Tales of the Teen Titans 49-50
“We Are Gathered Here Today...”
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| Kory (Starfire) kind of stands out. Big 80s hair! |
It must be romance week at the
Post-Crisis PostScript, because we've just transitioned from one
happy couple revealing their flora/fauna love for one another
and now it's time for long-time couple Donna Troy and Terry
Long to tie the not. Considering the absolutely shitty year
the Titans have had, I think these kids have earned themselves a bit
of a party.
Before the festivities begin, there's
still the standard super-villain to put out of commission: Dr. Light.
Unlike most comic-book weddings, Dr. Light does not bust up the
festivities instead he mostly screws up Kid Flash, Wally West's,
semi-retirement.
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| Dr. Light, as badass as he's ever looked. |
Dr. Light is an interesting character
at this point in DC Comics history. He first appeared as an early
Justice League villain; Arthur Light was a brilliant physicist who
built a suit capable of manipulating light in the visible spectrum.
Instead of using this technology to help mankind, win a Nobel Prize
and become a rich, respected man of science, Light decided to become
a criminal and prove himself better than the super-humans of the
Justice League. This went poorly for him. So poorly in fact that
Light soon become a joke even within the comic book stories. Failing
to best the JLA on several occasions and even Green Lantern without
his teamates, Light was soon finding himself up against the Teen
Titans. And he kept losing. Here, possibly the nadir, acting
buffonish and pompous, Light is easily dispatched by two ex-Titans;
the aforementioned Kid Flash, retired from the Titans
because use of his speed powers could kill him, and France Kane,
Magenta, magnetic mistress and current sweetheart of one W.
West—superheroes who don't even have the decency to switch from
civilian clothes to halt the villain in the middle of a bank robbery.
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| Hauled off like a chump. I wasn't kidding. |
Hauled
off to jail, Light is quickly forgotten as the rest of the Titans
prepare for Donna's upcoming wedding.
In an
effort to take his mind off of Terra's recent death and betrayal of
the team, Gar Logan, Changeling, who'd been having problems coping,
depressed and succumbing to bouts of rage, is put in charge of
coordinating guests, caterers, and bands. In essence, the little
green kid is the wedding planner. Logan had little interest in the
wedding beyond hosting it at Dayton Manor, home of the rich, schizophrenic superhero who's
taken it upon himself to raise Logan (comics). The fact that he takes
so well to the job just shows how integral Donna Troy is to the
Titans: she recognizes the hurt her friend is in and opts to give him
an important position what could arguably be the best day of her
life. Gar felt alone, betrayed by a woman he might have loved, and
Troy is a kind enough person to give him the spotlight on a day
traditionally meant to be celebrating her.
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| The little green guy gets to take charge at least for one issue. |
As I
mentioned before, the wedding goes off wonderfully. Troy and her
husband-to-be, Terry Long exchange their vows as friends and family
look on and no one dies. No villain attacks. Long isn't revealed to
be Deathstroke the Terminator in disguise or anything. The issue consists of 40+
pages of friends and teammates both mourning and coming to terms with
their recent losses as well as celebrating what may come in the
future.
In
the end Troy and Long fly off into the sunset, headed to the Greek
Isles for their honeymoon and some well-deserved relaxation given the
hardships of the past stories.
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| Donna's all kinky with the 'Greek goddess' roleplay. |
The one bit of unhappiness left over
is the absence of Raven. Missing since the battle with H.I.V.E.,
she's secluded herself in another dimension, far from the grasp of
her father Trigon, a malevolent evil bent on finding her.
Not
EVERY ending has to be happy.
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| This won't end well. |
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