I think my favorite part about today's Teen Titans was all the references and comparisons to both Superman and Jason Todd. Crush's parents are the drug addicted Kents: fundamentally good people with hearts of gold and morals, but they can't shake or beat their addictions. Anybody else notice that they lived in Smallville for a while?
The Jason and Crush comparison is fantastic: both had parents who couldn't break their drug habits despite their best efforts. That's where the similarities end as Crush's mom and dad focused on keeping her safe, providing her with a relatively stable (emphasis on relatively) life as a nomad. They played with her. Ensured she kept up with her peers education wise. Didn't fight. Focused on her safety (mostly). She never doubts that they loved and wanted her. The most important thing of all is that they died protecting her, which is massive as most addicts really don't have any problems betraying their children for their addiction. For example: Jason's mom.
Every part of this issue was good. I even found myself liking Roundhouse despite being annoyed by him. His sister is a fascinating mystery, I look forward to finding out more about her and the inevitable meeting of his mom and the rest of the Titans. I look forward to her giving them all lectures, grounding them, and feeding them.
The fact that this team has two members with parents who love/loved them more than life itself sets it apart from every other iteration. It's making for some fun reading. I can't wait for Djinn's story, and Dick to get his memories back so he can be the annoying yet cool big brother. Whatever is about to go down with Jason needs resolved because I need a Red Hood and Crush road trip with emotional bonding over parents with drug habits and truck stop donnybrooks. In fact, I could go for all of the older Robins deciding to jump in and be those obnoxious older siblings who steal away Damian's time with his friends. Tim and Roundhouse would be a fun and funky read.
It's a pity this is a once a month comic, I'm looking forward to finding out the resolution of the greatest mystery in all of the Bat books: does Bruce know that Damian has stopped talking to him? Has anyone told him yet? Has he even noticed? Does he even care?