New Titans East.

[BlackKnight]

I am a big fan of that pic,... I was picking up the Outsiders book at first,.. then just here & there. Perhaps I might need to again if Bats is in it. I read something that the hype behind the Outsiders book is,.. sometimes the worlds SuperHero's can't do something,.. because hands may be tied,.. so Bring on the Outsiders... If Bruce could only patch issues Up with Arrow,.. that would make for a real good book imo, considering Arrow is not affiliated with any Super powered group these days.

[The Toyroom]

^ Catwoman seems to be popping up in a lot of the promo stuff too...On the cover of Previews (I forget the month, the one when BATO debuts) I think it shows Bats, Catwoman, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Grace, Katana and Metamorpho. Maybe Thunder too?

[thunderbolt]

Grace is the big chick. I swear in the new DC solicits, it looks like Aquaman on the cover of BATO 2 or 3. I forgot which issue it is.
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[BlackKnight]

Well, I know that Katana is gonna make it back to the book,.. & Of course Metamorpho,, Cap. Boomerang's kid,.. & so far, from the pic's 2 other chicks,.. I forget the big one's name,.. however some of the pics have Nightwing in them,.. as well as some don't. However there is gonna be a recruiting series,.. so ultimately I suppose who knows. ... I just never scene StarFire.

[thunderbolt]

^^^ What is the final line up for BATO?? Well besides Batman.

[BlackKnight]

hmmm,.. I might try it. I do like the fact that Both Hawk & Dove are girls now,.. I was always a fan of the OG characters. Who's the chick in the purple ? ... But I dunno,.. I like the Titans East that Deathstroke created better. They for the most part were all Baddies,.. the team was a lot better than the characters shown here. Cyborg & Beastboy kinda got screwed IMO with the whole "one yr later" crap in the DC universe. So Did Impulse/Kid Flash/Flash/Bart Allen. So I take it since Cyborg is headed over to the East book,.. then Donna Troy is sticking around in the Titans book as thier mentor ? & Whats going on with Starfire ? Is her character comming back to any of these books ? She was hanging with the Outsiders with Dick, .. however she is not in Batmans Outsiders line up,.. or atleast there is no pic of her ?.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Cyborg does deserve better. He was one of the first major super heroes who just happened to be black, and not "black" to be "urban" or "street" (see Luke Cage or Black Lightning).

I have enjoyed the Johns Titans and I'll stick around and try the new guys, but Winnick just isn't my cup of tea.

Chris

[The Toyroom]

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Now that's the Son of Vulcan I remember. Notice a young Dave Cockrum's byline on the front cover...that's cool!

[thunderbolt]

Young Frankenstein? Now that actually sounds interesting.

[samurainoir]

Lagoon Boy from Young Justice I think. The only cool bit there is Son of Vulcan and Hawk and Dove. Power Boy?/ You've got to be kidding, stupidest thing ever.

Lagoon Boy was a new Aqualad stand-in created by Eric Larson when he took over Aquaman from Peter David. Despite that awkward starting point, I really liked the way he was written in the Young Justine No Man's Land Special and his guest appearances in Young Justice. Unfortunately the arrival of a new Aquagirl kind of knocked him out of the running in the same way that Mia/Speedy's arrival pretty much relegated Arrowette/Cissie to obscurity.




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THAT'S Son of Vulcan? Since when?

I had no idea who this was until I googled him just now.




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Power Boy was just one of dozens of seemingly throw-away characters created by Geoff Johns to move in and out of The Teen Titans during the One Year Later Gap during 52.

Who'd of thought that he actually had legs once other writers picked up on him?

I guess he's just one among a crowd of forgettable awkward Teen sidekick wannabe's like Little Barda, Bombshell, Molecule, Young Frankenstein etc.






The one OYL 52 Gap Titan that does intrigue me is Talon who is supposedly the sidekick of Earth 3/Crime Syndicate's Owlman.

i may give it a shot

[The Toyroom]

I don't see how Winnick keeps getting work at DC...I never hear any favorable response to his work. Same thing with his college roomate, Brad Meltzer. I just don't get it....

[davidb]

I feel the same way. I love the Titans. I've loved tracking down the Silver Age stuff, loved the Wolfman/Perez work, and still even read and tried to find positives in the post-100 New Titans, Jurgens team, and the Faerber run. I've felt rewarded for my loyalty by the main Titans book.

And then they give a shot to one by Judd Winick.

I know I'll pick it up, but it'll likely be for 50 cents combined with some other stuff in an Ebay order.

[The Toyroom]

THAT'S Son of Vulcan? Since when?

[thunderbolt]

Lagoon Boy from Young Justice I think. The only cool bit there is Son of Vulcan and Hawk and Dove. Power Boy?/ You've got to be kidding, stupidest thing ever.