Johns, Geoff. Teen Titans: A Kid's Game.JOHNS, Geoff. Teen Titans; a kid's game. DC Comics. illus, c2004. 1-4012-0308-6. $9.95. JS* There is a lot to like about Teen Titans: A Kid's Game. The art is lively and colorful; the storyline moves at a brisk pace; the characters are realistic, meaning that the teenagers act like teenagers and not like little adults; and the writer, Geoff Johns, has done a fine job of re-imagining the team. The Teen Titans, despite their name, have been around since 1965, which means that the original members will soon be eligible to collect social security. The "new" Teen Titans consist of the core of Young Justice--Wonder Girl II, Kid Flash II, Superboy II, and Robin III--as well as four members of the 1980s Titans--Raven, Starfire, Cyborg and Beast Boy This article is about the superhero Beast Boy. For the band, see Beastie Boys. Beast Boy (real name Garfield Mark "Gar" Logan) is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe, a shapeshifting superhero who is a former member of the Doom Patrol and . The team is ambushed by Deathstroke the Terminator (1) A character that ends a string of alphanumeric characters. (2) A hardware component that is connected to the last peripheral device in a series or the last node in a network. , an assassin whose son, Teen Titan Jericho, died in action. Deathstroke does not want any more young heroes to die, and he decides the best way to accomplish this is by killing a young hero himself. He does his best--shooting Kid Flash in the kneecap kneecap (patella), saucer-shaped bone at the front of the knee joint; it protects the ends of the femur, or thighbone, and the tibia, the large bone of the foreleg. The kneecap is embedded in the tendon tissue of the quadriceps femoris, a large thigh muscle. (which heals in about a half-hour), thrusting his sword through Cyborg's eye, and beating up Robin, the Boy Wonder--before we learn what (who might be the better word) has gotten into his head. Contains comic book comic book Bound collection of comic strips, usually in chronological sequence, typically telling a single story or a series of different stories. The first true comic books were marketed in 1933 as giveaway advertising premiums. violence and mild sexuality (comic book physiques and one kiss). Highly recommended for libraries with superhero su·per·he·ro n. pl. su·per·he·roes A figure, especially in a comic strip or cartoon, endowed with superhuman powers and usually portrayed as fighting evil or crime. collections. George R. Galuschak, YA Libn., Montvale P.L., Montvale, NJ |
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