Teen Titans #39
	Story Title: 'Titans Around The World' (Part 1) Script: Geoff Johns Penciller: Tony S. Daniel Inker: Kevin Conrad Colorist: Richard & Tanya Horie Letterer: Jared K. Fletcher Cover: Daniel & The Hories Asst. Editor: Jeanine Schaefer Editor: Eddie Berganza Published by: DC Comics
	Reviewed by: Bruce Logan

Ooh, look at us, just look please. We’ve had so many members over the last twelve months. Just look at them. Just see how they talk, their powers, their…just, uh, well, that’s about all that this issues has. Starting with the last one, I understand this arc is about the various Teen Titans in the year that Cyborg was out of commission, but really are we going to have sit through issues just like this one? Issues where the ‘Squabbling Five’ (my new name for this bunch) hop from place to place, tracking down these newbies, all in search of the elusive Raven.

Zatara (Zatanna’s cousin), Miss Martian (M’gann M’orzz or Megan Morse) and Bombshell (a female version of Captain Atom), are the three ‘Passing Titans’ who show up here. Really DC, is this all what is ‘new’ in this NEW Earth, duplicates (or even Triplicates) of existing characters? Big whoop on the Crisis wave and its ability to give an easy out for writers (those looking to write about existing characters but without actually having to do so). You want the Martian Manhunter but do not want to keep a track of his past and beliefs? No problem. Here, take this redhead chick version of him. Want to shy away from Zatanna and her ‘totally unquestionable’ ethics on mind-rap*ng teammates, yet have a hankering for backwards written words? Why sir, step this way and have a look at her cousin who just happened to get his powers during the Crisis and its aftermath.

As for the underlying plot here, neither Raven nor anything directly related to her makes any actual appearance here. Oh, we get to see who all she has visited recently, including Zatara’s crush on her (wonder what Beast Boy would have said to that), we even get to see n’ read that all her running about was to get to know the identity of the ‘traitor’ in the Titans. If that isn’t enough to whet your palette, how about an accusation (or depending how you take it, a revelation) about that traitor being the oh-so-obvious Ravager or even Miss Martian, who isn’t all that she appears or speaks to be.

In truth, it is only this plotline that has me interested here. As things are at present, the Titans, both current and the past ones, I could care less about…all except Cyborg. Even Robin, who I am liking in his own title and in the Bat-twins (Batman and ‘Tec), is just too dreary to warrant a second look.

Conclusion: Next month even more duplicitous Teen Titan-ing, and as I expect, even more of Wonder Girl and Ravager’s ‘I am the Uber bit*ch here’ routine, complete with silent solitary shots of Kid Devil (all to remind the reader that he too has a big secret).

RATING: 7.5/10