Fear

Wonder Woman #166
March 2001

There is some attempt at character exploration, with various heroes confronting personal fears (the god who inhabits the Scarecrow is, not surprisingly, a god of fear) and there is some intriguing philosophizing about religion and faith here and there. But a lot of it's heavy handed. The characters state ideas more than demonstrate them. And the character-human emotion stuff is a little shallow anyway. The best stuff is the always very "real" interaction between Teen Titans buddies, Nightwing and Troia. So much so that one half wished the story could've been just about them. There's also an amusing exchange between Batman and Nightwing when they first hook up. But the main marketing point, the teaming up of all the heroes, is part of the problem. With too many heroes, few get enough space to simply be people.