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Teen Titans (2011) #2
Teen Titans, Volume 2: The Culling
As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics--The New 52 event, this second volume of Teen Titans launches the mini-event The Culling featuring Superboy and Legion Lost!
When the organization known as N.O.W.H.E.R.E. captures Superboy, the Teen Titans, and Legion Lost and pits the young heroes against each other to weed out the weak, it will take everything the most famous teen heroes of the DC Universe have to save themselves from each other. But the ruthless Harvest won't give up easily leading to one of the young heroes making the ultimate sacrifice for the others.
Collecting: Teen Titans 8-12, 0, DC Comics: Presents 12
When the organization known as N.O.W.H.E.R.E. captures Superboy, the Teen Titans, and Legion Lost and pits the young heroes against each other to weed out the weak, it will take everything the most famous teen heroes of the DC Universe have to save themselves from each other. But the ruthless Harvest won't give up easily leading to one of the young heroes making the ultimate sacrifice for the others.
Collecting: Teen Titans 8-12, 0, DC Comics: Presents 12
192 pages, Paperback
First published June 25, 2013
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Scott Lobdell
1,620 books230 followersScott Lobdell (born 1960) is an American comic book writer.
He is mostly known for his work throughout the 1990s on Marvel Comics' X-Men-related titles specifically Uncanny X-Men, the main title itself, and the spin-off series that he conceived with artist Chris Bachalo, Generation X. Generation X focused on a number of young mutant students who attempted to become superheroes in their own right at a separate school with the guidance of veteran X-related characters Banshee and Emma Frost. He also had writing stints on Marvel's Fantastic Four, Alpha Flight, and The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix mini-series with artist Gene Ha. He wrote the script to Stan Lee's Mosaic and an upcoming film from POW Entertainment featuring Ringo Starr. He also participated in the Marvel Comics and Image Comics (from Jim Lee's WildStorm) crossover mini-series WildC.A.T.s/X-Men.
He is mostly known for his work throughout the 1990s on Marvel Comics' X-Men-related titles specifically Uncanny X-Men, the main title itself, and the spin-off series that he conceived with artist Chris Bachalo, Generation X. Generation X focused on a number of young mutant students who attempted to become superheroes in their own right at a separate school with the guidance of veteran X-related characters Banshee and Emma Frost. He also had writing stints on Marvel's Fantastic Four, Alpha Flight, and The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix mini-series with artist Gene Ha. He wrote the script to Stan Lee's Mosaic and an upcoming film from POW Entertainment featuring Ringo Starr. He also participated in the Marvel Comics and Image Comics (from Jim Lee's WildStorm) crossover mini-series WildC.A.T.s/X-Men.
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January 10, 2021
(C+) 66% | Almost Satisfactory
Notes: Slapdash and scattershot, it’s a piddling patchwork of partial plots, perniciously pointless, and palatable by art alone.
Notes: Slapdash and scattershot, it’s a piddling patchwork of partial plots, perniciously pointless, and palatable by art alone.
August 15, 2014
This team has no dynamic at all. And they should!!! I mean, when you look at them as individual personalities, there is plenty to build relationships around: Superboy's a noob who doesn't really care about the consequences of his hasty actions, Bunker is gay with a serious attitude towards authority, Kid Flash is hiding a mysterious future/past, Cassie hates everyone, Robin wants to lead but lacks confidence and compassion.... Put all of this together into a boiling pot, and you should get a rather spicy soup.
But no. For some reason, especially in this volume, when these big personalities come together, they all lose their individuality. They don't bounce off each other at all. There is no friction, no spark, no tension, no conflict. It's boring.
It would be much more interesting to see the conflicts that come between the team members themselves, instead of simply wedging a generic villain into the story. Let's get to the heart of why this team is dysfunctional. Let's see them work through their issues as a diverse and impetuous group of teenagers. Drama! Angst! Rebellion!! Anything but this formulaic showdown of superpowers.
1.5/5
But no. For some reason, especially in this volume, when these big personalities come together, they all lose their individuality. They don't bounce off each other at all. There is no friction, no spark, no tension, no conflict. It's boring.
It would be much more interesting to see the conflicts that come between the team members themselves, instead of simply wedging a generic villain into the story. Let's get to the heart of why this team is dysfunctional. Let's see them work through their issues as a diverse and impetuous group of teenagers. Drama! Angst! Rebellion!! Anything but this formulaic showdown of superpowers.
1.5/5
May 24, 2014
I haven't decided yet if I'm going to rant about how stupid this is, or if I'm just going to walk away shaking my head in disgust.
Either way; this IS the worst thing I've read all year.
Disjointed, lack of continuity (I'm sure someone at DC would inform me I need to read X Y and Z to better comprehend what's going on...no I don't; it's shit.)
The cover looks like a bunch of TRON rejects, and it doesn't get much better from there.
"The Culling" eh?: "Culling is the process of removing or setting aside animals from a breeding stock based on specific criteria. This is done either to reinforce or exaggerate certain desirable characteristics, or, to remove undesirable characteristics from the group."
Might I suggest Mr. Lob(otomy)dell cull himself from the universe of trying to make the pictures talk? That would remove a number of undesirable characteristics from the group (be that DC or "writers").
I read volume 1 and where this one starts isn't where we ended...then issue 2, all of a sudden, there's "Legion Lost" (The young team of the Legion of Superheroes...LOST in TIME!!!) wow how exciting! Shockingly, this team is at odds with the Teen Titans (who are Titanic only in the sense of a ship running into an iceberg, talking about how it cannot be sunk, and standing on the deck until you're drowned.)
Inside the NOWHERE base, we see the fighting, and I'm still wondering how the girls from Superboy (Rose Wilson - Deathstroke's daughter, and Caitlin whatever) are there and helping the good guys? Urm? I guess I should read Superboy Vol.2-3 but I'd rather not.
Then somehow, both teams leave, the bad guy isn't defeated really, and the Titans end up on an island with...DINOSAURS! I shit you not.
Bunker; the gay Mexican team member (must fill our quotas!) went from being footloose and fancy free to serious, and is the one to give Red Robin a pep-talk about manning up as leader...his exact words (somehow not in slang Tex-Mex this time) are:"So Buck Up Red Robin. Or Buck Off!"
OOOH They almost said a bad word! EDGY!
Then after our comic-ish relief, we're treated to a sombre scene when Danny the Street appears too, having somehow survived and then the Team must take him home and he won't survive...yet they're now wearing the TRON reject suits from the place they left, that were supposed to just be imagined...hmm...odd.
Our next issue has Kid Flash (a name which everyone mocks openly) running into 3 Dino-teens...from ANOTHER PLANET!!! What. A. Shock.
Apparently if you're aiming a book at teens you should have dinosaurs...(Lob-otomy-dell's internal monologue: "Jurassic Park is SOOO HOT right now, I need to jump on THAT ship.).
Here's some of the actual "dialogue": Kid Flash, while Fighting Dino-teen #1: "Seriously, why so testosterony? Let's have a smoothie and chat."
And his thought bubble: "Wow, he's cool in the kind of we-have-to-cast-an-Australian-actor-because-American-Twentysomethings-are-all-Metrosexual Pantywaists way."
I think I just had a seizure re-reading that...so you're trying to be edgy and winking to the audience? About how comic book movies hire Aussies? Guess what? There ain't gonna be no Teen Titan movie, and if it ever happens? NO DINO-TEENS!
Also, who calls themselves "Twentysomethings"? and what "Twentysomething" knows what a "Pantywaist" is? I'm quite sure I know no one under the age of 50 who's ever used that word.
The next 3+ issues (I think, you never can tell when they just throw in a cover shot...) deal with "Don't call me WONDER GIRL" and her "invisible armour" that she found on an archaeological dig with her mommy. Then Superboy and Red Robin try to stop her from killing a bunch of people. She blabbers the whole time until her ex shows up...his name? DIESEL. Yes. What a edgy, cool name dude! is it 1996 again?
Yadda yadda yadda, shit happens.
The last 3 pages actually managed to be stupider than the stuff that came before...Shockingly, this IS possible.
Red Robin is talking to someone who isn't Kid Flash, Wonder Girl or Superboy, and says it will have to wait "A FEW DAYS" because he's going away "ON FAMILY BUSINESS". OK make sense right? The very next day, they go into his room, and see a doll of him with a JOKER FACE!!! and they say: "THE JOKER HAS KIDNAPPED RED ROBIN!!!"
Boy you just have no faith in your leader...he even said he was going to be away for a few days...can you imagine if the JLA freaked out every time Batman went away "on business" for a few days? Seriously.
Anne, you will be happy to know, SKITTER (our favourite ugly Muppet Baby) only shows up for the first issue, tops, and is never seen again! Also, Superboy has very poor attendance as a team member, but then again he only was because they rescued him from NOWHERE!!!
WHEW. OK I think I'm done.
The funny part is, this was SOOO bad, Vol. 3 seemed like a classic in comparison.
If any of you is a masochist and likes to cause harm to yourself, please read more wonderful "making the pictures talk" by Scott Lob(otomy patient)dell.
Either way; this IS the worst thing I've read all year.
Disjointed, lack of continuity (I'm sure someone at DC would inform me I need to read X Y and Z to better comprehend what's going on...no I don't; it's shit.)
The cover looks like a bunch of TRON rejects, and it doesn't get much better from there.
"The Culling" eh?: "Culling is the process of removing or setting aside animals from a breeding stock based on specific criteria. This is done either to reinforce or exaggerate certain desirable characteristics, or, to remove undesirable characteristics from the group."
Might I suggest Mr. Lob(otomy)dell cull himself from the universe of trying to make the pictures talk? That would remove a number of undesirable characteristics from the group (be that DC or "writers").
I read volume 1 and where this one starts isn't where we ended...then issue 2, all of a sudden, there's "Legion Lost" (The young team of the Legion of Superheroes...LOST in TIME!!!) wow how exciting! Shockingly, this team is at odds with the Teen Titans (who are Titanic only in the sense of a ship running into an iceberg, talking about how it cannot be sunk, and standing on the deck until you're drowned.)
Inside the NOWHERE base, we see the fighting, and I'm still wondering how the girls from Superboy (Rose Wilson - Deathstroke's daughter, and Caitlin whatever) are there and helping the good guys? Urm? I guess I should read Superboy Vol.2-3 but I'd rather not.
Then somehow, both teams leave, the bad guy isn't defeated really, and the Titans end up on an island with...DINOSAURS! I shit you not.
Bunker; the gay Mexican team member (must fill our quotas!) went from being footloose and fancy free to serious, and is the one to give Red Robin a pep-talk about manning up as leader...his exact words (somehow not in slang Tex-Mex this time) are:"So Buck Up Red Robin. Or Buck Off!"
OOOH They almost said a bad word! EDGY!
Then after our comic-ish relief, we're treated to a sombre scene when Danny the Street appears too, having somehow survived and then the Team must take him home and he won't survive...yet they're now wearing the TRON reject suits from the place they left, that were supposed to just be imagined...hmm...odd.
Our next issue has Kid Flash (a name which everyone mocks openly) running into 3 Dino-teens...from ANOTHER PLANET!!! What. A. Shock.
Apparently if you're aiming a book at teens you should have dinosaurs...(Lob-otomy-dell's internal monologue: "Jurassic Park is SOOO HOT right now, I need to jump on THAT ship.).
Here's some of the actual "dialogue": Kid Flash, while Fighting Dino-teen #1: "Seriously, why so testosterony? Let's have a smoothie and chat."
And his thought bubble: "Wow, he's cool in the kind of we-have-to-cast-an-Australian-actor-because-American-Twentysomethings-are-all-Metrosexual Pantywaists way."
I think I just had a seizure re-reading that...so you're trying to be edgy and winking to the audience? About how comic book movies hire Aussies? Guess what? There ain't gonna be no Teen Titan movie, and if it ever happens? NO DINO-TEENS!
Also, who calls themselves "Twentysomethings"? and what "Twentysomething" knows what a "Pantywaist" is? I'm quite sure I know no one under the age of 50 who's ever used that word.
The next 3+ issues (I think, you never can tell when they just throw in a cover shot...) deal with "Don't call me WONDER GIRL" and her "invisible armour" that she found on an archaeological dig with her mommy. Then Superboy and Red Robin try to stop her from killing a bunch of people. She blabbers the whole time until her ex shows up...his name? DIESEL. Yes. What a edgy, cool name dude! is it 1996 again?
Yadda yadda yadda, shit happens.
The last 3 pages actually managed to be stupider than the stuff that came before...Shockingly, this IS possible.
Red Robin is talking to someone who isn't Kid Flash, Wonder Girl or Superboy, and says it will have to wait "A FEW DAYS" because he's going away "ON FAMILY BUSINESS". OK make sense right? The very next day, they go into his room, and see a doll of him with a JOKER FACE!!! and they say: "THE JOKER HAS KIDNAPPED RED ROBIN!!!"
Boy you just have no faith in your leader...he even said he was going to be away for a few days...can you imagine if the JLA freaked out every time Batman went away "on business" for a few days? Seriously.
Anne, you will be happy to know, SKITTER (our favourite ugly Muppet Baby) only shows up for the first issue, tops, and is never seen again! Also, Superboy has very poor attendance as a team member, but then again he only was because they rescued him from NOWHERE!!!
WHEW. OK I think I'm done.
The funny part is, this was SOOO bad, Vol. 3 seemed like a classic in comparison.
If any of you is a masochist and likes to cause harm to yourself, please read more wonderful "making the pictures talk" by Scott Lob(otomy patient)dell.
June 4, 2013
I really liked the Teen Titans at first, because it reminded me of Young Justice which had worked so well as a tv series but this went off the rails like seven issues in and there were suddenly like fifty characters, it didn't make sense unless you'd read their individual publications (never a good move) and it was hard to follow.
July 12, 2024
New 52, new Teen Titans, second book. The lineup is Red Robin (Tim Drake), Wonder Girl (Cassie Sandsmark), Superboy (Kon El), Kid Flash (Bart Allen), Solstice and Bunker with Skitter being inexplicably dropped. The artwork is still pretty good, with a small drop in quality. The story though makes no sense. The culling arc is stupid and never really resolves itself and the Cassie vs the Invisible Armor is a clever idea that's squandered nonsensically.
This series remains disappointing.
This series remains disappointing.
December 29, 2018
Is it just me or are a lot of comics written really poorly?
This is another example of terrible writing and bad dialogue. The story has poor continuity as it jumps around between chapters. The characters motivations are hard to understand and then they get saved by someone’s super move from what seems like a dire situation turning it into a non-issue. Perhaps there was meant to be other books I’m meant to read for it to make sense.
This is another example of terrible writing and bad dialogue. The story has poor continuity as it jumps around between chapters. The characters motivations are hard to understand and then they get saved by someone’s super move from what seems like a dire situation turning it into a non-issue. Perhaps there was meant to be other books I’m meant to read for it to make sense.
August 30, 2014
Good story. Can't wait to find out what happens next for the Teen Titans.
June 17, 2015
I.....don't even know what to do with this one. Confusing as all get out, and impossible to understand without reading every single issue about all the individual characters involved, this gives Graphic Novels a bad name. The collection wasn't a collection as much as an abstract collage of a few issues tossed in here, and a few more tossed in there. Just to mix it up. Thanks God for the DC Wiki.
The dialogue was usually really rocky and confusing (keeping up with the current theme), and the characters intentions were very unclear. I mean that in the way that they seemed completely determined to do one thing, and then turn around and do another thing, completely opposite of what they were going to do in the first place.
Honestly, I have the third volume out from the library, but I don't even intend to read it. There seems to be a love triangle forming with Red Robin, Superboy and Cassie, and if you know ANYTHING about me, it's my hatred of love triangles. That plus the authors complete inability to write Tim, and how much I had to fight with myself just to finish this volume signals the end of this particular torture for me.
Also, screw you Cassie, Tim belongs to Stephanie!!! *shoots batarangs at her face* Just sayin'...
The dialogue was usually really rocky and confusing (keeping up with the current theme), and the characters intentions were very unclear. I mean that in the way that they seemed completely determined to do one thing, and then turn around and do another thing, completely opposite of what they were going to do in the first place.
Honestly, I have the third volume out from the library, but I don't even intend to read it. There seems to be a love triangle forming with Red Robin, Superboy and Cassie, and if you know ANYTHING about me, it's my hatred of love triangles. That plus the authors complete inability to write Tim, and how much I had to fight with myself just to finish this volume signals the end of this particular torture for me.
Also, screw you Cassie, Tim belongs to Stephanie!!! *shoots batarangs at her face* Just sayin'...
February 3, 2015
More like 2.5 Stars.
Best line in the book is Kid Flash describing Teryx, one of the Dino-Teens:
"Wow, he's cool in that kind of we-have-to-cast-an-australian-actor-because-american-twentysomethings-are-all-metrosexual-pantywaists way."
But that storyline with the Dino-Teens is never really resolved. If anything, it's completely dropped in favor of Cassie's (aka Wonder-Girl) "origin" and subsequent coming-to-terms-with-your-demons plotline. I don't know, this whole book was a lot lamer than I expected after liking the first one quite a bit. Also, the ending really makes no sense. I guess it's just a way to tie the whole mess into the over-reaching "Death of the Family" storyline. Um yeah, whatever. And what the actual FUCK does Kurt Lance have to do with it? And I'm assuming this means that the Black Canary in New 52'verse is the original Dinah Lance, not the younger Dinah Laurel who is Green Arrow's love interest. To which I say, fuck you DC. FUCK YOU.
Best line in the book is Kid Flash describing Teryx, one of the Dino-Teens:
"Wow, he's cool in that kind of we-have-to-cast-an-australian-actor-because-american-twentysomethings-are-all-metrosexual-pantywaists way."
But that storyline with the Dino-Teens is never really resolved. If anything, it's completely dropped in favor of Cassie's (aka Wonder-Girl) "origin" and subsequent coming-to-terms-with-your-demons plotline. I don't know, this whole book was a lot lamer than I expected after liking the first one quite a bit. Also, the ending really makes no sense. I guess it's just a way to tie the whole mess into the over-reaching "Death of the Family" storyline. Um yeah, whatever. And what the actual FUCK does Kurt Lance have to do with it? And I'm assuming this means that the Black Canary in New 52'verse is the original Dinah Lance, not the younger Dinah Laurel who is Green Arrow's love interest. To which I say, fuck you DC. FUCK YOU.
June 22, 2013
I'm ignoring issues 8-9 in this review because they're related to The Culling, and make no sense on their own, yet DC collected them here anyway.
The rest of this volume is a mixed bag, with some good issues like issue #10, and some poor ones like issues #13-14. It all rings of poor plotting and no real aim for the story, especially in the wake of The Culling. Fabian Nicieza's scripting in later issues helps, but this is all mostly just mediocre storywise.
The art is almost always good, with Brett Booth and Ig Guara's contributions being excellent, whilst Ale Garza's would probably be better if not for the bland, rough colouring it receives.
Teen Titans started out so well, and yet now it seems to be floundering.
The rest of this volume is a mixed bag, with some good issues like issue #10, and some poor ones like issues #13-14. It all rings of poor plotting and no real aim for the story, especially in the wake of The Culling. Fabian Nicieza's scripting in later issues helps, but this is all mostly just mediocre storywise.
The art is almost always good, with Brett Booth and Ig Guara's contributions being excellent, whilst Ale Garza's would probably be better if not for the bland, rough colouring it receives.
Teen Titans started out so well, and yet now it seems to be floundering.
January 20, 2017
Nope, I'm out!
This issue was complete BS, from front till back, don't even know where to begin my review!
Okay, let's try:
- The "culling": we got the beginning and the ending in here.. way to go, Lobdell.. Okay, normally I'm like the "tie in guy", but I've had it... Just give it to me straight and stop jumping... Very annoying (especially when you don't have those issues!)
- complete lack of direction: what the hell is the point in this issue? There's nothing being built - no story, no drama, no nothing..
- lazy writing: no fun, lame jokes, teen babble,...
...
Don't want to dive in any deeper. Just forget about the TT for now and move on to the next...
This issue was complete BS, from front till back, don't even know where to begin my review!
Okay, let's try:
- The "culling": we got the beginning and the ending in here.. way to go, Lobdell.. Okay, normally I'm like the "tie in guy", but I've had it... Just give it to me straight and stop jumping... Very annoying (especially when you don't have those issues!)
- complete lack of direction: what the hell is the point in this issue? There's nothing being built - no story, no drama, no nothing..
- lazy writing: no fun, lame jokes, teen babble,...
...
Don't want to dive in any deeper. Just forget about the TT for now and move on to the next...
July 10, 2024
No thanks
April 1, 2017
Originally reviewed at Bookwraiths.
I started reading this series because of the old Teen Titans cartoon series on Cartoon Network. I watched the DVDs over and over when I was little. My parents have lots of pics of me running around the house in my Robin costume. I still can sing the theme song. And this Teen Titans series has made made me start remembering how much I use to like the Titans.
Things here aren’t really like the old cartoon though: this team is new and improved. That is good, but I do miss a lot of the old things — like the T shaped tower. But the story is okay. Can’t say I really understand the whole “Culling” story line, but I think it was a crossover of some kind and all the issues from other books weren’t included here, so, maybe, that is why it didn’t work for me. Seemed kind of stupid to name the whole book “The Culling” though when only a few pages were even about that, but whatever. At least, the issues that deal with Wonder Girl and the Silent Armor were easy to understand and pretty cool; a guy stealing armor and trying to use it to conquer the world was just what I wanted to read about.
What I liked about this book was the characters. They are really interesting and cool. Each one having a lot to like and dislike. Their growing friendships filled with problems, especially Superboy and Red Robin’s dislike? for one another. Of course, we have the romance stuff starting up with Wonder Girl and Superboy, but I sort of guessed that would happen at some point. The way these guys talk and act around one another remind me a lot more of Young Justice than the old Teen Titans, but that is okay, because I always liked Young Justice.
What I hated about this book (Other than the Culling story line.) was the art. The drawing was not that good in my opinion. Yeah, I know the artists changed a few times during the issues, but I really didn’t like any of the art. I know others really like it, but I just didn’t. Not at all.
Like I said, I thought this was an okay book. Yeah, it had some things I didn’t like much (The Culling story and the art!), but the characters and their growing friendships just outweighed the bad things here.
Well, I hope you liked this review, and friend me any time to talk about my reviews or comic books.
I started reading this series because of the old Teen Titans cartoon series on Cartoon Network. I watched the DVDs over and over when I was little. My parents have lots of pics of me running around the house in my Robin costume. I still can sing the theme song. And this Teen Titans series has made made me start remembering how much I use to like the Titans.
Things here aren’t really like the old cartoon though: this team is new and improved. That is good, but I do miss a lot of the old things — like the T shaped tower. But the story is okay. Can’t say I really understand the whole “Culling” story line, but I think it was a crossover of some kind and all the issues from other books weren’t included here, so, maybe, that is why it didn’t work for me. Seemed kind of stupid to name the whole book “The Culling” though when only a few pages were even about that, but whatever. At least, the issues that deal with Wonder Girl and the Silent Armor were easy to understand and pretty cool; a guy stealing armor and trying to use it to conquer the world was just what I wanted to read about.
What I liked about this book was the characters. They are really interesting and cool. Each one having a lot to like and dislike. Their growing friendships filled with problems, especially Superboy and Red Robin’s dislike? for one another. Of course, we have the romance stuff starting up with Wonder Girl and Superboy, but I sort of guessed that would happen at some point. The way these guys talk and act around one another remind me a lot more of Young Justice than the old Teen Titans, but that is okay, because I always liked Young Justice.
What I hated about this book (Other than the Culling story line.) was the art. The drawing was not that good in my opinion. Yeah, I know the artists changed a few times during the issues, but I really didn’t like any of the art. I know others really like it, but I just didn’t. Not at all.
Like I said, I thought this was an okay book. Yeah, it had some things I didn’t like much (The Culling story and the art!), but the characters and their growing friendships just outweighed the bad things here.
Well, I hope you liked this review, and friend me any time to talk about my reviews or comic books.
September 30, 2013
Ugh. One of the worst of the New 52 actually managed to get worse!
We start off with a couple of crossover issues from The Culling that make almost no sense because DC seems to have lost the ability to sensibly deal with crossovers in New 52 collections. So we just get some bits and pieces. Worse, this all causes the NOWHERE story line that leads off Teen Titans to anticlimax, since we don't really get a sensible ending.
Then we get a kind of fun (but shallow) dinosaur island storyline.
It's followed by a Bart one-off that actually doesn't have a proper ending.
And then we get a tedious Wonder Girl story that pretty much destroys the new Cassie as a character by making her thoroughly dark and gritty. I mean, for gosh sake, she has stabby armor of pain that would make Penance grimace.
Throughout all of this, we get largely flat characters. Solstice, Bunker, and Skitter have no character. I think the rest only have character because I can think about their *old* characters (up to the point where Lobdell destroys them with retcons like the Wonder Girl horribleness). Actually, Bart seems to have some characters, but he might be the only one.
I borrowed this book from the library and regret the time I wasted reading it.
We start off with a couple of crossover issues from The Culling that make almost no sense because DC seems to have lost the ability to sensibly deal with crossovers in New 52 collections. So we just get some bits and pieces. Worse, this all causes the NOWHERE story line that leads off Teen Titans to anticlimax, since we don't really get a sensible ending.
Then we get a kind of fun (but shallow) dinosaur island storyline.
It's followed by a Bart one-off that actually doesn't have a proper ending.
And then we get a tedious Wonder Girl story that pretty much destroys the new Cassie as a character by making her thoroughly dark and gritty. I mean, for gosh sake, she has stabby armor of pain that would make Penance grimace.
Throughout all of this, we get largely flat characters. Solstice, Bunker, and Skitter have no character. I think the rest only have character because I can think about their *old* characters (up to the point where Lobdell destroys them with retcons like the Wonder Girl horribleness). Actually, Bart seems to have some characters, but he might be the only one.
I borrowed this book from the library and regret the time I wasted reading it.
March 14, 2015
After i finished the book i painted my wall and watched it getting dry. Honestly it was more fun
December 17, 2024
The entire title of this book is false advertising. They’re only cooperating as a team for, like, two of the issues? And “the Culling” seems to refer to some crossover event that you are only given one issue of. I’ve seen entire crossovers printed into collected editions that were less relevant than this one would have been to understanding the issue in context, and yet all context is missing. I basically had no idea what was going on but was excited for it to be over. I’m left feeling like this— STOP trying to make N.O.W.H.E.R.E. happen, it’s NOT going to happen! Seriously, how did DC let them get away with this terrible overarching plot idea for multiple books for so long?
On the subject of the characters, every single one of them is less likable than they have ever been, with the exceptions of Solstice and Bunker. Solstice, because they decided to take her “humanity” away and therefore she now has depth I guess (ugh, yup, what the world really needed was another character of color whose “human form” is taken from them), and Bunker because he didn’t exist previously. I can’t decide which is the most egregious rewrite between the main 4 Young Justice heroes, because they are all SO bad, but I think it might be Cassie. I’m honestly offended that they have taken a character who was such a hardworking and dedicated leader, a character who should pull from the themes of women empowerment and independence of Wonder Woman mythos, and make her backstory all about an extremely suspicious guy with a stupid name. Cassie Sandsmark deserved better.
It isn’t just Cassie, though. Superboy distances himself from the Titans in this volume to connect with humanity and yet we see and feel none of that when he returns. Bart used to be annoying in a very charming way. He was cute and silly and even when he did a dumb thing it was forgivable because he was just so likable. There’s nothing likable about him here. Finally, Tim. I naturally connect least with Tim of the five Robins but I usually am given so much more to work with. I can’t tell why anyone would follow him as a leader, and he’s obviously already lost interest in the team, so why should we, the audience, stay interested?
Oh, also, Omen is in this volume. Wtf have you done to her. She didn’t need an edgy villain makeover.
I could keep going, but we’d be here all day, and I have a big stack of these still to get through by the end of the year. Praying for the characters’ sake that it gets better from here.
On the subject of the characters, every single one of them is less likable than they have ever been, with the exceptions of Solstice and Bunker. Solstice, because they decided to take her “humanity” away and therefore she now has depth I guess (ugh, yup, what the world really needed was another character of color whose “human form” is taken from them), and Bunker because he didn’t exist previously. I can’t decide which is the most egregious rewrite between the main 4 Young Justice heroes, because they are all SO bad, but I think it might be Cassie. I’m honestly offended that they have taken a character who was such a hardworking and dedicated leader, a character who should pull from the themes of women empowerment and independence of Wonder Woman mythos, and make her backstory all about an extremely suspicious guy with a stupid name. Cassie Sandsmark deserved better.
It isn’t just Cassie, though. Superboy distances himself from the Titans in this volume to connect with humanity and yet we see and feel none of that when he returns. Bart used to be annoying in a very charming way. He was cute and silly and even when he did a dumb thing it was forgivable because he was just so likable. There’s nothing likable about him here. Finally, Tim. I naturally connect least with Tim of the five Robins but I usually am given so much more to work with. I can’t tell why anyone would follow him as a leader, and he’s obviously already lost interest in the team, so why should we, the audience, stay interested?
Oh, also, Omen is in this volume. Wtf have you done to her. She didn’t need an edgy villain makeover.
I could keep going, but we’d be here all day, and I have a big stack of these still to get through by the end of the year. Praying for the characters’ sake that it gets better from here.
January 3, 2024
This volume kicks off a cross-over event with other titles in DC's New 52 line up. We see some classic Titans characters like Omen (Lilith Clay), Thunder and Lightning and more, reinvisioned for this relauch period of the DC Comics line. As long as I remind myself that this is the reality that got rebooted after Flashpoint, I'll be able to keep it all straight.
The Culling is something like a battle arena ala The Hunger Games for young heroes. We get a lot of action, a lot of in-fighting among the teams, and only a little bit of clarity of the situations. At this point in the line relaunch, they were looking to get some synergy going with several series and thus this crossover event. It is a way to introduce readers to different titles.
My problem with all that, though, is we are just barely learning details on who the Titans are and where they come from, and then we're thrown tons of more characters who are mostly just names with costumes and powers. The reader is not given time to catch their breath or to get to know who these characters are. That just might have been one of the downfalls as to why the New 52 struggled.
There is a follow-up arc where the Titans end up on an island with dinosaurs (not sure where in the Earth this is) which could be an intriguing plot. But, it is barely over before it even starts. I feel that might have been a missed opportunity.
I'm willing to go one more volume in this run to see if it pulls me back in.
The Culling is something like a battle arena ala The Hunger Games for young heroes. We get a lot of action, a lot of in-fighting among the teams, and only a little bit of clarity of the situations. At this point in the line relaunch, they were looking to get some synergy going with several series and thus this crossover event. It is a way to introduce readers to different titles.
My problem with all that, though, is we are just barely learning details on who the Titans are and where they come from, and then we're thrown tons of more characters who are mostly just names with costumes and powers. The reader is not given time to catch their breath or to get to know who these characters are. That just might have been one of the downfalls as to why the New 52 struggled.
There is a follow-up arc where the Titans end up on an island with dinosaurs (not sure where in the Earth this is) which could be an intriguing plot. But, it is barely over before it even starts. I feel that might have been a missed opportunity.
I'm willing to go one more volume in this run to see if it pulls me back in.
December 11, 2015
I have to say that this volume was a bit of a letdown after how great the first book was. Part of that has to do with the fact that if you haven't read the other books that crossover with Teen Titans in the Culling storyline, you don't get the whole picture of what happened. Superboy and Legion Lost are two of those books that are in The Culling story, but I think that there is another book in there too. Aside from the fact that the first two issues are part of a crossover, I thought that the rest of the story was great.
Scott Lobdell still serves as the main writer for the series, but he didn't write everything. Issue #9 was plotted by Lobdell, but was scripted by Tom DeFalco. Issue #13 was also plotted by Lobdell, but was scripted by Fabian Nicieza. Scott also plotted out #14 and co-wrote it with Fabian. All of the writing seemed pretty good and consistant except the issue penned by DeFalco. Something about the way things were worded and what the lines that the characters spoke seemed a little off from the rest of the series. The stuff Fabian Nicieza wrote, though, didn't seem any different at all from Scott Lobdell writing. If there had not been a different name on the book, I'd have never known that someone else wrote it.
In the second half of the book, we get a story that features Red Robin, Superboy, and Wonder Girl. The main point of this story is to give us Cassie's New 52 origin. Since she's my favorite character in Teen Titans, this was my favorite part of the book. The writing for this part of the book would get 5 stars, but The Culling story in the first couple of issues brings the writing score down to 4 stars.
Issues #11 and #12 have a back-up story featuring Kid Flash. These two back-up stories bookend issue #12 of DC Universe Presents where the main story of this little arc takes place. Since Superboy, Tim, and Cassie all had their chance to shine in the last few issues of Teen Titans, this story is a chance to appease the Kid Flash fans. Since Solstice and Bunker haven't been around long enough for anyone to really get attached to, Wally was the only longtime character not featured in the main story. He got his chance to shine in this short arc by Fabian Nicieza, The writing here seemed to be on par with the writing done by him and Lobdell in the main arc. This gets 4.5 stars. With the 4 star score of the main part of the book and the $.5 star score for this, the overall writing score is 4.25 stars.
When I turned the first page in this book, I was disappointed that I didn't see Bret Booth's amazing art. Instead, there was the art of Ig Guara, who I keep wanting to call Iguana. Some od Guara's work looks really good, but other panels are a mess. Most is just decent. This is yet another artist that seems to throw a lot of panels in where the focal point is a good distance away. These panels lack any sort of details. Who can be bothered to actually draw a face? The panels where the focal point is a zoomed in view of one character is the best work by this artist. The medium range shots are the fairly decent looking ones. The art for the 2 issues drawn by this artist gets 3 stars.
Thankfully, Bret Booth returns in issues #10-12. If you've ever read any of my reviews for books that he has supplied the art for, you know that I am a huge fan of his and think he's one of the top comic book artists around today. The art here is no different. Cassie is still the highlight for me of all of his characters. Of course, they all look great. Hell, even his dinosaurs look terrific. Booth is one of the guys that flourished at Image Comics in the 1990's and I haven't seen any change in his art in the last 20 years. This art style is the epitome of comic art in my opinion. Booth's issues get 5 stars for their art.
Ale Garza has penciling duty for the last 2 issues of Teen Titans in this volume. At first, I wasn't sure if I liked the art or not, but the more of the book I read, the more the art grew on me. Garza's characters look almost as good up close as any in the business. It is a completely different art style than Booth has, but the people look fantastic nevertheless. Cassie is his best character, but Diesel, Red Robin, and Superboy are all neck and neck there with her. The spiky ass armor that Cassie wears looks fantastic too. There are a few panels though that skimp on detail. If not for these panels, the art would get 5 stars. As is, Garza's art gets 4 stars.
That leaves Jorge Jimenez's art in the Kid Flash stories. Jimenez's work is easily the worst in this collection. There are many panels where the view is from a distance. These are pretty detailed, but just don't look that good. Out of nearly 2 issues worth of art, there are only about 3=4 panels that I would describe as above average. Most of the art is rather poor looking. His art gets 2 stars.
All of the at scores averaged out to 3.66 something which I rounded to 3.75 because I never use anything less than a 1/4 of a whole number. I wish Goodreads would at least let us half numbers in our ratings. The 3.75 art score and the 4.25 writing score give this an overall score of 4 stars. This was still good, but would have been much better if the Culling story had been left out. I will eventually get my hands on all of the books that are involved in that story and read them chronologically so I don't have this out of order Pulp Fiction style version of the story. If you're a fan of the Titans or just one of their rank, this is still worth picking up even if you're missing part of one of the stories.
Scott Lobdell still serves as the main writer for the series, but he didn't write everything. Issue #9 was plotted by Lobdell, but was scripted by Tom DeFalco. Issue #13 was also plotted by Lobdell, but was scripted by Fabian Nicieza. Scott also plotted out #14 and co-wrote it with Fabian. All of the writing seemed pretty good and consistant except the issue penned by DeFalco. Something about the way things were worded and what the lines that the characters spoke seemed a little off from the rest of the series. The stuff Fabian Nicieza wrote, though, didn't seem any different at all from Scott Lobdell writing. If there had not been a different name on the book, I'd have never known that someone else wrote it.
In the second half of the book, we get a story that features Red Robin, Superboy, and Wonder Girl. The main point of this story is to give us Cassie's New 52 origin. Since she's my favorite character in Teen Titans, this was my favorite part of the book. The writing for this part of the book would get 5 stars, but The Culling story in the first couple of issues brings the writing score down to 4 stars.
Issues #11 and #12 have a back-up story featuring Kid Flash. These two back-up stories bookend issue #12 of DC Universe Presents where the main story of this little arc takes place. Since Superboy, Tim, and Cassie all had their chance to shine in the last few issues of Teen Titans, this story is a chance to appease the Kid Flash fans. Since Solstice and Bunker haven't been around long enough for anyone to really get attached to, Wally was the only longtime character not featured in the main story. He got his chance to shine in this short arc by Fabian Nicieza, The writing here seemed to be on par with the writing done by him and Lobdell in the main arc. This gets 4.5 stars. With the 4 star score of the main part of the book and the $.5 star score for this, the overall writing score is 4.25 stars.
When I turned the first page in this book, I was disappointed that I didn't see Bret Booth's amazing art. Instead, there was the art of Ig Guara, who I keep wanting to call Iguana. Some od Guara's work looks really good, but other panels are a mess. Most is just decent. This is yet another artist that seems to throw a lot of panels in where the focal point is a good distance away. These panels lack any sort of details. Who can be bothered to actually draw a face? The panels where the focal point is a zoomed in view of one character is the best work by this artist. The medium range shots are the fairly decent looking ones. The art for the 2 issues drawn by this artist gets 3 stars.
Thankfully, Bret Booth returns in issues #10-12. If you've ever read any of my reviews for books that he has supplied the art for, you know that I am a huge fan of his and think he's one of the top comic book artists around today. The art here is no different. Cassie is still the highlight for me of all of his characters. Of course, they all look great. Hell, even his dinosaurs look terrific. Booth is one of the guys that flourished at Image Comics in the 1990's and I haven't seen any change in his art in the last 20 years. This art style is the epitome of comic art in my opinion. Booth's issues get 5 stars for their art.
Ale Garza has penciling duty for the last 2 issues of Teen Titans in this volume. At first, I wasn't sure if I liked the art or not, but the more of the book I read, the more the art grew on me. Garza's characters look almost as good up close as any in the business. It is a completely different art style than Booth has, but the people look fantastic nevertheless. Cassie is his best character, but Diesel, Red Robin, and Superboy are all neck and neck there with her. The spiky ass armor that Cassie wears looks fantastic too. There are a few panels though that skimp on detail. If not for these panels, the art would get 5 stars. As is, Garza's art gets 4 stars.
That leaves Jorge Jimenez's art in the Kid Flash stories. Jimenez's work is easily the worst in this collection. There are many panels where the view is from a distance. These are pretty detailed, but just don't look that good. Out of nearly 2 issues worth of art, there are only about 3=4 panels that I would describe as above average. Most of the art is rather poor looking. His art gets 2 stars.
All of the at scores averaged out to 3.66 something which I rounded to 3.75 because I never use anything less than a 1/4 of a whole number. I wish Goodreads would at least let us half numbers in our ratings. The 3.75 art score and the 4.25 writing score give this an overall score of 4 stars. This was still good, but would have been much better if the Culling story had been left out. I will eventually get my hands on all of the books that are involved in that story and read them chronologically so I don't have this out of order Pulp Fiction style version of the story. If you're a fan of the Titans or just one of their rank, this is still worth picking up even if you're missing part of one of the stories.
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October 10, 2021I don't know if this comic was really that confusing, or I'm just really having that hard a time concentrating lately! I couldn't keep track of all the characters and remember which ones were which.
October 15, 2017
I am thoroughly enjoying this series, mostly because the writers do an excellent job of making such fun, engaging characters. I didn't like this one quite as much as the first--probably because there seems to be a separate graphic novel detailing the action of The Culling and this one just showed the tail end of it and its aftermath--but I still really, really liked this book. As I said before, it's been a while since I came across something that I just DID NOT WANT TO PUT DOWN. And, as I said previously, even though this graphic novel stretches my suspension of disbelief a little farther than I like... I don't care, because I'm having too much fun with the characters! Seriously, I can't believe I was actually kinda sad when a meta-human teleporting street died (I still don't know how that superpower actually works....). Plus, I love the way they write and draw Kid Flash's moments. His sarcasm and energy are just way too much fun. (That's like the millionth time I've used that word this review... but it's the best word for this series!) However, I don't want it to seem as though the series doesn't have solid storytelling along with it's fun. It's nicely layered with several threads and a constant sense of build-up. That is exactly how a comic should be written and I can't wait for the next volume!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 6, 2025
Read #0 - tale of the origin of Tim as Red Robin. Gorgeous art (Tyler Kirkham).
#8 - 9. Part of The Culling crossover (plus the Annual). Infuriating because there's no conclusion. The Big Bad escapes and there's no clarification as to who he is and whether he's mad or justified in his horrific actions. I do like the various teams and how they come together.
#10 Superboy and Wonder Girl find themselves on a mysterious island with dinosaurs. Cassie picks the name Kon for him. Story continues in TT #10. They find the TTs. Tim has a leadership crisis of confidence. Bart makes out with Solstice. They find Danny the Street, damaged, but he helps them escape. I love Bunker in this episode. Talking Tim off the ledge. Finding Danny. Hugging Superboy.
#11 Cassie goes nuts. Miguel tries to pick a new team mate from the Internet and it goes horribly wrong. And there's a short story starter of humanoid dinosaurs in NY. And Kid Flash is there. They obviously came back with them from Dinosaur Island.
DC Universe: Kid Flash (ties in to the end of #11) - Fun issue with Kid Flash chasing the humanoid dinosaurs and teaming up with one of them.
#12 The boys remove the Silent Armour from Cassie. Then her boyfriend, Diesel, steals the armour with plans to destroy the world. He's obviously slightly deranged but he did look cool taking on the armour.
Despite what the blurb states, I think this volume also includes #13 & 14 (I'm reading as individual issues). Which is basically Cassie's origin story in flashback and retrieving the armour from her dodgy ex. Cassie is slightly deranged here, killing him to get the armour back and refusing to tell the boys. Also Waller sends someone to bring the TT in.
Great art all round. With the Culling taking the first half of the book, this volume is a bit disjointed. But I like the team and particularly like the dinosaur story.
#8 - 9. Part of The Culling crossover (plus the Annual). Infuriating because there's no conclusion. The Big Bad escapes and there's no clarification as to who he is and whether he's mad or justified in his horrific actions. I do like the various teams and how they come together.
#10 Superboy and Wonder Girl find themselves on a mysterious island with dinosaurs. Cassie picks the name Kon for him. Story continues in TT #10. They find the TTs. Tim has a leadership crisis of confidence. Bart makes out with Solstice. They find Danny the Street, damaged, but he helps them escape. I love Bunker in this episode. Talking Tim off the ledge. Finding Danny. Hugging Superboy.
#11 Cassie goes nuts. Miguel tries to pick a new team mate from the Internet and it goes horribly wrong. And there's a short story starter of humanoid dinosaurs in NY. And Kid Flash is there. They obviously came back with them from Dinosaur Island.
DC Universe: Kid Flash (ties in to the end of #11) - Fun issue with Kid Flash chasing the humanoid dinosaurs and teaming up with one of them.
#12 The boys remove the Silent Armour from Cassie. Then her boyfriend, Diesel, steals the armour with plans to destroy the world. He's obviously slightly deranged but he did look cool taking on the armour.
Despite what the blurb states, I think this volume also includes #13 & 14 (I'm reading as individual issues). Which is basically Cassie's origin story in flashback and retrieving the armour from her dodgy ex. Cassie is slightly deranged here, killing him to get the armour back and refusing to tell the boys. Also Waller sends someone to bring the TT in.
Great art all round. With the Culling taking the first half of the book, this volume is a bit disjointed. But I like the team and particularly like the dinosaur story.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 21, 2014
2.5 stars. What the hell was that? That's not how you comic, DC.
I've read New 52 cross-overs that worked really well, so I don't understand how this volume failed so epicly. It was all going well up until the Culling...which is what this volume is titled. We were given a vague, two sentence summary of what was going on but weren't given any of the action. Why title this volume "The Culling" when we got...maybe 3 pages of it? Sure, if I read the individual issues as they came out I'm sure it would have made more sense but why even put it in this binding? It did nothing for the story. This whole volume felt directionless.
The Kid Flash dino story had potential but, um, didn't have an ending? We were just pushed into Cassie's backstory for no apparent reason. At least Cassie's story one had a conclusion, I guess.
I still really love the characters and how they are written. There's so much potential for this team. I love the possible friendships that could happen; Superboy and Wonder Girl, Solstice and Bunker, Red Robin and Kid Flash. And then there's the tension they could have built on between Superboy and Red Robin that would have nothing to do with Cassie and romance.
If the kids are going up against the Joker, I guess I have to stick around for that. Damn you, DC.
I've read New 52 cross-overs that worked really well, so I don't understand how this volume failed so epicly. It was all going well up until the Culling...which is what this volume is titled. We were given a vague, two sentence summary of what was going on but weren't given any of the action. Why title this volume "The Culling" when we got...maybe 3 pages of it? Sure, if I read the individual issues as they came out I'm sure it would have made more sense but why even put it in this binding? It did nothing for the story. This whole volume felt directionless.
The Kid Flash dino story had potential but, um, didn't have an ending? We were just pushed into Cassie's backstory for no apparent reason. At least Cassie's story one had a conclusion, I guess.
I still really love the characters and how they are written. There's so much potential for this team. I love the possible friendships that could happen; Superboy and Wonder Girl, Solstice and Bunker, Red Robin and Kid Flash. And then there's the tension they could have built on between Superboy and Red Robin that would have nothing to do with Cassie and romance.
If the kids are going up against the Joker, I guess I have to stick around for that. Damn you, DC.
April 16, 2023
Another great Teen Titans comic!
December 30, 2014
What an unfortunate turn after the promising start of volume one. If they had actually done what they said in the premise, this would have been an awesome step. Instead they decided to skip over most of the events, only showcasing the final battle with Harvest. Possibly this intersects with another series that we are not told about, but either way this leaves us struggling to catch up. Not only that, but issues leap from character to character, with little care for continuity or a linear narrative like in volume one. Individual stories like Kid Flashes do stand out, but when it is left unfinished, after leaving off in the midst of others as well, it hardly feels like a collected whole.There are some reasons to keep reading though, character personalities really start to shine as complex relationships develop between the Titans. Trust still remains an issue, even as their secrets come to light. The art too continues with its brilliantly flashy sense, at least it does until one contributing artist uses a thick-lined style that is too different from the norm. We can only hope that volume three returns to the winning formula, a unified narrative rather than a bunch of side stories.
June 14, 2016
I've read a lot of complaints about this run. I've even heard from more than one source that one must "avoid reading this at all costs", but I just don't understand that sentiment.
Full disclosure, I'm reading this after DC's Rebirth event has begun, so I know a bit more about what's happened and where it's going. But aside from "it isn't my Teen Titans" what is the real issue with these stories?
Yes, this is a re-imagining of the characters and team. Heck, to this point we don't even have Titan Tower. But the team and the characters are quite intriguing. Red Robin refuses to tell the team his real name. Cassie was a "dig-brat" and her origin story was actually entertaining. Bart Allen, while not Impulse, is still a welcome addition to the team because his personality still shines through. I'm seriously anticipating his mysterious origin from the future to play a huge role in the larger story arc. I even dig on Bunker and Solstice.
I'm personally enjoying this title and look forward to seeing where it leads.
Full disclosure, I'm reading this after DC's Rebirth event has begun, so I know a bit more about what's happened and where it's going. But aside from "it isn't my Teen Titans" what is the real issue with these stories?
Yes, this is a re-imagining of the characters and team. Heck, to this point we don't even have Titan Tower. But the team and the characters are quite intriguing. Red Robin refuses to tell the team his real name. Cassie was a "dig-brat" and her origin story was actually entertaining. Bart Allen, while not Impulse, is still a welcome addition to the team because his personality still shines through. I'm seriously anticipating his mysterious origin from the future to play a huge role in the larger story arc. I even dig on Bunker and Solstice.
I'm personally enjoying this title and look forward to seeing where it leads.
September 1, 2017
Way way way too disjointed. We miss the whole fight with whatever his name is- the leader of NOWHERE- and the whole Culling process, and Legion Lost is just dropped right in with no introduction or anything.... Of course, It's probably a whole "Oh read Super Boy and legion Lost comics" BUT honestly, I don't want to get into all 52 of the comics, especially when I only read series for certain characters. If you can make me care about the other charcters, then OK, maybe I can get in to their stories, but honestly, Death Of The Family is the only one that made me want to read more comics. All the other ones I have read, I read for Harley Quinn or Starfire.
In short, none of the introductions were good enough to warrant a search for other titles.
The writing and art were both good, nice and crisp, so that is a definite plus.
In short, none of the introductions were good enough to warrant a search for other titles.
The writing and art were both good, nice and crisp, so that is a definite plus.
December 7, 2015
Alright, I get that the Culling was its own story, but the fact that much of it was part of this volume, you'd think that they'd put the rest of the story here. This was the most disjointed clusterfuck I have ever read. For the first half of the book I had no idea what was supposed to be going on and what was happening. Cassie's storyline in the second half wasn't half bad and was almost enough to redeem this book. Almost. It's not like other comic collections don't consolidate other comics into their collections. Look at all the Death of the Family storylines including the final Batman chapter. This was just a huge mess.
February 9, 2017
This was just as bad as the first volume. The Culling storyline was simply awful and despite the fact that I read all four parts (Teen Titans Annual #1, Superboy #9, Legion Lost #9 and Teen Titans #9) the story still made no sense other than to show how horrible the story was.
The rest of the issues suffered from awful writing and poor characterization. I thought Tim "Drake's" origin story for issue #0 was just a horrible mess.
The rest of the issues suffered from awful writing and poor characterization. I thought Tim "Drake's" origin story for issue #0 was just a horrible mess.
March 5, 2019
Honestly I only picked this one up because after reading Teen Titans Vol 2 I realized I had missed something. I discovered that The Culling falls in between Teen Titans Vol 1 and Vol 2. So of course I went back and found this comic. I enjoyed seeing the Teen Titans and the Legion Lost team up against Harvest but otherwise this wasn't the best story.
June 1, 2013
Epic battle with a villain you care nothing about against foes you've never heard of before. They need to fix this and quickly, because this book series cannot continue on good memories alone.
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