Rose Wilson Is A Penis

At least, that appears to be how Ravager is being classified in the most recent Teen Titans.

Am I reading too much into this?

1. Wonder Girl begins by describing Ravager with a clearly phallic metaphor.



2. The Clock King (or whoever the lame villain is), is torturing Kid Devil, and as part of his psychological assault, he tells him that Ravager isn't coming to rescue him. What does he say?



"Not a glint nor a flicker . . ."

Glint nor a flicker? What a very odd turn of phrase here. Kind of jumps out at you, unless, of course, Ravager is being compared to legendary "dirty comics" character CLINT FLICKER, which, when the L and I are blurred together, gives you another penis reference.

3. Once you get started though, its hard to stop. Rose's rogue gallery in this issue -- Dreadbolt, Copperhead, and the Persuader -- the first two are kind of self-explanatory, but even "The Persuader is listed in Naming of Parts: Gender, Culture, and Terms for the Penis among American College Students as a bona fide slang term for -- yep -- Penis.

So, there you have it. Former villain, struggling hero, current member of the Teen Titans is a penis, is called a penis, and she has to fight off a bunch of evil penises to save the day.

So, Rose. You've just been compared to a phallus for 22 pages. Do you have a reaction?



Hmm.

And the rest . . .

Thoughts on the other comics I read this week that I didn't have a post's worth of stuff to say about:

1. The Atom #20 -- The best part about this issue (besides the fact that it fully wrapped up all of the stuff that went on in the past 19 issues) was that the key clue that helped Ryan figure out who the enemy was happened in the filler issue -- the one-shot #19 that Gail Simone didn't even write.



Way to keep that fill-in in continuity!

2. Buffy #11 -- Best big-reveal joke.



Who is it? Who's under the mask? Quick turn the page to find out!



Okay. Maybe it was stupid. But it made me laugh.

3. Teen Titans: Year One #2 -- Not very memorable.

4. Supergirl #26. This one would have been good if the last few issues had made any sense. As it is, I just feel like this month's cliff hanger will get ignored and next week we'll get an issue that takes place in Deep Space with a flash back to Krypton and an Editor's Note saying: "This issue takes place after issue #24, but before that crappy arc with the Outsiders."

It is a sign of despair when an otherwise good issue leaves you with the conclusion, "So this will be the last good one until the mid-30s, then?"

Teen Titans, One Year Later in Six Panels

Answering the call of the 30 Second Recap Contest, I have recapped the most recent arc of "Teen Titans". The excitement resides below.

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"Can Someone Explain This Ziggy For Me?"

Okay, so maybe I am about to out myself as a complete moron, but I can't for the life of me figure out what's going on in Teen Titans. There is a certain "Emperor's New Clothes" mentality that prevents one from seeking assistance in deciphering a comic book geared toward young readers. But, then, I've never been self-conscious about pointing out my ignorance. Perhaps someone who is wise in the ways of kid-oriented comics can help me figure it out.

1. Why is Raven trying to bring Jericho back to life?

2. Why is Raven trying to bring Jericho back to life without clearing it with Rose first?

3. Why is Bombshell trying to kill Jericho?

4. Why is Bombshell trying to kill Jericho before Jericho is even brought back to life?

5. How did Raven know that Bombshell was a traitor?

6. What, exactly, made Bombshell a traitor? That she was trying to kill Jericho before he came back to life?

7. What was the deal with the missing book?

8. How come Bombshell thought that Jericho's father hired her to kill him, when in reality Jericho's father hired someone else to un-kill him? Seems like an odd sort of mix-up.

And to get it up to 10 Questions, a couple of Imponderables:

9. When a race, such as the "Martians" are all shape-shifters who can change both their form and their color, what sense does it make to divide them into "White Martians" and "Green Martians"? Aren't they all potentially White OR Green?

10. Wasn't one of the points of Infinite Crisis that the doors between life and death were supposed to be shut tighter? That didn't last long.