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A review by captwinghead
Teen Titans/Outsiders: The Insiders by Matthew Clark, Tony S. Daniel, Marlo Alquiza, Geoff Johns, Judd Winick, Carlos D'Anda, Art Thibert
2.0
There’s nothing to really latch on to here. I’m confused about the character direction for Dick Grayson.
This is a cross over/tie in, whatever with the Teen Titans but I honestly struggled to understand why the Outsiders were here? Sure, Indigo was a member of their team but the Outsiders were barely given anything to do. As with the last volume, Starfire seems to be here just to be Dick’s sounding board and attack. That’s it. It’s a bummer after The New Titans where she’s a great character and given a lot of personality and personal storylines. This was just abysmal.
I’m confused as to why Dick appeared to take Indigo’s death harder than he took Thunder’s near brush with death? He didn’t seem particularly close to Indigo. It’s just odd. Anyway, the aftermath issue with Shift, Grace and Anissa dealing with Indigo’s death was the only part that truly felt like the Outsiders to me.
But honestly, this may have been before X-Men: the Last Stand or near that release date but I’m so sick of the “they’re out of control; I have to kill the one I love” tragedy. Especially for Indigo who was pretty much just treated like Shift’s girlfriend despite the fact that she had a lot of great qualities outside of that. Urg.
Clearly I’m more attached to the Outsiders than the Teen Titans who were... here.
I have questions about Gar’s age all the time because in the New Teen Titans, he’s younger than the others but how old was he? How old were Raven and Wally? I know DC characters are like Marvel characters in that they don’t age at all. Damian was 10 for years it seemed. But it just strikes me as odd that Beast Boy seems eternally part of the Tern Titans and the others age up into the Titans.
But anyway, I’m not sure what all transpired from the 1990’s Young Justice to this team. Superboy has a new look and I must say, I prefer the old one. Cassie had her glam up and now she’s got long, flowing blonde hair and looks more like your typical comic book heroine. I know why but I liked the look she had before. At some point she hooked up with Superboy? Or this was her grand play for him after years of pining. Eh, I’m not really invested.
Superboy’s struggle with his parentage was interesting and semi compelling. For me, who hadn’t read everything that came before this in Teen Titans, I could have used more on that. It would have been great but I know they covered more of that plight in the TT series.
So... this isn’t a recommend for me. If you’re supper attached to the plights of Vision and Scarlet Witch, maybe you’d find a plot like this sympathetic. I personally didn’t. There wasn’t enough of Superboy to really feel anything. The Outsiders honestly didn’t get a lot to do here. I was eh about it.
This is a cross over/tie in, whatever with the Teen Titans but I honestly struggled to understand why the Outsiders were here? Sure, Indigo was a member of their team but the Outsiders were barely given anything to do. As with the last volume, Starfire seems to be here just to be Dick’s sounding board and attack. That’s it. It’s a bummer after The New Titans where she’s a great character and given a lot of personality and personal storylines. This was just abysmal.
I’m confused as to why Dick appeared to take Indigo’s death harder than he took Thunder’s near brush with death? He didn’t seem particularly close to Indigo. It’s just odd. Anyway, the aftermath issue with Shift, Grace and Anissa dealing with Indigo’s death was the only part that truly felt like the Outsiders to me.
But honestly, this may have been before X-Men: the Last Stand or near that release date but I’m so sick of the “they’re out of control; I have to kill the one I love” tragedy. Especially for Indigo who was pretty much just treated like Shift’s girlfriend despite the fact that she had a lot of great qualities outside of that. Urg.
Clearly I’m more attached to the Outsiders than the Teen Titans who were... here.
I have questions about Gar’s age all the time because in the New Teen Titans, he’s younger than the others but how old was he? How old were Raven and Wally? I know DC characters are like Marvel characters in that they don’t age at all. Damian was 10 for years it seemed. But it just strikes me as odd that Beast Boy seems eternally part of the Tern Titans and the others age up into the Titans.
But anyway, I’m not sure what all transpired from the 1990’s Young Justice to this team. Superboy has a new look and I must say, I prefer the old one. Cassie had her glam up and now she’s got long, flowing blonde hair and looks more like your typical comic book heroine. I know why but I liked the look she had before. At some point she hooked up with Superboy? Or this was her grand play for him after years of pining. Eh, I’m not really invested.
Superboy’s struggle with his parentage was interesting and semi compelling. For me, who hadn’t read everything that came before this in Teen Titans, I could have used more on that. It would have been great but I know they covered more of that plight in the TT series.
So... this isn’t a recommend for me. If you’re supper attached to the plights of Vision and Scarlet Witch, maybe you’d find a plot like this sympathetic. I personally didn’t. There wasn’t enough of Superboy to really feel anything. The Outsiders honestly didn’t get a lot to do here. I was eh about it.