Review: Teen Titans #20

Teen Titans #20
Writer: Geoff Johns
Penciller: Tom Grummett

First off, I read on the 'net that Tom Grummett and Mike McKone have both signed exclusives with Marvel. That's too bad, is Marvel plucking Titans pencillers away? I like both these guys and their clean styles.

Something about the DC universe in general that I'm enjoying more than at Marvel is the integration of the stories. On the Marvel side, it seems like things operate in a vacuum much more than DC these days. They're trying to have tighter integration (for example, Pulse/Secret War, Wolverine/New Thunderbolts/New Invaders, Spider-Man/New Avengers) but it's still a bit off, especially, for example, when all three X-Men books seem to operate in different realities.

But DC is pretty tight in the books that I'm reading at least. Case in point, mentioned this issue are the death of Robin's father (Identity Crisis), some teenager finds Lex Luthor's armor (Superman/Batman), Starfire goes to the Outsiders and the new Speedy joins the Teen Titans (Green Arrow).

This book continues the super quality of the Teen Titans series thus far and injects some emotional elements into the storyline as well. Characters are developed while plot lines (some long running) are continued. And the art looks great. Another great issue for one of the better titles on the shelves these days.