Grumpy Old Fan | Titans, go … away? | Robot 6 @ Comic Book ...

by Tom Bondurant

Besides the issue’s main plot (Starfire escaping the Gordanians), Robin is snippy to Batman, Wonder Girl reminisces at the site of the abandoned building where she was rescued as an infant, Kid Flash has to be coaxed back into superheroics, and... Many of the book’s long-term story arcs began as character-based subplots, and many of those were on display in issue #1. Changeling came to grips with the Doom Patrol’s sacrifice, fell in love with a sociopath, and (in issue #55, drawn by Ron Randall) made peace with one of the Titans’ greatest foes. Raven, who initially brought the Titans together to fight her demonic father, ended up sacrificing herself to defeat him. Retirement likewise resolved Kid Flash’s own issues as a reluctant superhero. Wonder Girl eventually discovered her real family and started a new one with husband Terry Long. The Nightwing identity solved Robin’s issues as Batman’s junior partner....

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