The sitch: Dick Grayson has left the Titans, all mopey because Starfire went and got married. (SPOILER ALERT: it didn't take). Donna Troy has been leading the Titans in his absence. She's come to visit Scruffy Dick, to convince him to come back.
Dick doesn't take too well to this, and starts to rip into Donna's leadership skills...
...and he keeps it up...
...and he won't lay off...
...and man oh man he pushes it too far...
...until she freakin' snaps!!
And through the bloody wall!!
Hey, wait a minute!! Dick looks in pretty good condition for just getting bitch-slapped by one of the strongest women in the universe:
Barely ruffled!! Is he Kryptonian? Nothing personal, Eduardo Barreto, but let's bring in the old pro to show us what the aftermath SHOULD have looked like:
Thank you, George Perez. Thank you.He may have taken a week off, but Bahlactus till brings the pain!!
Intramural squabbling from New Teen Titans #19, 1986
And once again, it is proven: Terry Long Ruins Everything.
ReplyDeleteYeah, but you've still got to give Wolfman and DC some props. At least they went through the hard work of actually ending a marraige and portraying the break-up, instead of just waving the magic Mephisto wand and pretending it never happened...
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