Polite Dissent

As I doing my normal monthly read through of the recent Previews, only half paying attention, something in the description of Teen Titans #21 caught my eye (emphasis mine):

But as the Titans fall, help arrives in the form of two young heroes. Get ready for the new Hawk and Dove

I can’t say that I saw this one coming. I figured that Geoff Johns might be up to something with Hawk and Dove in the forseeable future, as he has featured Dove in several issues of the JSA. But the Teen Titans? I didn’t expect that (but historically, it makes sense — that’s the group they’ve been affiliated with the most). This could be tremendously good or titanically bad.

Johns has a pretty good record with modern re-interpretation of older characters, so I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt — as long as he doesn’t bring back that horrible Hawk and Dove from the Jurgens Mike Baron mini-series.

UPDATE (6 Dec 04): Charles did try to warn me, and in an appropriately subtle way. I appreciate it, Charles. You’re a true friend.