I realize this was written in the 80s, and with that in mind, I can appreciate that it's a fun adventure about teen heroes, and it does a pretty good job of making the characters' personalities different from each other with their own unique skill sets. The backstories are interesting and the art does look nice.That said, I do have problems with it as someone reading it in this decade. The language is outdated and I find the characters difficult to relate to. That's not too bad though, because y...

I decided to continue my Teen Titans bender after finishing the Geoff Johns omnibus, & since I'd never read the Wolfman/Perez era before, I figured I'd give it a shot next. Plus it was interesting to see the early incarnations of characters I've come to know & love; already by the end of this volume the characters rang true. I can see why it became such a success. Looking forward to reading more & hitting the iconic stories.

I remember there was a weird panic over occultism when I was a kid in the 80's. For some reason, the religious wing of the government was sure that all teenagers were worshipping the devil, taking part in arcane rituals, listening to Satan's music, etc. I'm still not sure which zealot got that bee up their collective asses, but it's always stuck with me. Even as a child I facepalmed long and hard over the church and their morality panics.Reading this and chatting about Majik with the fella that

While not as edgy in the language department as many other comic omnibuses I've read, the other hallmarks of these kinds of books are still present: fabulous artwork, fun action sequences and plots...and a bit too much skin on display, especially from Starfire. I can see why they changed her outfit in the Cartoon Network show. Unfortunate moments aside, I enjoyed this.

So...Much...Pipe...laying!OK, it's all the pipe laying here that produces the payoffs that the later series provides, but if this is your first exposure to the classic ( REAL ) Teen Titans, be sure to press on to find out why this series ended up mattering so much. If you know what's coming you can see everything being set up in these issues, but the stories are still plodding, muddled, over-dialogued and, as a sign of the years they were set, have this bizarre decision to have the issue with th...

It’s hard to remember now, but in the early ‘80s The New Teen Titans was one of the most popular series in the comic book world.It rivaled and often exceeded the popularity of the then top-selling Uncanny X-Men. That was a surprise, given that the previous version of the team wasn’t fondly remembered. Teen Titans launched in the late ‘60s and mostly focused on the sidekicks of some famous heroes: Robin, Kid Flash, Wonder Girl, Aqualad and Speedy, and later a couple new creations. It chugged alon...

I was not into these when they first came out (1980- say it ain't so, Joe), but a lot of kids were. Today, they seem unbearably corny, although not as much of a 'clone' (or rip-off) of the X-Men as one would imagine. As one comics blogger put it, "every time I read it, it feels like homework."

I first became aware of The New Teen Titans sometime in the early 90's. I think I might have read Issue #8, which contains the excellent "A Day in the Lives", which tells of a day in the life of each of the new Titans. It was clearly a character building piece and it came after a hectic first seven issues as a way to give the series some space before barreling ahead (which I didn't know at the time).It may not have been the first of this run I read, but it's one of the first I remember, and I li...

So, this was interesting.I've always said, older DC comics are easier to read than older Marvel comics. I'm not sure exactly why that is? Maybe because DC permitted its writers to write some darker themes? I'm honestly surprised at how many times some sort of human smuggling/enslavement storyline crops up in different books. Maybe it's just a different vibe was going on in DC? I'm not sure. Either way, older DC books are easier to read than older Marvel comics. To be honest, some times I find ol...

Set the Way-Back Machine to November 1980. Today, it's hard to realize how ground-breaking The New Teen Titans was, but it was something that DC Comics hadn't seen before, except perhaps in their far-flung Legion of Super-Heroes comics: it was a modern-day DC comic, written in the Marvel style. That means it was about heroes who were more than just heroes: they were real people with real problems.Wolfman did a good job of recreating the classic DC character that make up half the cast. Changeling...

Someday I will read an older comics series that I really enjoy. This, alas, was not the one. The New Teen Titans served to revive the teen superhero group in the DC universe, and it did so in a pretty good way. There is a nice mix of characters, especially for the time it was originally published. Each one has a unique set of powers that they can contribute to the different situations that they face.The mystery around Raven and why she wanted to bring the group back together was written in a way...

Very cheesy. I know this was revolutionary in 1980 for bringing back the Titans, but I just didn't love it. And the pervy teen angst can be a bit much. When it's not cheesy or pervy it can be fun.

By 1980, Marv Wolfman had come over to DC Comics from Marvel, but found himself writing one-shot team-up books, which he felt didn’t allow him the room to develop subplots and characterization the way he wanted to. He offered to write a revival series for the Teen Titans, a book that had teamed up several kid sidekicks (and eventually some more obscure characters) for some years before dropping sales got the book cancelled.The Powers that Were turned his original proposal down, so Mr. Wolfman re...

Finally! I've always wanted to read New Teen Titans, but the Omnibuses have always been too hard to save up for. This new paperback series (you promise DC) is much more affordable at $20/volume and the story doesn't disappoint. Action! Human drama! Great stories! I'm looking forward to volume 2!

3.75⭐️ looking forward to making my way through this series for the first time in order. So many of my favourite characters and my favourite teen titans line up.

TEEN TITANS GO! This is the classical version of the Teen Titans, the DC team of teenage superhero sidekicks, created in the 1980s by the famous comic book duo Marv Wolfman and George Perez. After the rather straitlaced and unrealistic comic book run of the 1950s where the teenagers were respectful towards their elders, always followed the rules and never, ever acted in an immature or rash manner, Wolfman decided that a new course was needed for the Titans, one that was contemporary, relevant to...

an average rating of 4.625 stars.

This volume contains the first 8 issues of The New Teen Titans. The special treat is the "ash can" supplement from DC Comics Presents #26 (1978) that introduced the re-formation of the Teen Titans. The original Titans Dick "Robin" Grayson, Donna "Wonder Girl" Troy and Wally "Kid Flash" West are joined by Raven the daughter of the Demon called Trigon, Starfire an alien princess, Victor "Cyborg" Stone and former Doom Patrol alumni Beast Boy aka Garfield "Changeling" Logan.Marv Wolfman and George P...

I'm not entirely sure why I picked this one up to read. I was never a huge DC fan, and the Teen Titans always seemed---even when I was a teenager---to be the "B" team to DC's Justice League. Robin, Kid Flash, Wonder Girl, Cyborg, Starfire, Changeling, and Raven: all decent young superheroes but not the ones you'd call in case of a real earth-shattering super villain attack. Seriously, why call Wonder Girl when you could get Wonder Woman? Why send in Robin when Batman could probably do the job in...

POTENTIAL SPOILERS APPROACH!This was an interesting read. I really enjoyed it. In the course of two hundred and thirty-some pages, we get some serious world-and-character-building as well as development and some cool action scenes. We're introduced to the main team of Robin/Dick Grayson, Starfire/Princess Kori'Andr, Wonder Girl/Donna Troy, Beast Boy, uh, Changeling/Garfield Logan, Cyborg/Victor 'Vic' Stone, Raven/Rachel Roth, and Kid Flash/Wally West, but also introduced to two major villains in...