The Green Team: Teen Trillionaires #4 – Review

By: Art Baltazar & Franco (story), Ig Guara, Robson Rocha, Travis Moore (pencils), J.P. Mayer, Júlio Ferreira, Jose Marzan Jr. (inks), Wil Quintana & Chris Sotomayor (colors)

The Story: Blue blood is thicker than water—and more expensive, too.

The Review: Well, never let it be said that I don’t give things a fair shake.  I never had much confidence in the premise of this series—the sur-title of Teen Trillionaires made me ever so slightly nauseated—but I was willing to place some trust in Baltazar-Franco and see if their offbeat vision could lead The Green Team somewhere unexpected and enjoyable.  Unfortunately, it may be a step above its sister title, The Movement, but that’s not really saying much, is it?

Both titles suffer from the superficiality of its characters, albeit from opposite directions.  While the members of the Movement always seemed to be trying too hard to fit into carefully constructed, oddball personalities, the Green Team started out more centered and credible, but never gained the distinguishing qualities which makes characters human.  Though occasionally displaying sparks of life when paired off, their dynamic as a group is flat and affected, leaving you underwhelmed by any declaration that “No matter what happens…we’re still friends.”