4 pages from Teen Titans #78

[sweettart1823]

So because I was rereading this and because it hasn't been posted from what I saw. It's relevant with Rose going back to the Titans. And I actually did enjoy it so yeah...




They just had a Zombie beating family bonding moment so you guys know.










Soo the obvious question that this poses, "where the hell is Joey?" Though of course the answer I'm fine with "He's hanging out off panel so he doesn't have to be involved with the horribleness that is his fathers Titans."

Also is Rose still looking for her mother? AND is Rose still on the adrenaline drugs? I think she is, I got the feeling from her talk with Roy that she was. But is she going to be hallucinating while she's on the Teen Titans? Hm.

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[punishermax]

Okay.

So, I just wanna know I got things straight.

Joey here is going to work with his dad, fucking SLADE, because he needs help if he goes off the deep end with his powers?

I...I can't even fully comprehend the full idiocy of that. HE'S A FUCKING SUPER VILLAIN YOU UTTER FUCKING MORON. Jesus Christ dude, it isn't like he's got a great track record in family matters either, are you that much of a fuckhead that you really wanna put your powers in the hand of a dude who basically manipulates people for fun?

Dear Christ this is stupid on a level beyond words. Hulk just took out half my living room with the face palm he made.

[sweettart1823]

Well he means that he knows Slade will do what he has to do to stop him from going all crazy again, you know kill him. So it does make sense.

Still I would like him to go do something else, him and Rose can have a book together. I'd read it. I like them.

[punishermax]

Is it possible for him to maybe tell someone else about what he may do? Someone he trusts? I mean, someone who won't very likely take total advantage of him?

[sweettart1823]

What? Of course not. Now you're just being silly.

I think it's a problem of him not trusting himself and being under the impression that he knows his dad since he was inside his head. Would you want to chance going crazy and harming someone you cared about, or going crazy and harming Slade? Although I guess last time he did, and was around Slade he killed Wintergreen and blew Bart's knee cap out... :/

Not that it matters since Joey is for the time being no where to be found.

[keeva]

Not that it matters since Joey is for the time being no where to be found.

Or... is he?!

Dun dun DUNNNNN!

[shadowpsykie]

well one could argue that being in Slades mind he would very well know his tricks, and would very well know if and (more likely) when Slade is trying to fuck with him.

and he is right, Slade killed him once when he went crazy, he would do it again if he had to.

[shadowpsykie]

he's secretly controlling Deathstroke? again?

[shadowpsykie]

i know this is wrong but... i cant not look at sexy hairy Slade's sexyness.....

Soo the obvious question that this poses, "where the hell is Joey?"

yeah i have been wondering that too since the series started.....

maybe he is off being Slade like sexy.... with his sexy..... what was i... oh its slade again....

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I'll be in my bunk....

[keeva]

Or... is he?!

Dun dun DUNNNNNNNNNNN!

[sweettart1823]

omg don't even.. not wrong. I think so too... I mean holy hell. His shirt being off is pretty ridiculous though and it never shows how it happens it was on in one panel then the next panel it wasn't but I'm all like "lol oh well :)"

Joey was pretty sexy in this too, with his stubble and oh Joey <3 he's always been adorable though.

(what is wrong is that this is the only icon I have of someone checking someone else out... oh well... :l )

[silverzeo]

Wow, Rose and I share the same beliefs, only with me, why didn't Tana came back to haunt Superboy... but apprantley somebody remebered that Slade had another wife and thought SHE deserved a comeback... wait, what about Rose's foster folks? Either way, there not enough reference to comics that my generation got hooked on... save for Robin and a half of Impulse's.... BUT ONLY 1/8 OF SUPERBOYS!!!

[aelflar]

I was just going to say that, apart from being evil and all, Slade doesn`t look half bad ;) Pretty Slade art is pretty.

Ahem! Has it ever been established why Rose wears something akin to her dad`s uniform if she hates him so much?

[sweettart1823]

Well Black Lantern Wintergreen actually said that and she's just like Bite Me. And that was the only response. *shrugs* So I don't know. Maybe she just likes the uniform. Maybe she doesn't like change or is to stubborn to change it. I don't know. I feel like it'd be weird to see her in something different.

Anyway I like it, it's very practical...

[aelflar]

Yeah, yeah, I like it too! I think it`s one of the most practical vigilante gears out there. And the swrods are a classy touch.

I was just curious.

[sweettart1823]

Especially for Rose who you know isn't all afraid to show skin, I like the fact that she covers up while she's out in combat. It shows how serious she is about it, I think.

It is weird, I know. Maybe she's in the mindset like "pfft why should I change it -he- should be the one to change" seems like something Rose would think xD

[ruhig_knight]

Man, I remember reading this and thinking: "What!? Joey's got his eyes and sanity back and is being written in a somewhat respectful manner!? CHRISTMAS MIRACLE :D"

But now after seeing Wallace's Titans...well let's put it this way: I'm not exactly very upset at Joey being MIA in the book so-far. In fact, I'm almost dreading when he appears as he'll most likely be 'beyond saving' and continue to be a plot device for the Titans and the other Wilsons to fight/angst over/etc.
There's a small part of me that hopes he changed his mind and turned himself in Post-BN and is the one that Slade & co.'s going to bust out of Arkham Asylum againt his will for some twisted fatherly reason of Slade's. Only a small part of me mind you. The rest of me is incredibly (and reasonably) cynical of the fate of the majority of DC's characters (Ex.Lian Harper, Mary Marvel, Ryan Choi, Cass Cain)

[nezchan]

That's a nasty case of instant mumps Rose contracted in the last panel there.

[icon_uk]

Joey managed to nearly destroy the Titans the last time he went off the deep end, and he knows that being the people they are, they would not kill him, even if it was required. He knows Slade will.

[ravenous_raven]

I thought so too, but then I looked at the other scans and realized that one side of her jaw is swelling up (from a punch or blow?), causing her to look like she's gritting her teeth just to talk and making her look like she has mumps when all she's doing is frowning.


At least, I hope that's the reason and it isn't just bad art...

[mullon]

Wow, Jericho's an idiot.

[nezchan]

Given that the whole shape of her face changes in all of two panels, I'm inclined to the latter.

[pyrotwilight]

Ahh...one of the false lead ins to Deathstroe's Titans that would've made the regular reader think Slade was putting together a hero team, what with a fairly cured and heroic Jericho joining his dad. How fun. Sigh. *goes to cry in the corner*

[sweettart1823]

Right? I mean this, and the issue before this he was all like "I've change blah blah blah" I don't know what happened to that.

[sweettart1823]

I agree I really liked how he was written in this, I think the Wilsons are really kind of up Krul's alley, he's great with that sort of thing, same with the Arrow Family he wrote them good in BN too. Which is why I'm hopeful for Rose, and why I want Joey to go with her to the Titans.

OH WELL. He can stay off panel I'm fine with that. I still miss him though.

Curious..

[big_daddy_d]

Sooo...anyone else hear the Chris Jericho theme in their heads whenever they see Joey?...or wish that during a fight scene he'd put someone in the Walls of Jericho for kicks?...Just sayin.

[jlbarnett]

to uncreative? She put it on when she was trying to be like him, then when she stopped wanting to be she couldn't think of anything else to wear.

[milleniumrex]

Krul's basically ignoring years of Deathstroke characterization and returning him to anti-hero status.

I can't object to this.

[sweettart1823]

It's just to bad this is the only thing he wrote of Slade.

[milleniumrex]

I imagine we'll probably see some of him in TT, since Rose is there.

[star_of_airdrie]

I have to admit the air of sexiness of the current Teen Titan/ Titans ruan and not the air of creepiness that was the Slade Wilson of the NTT run - even with the closed circuit TV viewing of Roy and Jade.

As for where's Joey? (Lassie says "in the well", oh wait that's Timmy...):
The only excuse for even calling the Titans the Titans, is that Joey has taken over Slade and will reform everyone especially Roy. I hate that they didn't just end the title and resurrect Deathstroke or start Villains for Hire or something - perhaps the Wilson Family - snap, snap.

As for Rose on Adrenaline/Epi(okay same thing)/Speed whatever... it's for angst or as an excuse for her to vascillate between good and eeeevil again,

[ruhig_knight]

As for where's Joey? (Lassie says "in the well", oh wait that's Timmy...):
The only excuse for even calling the Titans the Titans, is that Joey has taken over Slade and will reform everyone especially Roy. I hate that they didn't just end the title and resurrect Deathstroke or start Villains for Hire or something - perhaps the Wilson Family - snap, snap.

AGREED on all accounts.

As for the Rose-on-drugs thing, my guess is most likely both and for her to add something new to her 'bad girl' persona. She already has daddy issues and hits on guys with girlfriends so why not? *headdesk*

[star_of_airdrie]

Thank you for agreeing about the Titans. It's an insult to the name and the legacy.

Note to self #1: write a letter to DC.
Note to self #2: remember that it is futile to write to DC because letters are either a) thrown in the trash or b) opened and read aloud during the interns' (and DiDio's) keggers and mocked.

I keep asking myself over and over again: DC, why, oh why can't I quit you? (perhaps the alcoholic father and the narcissistic mother?)

[star_of_airdrie]

Because even superheroes with no powers or few powers barely ever seem to have normal responses to injuy I'll second Mump... or perhaps an allergy to her father or storing up acorns for the winter?

[leorising]

Wow, I lost track of Joey/Jericho some time shortly after NTT, and haven't heard about him since. This is fluffy-bunny, golden-haired, hippy-dippy Jericho? Whoa. I'm boggling. D:

[alienist]

...Or he'll use him to completely destroy the Titans.

[alienist]

Dude, this is some of the best characterisation he's had in years.

Sad, innit?

[gl_lg]

Damn it. I need to catch up with this series but whats the point? It's just not the same as it use to be when it started up. Now everyone either quits for no real good reason or dies.