DC Universe Presents #12 – Review

By: Fabian Nicieza (story), Jorge Jiménez (art), Guy Major (colors)

The Story: Kid Flash shuts down an invasion from the land of dinosaurs in record time.

The Review: To put it lightly, I didn’t care much for Teen Titans under Scott Lobdell.  To me it represented some of the worst stereotypes about teens: some of the most thoughtless, stupid humor possible paired with some of the most overdone, hand-wringing angst possible.  I was also disappointed in Nicieza’s handling of Legion Lost.  How putting a writer I liked to work on characters I liked resulted in a title I lost all feeling for, I don’t know, but it hurt anyway.

And then Nicieza takes Kid Flash and turns out one of the one of the most tickling, chuckling issues I’ve read in a long, long while, possibly since the relaunch.  Bart’s irreverence and fourth wall-breakage is a joy to read (“Continuity doesn’t really matter!  Clarity is overrated!”), and provides the kind of voice I haven’t heard since Stephanie Brown vanished into continuity limbo.  I don’t know about you, but it’s just what I’ve been needing.