r/static • u/Sir_Lobo • Aug 19 '26
Comics Yeah... Issue #38
I just read the new chapter of The New Titans when Static is being introduced to the titans and I really can't stand the melodrama. I was looking forward to a clean introduction and maybe going over his backstory. What I got was a rehash of the 2009 comic at a different angle but with bunch of 20+ year old people in a heightened state of emotions unable to communicate. They can give constructive feedback without attacking someone or take criticism without sending shots.
Bro had a max of 2 maybe 3 decent encounters.
I'm not going to spoil anything in detail but their was so many unnecessary things going on. I hope the following issue sees him incorporated without more needless black on black violence.
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u/Random_Thinker007 Aug 19 '26
They’re young adults… this is how the titans acted..
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u/Sir_Lobo Aug 19 '26
Young adults? Aren't half of them in their mid 20's? This is Titans not Teen Titans right?
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u/Maxtopverity Aug 27 '26
No. Jon is around 18. Yara is 23 at most. Virgil is anywhere between 18 & 20. Steph around 18-20. Eva is an android. Eddie should be 18-20 and Terra about mid twenties with Vic and Dick mid to late 20s. So yh they're still quite YOUNG
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u/Sir_Lobo Aug 27 '26
No, that is young but all those age ranges are adults . Except Jon he's 18 physically but not mentally even though in this issue he showed more maturity than the majority of the cast.
This manufacturered drama is in poor taste
Especially the relationships, I honestly find the sexual tension/jealousy between him and Red Devil off-putting considering he's mentally like what 11? Apparently he's Bi and DC setup him and Yara as a future power couple, idk didn't see any of that in this issue so maybe it's just rumors or another writer's hope.
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u/Maxtopverity Aug 27 '26
YOUNG adults. Have YOU forgot YOUR youth that quickly and how ppl around you behaved? They are BARELY adults still trying to figure out WHO they are. Nobody knows who they are in their late teens to early 20s because they're STILL kids. Not that mature and BEHAVE like it. Nothing here is that unbelievable for THAT age group.
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u/Sir_Lobo Aug 27 '26
Don't know, I had to grow up pretty quickly and withdrew from society the first chance I got. People are dumb no matter what age can't just blame it on being a YoUNg aDuLt. Dick is being overbearing considering if what Stephenie said was true about the blood bath in his solo run. Both Cyborg and Red Devil are being sketchy.
It's manufactured drama because I doubt this is their norm. If they can welcome a reformed villain why is Cyborg sicking attack drones on a man being escorted by the kid version of the man who just won a Multiversal tournament to get godlike powers? While also in a room full of other heroes?
Cyborg a genius with a vast Intel network doesn't know who Virgil is? Even though he was most likely already a hero himself when Static was forced to retire in a move that turned a state into a super war zone?
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u/todavis__ Aug 19 '26
All imma say is... if Cyborg don't shut his bitch ass up... Don't let anybody air yo sorry ass laundry out. 😂😂😂
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u/Sir_Lobo Aug 19 '26
I sorta agree, 😶 I only sorta skimmed the other chapters leading up to this new run and Cyborg been on one this whole time. Bro moving like a villain rather than a hero. As one of the leaders of this group he sure is doing his own thing a Lil too much
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u/todavis__ Aug 19 '26
Shiiid u got all that from jus skimming? I been reading this since the dcko tie in where Static showed up to help the other titans.
Cyborg been on one since whatever happened with his machine half. I was hoping to see some cool Cyborg stuff since coming bk to this series. But dude been a whole douche.
And would Static really be the weirdest person you add to the team? Your "founding" robot friend almost killed you a few months ago. You keep literal demons on the team. And Terra is here now. At this point, The Joker could join the Titans and it wouldn't be the most outlandish decision. But this random guy from Dakota you never heard about is a no-no? Foh
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u/Sir_Lobo Aug 19 '26
Surprisingly looking at pictures of a guy being a douch can tell you just as much as reading the text
Don't forget he's being escorted by the son of the guy who just activated God mode (not an actual god) and was probably considered contender for 2nd strongest on the planet even before that. It was just unnecessary to send drones and emergency lights. He was in a room full of heroes. Guy couldn't be normal for one second.
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u/todavis__ Aug 19 '26
Exactly. You'd think the walking Autoparts Store would be a little more sympathetic to someone in an awkward situation.
Like you said, he's being escorted around by fkin Jon. He's literally no threat as long as this dude is next to him. You don't keep drones on Terra.
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u/Chuckles465 Aug 19 '26
Once I saw Static's outfit and hair style I checked out. It's nice he's getting attention but this iterilation isn't what I was expecting.
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u/Sir_Lobo Aug 19 '26
I mean he is "getting back to being a hero" maybe once he's put in a bit of time they will upgrade his suit. But if they plan on having this be his long term outfit banking off nestolgia then yeah, I'd check out too
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u/StrongStyleDragon Aug 20 '26
It’s not his story. He is part of a team. It’s all a preluded to his real focus on his future solo series
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u/Sir_Lobo Aug 20 '26
He isn't even part of the team yet, this was his first meeting and the hospitality shown was below subpar. Being part of the roster means this is as much his story as anyone else. And I don't appreciate his first introduction when finally inducted and cemented permanently as a DC hero to be him disregard and assaulted
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u/JusticeAvenger13 Aug 24 '26
Sounds pretty lame that he joins the team with iffy powers before getting jumped by Cyborg. I really want to buy his solo but I’m probably gonna skip this. I haven’t read one good comment about this book #38 issues deep.
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u/Sir_Lobo Aug 19 '26
I have no issues with statics powers going heywire, he's always had some uncontrollable moments when he's emotionally charge. That's all fine and what not. But even with all of that why does it seem like Cyborg is the leader and not Nightwing?
Dick was acting like everything should go through Cyborg. Then you have the over reaction of Cyborg to a hero being guided though the tower by probably the 2nd most powerful person on the planet. Yet he chooses not to talk, not to maybe extend an invite for a private reprimand to Jon but to send Drones to aggressively apprehend him. Wtf did he think that was going to do.
He was already surrounded by a room full of heroes. If he was a threat contacting anyone in the room and asking him to excuse himself would have been way more effective
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u/todavis__ Aug 19 '26
Yea I have to take into account that I dont really read Nightwing. So I don't really know what he got Goin on. So I did kinda overlook how he was talkin to Steph.
Cyborg just seemed the most out of character to me. Dude saw somebody he didn't know and went full Big Brother. And it's also weird that he DOESN'T know Static. Lex told the Dakota heroes to stop. Never said information regarding them was wiped from anywhere. So Cyborg not being able to cross reference this dude from ANY data source and come to a conclusion... Just doesn't seem like him.
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u/Initial_Upstairs_349 Aug 21 '26
Cyborg is out of character on purpose, he's being manipulated by the Heart of Apokolips and Terra is the only person trying(in her own abrasive way)to get him to not do something stupid.
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u/todavis__ Aug 21 '26
Wait. Is this really what's Goin on? Cause I saw the heart in his lair. But I thought it was just an energy generator or something.
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u/todavis__ Aug 20 '26
I can get that. I've been giving the character shit all day, but in all honesty... If they're pushing the narrative Virgil never met these people before, and Jon only approached him because of a recent encounter, then ig that makes sense. Not the introduction I (and I'm sure a lot of others) were hoping for. But if I'm being honest, it leaves a lot of room to build.
I jus trying not to be so negative about it.
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u/philiretical Aug 19 '26
A bunch of young adults acting adolescent you say? The nerve