"Let's Go Kick Some Ass....Team."
Synopsis
Jason Todd's past meets the present as his mentors before his days as the Red Hood have been killed.
The Good
After reading the first issue, I was rather on the fence whether to continue or not. You'll be pleased to hear it gets better.
One of the main bugbears of the opening issue I had (amongst many readers) was the characterisation of Starfire, however in this issue (despite not being in it much) she does seem a whole less promiscuous. There was several slightly inappropriate comments but nothing as bad as the previous issue.
Rocafort's art continues to impress me. In particular there was a page spread where the team is freefalling through the air where Red Hood has these forearm blades attached, which very much reminded me of a eerily similar page featuring Damian Wayne and Dick Grayson (as Batman) from the previous iteration of Batman and Robin. If that was intentional, I dig that.
This issue as I've mentioned mainly involves Jason Todd before his Red Hood days,and fans of the Red Hood: Lost Days series will be pleased to see Talia al Ghul again. I'm glad we are getting some "canonical" origins into this series. I look forward to seeing what they will do for Roy and Starfire.
The Bad
To be honest, aside from some of the action scenes being a tad too busy from my tastes I really liked this issue.
Conclusion
I understand peoples frustration at last issue, but I recommend those folks should try this one. It does get better, I promise!
