DC K.O.: The Kids Are All Fight #1: Granny Said Knock You Out Cold!

With large company line-wide events, the status quo tend s to be that most oneshots are tangently connwcted at best, however,  DC K.O.: The Kids Are All Fight #1, expands the story of what is happening outside the tournament,and builds on story points that are being explored in the Titans ongoing series.

For readers who haven’t immersed themselves in the current stories such as JSA, The Flash, and Cheetah and Cheshire Rob The Justice League, the younger characters will be unfamiliar but Adams does a good job of filling in the blanks with short, but to the point introductions to Cheshire Cat, daughter of Roy Harper; Boom, the time displaced daughters of Jay Garrick; Fairplay, the son of Mister Terrific; and Quiz Kid, sidekicks of the original Mr. Terrific, who is time-displaced also.

Adams gives each of these characters time to shine and believable personalities that reasonably explains why they don’t want to to be sidelines during this DCU event.  Jon Kent also gets his fair share of pave time and a little bit of character development.

There are some useful Editor note boxes but could have used maybe a few more such as where to go to learn how Thunderheart, Wonder Girl, and Stargirl fell under Granny Goodness’ control. It was fun to see Granny and The Furies featured and included in the action and providing the perfect foils for the young heroes.

Adams seems to be having fun playing with these characters and includes some funny dialog such as Cheshire Cat calling Jon Nepo-Superman and Roy threatening to put a Kryptonite arrow in Jon if something happens to his daughter.

The issue also ends in such a way that there is clearly more story to be told, especially following the character whose return is revealed at the end. Also there wouldn’t be any disappointment here if a new volume of Teen Titans with these young heroes came out eventually.

Travis Mercer and Andrew Dalhouse are a knockout art and color team that bring each page to life.