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DC Comics is holding its second-ever DC Round Robin kicking off today at 9:15 am PT/12:15 pm EST through April 3rd at 11:59 pm PT. The first round consists of sixteen titles with only loglines and the concepts for fans to vote on. Fans can cast their vote on DC Comics Twitter, DC Comics Instagram, or on DC UNIVERSE INFINITE Community.

Round two DC Round Robin winners will be revealed on April 5th and fans will then learn the writer, artist, pitch and get to see the cover art. Full rundown of the options below:

HAWKMAN & HAWKWOMAN: THE CHANGELING

Logline: Hawkman and Hawkwoman have never had children together. They know that for a fact. Then who is Hektor Hol, the hotheaded, razor-winged teen who claims to be their son? Can they trust their own memories—or each other?

VERSUS

WILDCAT: NINE LIVES

Logline: Wildcat’s spent eight of his nine lives showing the ropes to some of the DC Universe’s heaviest hitters, and he’s got the scarred knuckles and reset bones to prove it. But now he’s only got one more life to go. How fearless would you be if you knew it was your last round in the ring?

THE QUESTIONS: GRAND SOLUTION

Logline: What happens when people from all walks of life are activated as faceless vigilantes, each forced to solve an Alternate Reality Game where the stakes are life and death? That’s THE QUESTION, but does RENEE MONTOYA have the SOLUTION?

VERSUS

CONSTANTINE & THE DEMON: VACATION FROM HELL

Logline: Arcane guile meets hellish fury! John Constantine is forced to play host to Etrigan the Demon and the pair embark on a deeply personal—and potentially apocalyptic—mission. Journeying back home to Liverpool, Constantine must confront ghosts from his past, and Etrigan isn’t exactly his first choice for an ally!

SUICIDE SQUAD: DARK

Logline: A team of occult misfits and monsters, assembled by Amanda Waller and led by Vampire Batman, are forced into a mind-melting suicide mission to assassinate Earth-13’s League of Shadows.

VERSUS

JUSTICE LEAGUE [REDACTED]

Logline: Green Arrow has watched many heroes—the great, the good, the kind—be forever scarred by the darkness they swear to fight. Rather than sit by and let any more of his friends fall to the festering abyss, he decides to create a Justice League black-ops team of fighters who can survive a few more shadows—because as far as he’s concerned, they may already be lost. Green Arrow’s team of Nemesis, Killer Frost, Manhunter, Metamorpho, and Cheshire are needed more than ever. Green Arrow was worried about what happens when you look the abyss in the eye? That goes double when Johnny Sorrow and Merlyn team up.

FIRESTORM: FOURTH WORLD PROBLEMS

Logline: When Ronnie Raymond and Jason Rusch make the startling discovery that the Firestorm Matrix contains a spark of the Life Equation, Darkseid and his army turn their sights toward the teenage nuclear heroes. But can Ronnie and Jason put their differences aside and combine into Firestorm, or will Darkseid claim the matrix for himself and Apokolips?

VERSUS

KID FLASH: THE SPEED OF FEAR

Logline: REVERSE-FLASH melds with PARALLAX in an unprecedented combination of the Speed Force and the fear-based yellow power ring to create a deadly SPEED RING to shatter OA’s central Green Lantern battery. A confused and isolated Kid Flash (Wallace West) must chase Thawne across a variety of alien worlds to stop him and the Sinestro Corps while his own powers die because of Kid Flash’s slow disconnection with the Speed Force.

BLACK CANARY: WHEN CANARIES CRY

Logline: When Black Canary intercepts an intelligence operative trying to deliver sensitive material on an encrypted disk, she finds herself plunged into the world of espionage to contend with an international consortium known only as Mysterium. With the help of a French spy, Dinah must stop this shadow organization from instigating war for their own profit.

VERSUS

GREEN LANTERN: THE LIGHT AT THE END OF FOREVER

Logline: A dark far-future. A galaxy gripped by tyranny. When an elderly farmer in a backwater system is brutalized by the latest thugs with jetpacks and jackboots to call themselves lawmen, he remembers a forgotten past. An era of champions. A cadre of noble peacekeepers, long since vanished. His name—he’s sure of it—is JOHN STEWART. Whatever happened to the Green Lanterns Corps…and is it too late to reignite the light…?

DC HORROR PRESENTS: GHOST TOUR FROM HELL

Logline: A frantic mother begs for Madame Xanadu’s help in finding her missing son—last seen on a ghost tour with friends. Xanadu’s reading reveals there’s a nefarious being behind the disappearances in New Orleans. Enlisting the help of the Demon Etrigan and Deadman, the trio quickly realize that they’re on a Ghost Tour from hell and they’re no match for these supernatural kidnappers.

VERSUS

ANIMAL MAN: THE METAMORPHOSIS

Logline: Buddy Baker, aka Animal Man, has serious problems. His home life is in shambles, his daughter’s powers are awakening, and the world needs him, but he’s stuck. He needs change. Soon Animal Man will enter a cocoon…but when the metamorphosis is complete, what will emerge?

GREEN LANTERN: THE BIRTH OF CONSPIRACY

Logline: In 1947, three events kindled America’s fascination with UFOs: the men in black, flying saucer sightings, and the Roswell crash. Three low-level government employees, tasked with monitoring superheroes, realize that one person was at all three events: the Green Lantern, ALAN SCOTT. He hasn’t been seen since.

VERSUS

CAPTAIN CARROT & HIS BEST FRIEND DARKSEID

Logline: The interdimensional space epic no one asked for! DARKSEID is trying to eliminate the newest New God, but the EXTREMELY FUR-IOUS (yes, we hate us too) ZOO CREW is determined to reach their long-foretold CAPTAIN CARROT first…before FRIENDSHIP ruins everything!

SUPERBOY: THE MAN OF TOMORROW

Logline: Determined to find his place in a strange universe, Conner Kent/Superboy leaves Earth behind. But his journey of self-discovery brings him face to face with a group of freedom fighters who challenge not just everything Conner stands for, but what it means to bear the Superman crest.

VERSUS

CYBORG: CYBER GODS

Logline: Cyborg has grown so powerful he no longer needs to leave his cold metal lair. He fights the good fight, but only virtually, with Cyborg replicas. When the super-villain Gizmo and Klarion the Witch Boy mix magic and tech, they become powerful technomancers. Cyborg is joined by Beast Boy, who tries to remind him of his true power: his human spirit. Cyborg must reconnect with his human side and face the world, or Gizmo will become an omnipotent, unchallenged cyber-god and Klarion will get what he’s always wanted: chaos and destruction.

DC ROUND ROBIN 2022 will run through May 17, with Round Two of voting kicking off on April 5th. Fans should stay tuned to DC Twitter, DC Instagram, and DC UNIVERSE INFINITE Community for more news on which titles are moving forward in subsequent rounds, catch sneak peaks and other reveals, and to vote their favorites forward!

The final selected series will debut first in September 2022 on DC UNIVERSE INFINITE, DC’s ultimate fan destination and digital comic book subscription service, now available in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and coming soon to the United Kingdom, Brazil and Mexico! It will also hit comic stores and Comixology in October, 2022.

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DC’s Round Robin is Back!

And SPOILER - there are no ‘Robin’ titles 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

First round voting is up, through Instagram Stories and either the actual DC website or DC Universe - so vote there!

See below for a list of summaries, with titles bolded for ones I think will be good and also italics for my thoughts - and be sure to VOTE~

Hawkman & Hawkwoman: the Changeling - Hawkman and Hawkwoman have never had children together. They know that for a fact. Then who is Hektor Hol, the hot-headed, razor-winged teen who claims to be their son? Can they trust their own memories - or each other?

Coming off the fanstastic Hawkman run of DC: Rebirth, which expanded the Hawk mythos to include reincarnations across space, time, and even universes, as well as introducing a new origin as to why the duo reincarnate, this doesn’t read as a worthwhile continuation of a story that ended well and left the door open for these two characters. The two of them sorted out their memories, and they’ve stopped reincarnating. A kid isn’t out of the question, as in one of the many histories before storylines were rebooted, they did have a son - so already we as the audience know that they do have children. And, to top it off, there was an already recent storyline between Kendra and J’onn, and their son they pulled from an imaginary future, which I’d honestly rather focus on because it was an interesting pairing I never gave much thought but loved once they were shown together.

Wildcat: Nine Lives - Wildcat’s spent eight of his nine lives showing the ropes to some of DC’s heaviest hitters, and he’s got the scarred knuckles and reset bones to prove it. But now he’s only got one more life to go. How fearless would you be if you knew it was your last round in the ring?

I love Wildcat. He’s a great character and has been missing these last many years, especially as we see Jay Garrick and Alan Scott return to comics. Ted is the Golden Age trilogy. He’s essential. Plus, this is a great story to welcome him back to the universe. Ted has always been about being fearless, but seeing him combat his mortality would not only be great, but can be done well in six issues unlike some of the other suggestions on this list. It’s also an issue many people must confront, which continues Ted’s relatability as he is an ordinary guy who decided to don a mask and start fighting crime (granted he first did it to prove his innocence, but it means something when he continued to do so instead of hanging up the cowl). Plus, with this, maybe we’ll get some reflection on his earlier days when he never had the curse of nine lives cast on him - wondering about how he feels his age more than ever before, not like back then when he was just starting out, and maybe how the threats were easier so it never felt like he was going against the end, unlike today’s crimefighting. Plus, maybe there’s more he’s holding back on, that he always hid from, thinking he can deal with it later only later might not be promised (like maybe even in a queer way)? If this also ends in his funeral it can really set up the transition for Yolanda Montez into the comics really well as his successor, and even bring back his son who got erased in the 52 reboot.

Finally, if this wins than I can already guess who might want to take a stab at doing the art (Doc Shaner):

The Questions: Grand Solutions - What happens when people from all walks of life are activated as faceless vigilantes, each forced to solve an alternate reality game where the stakes are life and death? That’s THE QUESTION, but does Renee Montoya have the solution?

There’s not much I can say about this lol. It’s a cool concept, though done before through other mediums. Will this have a satisfying resolution in only six issues? I can’t be sure but I suspect it won’t. I’m hungry for more Question content - Vic Sage was an interesting mix in the Leivathan event series and Renee Montoya has been sidelined in recent months due to being the new Commissioner, so she hasn’t been showing up as often as I like, so I would like to see more of them together. It’s hard though because there are two Question mini-series out there, both wildly different in terms of quality I would say. There’s the first, The Question, the Shaman, which turns the Question into a more magical figure and it honestly felt muddled throughout the entirety of six issues. Then there was the Question, the Five Books of Blood, which was fanstasic and really set the precedent for Renee Montoya’s tenure as the Question. While it features Renee, I can’t help but feel this is going to be like the Shaman one.

Constantine & the Demon: Vacation from Hell - Arcane guile meets hellish fury! John Constantine is forced to play host to Etrigan the demon as the pair embark on a deeply personal - and possibly apocalyptic - mission. Journeying back home to Liverpool, Constantine must confront ghosts from his past, and Etrigan isn’t exactly his first choice for an ally!

I voted for this but now that I think about it, I can think of better comics on this list winning, or at least more deserving to be made into a miniseries. Not that I don’t love either character - I’m a John Constantine ho - but it’s not like they’ve been underserved as of late, John especially. In fact his last minseries, Constantine: Rise + Fall, worked well despite it only being 3 issues and feels very similar to this summary. The only difference being that Etrigan is now involved. Plus, what I think it means is that Etrigan will be inside Constantine’s body, so we’ll see John transform into Etrigan, which would be my only interest to see if there’s a costume change. Instead of this concept, actually, I think I’d rather see a tale about the World’s Finest of Earth-13, which would still be Etrigan and Constantine (or as they’re known, Superdemon and Hellblazer). I think that’d make for a more interesting, or rather... unique... experience.

Suicide Squad: Dark - A team of occult misfits and monsters, assembled by Amanda Waller and led by Vampire Batman, are forced into a mind-melting suicide mission to assasinate Earth-13′s League of Shadows

It didn’t hit me until I re-read this that they would be going to Earth-13 (I ready 33), and I mentioned the above completely unprompted. That being said, again, I would love a story about the League of Shadows, I want DC to lean more into these alternate Earths and tell stories there (like how they’re doing the Jesse Quick/Teen Justice mini-series, the GoT!DC maxi-series, and the recently announced Gundam DC series). However, I do have Suicide Squad fatigue (which was why I didn’t vote for the other pitched Suicide Squad idea last Round Robin). Plus, I’m tired of this plot where Amanda invades alternate earths. That’s already coming to an end with the War on Earth-3, I don’t see why she and Vampire Batman of all people would work together. Furthermore, I think Suicide Squad: Dark is just an advanced Creature Commandos, which would be a more interesting take.

Justice League: Redacted - Green Arrow has watched many heroes - the great, the good, the kind - be forever scarred by the darkness they swear to fight. Rather than sit by and let any more of his friends fall to the festering abyss, he decides to create a Justice League black-ops team of fighters who can survive a few more shadows - because as far as he’s concerned, they may already be lost. Green Arrow’s team of Nemesis, Killer Frost, Manhunter, Metamorpho, and Cheshire are needed more than ever. Green Arrow was worried about what happens when you look the abyss in the eye? That goes double when Johnny Sorrow and Merlyn team up.

This is a great set-up for a mini-series that might not see the light of day if it weren’t for this type of contest! The characters are all ones that wouldn’t make sense elsewhere but fit in this type of story, and already - given the team build - I can get a sense of the dynamics, and I am excited! Also, of the plots, this one seems the most developed. You have the anchor with Green Arrow, who’s been involved in this kind of stuff already with his Checkmate series and can draw people in based on name recognition, giving these more underserved characters time to shine. Plus, of all of these, this is the only series I can see springboarding into an actual comic run (think an Outsiders but run by Green Arrow instead of Batman, or Justice League’s version of X-Force). And it’s not like Justice League has no experience with a black-ops team, as I’m pretty sure there was a short-lived iteration in the 90′s. Finally, the two characters they chose as villains - Johnny Sorrow and Merlyn - make for an interesting pairing. My only drawback is that this very much sounds like the love child between Bendis’s Leviathan event, and King’s Heroes in Crisis, two series that failed to meet expectations. Hopefully it takes the best of both of these and not the worst (which is harder than you’d think).

Firestorm: Fourth World Problems - When Ronnie Raymond and Jason Rusch make the startling discovery that the Firestorm matrix contains a spark of the Life Equation, Darkseid and his armies turn their sights toward the teenage nuclear heroes. But can Ronnie and Jason put their difference aside and combine into Firestorm, or will Darkseid claim the matrix for himself and Apokolips?

I’ve been wanting them to take another stab at Ronnie and Jason. I think there was promise back before Flashpoint rewrote the universe, and coming off Blackest Night Ronnie was brought back to life. But then New 52 came in with their Firestorms comic which... which the less I talk about, the better lol. But this at least holds similar promise as to where things were left after Brightest Day, as there’s truth in the above statement that the Matrix holds a spark of the Life Equation. Ronnie being brought back to life was, in part, so he could help protect the Life Entity and revive the Avatar of Life - the Swamp Thing. The Darkseid choice... I’ll bite my tongue on how they could’ve chosen a better antagonist and, instead, leave off with how maybe the way they put aside their differences is if they kiss a little?

Kid Flash: The Speed of Fear - Reverse-Flash melds with Parallax in an unprecedented combination of the Speed Force and the fear-based yellow power ring to create a deadly SPEED RING that will shatter Oa’s central Green Lantern Battery. A confused and isolated Kid Flash (Wallace West) must chase Thawne across a variety of alien worlds to stop him and the Sinestro Corps while his own powers die because of Kid Flash’s slow disconnection with the Speed Force.

Of all the ones on this list, this is the one I’m least excited for - and also the one I see having a chance at winning (much like the Robins mini-series we’re all stuck with). I’d like to start by saying that I love Wallace West, and would like to see him in more comics. That being said - he deserves a better story than this. First off, Thawne is always chosen to be the antagonist these days like, why not Zoom, Inertia, or even Wallace’s dad? I know he’s dead in the main universe, but it’s not like this story cares about canon since they’re using Thawne despite Barry’s forgiveness resetting his time line, the Sinestro Corps working towards good, and the central power battery already being destroyed. It’d’ve been more interesting to see Parallax use Wallace’s dad - and provide more conflict to Wallace - than Thawne who we’ve seen try and fail a whole lot. And besides all that... there’s no way in which Thawne teaming up with Parallax makes sense, especially since we know the main goal (kind of how Johnny Sorrow and Merlyn make no sense either, but since we don’t know what their end main goal is there’s mystery). I hope this loses in the first round.

Black Canary: When Canaries Cry - When Black Canary intercepts an intelligence operative trying to deliver sensitive material on an encrypted disk, she finds herself plunged into the world of espionage to content with an international consortium known only as Mysterium. With the help of a French spy, Dinah must stop this shadow organization from instigating war for their own profit.

Yes, we have already finished an espionage-themed mini with Black Canary (and Deathstroke). The thing is... we can never have enough Black Canary? Especially a story that feels like it could very much be a Birds of Prey story from the late-80s, early-90s. Back when it was just Barbara and Dinah, and Dinah hadn’t recovered her sonic scream yet. That’s very much the vibe of this entry, more thriller less action, which I can dig. Also there’s opportunity with this French spy to go somewhere - like... maybe a flirtationship? She’s with Ollie, but maybe she’s angry with Ollie for something and this comes along at the right time for her to get away and maybe she entertains something with the spy but then decides that, no matter how angry with Ollie she gets, Dinah will still love him and decides to keep the working relationship friendly between her and the spy. And what if the French spy was a girl?

Green Lantern: The Light at the End of Forever - A dark far-future. A galaxy gripped by tyranny. When an elderly farmer in a backwater system is brutallzed by the latest thugs with jetpacks and jackboots to call themselves lawmen, he remembers a forgotten past. An era of champions. A cadre of noble peacekeepers, long since vanished. His name - he’s sure of it - is JOHN STEWART. Whatever happened to the Green Lantern corps... and is it too late to reignite the light...?

Another one that I wasn’t sold on due to the story but I feel will get far because of the character and name recognition. John Stewart is a great Green Lantern, who’s had a resurgence as of late in being the Green Lantern of choice, not seen since the days when he was the Lantern chosen to be on the Justice League animated series. But I have to say - how many times do the Green Lantern corps have to disappear? I mean, this is a new angle in that it’s set in the future and we’ll apparently have to contend with a false narrator as John can’t remember anything. Also, I’m not sure how satisfying this story might be - I can see it as either an anniversary one-shot, like an annual, or a maxiseries of 12-issues, to fit in everything the fans will want to see and know about what happened to the Lanterns. But at this point, if you’ve been shut down after a certain amount of times... it’s not a question of if you would come back but if you should? I’m also not a fan of the setting - being far into the future, and in space makes me think about a lotta high-concept things I spend the better parts of my day not thinking about. But that’s a personal complaint. I can see this gaining traction, though, as the Green Lantern community felt like they got the short end of the stick after voting as, of the two stories still talked about from the first Round that didn’t win, a Green Lantern series wa one of them. They might have organized since then.

DC Horror Presents: Ghost Tour from Hell - A frantic mother begs for Madame Xanadu’s help in finding her missing son - last seen on a ghost tour with friends. Xanadu’s reading reveals there’s a nefarious being behind the disappearances in New Orleans. Enlisting the help of the Demon Etrigan and Deadman, the trio quickly realize they’re on a ghost tour from hell and they’re no match for these supernatural kidnappers.

Nope. I love Madame Xanadu and want to see more of her in the DCU proper, but this ain’t it. I went on a ghost tour in New Orleans. I don’t even want it put out there that this was an option. Also, the plot for this doesn’t seem more than just - we’re going to have six issues of scary things, that’s it.

Animal Man: the Metamorphosis - Buddy Baker, aka Animal Man, has serious problems. His home life is in shambles, his daughter’s powers are awakening, and the world needs him. But he’s stuck. He needs change. Soon Animal Man will enter a coccoon... but when the metamorphosis is complete, what will emerge?

I’ve middled out on this one. It’s been a while since Animal Man’s had the spotlight, but of runs he has been involved in they’ve been mostly good, with stand-outs being his Vertigo run, his part in Countdown to Adventure, and the Death of Animal Man. He didn’t have a great New 52 run so I understand why it’s been quiet on his front, but if Swamp Thing can have a revival then so can he. However... how many times can his home life be in shambles? I want something new from Animal Man, especially since there’s a lot to play with. An adventure through the multiverse would be interesting, and an homage to one of the most interesting storylines of his Vertigo run (the one involving the Psycho Pirate). Maybe they can do that in this, with Buddy in his cocoon trying on new personalities from other universes to see what his ‘new form’ should be?

Green Lantern: The Birth of Conspiracy - In 1947, three events kindled America’s fascination with UFOs: the men in black, flying saucers, and the Roswell Crash. Three low-level government employees, tasked with monitoring superheroes, realize that one person has been at all three events: the Green Lantern, Alan Scott. He hasn’t been seen since.

Now THIS is what the Round Robin was made for! Again, like with Justice League: Redacted, we have an anchor in Green Lantern which spikes intrigue just by name recognition. Then... they hit you with the plot. As much as I don’t care for showing us what characters will look like far into the future, I love stories set in the past (I’m complex like that), and this seems like it’ll be intriguing but also hilarious. Like... already I can picture the entire miniseries being told by the employees as they’re being interviewed, and they give away nothing despite being asked. Maybe because one of the employees hits it off with Alan...? Alan’s another character who’s been on the backburner since the New 52, and since he’s come out we get the chance to add to the amount of stories featuring a gay Alan Scott (which we are sorely lacking) I wished I could have voted for it, but the competiting title is so wacky I couldn’t not vote for it...

Captain Carrot & His Best Friend Darkseid - The interdimensional space epic no one asked for! DARKSEID is trying to eliminate the newest New God, but the EXTREMELY FUR-IOUS (yes, we hate us too) ZOO CREW is determined to reach their long-foretold CAPTAIN CARROT first…before FRIENDSHIP ruins everything!

Of course no one asked for this... because we didn’t KNOW this was a possibility! I’ll keep this short but, if you know you know lol. Captain Carrot & the Zoo Crew deserve more time in the spot light ever since their three-issue mini-series preceding Final Crisis, and with how they’ve shown Captain Carrot outside the multiverse, it intrigues me to see what the other Zoo Crew members might look. Or even how Darkseid will look drawn in the animated style of that Earth, like how Thomas Wayne/Doctor Batman looked:

It’s giving me a mix of those Looney Tunes/DC one-shots plus the wackiness of comics from the 60′s and 70′s, back when they threw anything against the wall. I can only imagine this story ending one of two ways, the Zoo Crew finding that instead of converting Captain Carrot to his cause ends up becoming his friend and going native (like in that episode of Spongebob, with Plankton, ‘F-U-N’) OR Captain Carrot is converted into an edgier version of himself and fights against the Zoo Crew, however is reminded of his true self at the last minute and fights back... with SLAPSTICK COMEDY!

I don’t see how this could win but oh, how I want to see it.

Superboy: the Man of Tomorrow - Determined to find his place in a strange universe, Conner Kent/Superboy leaves Earth behind. But his journey of self-discovery brings him face to face with a group of freedom fighters who challenge not just everything Conner stands for, but what it means to bear the Superman crest.

It’s time Conner gets some love. He’s been kind of floating in the ether the past few years, and has especially been pushed back into the shadows due to Jon Kent. If Kara can go into space on a self-searching journey, then why can’t he? Although, that is my only hang-up about this story is that we recently had a mini-series just like this, with a similar title, too, from Supergirl (Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, I heard it was good but... Tom King, so I didn’t pick it up). It’s an interesting concept and I can see it going far given how many fans Conner has who are clamoring for Conner content. But there’s little much to the story that hasn’t already been explored elsewhere. Maybe it’s a trilogy, though, and the final chapter is Krypto: the Dog of Tomorrow, where he journeys into space to figure out the answer to life’s ultimate question - who is a good boy?

Cyborg: Cyber Gods - Cyborg has grown so powerful he no longer needs to leave his cold metal lair. He fights the good fight, but only virtually, with Cyborg replicas. When the super-villain Gizmo and Klarion the Witch Boy mix magic and tech, they become powerful technomancers. Cyborg is joined by Beast Boy, who tries to remind him of his true power: his human spirit. Cyborg must reconnect with his human side and face the world, or Gizmo will become an omnipotent, unchallenged cyber-god and Klarion will get what he’s always wanted: chaos and destruction.

Of all the ones to pit against Superboy: Man of Tomorrow, I think this is the only one that stands any chance of beating it. Cyborg has a solid fan base who want to see more of him, especially since his most recent series made it feel like he was relegated to second-string (understandable in an ensemble comic, that no one character could stand out and shine, but of the Titans he and Gar had the least page time). And it’s an interesting story that succeeds in many areas: originality, stakes, fan service and nostalgia. You can’t have a Cyborg comic without Beast Boy, and the paired team of Gizmo and Klarion is interesting in a Johnny Sorrow/Merlyn way, not a Reverse-Flash/Parallax way. Also, if this one doesn’t make it past the first round, I will say this could be printed as a one-shot. But I think six-issues might be the perfect amount of time for this story - one issue to set up the backstory and stakes, four issues to let the action play out, and the last issue for resolution.

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