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Eh... they killed her off so they could bring her back later. By collecting the stories back to back they only make it look like a stunt. It really goes to show how circular the story telling in these comic book universes can be sometimes. Some nice Phil Jimenez art in the second half at least.
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I get Donna Troy is an important person in DCU, but I don't find her interesting, and I found myself not caring about her death or her resurrection--though I'm still a little unclear on how that happened. It's just not that great of a story.
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I'm going to admit right away that I'm a big fan of Donna Troy. She's one of my favorite comic book characters, and I was extremely glad to have her back. Even so, I don't love everything that this TPB contains.
The first half of this TPB is the Titans/Young Justice "Graduation Day" crossover, where Donna dies. This is not subtle storytelling. Despite the fact that it is a team crossover, the entire story centers on Donna and is used as a just a storytelling device rather than a story itself. That does not mean that it is devoid of good parts. The scenes between Troia and Nightwing were well-written, and the funeral scene was extremely emotional. Although the art left something to be desired, particularly compared to the second half of the TPB, the overall package gets the job done and creates a nice set up for the upcoming Teen Titans and Outsiders.
The "Return" part, while not as tight in storytelling, is a fantastic tribute to the character. It is obvious that Jimenez cares for Donna, as he treats her character lovingly. Such superior treatment has not been seen since the early days of Wolfman/Perez. The first issue does nothing but set up mostly unnecessary exposition. Honestly, if you went to the second issue, the only thing you'd be missing out on is the gorgeous artwork by Garcia-Lopez and George Perez, the man himself.
The second issue, however, starts a fantastic build up of why Donna Troy is important. It concentrates on what she means to some of the important members of both the Titans and the Outsiders, from Wonder Girl to Arsenal. It even manages to remark on how his best friend's death affected Nightwing in the ongoing Outsiders without getting too far into depth and angst. And it isn't only Donna Troy who Jimenez respects with the writing--all of the characters are well-done, and it ties in well enough to the ongoing series that it would have worked just as well if it had been a crossover extra between them. The man has done his homework and he knows the Titans better than many writers have in the past.
It is not the best story to have been written, but as a character piece that highlights what makes Donna Troy "wonderful" and pays homage to the rest of the Titans, this is a true triumph.
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This is made from more than one comic title, so the first part, Titans/Young Justice, has some obvious manga stylings. The later part is more straightforward, and involves battles on other planets, laying waste to a world, ancient gods, and a Sun-Eater, to top it all off.
At the core though, is emotion - mostly centred around dead and not so dead girls, and women. With a funeral cameo by Superman and Batman, just because they can.
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Way back when, Teen Titan Donna Troy, the original Wonder Girl, met an untimely demise. This crossover between the Teen Titans and the Outsiders finds that Troy is alive and kicking, literally, as the Titans and Outsiders seek to bring her back into the fold. This confusing and convoluted tale is scripted mainly by Phil Jimenez, who is better known as the superb artist for Infinite Crisis as well as his Otherworld series and segments of Grant Morrison's run on New X-Men, and while it has it's fair share of action and intrigue, it just doesn't work. The overall story is confusing, and while Donna Troy is an important character in the DC universe mythos, I'm not entirely sure she's worthy of her own "return from the dead" comic special. The art in this TPB is quite good though, featuring pencils from Jimenez and Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez is what makes The Death and Return of Donna Troy worth checking out alone. Other than that though, there's no other reason why you should bother with this unless you're a die hard Troy or Titans fan, or are collecting all the trades that lead up to Infinite Crisis.
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