Another bargain pick up from Southampton Comics, Teen Titans Spotlight #3 focuses on Jericho, as is probably clear from that cover!

As I grew up mostly invested in Marvel Comics in the 80s, there’s a big chunk of DC history that I completely missed, and The New Teen Titans, as critically and commercially successful as it was, is a comic which almost completely passed me by. As such, I know very little about most of its members, the obvious ones aside, and Jericho fits into the category of Titans I know absolutely nothing about.

So I wasn’t sure what to expect with this first part of a four part story at all; however, it does a fantastic job of giving some insight into Jericho, aka Joseph Wilson, as a character. Along with that, it immediately gives us a way to root for him, despite him being mute and having other characters there almost speaking on his behalf; it presents us with an engaging love story, and an awful lot of drama which springs from that.

It surprised me how mature and measured the narrative was, besides an oddly OTT, Paris-set opening sequence. I didn’t expect to enjoy it as much as I did, and now I’m keen to read the rest of the story. Job done, DC…albeit nearly 40 years after it was published (though that part’s on me, not them!).

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