Teen Titans Omnibus Vol. 1

Teen Titans (2003) (Single Issues) #1-26, 29-46, 50

by Geoff Johns, Benjamin Raab, Jay Faerber

Geoff Johns, comics’ top writer, takes the reins on the adventures of the Teen Titans in this new hardcover collection.Witness the formation of a new team of Teen Titans and their initial battle against an old, familiar foe, Deathstroke, in this hardcover collecting the first twelve issues of the new series from writer Geoff Johns! The reasons behind Deathstroke’s actions prove shocking to the team, and before the teen heroes can get their feet on the ground, they must battle the cult of Brother Blood.

Then, Raven returns with a new body and a new master: the latest Brother Blood! Plus, Deathstroke’s daughter, Rose Wilson, assumes the identity of the Ravager and switches from Titans ally to Titans threat. Now Deathstroke and Rose hunt for the Titans. Could things get any more explosive? They do, when Kid Flash learns to drive!

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Comic Book, Graphic Novels Comics

320 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Geoff Johns originally hails from Detroit, Michigan. He attended Michigan State University, where he earned a degree in Media Arts and Film. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s in search of work within the film industry. Through perseverance, Geoff ended up as the assistant to Richard Donner, working on Conspiracy Theory and Lethal Weapon 4. During that time, he also began his comics career writing Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. and JSA (co-written with David S. Goyer) for DC Comics. He worked with Richard Donner for four years, leaving the company to pursue writing full-time.

His first comics assignments led to a critically acclaimed five-year run on the The Flash. Since then, he has quickly become one of the most popular and prolific comics writers today, working on such titles including a highly successful re-imagining of Green Lantern, Action Comics (co-written with Richard Donner), Teen Titans, Justice Society of America, Infinite Crisis and the experimental breakout hit series 52 for DC with Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid. Geoff received the Wizard Fan Award for Breakout Talent of 2002 and Writer of the Year for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 as well as the CBG Writer of the Year 2003 thru 2005, 2007 and CBG Best Comic Book Series for JSA 2001 thru 2005. Geoff also developed BLADE: THE SERIES with David S. Goyer, as well as penned the acclaimed “Legion” episode of SMALLVILLE. He also served as staff writer for the fourth season of ROBOT CHICKEN.

Geoff recently became a New York Times Bestselling author with the graphic novel Superman: Brainiac with art by Gary Frank.

Reviews

[Subham · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is so epic!

Reading Progress:

We see the team coming together and I love the way Johns fleshes out each character and the evolution of Bart to Kid Impulse and then going against Jericho and how Ravager was introduced with Deathstroke and now they rescuing Raven from Brother Blood and something with Trigon. Plus something with Superboy. And then the final fight between them and Brother blood is here and its epic and also Raven reborn and the next story is Beast boy solo as he heads off to hollywood and then teams up with Matt and Flamebird to stop the villain whose impersonating him and we find out its Gemini, daughter of Madame Rouge and their big history together and I loved it. Then the startling revelations and also the story where the beast boy virus spreads and I love how he acts all heroic and then the insane team up with LOSH was alright fighting fatal five and it was weird but creates tension in the team but that story with Titans of tomorrow was so cool, a dark future teased and foreshadowing of things to come!

Also love the way Mia comes into the team, Tim deals with his fathers fallout, them dealing with Identity crisis and then fighting Dr Light and rescuing GA and then Conner's big secret, Luthor coming! There is a crossover with the outsiders and them fighting Superboy and Indigo who are being controlled by Luthor and its a sad day for the teams as their members fall sort of and under control. And then the invasion of hell by Brother blood and enter Kid eternity and the drama there! Then Superboy-Prime in Infinite Crisis!

It ties into infinite crisis and Superboy prime attacks and well we have conner taken down and the team trying to save him as they break into Lex stuff and one year later and the fallout of that and now re-enter superboy-prime and the devastation of Bludhaven and Conner and Cass together! Then there is the death of superboy, then one year later and people have changed, teamup with Doom patrol as they fight the brotherhood of evil and monsieur mallah and brain and that was a cute story and then following Raven and titans around the globe, enter miss martian and vs bombshell and that was a good story! Its the final frontier and there is a story with Kid Devil and his origins and course and then a battle with Deathstroke and his titans team and I love the inclusion of match and inertia and their craziness and its titans one final fight against their arch enemy and also Nightwing comes in! It ends on a high note! What a ride!

This was a great volume and I love the way Johns fleshes out these character and particularly the way he works on all of them and gives each of their moments and stories and evolves them particularly Tim and Conner and Garth and Raven. The crossovers with the different books were not bad and their fights with Deathstroke and Superboy-Prime and earlier Brother blood were the highlights for me, he gives the book a new lease of life and from beginning to end its a pleasure and fun to read it. Plus the art is so good and each page a marvel to look at! One of the best runs in comics period. A must read for sure!

[Joakim Ax · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you liked The Young Justice Animated Series I really think you would love this run on the Teen Titans. Geoff Johns always gives something for the old and the new when it comes to discover or rediscover a new team of superheroes, and this is no exception!

[Scott Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the Geoff Johns I know, remember, and love. How much do I love him? Let me describe the ways...

(1) For me the New 52 with the exception of Scott Snyder's Batman book has been a hot mess, but after reading this collection and throwing in a re-read of of the Johns headed Infinite Crisis mini-series I am truly jonesing for some good DC comics.

(2) This is the Geoff Johns I came to love during his time on JSA, Flash, and this book before he moved to his restore the silver age agenda with the restoration of both Hal Jordan (unnecessary but well-written and entertaining) and Barry Allen (even more unnecessary as it sidelined Wally West who was/is a more popular character and a better Flash, plus it was mediocre in quality at best) digging deep into the psychology of his characters and deep into DC lore to produce fantastic stories that appealed to every kind of reader. In recent years it seems comics creators have written exclusively for one group or the other rarely reaching both. Johns is the last "newish" writer at either company (which is to say he's not an old school favorite ala Kurt Busiek or Mark Waid) who wrote mainstream comics and told amazing quality stuff without pissing off either group of fans.

(3) This is phenomenal comic work. Character driven as any novel, consistently beautiful artwork with only a few mediocre issues--an incredible achievement for a collection this large. Mike McKone and Tom Grummet in particular are fantastic. It's a comic where major events are allowed to happen within the title instead of exclusively happening in this year's big event, something I began missing before I had to switch to my trades-from-the-library-rather-than-issues-from-the-store policy that I follow now.

Great stuff. Whether you prefer Geoff Johns's older stuff or his fresh work, if you like DC at all, this is a phenomenal collection more than worth your time.

[Richard · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first half of this is a lot of fun as Johns introduces a new generation of Teen Titans. He makes some pretty obvious tweeks to make the characters more interesting to him (Impulse quickly becomes... less impulsive, Wonder Girl gets a power boost and a mysterious tie to Ares, Raven is basically a whole new character, etc.), but the changes work and the book is engaging. Even Beast Boy, a character that I've always found to be childish and annoying, shines.

Unfortunately, the second half really shows up the problem with mainstream comics in general today, and DC comics in particular. Crossovers hijack the series. Suddenly we're only getting slivers of the story. Major events happen "offscreen" in other books. Characters disappear, re-appear, die, resurrect, without coherent explanation in this book. It's a mess, and a huge disappointment.

I really liked meeting Connor and Bart in particular. Cassie, too. But all those characters have essentially been wiped out by DC's ever-shifting continuity nonsense. The versions of the characters that exist in this book are long gone.

If you're picking this book up for nostalgia, fine. If you're like me, and hoping to discover a great run in a huge omnibus edition, skip this one. It's too bad, there was a lot of potential here.

[z · Rating 4 out of 5]

this was so fun, i’ve been meaning to
read geoff johns’ run for ages

[Kirk Kiefer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a massive MASSIVE hardcover, but well-worth the money. You can easily read this without having ever read a Titans or Young Justice book (though the enjoyment is greatly enhanced if you are familiar with the New Teen Titans and Young Justice series), and though the book runs through the "Infinite Crisis" period, they include enough from that mini and other tie-ins that it's not too jarring or confusing. There is a Beast Boy mini-series that takes place before the first issue but is placed smack in the middle which I found very odd though.

The art is uniformly good, though as a fan of Chuck Dixon's "Robin" series I wish Tom Grummet had done more interiors, but Mike McKone and later Tony Daniel both do fine work.

[Ercsi91]

Everyone gatherS:D
Its a really cool well drawn volume:D
Only it puts accent on the new crew, and I missed the old one in it:P

[Rj Veit · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's Geoff Johns again. There isn't much else to say. The book was fantastic. I still think I'm liking the JSA more, but that didn't bring this book down at all. Titans Together!!!!!!!!!

[Holden · Rating 4 out of 5]

An amazing representation of Geoff Johns' work, but it does have some strange and unsatisfactory moments. There are times when it feels like a obvious 80s sitcom, especially during Wonder Girl and Superboy's relationship. But all in all, it's an entertaining and endearing take on the characters, and heavily ties into important events in the DC Universe