrast to the energy-filled struggles among the youth, and especially their naivety and lack of strategic thinking.

Teens on the run will not stay an interesting plotline for ever, and Red Robin's and Wonder Girl's behaviors are most frustrating, as they struggle to cope with the "adult" world, but this book overall holds up very well in this series of tales.


Description:

A WORLD AGAINST THEM

The Teen Titans were the greatest team of young heroes ever assembled. Now, in the eyes of millions, they’re heroes no more.

After the shocking revelations about Superboy shook the team to its core, they’re divided amongst themselves and hunted by the outside world. Their leader, Red Robin, is more isolated than ever—even as a legion of idealistic but dangerously untested young people takes to the streets of Gotham City, using his identity as an emblem for revolution.

To survive as outlaws, the Titans will have to come together as never before and count on the help of unlikely allies—including former Batman protégé the Red Hood, no stranger to outlaws himself. And if they make it through, even more stunning secrets await them…

Writers Will Pfeifer (RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS), Scott Lobdell (SUPERBOY) and Greg Pak (ACTION COMICS) join a talented team of artists including Ian Churchill (SUPERGIRL), Miguel Mendonça (WONDER WOMAN) and more for TEEN TITANS VOL. 3: THE SUM OF ITS PARTS—a thrilling chapter that takes the team from Gotham City to Themyscira and beyond!

Collects: Teen Titans #14-19

Authors: Scott Lobdell, Greg Pak, Will Pfeifer
Artists: Ian Churchill, Miguel Mendonça
Published By: DC Comics
Published When: Aug. 30 2016
Parental Rating: Teen
ISBN: 978-1401265205
Pages: 144 pages



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