Teen Titans #10

Saur Feelings

Story by Scott Lobdell
Pencils by Brett Booth
Inks by Norm Rapmund
Colors by Andrew Dalhouse with Blond
Letters by Carlos M. Manual
Cover by Booth, Rapmund, and Dalhouse
Assistant Editor Darren Shan
Editor Eddie Berganza

Our cover shows Kid Flash and Solstice gleefully running with a pack of very ugly dinosaurs. Solstice has shed her Harvest outfit, going with her natural, naked(?) form. Kid Flash's Harvest outfit is falling apart, halfway to reducing him to his naked form. I don't know. This is just rather random, boring, and not particularly pleasant to look at.

We're back with the dumb sideways black-and-white variant. On the plus-side, the ugly dinosaurs don't stand out as well on this version.

Our story picks up with Kid Flash being chased by a dinosaur on the mysterious beach our heroes washed up on after escaping the Crucible. Solstice, Bunker and Red Robin are still unconscious, so it's up to Kid Flash to subdue the dino, which he does by tying it up with vines conveniently hanging from all the nearby trees. Kid Flash then wakes up Red Robin and runs him away to safety (the top of a random palm tree). He quickly fills in Red Robin on their predicament, and Tim is naturally horrified to learn that Kid Flash left the others behind. Luckily, Kid Flash is able to quickly rectify that problem and bring Bunker and Solstice up to the tree.

Upon being confronted with all this insanity, Red Robin almost has a panic attack, which he conceals under the pretext of "aerial recon." Bunker flies off after Red Robin, who confesses he's upset by the missing Skitter, Superboy and Wonder Girl, not to mention the dead Artemis and his lingering suspicions that Harvest may have killed Danny the Street with his initial attack. So they have a nice little heart-to-heart, and luckily it doesn't take Superboy and Wonder Girl too long to catch up with their teammates. They had their own boring adventure in Superboy #10, but don't worry, that issue didn't answer any questions, either.

Soon, everybody is taking a bath in a waterfall, while Kid Flash and Solstice are choosing to race dinosaurs nearby, just like on the cover. The two eventually lie down on the grass and talk about what Harvest did to Solstice (without providing us any details or backstory, naturally). Kid Flash tells her how Timber Wolf recognized him and tried to kill him, but all Solstice responds with is playful flirting. Kid Flash flirts back and even lies on top of her, claiming to have kissed her at super speed. We don't actually see them kiss, but from this point on, Solstice is constantly hanging on Kid Flash as if she was his girlfriend.

Later, Bunker comes across some bricks that aren't his psychic creations. He realizes they are parts of Danny, strewn across the island. So everybody chips in and gathers every piece they can find of the living street. Solstice finds a message in a bottle, which says that it was an honor to fight alongside the Teen Titans, and now Danny wants to perform his final act by bringing them safely back home. Red Robin warns the street that he'll never survive the trip, but Wonder Girl urges him to allow Danny to make this choice.

Danny teleports the Titans to Chinatown in New York, and all that seems to remain of him is a sign that says Danny the Alley.




This is our first issue with Eddie Berganza as editor. He was the editor for a lot of books we've reviewed on this blog, including the entire Young Justice run. In December 2010, he was promoted to Executive Editor, but then demoted to Group Editor in April 2012 because of sexual harassment allegations. He was finally fired in 2017, which means we're likely going to be seeing his name for quite a while longer. And as much of a scumbag as he is, I am forced to admit that he is a good editor. Every project he works on just seems a little smoother and cleaner. So ... and I hate myself for saying this ... I'm hoping to see an improvement in this series now that Berganza has replaced Bobbie Chase. These past 10 issues under her have been pretty rough. Luckily, though, she wasn't simply kicked off this book to make room for a sexual harasser — she was promoted to Editorial Director, then later Vice President of Talent Development. And honestly, at this point it's impossible to tell what problems on this book were hers or Scott Lobdell's.

Anyway, this story still sucks. We're still not having any questions answered. What was that strange island? How did our heroes get there? What did Harvest do to Solstice? I'm completely ambivalent on the Solstice-Kid Flash romance. And I couldn't care less about Skitter. But I am actually sad about Danny the Street. That character was such a novel concept — perhaps too high-brow for this comic. Sadly, we didn't get any questions answered about him before he "died." Reading this series is like pulling teeth.

Next: It's a secret that can no longer be kept: The mystery behind the origin of Wonder Girl! (Lobdell's actually going to give us a backstory? I'll believe it when I see it.)