Plus One, Minus One Review: Teen Titans #64

Plus One, Minus One:
Teen Titans 64

-1 The cover
What, DC, no fridge in the cover?
I think it would have been more tasteful without the blood. But I've been saying that for the last five or ten issues.
Score: -1

+1
I'm with you all the way. Foreshadowing? Only a few Titans left.
Score: 0

-1
"Lost our super slugger"
Wait, but she's there.
That's like saying someone's "done for" and they're still in the room with you.
Not getting it.
Score: -1

+1
Simplified origin of Bombshell that even I can understand
Score: 0

-1
They can't draw the origin? Why do we need 10 panels of faces telling the story?
Score: -1

-1
8 pages devoted to the origin of the villain
Score: -2

-1
Oh good, more killing. Is this a MAX title? Oops, I meant Vertigo. No, wait. MAX.
Score: -3

-1
Oh, good, a full page where a single panel would do.
Score: -4

+1
Teamwork. Finally.
Score: -3

+1
Bombshell breaks free with ease. Individual minus 1 for Robin getting knocked back eight feet, just by Bombshell spinning in a circle.
Score: -2

+1
"But Dad"
Score: -1

+1
The symmetry of Bombshell's Dad trying to help his bad daughter vs. WG's Dad not helping his good daughter.
Score: 0

-1
What the **** is up with those vanity mirror video communicators? Seriously, not everything has to be widescreen.
Score: -1

+1
Although I hate Wonderdog, the last three panels are so "House of Mystery"
Score: 0

-1
Greg Land face. And a bad one at that.
Score: -1

-1 Oh good. Last page as grueome as the cover. No points for symmetry here.
Score: -2

Overall, I really have lost faith in this title. I know it's never going back to the good old days of Young Justice. But it'd be nice.

The interview I read this week does inspire me to keep reading, in case they do manage to pull this off as a Cap's Avengers. However, Cap's Avengers didn't have throats being slit and dogs ripping apart people in each issue.

If DC ever decides to stop writing comics like slash-fic, the title could have a chance.