Teen Titans #40

Titans Around the World Part III

Geoff Johns Script
Tony S. Daniel Pencils
Jonathan Glapion & Kevin Conrad Inks
Tanya and Richard Horie Colors
Travis Lanham Letters
Tony S. Daniel & The Hories Cover
Jeanine Schaefer Assoc. Editor
Eddie Berganza Editor

Our cover is a fairly interesting collection of notable Titans who have betrayed the team in the past. From left, we have Terra, Superboy, Raven and Jericho. Of course, it wasn't really their fault that they became traitors — they were all either corrupted or brainwashed in some way — but the trauma of their betrayals still linger on. Especially when new suspicious new members, like Miss Martian, become involved.

Our story begins with one of these new members, Bombshell, recapping the history of Deathstroke and his family working to take down the Teen Titans. First, Deathstroke used Terra to infiltrate the team. Then his son Jericho betrayed the Titans and battled them several times — most recently against the team that included Superboy and Kid Flash.

Bombshell now believes that Rose Wilson is lying about having reformed and is still working with her dad. Later, Bombshell attacks Miss Martian, revealing her to be a white martian and accusing her of also being a traitor. But — surprise! — the only traitor on the team is Bombshell herself. Meanwhile, Raven has used the computer disk that contained Jericho's soul and some of Brother Blood's rituals to bring Jericho back to life. But since none of this has anything to do with Bart Allen, we won't dwell on it too much.

It was nice, though, to get a quick update on Bart's old team. And we will be returning to them pretty soon. It also makes me sad to compare this competently produced comic book to Bart's main series. Despite all my frustrations with Geoff Johns, he is so much more enjoyable than Bilson and DeMeo.

Next time, we'll return to that insufferable main series with The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #5.