“Donna Troy’s horrors realized!!!”

When I rated the first issue of the Blackest Night: Titans series, I said that I thought this was the weakest of the three mini-series. I have to say that this issue propelled this series on at least equal footing with Blackest Night: Batman and Blackest Night: Superman!

There are three main stories that are weaved throughout this book. The writing of J.T.Krul and the art of Ed Benes, do a fine job handling this task.

The first is the on-going conflict between Beast Boy and his one true love Terra. While his teammates are trying to deal with the reborn Lilith, Gar has to find the will to resist Terra before it costs him his life. Some last minute help from Starfire, helps save the day for him.

Number two story is the continuing conflict between Hawk and Dove. Dove has to not only deal with the devastating loss of her sister but her resurrection as one of the undead too! And sharp readers should note that there is something special about dove that could pay-off later in the Blackest Night main book.

The final story has Donna Troy dealing with not just a returning dead husband but also her dead infant son! And all I can say is that child is vicious to his mother! Its looking like Donna might be rejoining her dead family soon…as one of the undead!

All three stories get there proper focus here and they help to set up the final issue. I’m starting to think this series might have more repercussions for the main Blackest Night mini than I first imagined.

4 out of 5

“Plenty of dead heroes to choose from in this Universe!”

Blackest Night: Titans #1 is the first issue of the third series to be brought out to tie-in with the Blackest Night main series. This one should have a lot to bring to the plate considering how many dead Titans there are! But because of that, I’m concerned about how many they might try to bring back and jam into this series. If they all comeback, that could be a real issue for our heroes…I think there may be more dead Titans than live ones!

The cover pretty much lets you know that Terra was coming back, but i was curious as to which one. They decided on the original traitor. I have to wonder if the other one might show-up too. I have to say that Garth really took it in stride when it’s revealed that he was kissing a corpse! Darn that Lilith for tricking him!

A lot of the issue focuses on the Hawk and Dove characters. I like those characters and I’m glad to see that they recovered from the Titans East Special where they were gravely injured. But, I have to say that I wasn’t remotely surprised by the end of the issue. I saw it coming from a mile away. I’m sorry to say that the predictability of the ending took something away from the issue for me.

The book still was a good read and I will still stick around for the next issue, but it is the weakest of the three mini-series so far.

3.5 out of 5