Titans Vol. 2: Made In Manhattan by Dan Abnett

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This book collects Issues 7-10 of Titans as well as the Annual #1.

Issue 7 is a one shot that is very effective. It finds Titans setting up housekeeping in Manhattan with Dick busy filling out the paperwork. Meanwhile, Donna and Roy begin to reconnect, and perhaps most significantly, Superman comes to visit Wally and as this Superman is the post-Crisis Superman, they share some good memories, it's a wonderful character driven story.

Issues 8-10 constitute a story arc where a former Titan named Mal has gotten rid of his superpowers for his family and his wife Bumblebee goes to explore the options. But it turns out the company that can remove superpowers is run by a team of ex-supervillains (or are they?) This wasn't great, but it was a good story. I liked how Roy took a key role on explaining how people generally turn their lives around and was able to speak to change.

There's also a rebirth holiday tale that's a fun New Year's Eve which also focuses on Arsenal on what New Years means to someone who's been in recovery. A good fun story.

The book concludes with an Annual which (unusually for DC) has the same creative and it's a big story that has Batman, Nightwing, Flash (Barry Allen), Flash (Wally West), Wonder Woman, and Donna Troy kidnapped by a villain and a sense that no one may know who is real. The story trades on tension and character development more than the comic book action and the villain. It all leads up to a pretty good revelation that serves as yet another clue to the events behind Rebirth.

Overall, this book is very good and a solid second volume for Dan Abnett on this title.



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