Teen Titans comes to an end once again. With mixed results but ultimately this was one of the better volumes in this entire 47 issue series that was broken up into two different graphic novel lines.

I will say this, Damien going rogue and a more brutal character is risky. For one there’s a section of people who still just hate Damien for taking Tim’s place as robin, or hate him for his “don’t give a fuck” attitude, or just because he’s the son of Batman and people don’t like that either. But me, I really liked Damien. Going from a killer to a superhero was a nice change of pace for a young child and although he is now considered more of a teen, he’s still a kid in my eyes, so watching him revert back to “killer” status was alarming.

But context is everything. After the events of Batman where Alfred was murdered in front of Damien, things for Damien got hard. It’s not easy for an adult to deal with loss but a 13-14 year old? Nearly impossible to know how they’ll deal with it and Damein doesn’t deal with it well.

While Damien is starting to go back to killing the Teen Titans are trying their best to stop him before going too far. On top of that Bruce finds out and now is trying to stop him as well. So basically all hell is breaking loose.

I personally enjoyed the chaotic and pretty sad volume here. We finish up the arc from last book quickly and Thompson takes over writing. While not as edgy it still brings teen characters being well written and fun. The ending was bitter sweet but interesting to see where it goes. While sometimes pacing was a bit fast it worked for the most part. I give this a solid 3.5 but I’ll bump it to a 4.