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Titans Hunt

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The secret history of the Titans is revealed here in this prelude to DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH!

Robin. Wonder Girl. Speedy. Aqualad. Hawk and Dove. There was a time when these and other young heroes were synonymous with justice. They were the Teen Titans, one of the greatest superhero teams in the entire Multiverse…but that Multiverse has changed, and the time of the Titans has been wiped from the world.

So why are Dick Grayson and Roy Harper—now better known as Nightwing and Arsenal—experiencing memories of a world they never knew? What compels them to hunt for an Atlantean named Garth and an Amazon named Donna Troy? What dangerous secrets connect them to a powerful stranger, a mysterious psychic and an odd couple—and what do those secrets mean for the fate of all life on Earth?

Somehow, somewhere, somewhen, these men and women were Titans. Now the hunt is on for the force that can reunite them so the Titans can tower once more…

One of the DC Universe’s premier teams returns for the first time in years in TITANS HUNT! Join writer Dan Abnett and artists Paulo Siqueira and Stephen Segovia as they uncover the titanic mystery behind it all!

Collects: Titans Hunt #1-8, Justice League #51 and Titans: Rebirth #1.

264 pages, Paperback

First published September 20, 2016

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Profile Image for Subham.
3,074 reviews102 followers
March 26, 2022
What a book this was!

I loved this one!

It starts off with different members feeling weird or something is wrong and we have the reunity of Nightwing, Troia and Garth and well what happens when they meet? They fight and well then they fight against Mammoth meanwhile Lilith is gathering other members of the titans and we follow their adventures like with Arsenal and Caveboy and then Hawk and Dove and the other part of the story being focused on Mr Twister and we finally find out what happened all those years ago when they forgot of the events and the villain behind it all: Mr Twister! And thus the titans are united maybe and we find what happened, the motives and the originas and everything and the big fight which is just so epic and a status quo that brings in one of the most important pieces of DCU Back!

Epic story and I love the way it happpens, the natural weaving of storypoints is just insane and its really well done, Abnett gets the team drama really well and he writes them as heroes, friends meeting after a long time but once they remember its so worth it and teasing the things to come was great plus a story when Robin first teamed up with the JL and I love it, its so well written and captures the glory of the JL through the eyes of a child so well, just great stuff and the art is too good! One of my favorite comics ever! <3
Profile Image for Chad.
10.4k reviews1,062 followers
November 16, 2020
Finally the Titans are back. I always thought erasing the original Teen Titans from the new 52 was a big mistake. If nothing else, it made the backstories of all the Titans kind of awkward as writers had to do back flips to explain how they never met. Dan Abnett actually came up with a pretty clever way of shoehorning the Titans back into the new 52 and even managed to use their original villain Mr. Twister to do it. My only issue with the book is that Donna Troy was completely messed up in Wonder Woman (new 52) and that is completely ignored. According to recent issues of WW, Donna was made from clay by some sorceress to be the queen of the Amazons. She was completely evil and killed all of the men on the island.

Received an advance copy from DC and Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
Profile Image for Stewart Tame.
2,476 reviews120 followers
June 7, 2017
Full disclosure: I won this in a Goodreads giveaway. Honestly, though, I would have cheerfully paid full price for it. It's that good.

This is an updating and rebirth of the original Teen Titans. Not the Wolfman/Perez run from the 80's, but the original 60's Titans. Longtime fans will even recognize the villain (bonus points if you recognize him from the silhouette alone) ... Dan Abnett has done an excellent job of putting a modern gloss on the original team without betraying their roots. Everyone has had memories wiped, and there's a plausible reason for that. As Robin and Speedy and the rest start remembering their shared past, their reawakened memories lead to increased peril, both for themselves and the world in general. It's a well crafted story that should please the old school fans who remember characters like Lilith and Gnarrk and Herald and the original Dove and so on. This book reprints the Titans: Hunt series, presumably in its entirety, as well as the first issue of Titans: Rebirth and an issue of Justice League that ties in with everything. While I loved the New Teen Titans in the 80's, I'm really liking this update of the original team. Dan Abnett seems to be doing a fine job on the writing, and I'm definitely interested in reading more. Recommended!
Profile Image for Liz Janet.
583 reviews465 followers
August 25, 2016
I just want the horribleness of New 52 to be erased and The New Teen Titans team back, or a resemblance of anything good at this point.
Profile Image for Chris Lemmerman.
Author 7 books123 followers
September 10, 2016
[Read as single issues]

We can all agree that while there were some things about the New 52 universe that worked really well, some others were...less than successful. The truncation of the timeline and subsequent erasure of the original Teen Titans and their relationships with each other definitely falls into this second category. And then along come Dan Abnett and friends to tidy everything up in a very clever way that brings all your favourite Titans together once again.

When ten very familiar faces, Dick Grayson, Donna Troy, Roy Harper, Lilith Clay, G'Nark, Hank Hall, Dawn Granger, Mal Duncan, Karen Beecher, and Garth of Atlantis all begin to get flashes of memory that don't add up, they find themselves inexplicably drawn towards each other as a destructive force from their past comes back to haunt them. But someone's missing...someone they all know should be there...

If you're a fan of these characters, this story will hit all the right buttons. It's an absolutely perfect 'comic book' explanation for why they haven't interacted before, and seeing them all back together again to face down this threat is very well executed by Abnett. He gets the character relationships really well, and balances the large cast really well. It's no wonder DC let him run the Titans series that spins out of this mini-series, because these characters are in the best hands with Abnett.

The art's a little on the inconsistent side, mainly because there's three or four pencillers across the eight issues; none of them are bad, but it's a bit choppy in terms of transitions.

Does this deserve five stars? Probably not. Is it going to get them? Hell yeah it is. The nostalgia factor and the fact that this is the best treatment these characters have gotten in a long time means I enjoyed this from cover to cover, and highly recommend it to people enjoying the new Titans series to see where it came from.
Profile Image for Steve.
962 reviews113 followers
August 31, 2016
I received this from Edelweiss and DC Comics in exchange for an honest review.

This was a lot of fun! I haven't read the Teen Titans in years, well, decades really. I still have some very early issues from the late 60s and early 70s, but nothing real recent. I know the characters, though, and it was fun being a part of them coming together again, for the first time.

I especially liked the idea that while they are/were the TEEN Titans, they've all grown up and have become different than before. Great concept put to good use in this book.

I also liked the story of Robin's first "outing" with the Justice League, and even the lead-in for the Titans Rebirth (though that was clearly the weakest of this book).

I'm not sure where DC Comics is planning on taking the Teen Titans, but this volume is definitely worth the time to read.
Profile Image for Kay.
1,865 reviews14 followers
September 16, 2018
This was...long-winded.

I thought Titans Hunt would be an important read before starting Titans Rebirth (as an introduction/setting the timeline straight), but for someone like me who hasn't read any Teen Titans before, I'm not sure it was worth it.

I didn't even get to know all the characters really because they were all confused and fighting each other while trying to solve the mystery. The only actual in-character character was Alfred (the best, as always).
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Alfred: "I can see how that would be a problem."
Dick: "Really?"
Alfred: "No, but it's years since I expected to get a satisfactory sense or elucidation from the people operating out of this cave."
...
Alfred: "What's in the box?"
Dick: "The lungs of an Atlantean."
Alfred: "Just once I'd love to get an answer that I could be mentally braced for in advance."

Also,
Alfred: "Criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot who will one day appreciate that what really strikes terror into their hearts is an elderly man with a feather duster who spends too much time reading National Geographic."
LOL

I can tell from the two pages of Dick and Alfred that Dan Abnett is a seemingly good writer -the stuff above was out-loud chuckle-worthy! I just didn't find that kind of writing in the rest of the volume. While everyone was so preoccupied with trying to find and solve the mystery, I was a little underwhelmed.


5 stars for the issue at the end "First Impressions" by Dan Abnett.
Batman brings Dick (Robin!) for a Justice League ride-along, and I melted.
It was: sweet, uplifting (yay Batman being an encouraging mentor!), fun action "old school" style (the whole JL was in it using their fists!), and baby bumbling Robin was adorable!

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Dick: "Why did you bring me along? It was terrifying. And I was way outclassed."
Batman: "Cyborg is the youngest of us, but he was pivotal in saving the day. And the solution sprang from your insight. You're not a member of the Justice League, Dick, but you will be one day, and I wanted you to get used to the idea. If I can be a valuable member of this team without meta-class powers like the others, so can you."
Dick: "I...I'm going to be a member of the Justice League one day?"
Batman: "You're going to lead it."
<3
Profile Image for Wayland Smith.
Author 26 books61 followers
October 8, 2016
I admit to bias in that 1) I'm a huge Teen Titans fan and 2) I think they were the most screwed over book by DC's reboot that led to the DCNU/New 52. That said, I loved this for reuniting some of my favorite characters. They even sort of managed to work in a way that the very erratic Titans history from the early days of the DCNU almost made sense.

Several second generation heroes feel drawn together, even if they're not sure why and don't seem to know each other. Slowly, it is revealed that there used to be a Teen Titans, and they were erased from everyone's memories, even their own. A familiar group of Nightwing, Tempest, Donna Troy (sadly lacking a code name), Arsenal, Cave Boy, Hawk, Dove, Herald and Bumblebee unite to fight a powerful foe with immense power. Notable by absence is Wally West, Kid Flash, but that gets explained later in the Rebirth series.

I really enjoyed this. I read it as the issues came out rather than the trade collection, if that matters to anyone.
Profile Image for James DeSantis.
Author 17 books1,204 followers
October 17, 2018
Honest, I think Dan Abnett shouldn't write Titans. Like anything related to them. It's just been crappy since Rebirth, and reading what lead up to it hasn't been much better. I think Dan is a solid writer no doubt, but this is pretty bad. Boring, not interesting, crappy villain, and they make the titans feel like shitty justice league throwaways.
Profile Image for Vinicius.
823 reviews27 followers
September 5, 2024
Assim, não foi uma leitura horrível igual algumas HQs que já li, mas também não gostei a ponto de ser 3 estrelas. É uma HQ água de salsicha. Tem ali sua função, mas é descartável e não agregou no todo.

Na trama temos os titãs lidando com um vilão que você não se importa, ele só fica falando nas sombras até se revelar lá para o meio da história, e os titãs estão sem memória, para conseguirem derrotar esse mesmo antagonista no passado.

Aí eles se juntam para derrotar de novo esse vilão, mas ele não podem ficar juntos e tem que esquecer sem são para isso. Aí eu fiquei: wtf?

Os próprios titãs não tem muita emoção ou desenvolvimento bacana para você se importar. Alguns deles tem a personalidade de uma parede.

No que tange a ação, é até legal, e a vibe de mistérios as vezes funciona.
Profile Image for Hugo Merckx.
77 reviews10 followers
December 24, 2021
Can finally start with the DC Rebirth continuity, and I'm VERY excited for Titans!
Profile Image for Patrick.
2,163 reviews21 followers
December 19, 2016
I really enjoyed this book. I took some time away from reading comics (like 15 years) and I'd forgotten how much I truly connected with the tales of the junior heroes.

This filled in a bit of a gap in my understanding about where they were at the time I picked up on Rebirth.

Quality read. I certainly recommend it for any Titans fan considering getting back into the swing of things.
Profile Image for Will Robinson Jr..
918 reviews18 followers
July 28, 2017
Arguably one of the best modern Teen Titans tales ever told! It is quite simply amazing how great the writing has gotten at DC Comics as we are leaving behind the New 52 era and moving into the DC Rebirth era of comics. This book alone just proves that fans have more sway on the comic industry than they think. Titans Hunt is a love letter to those longtime DC Comics fans who love the Teen Titans, Young Justice and all the history for the characters many see as sidekicks. Dan Abnett and the artist here have done a top notch job. Surprisingly enough this book alone makes the lackluster DC Convergence event really pay off in this tale in spades and it sets up the DC Universe: Rebirth, Omnibus and the coming Titans, Volume 1: The Return of Wally West very well. Dan Abnett throws in a lot of Teen Titans Easter eggs that fans of the comics and cartoon show will recognize while still telling a solid story. He merges the New 52 continuity seamlessly with the past of the Titans in the DC Comics lore. Newcomers will not be lost as the main plot and the flashbacks will fill in the gaps of adventures long gone and welcome the possibilities for unexpected plots to come in the future.
The artwork looks like a feels like some of the best in the business. It is just awesome to see many of the original Teen Titans back together again and that the hope and positivity that these young heroes bring is incredible. The Titans Rebirth issues in this book was a pleasant bonus and seems to pick up after the main Titans Hunt story perfectly. I hope DC Comics can keep up this incredible writing because the fans are in for a real treat. I would also recommend comic readers should read Superman: Lois and Clark, Green Lantern, Volume 8: Reflections, Superman: The Final Days of Superman, and Wonder Woman (2011-) Vol. 9: Resurrection to get ready for DC Comics Rebirth.
Profile Image for Michael Church.
683 reviews4 followers
May 6, 2018
Apparently I am NOT the target audience for this book. I also was completely misinformed with what I expected from the plot. I thought this was about searching for Wally West. That’s not at all the case. Instead, it’s really a throwback to the first Teen Titans story ever told. It’s a really interesting callback and does do a good job of helping to establish some of the New 52 continuity for the Teen Titans.

However, the whole nature of the New 52 makes all of this really difficult to actually piece together. As far as I knew, Donna and Garth and the others didn’t exist in the New 52. I guess this sort of explains where they’ve been, but it’s still awfully ambiguous, given the way the story goes.

Dan Abnett’s script is a little rough. It all feels a little forced and more heightened than it needs to be. Just not a fan of the style. Paolo Siquiera’s art is similarly mediocre. I don’t like his character designs (or whoever originally did them) for Donna or Garth. I still don’t like Nightwing with the red costume. Lilith, for some reason, has always been an issue for me. I don’t get it, but I hate telepaths in the DC Universe, but love them in Marvel. The look of her and most of the others is very drab and plain.

This wasn’t terrible, I just think it was more geared toward readers who are very familiar with the Titans’ history and have been chomping at the bit to see them get back together. I’m still interested enough to read the first volume of the Rebirth Titans series.
Profile Image for Douglas Gibson.
910 reviews51 followers
January 30, 2017
Generally speaking, I am a purist, my favorite stories are ones that involve the team, working as a team against an outside enemy. So even thought this volume has the Titans not only mostly separated and not therefore working as a time, they are all sharing a collective amnesia that prohibits them from remembering one another. Evidently this is what DC came up with to help undo the history of New 52 to reveal the team that will be featured in Rebirth. Even though this plot goes against the team stories I usually like, this story has a great villain, lots of conflict, and a grand finale that has the whole team working together, even as they get to know one another again. Wally's quote, directed at future foes, in the last frame makes this purist smile, "No matter what they do they won't keep us apart, the Titans are going to figure this out- together!"
Profile Image for Sesana.
6,283 reviews329 followers
January 31, 2020
It's a decent nostalgia bomb, if you're missing the original, 60s era Teen Titans, or at last missing the fact that they existed. My Titans are the 80s team, so some of that nostalgia zipped right by me. I felt like maybe eight issues was a bit much, because the story felt a bit drawn out. But it was cool that the flashback panels didn't just leave space for the missing Titan, but actually drew in where he would go and what he was doing before eliminating him from the picture, something you'll only know from the bonus pages. It would have been much easier to just pretend he was on the outside of the group and not worry about what he was up to, so I appreciate the extra effort.
Profile Image for Tesutamento.
804 reviews1 follower
November 9, 2022
DC Rebirth'e ve özellikle de Rebirth Titans sayılarına aşinalık kazanmak için elime aldığım bu kitapta aradığımı pek bulamadım. Çizimleri her ne kadar güzel olsa da hikaye çoğunlukla sıkıcı ilerliyor.

Yıllar önce yaptıkları bir savaşta kötülüğü yenmek için Teen Titans grubunu ve birbirlerini unutmak zorunda kalan kahramanlarımız artık farklı yerlerde farklı kimliklerle hayatlarını sürdürmektedir. Gizemli bir şekilde birbirlerine çekilen bu gençler başta birbirlerini nereden tanıdıklarını anlayamasalar da yıllar önce durdukları tehdit geri dönünce farklılıklarını bir kenara bırakıp eski günlere dönüş yaparlar. Artık Teen Titans değil Titans olurlar.

Eski arkadaşların bir araya gelmesi güzel işlenebilecekken sadece birbirleriyle dövüşüp didişen alakasız tiplermiş gibi işlenmiş. Suicide Squad gibi alakasız değil bu gençler. Sonda biraz daha ısınmışlar gibi olsalar da yetersizdi.

Ana hikaye bittikten sonra Justice League serisinden verilen kısa kesit çok güzeldi. Robin'in League üyelerinden ve en önemlisi Batman'den aldığı övgü çok güzeldi.
Profile Image for Cale.
3,919 reviews26 followers
December 17, 2019
This was better than I expected, namely due to the new characters; the idea of Herald was something fairly new for DC, and Caveboy managed to be better than his name. Lilith at first seemed interesting, but she doesn't get a lot to do. Instead, we focus on the traditional characters, who go through the cliched battles before joining forces - with two different groups of heroes doing the battling and teaming up. Mr. Twisty isn't much of a villain, and had the synopsis not mentioned Convergence, I wouldn't have known it had any relationship to that.
The character interactions are pretty poor throughout, and there isn't much in the way of action, but the story that underpins it all isn't bad, and the new characters are interesting. The art is good throughout. It's not a stunning story worth hunting down, but I think it's in the upper half of the New 52 titles.
Profile Image for Terry Mcginnis.
395 reviews3 followers
January 17, 2018
This was a book that started off very slow, but picked up momentum within the last couple of chapters, with a great payoff. This is another book on the Road to Rebirth (I recently read Lois & Clark) that I'm not sure was necessary in the grand scheme of things. While the payoff was great, it did feel last minute, like the writers thought they had more time, but were told to wrap it up. One sure positive I can state: it did make me want to check out Titans Volume 1 as I did connect with the characters, unlike what I'm currently experiencing with both Rebirth Justice League books at the moment. 3 stars.
Profile Image for Daniel Sepúlveda.
847 reviews85 followers
June 8, 2019
Puntaje: 3.5
Mi grupo de super heroes favorito siempre serán los Titans, por lo que apenas vi esta mini serie quise leerla en seguida.

Me gustó ver a Dick con su traje de Nightwing, siento que en los New 52 DC se pasó un poco con él. Tambien fui muy fan de las gráficas, éste es tal vez el punto más fuerte del libro.

La historia había comenzado muy interesante pero luego se hizo muy confusa y me dejó de interesar. Además que no me convencieron mucho algunos miembros que decidieron usar para la miniserie. Que onda con ese Cave Boy? Hubiera preferido que incluyeran a los verdaderos Titanes originales.
Profile Image for Brian Poole.
Author 2 books40 followers
October 17, 2016
Titans Hunt restores a version of the original Teen Titans to the DC Universe and provides another key building block of DC’s Rebirth initiative.

An odd series of events begins to draw together a disparate group of young adventurers with no apparent ties to one another. Core original Titans Dick Grayson, Arsenal, Donna Troy and Tempest, as well as other erstwhile members like Lilith, Mal Duncan, Gnarrk and Hawk, are drawn to the small coastal town of Hattons Corners. Initial mistrust and conflict begins to recede as the young heroes realize that they know one another but have somehow forgotten their shared past. A confrontation with the demonic entity Mr. Twister reveals the erased history of the original Teen Titans and sets the young heroes up to reunite as a grown-up team. Although they all feel like someone’s missing. After a flashback to the first time that the original Robin met the Justice League, the team reunites with Wally West, the original Kid Flash, who had been removed from reality and their memories, suggesting a bigger, cosmic plot in play.

Writer Dan Abnett makes Titans Hunt a welcome revival for long time fans of the original team. He reaches all the way back to the first adventure of the original Teen Titans in the ‘60s and refashions its locale and villain as an effective vehicle for the team’s return in the present day. Abnett does a nice job of playing the contrasting, strong personalities off one another, and in tracing the evolution of the characters from teen heroes to troubled adults. It’s an effective, compelling dynamic that puts some interesting twists on the team and some old concepts, while making good use of New 52 elements that hadn’t quite clicked before (for example, Arsenal’s amnesia). Lanning does an effective job with the Justice League one-off, giving a nice spotlight to the young Dick Grayson, and the Titans: Rebirth issue was an effective kick-off to the mystery of Wally’s erasure and return. The saga is a great story that evokes some genuine emotion, but can also be quite fun.

The collection includes work from several artists. The team of Paulo Siquera and Geraldo Borges alternate with Stephen Segovia for most of the main series. Both work in fairly clean, classic styles, moving the action along nicely, doing expressive character work and producing a few images that pop effectively. The colors from Hi-Fi help sell the air of mystery and supernatural drama that suffuse the main story. Veteran Paul Pelletier, working with a variety of inkers, handles the finale of the main story and the Justice League issue, doing his usual strong, ingratiating job in a style that fit well with the other artists. The team of Brett Booth and Norm Rapmund produce the Rebirth issue, turning out sleek, angular visuals that set up the next phase of the team’s return quite well.

Titans Hunt
is highly recommended for fans of the original Teen Titans, but with an appealing story, solid art and importance to DC’s Rebirth narrative, it’s worth checking out even if you weren’t previously a Titans fan.
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213 reviews11 followers
September 19, 2016
The premise was a bit cliché, but I'm glad this team of Titans is being bought back and recognized as a part of the DC Universe. These characters have a rich history within the DC mythos. And, as great as Dick Grayson was as Agent 37, he'll always be Nightwing!
Profile Image for Shannon Appelcline.
Author 30 books167 followers
October 1, 2016
The Nu52 was a failure for many reasons, but for us classic readers, one of the biggest problems was the erasure of so much DC history. It was the removal of some of DC's teen icons that led to the most heartbreak, among them Wally West, Donna Troy ... and any of the historical Teen Titans.

There are still pretty big and unfortunate gaps in DC's history, but this at least fills some of them, by bringing back the oldest and most classic Teen Titans team, from the '60s and '70s. (Still MIA, Marv Wolfman's iconic New Teen Titans and Geoff Johns' brilliant newer Teen Titans).

The story itself is just OK. There's maybe 4-6 issues of plot in these 8 issues of story. It's a good plot, with the classic Teen Titans coming back together and fighting one of their classic villains, now grown more dark and dangerous in the gritty modern age. The Titans are well characterized and its a fun group that Abnett brings together ... it just takes a little too long to get there.

I'd give the main Titans Hunt story a 3.5/5, but it edges upward thanks to DC bringing back these characters, at last.

The Rebirth story is a bit more of an odd duck, because it's obvious that Abnett is suddenly revamping his story for the newest editorial mandate. It's no longer the Titans losing five years to [someone], but instead a whole universe losing ten years to ... something else. It's a bit awkward shoehorning Abnett's initial foray into Nu52 retconning into Rebirth's even bigger retcon, but we'll see how things go.

Overall, I'm more intrigued by the potential of this volume than its actuality. I hope that Abnett's writing is a little tighter in the Rebirth volume that will surely follow.
5,870 reviews146 followers
July 6, 2018
Titans Hunt is an eight-issue limited mini-series that spun out of Convergence. The series is written by Dan Abnett that will reintroduce the past history of the Teen Titans into the post-Flashpoint DC Universe. A young precognitive named Lilith has vision of a forgotten Teen Titans team, and the series will revolve around her quest to seek out characters such as Dick Grayson, Donna Troy, Roy Harper, and Garth. This trade paperback collects all eight issues of Titans Hunt, Justice League #51 and Titans: Rebirth.

For years, Dick Grayson, Donna Troy, Garth, Roy Harper, Gnarrk, Mal Duncan, Hank Hall, and Lilith Clay have been having nightmares and they dealt with them in different ways – Donna Troy and Garth used their nightmares to fuel their villainy, Dick Grayson had used his for his vigilantism, Roy Harper turned to drugs and alcohol and tattooed his nightmares on his arms, Mal Duncan used his to write his music, and the list goes on.

However, these eight people are having memories that they never known to have, meeting people they've have never seen before and been to places that they've never been to before. Apparently, years ago, there was a Teen Titans, long before Tim Drake formed his Teen Titans – supposedly the first Teen Titans to have ever existed. They are all drawn to Hatton Corners for some mysterious and nefarious reasons.

Mister Twister, a supernatural demon, tried to summon his Master to Earth to destroy it. He managed to control and corrupt the Teen Titans – all ten members at the time and in order to stop Mister Twister, the Teen Titans had to make a sacrifice – they have to forget and the world with them that the Teen Titans ever existed and so Lilith Clay made it so. The world has forgotten that there ever was a Teen Titans – and that there was even a missing tenth Titan. The Teen Titans was successful in stopping the Apocalypse, but what remains were the nightmares that Mister Twister gave.

Mister Twister became an incorporeal form and for years he's has been haunting the Teen Titans and been gathering his strength. He could still complete his mission – to bring his demonic master to Earth, but first he must gather the original ten Teen Titans that he had subjected and make them remember, gather them in one place and complete the ritual. However he had two problems – Mister Twister had killed Don Hall – the original Dove and the missing Titan that has literally disappeared from existence. To replace them Mister Twister choose the second Dove, Dawn Granger, and Karen Beecher, Malcolm Duncan's pregnant wife.

On the verge of victory, Mister Twister was defeated once again – this time by the Titans. They managed to get control of their will, because Mister Twister corrupted their childhood aliases, but they have grown up and taken other names that weren't corrupted by Mister Twister. Together, the Titans were able to defeat Mister Twister once and for all. While they remember each other – they don't remember everything – like the tenth member that Karen Beecher replaced in the ritual – it was then a flash (hint, hint) of lightning appeared in the sky.

Also included in the trade paperback was Justice League #51 which was written by Dan Abnett and penciled by Paul Pelletier. This one-shot story takes place about six months the Justice League has formed. Batman brought Dick Grayson, who as Robin at the time, to help the Justice League on a mission. It was a gruesome fight with three very different opponents that seems to have nothing in common and it was Dick Grayson who found the connections.

The trade paperback closes with Titans: Rebirth, which was written by Dan Abnett and penciled by Brett Booth. It deals with the forgotten tenth Teen Titan who virtually disappeared from all of existence and takes place after DC Universe: Rebirth. Wally West has returned from the Speed Force, but no one remembers him except Barry Allen. He goes to his best friend's flat, Dick Grayson, and was able to make him remember by touching him, reconnecting his memories of them together. The rest of the Titans come and attack, but Wally managed to touch all of them and make them remember him – the forgotten tenth Teen Titan – Wally West, formally Kid Flash, and currently The Flash.

The entire trade paperback was written by Dan Abnett and for the most part, I really like the story he has written. It is filled with nostalgia that made me like the Teen Titans of yore, while not superbly successful, I enjoyed the story he has written bringing back the old gang again, yet still keep the both the nostalgia and the history they gave these characters from the reboot. The Justice League and Titans: Rebirth issues give me hope of what the Titans series would continue into.

Titans Hunt has six pencilers: Paulo Siqueira has penciled four issues (Titans Hunt #1, 3, 5, and 7), Geraldo Borges and Steven Segovia have penciled three issues (Titans Hunt #1, 3, and 5 & Titans Hunt #2, 4, and 6 respectively), Paul Pelletier has penciled two issues (Titan Hunt #8 and Justice League #51) and Jackson Herbert and Brett Booth has penciled one issue each (Titan Hunt #3 and Titans: Rebirth respectively).

With the exception of Brett Booth all the rest of the pencilers' styles complement each other rather well. Besides a few spots here and there – especially the close-ups – the penciling was done rather well. While Booth's penciling styles is rather different from the others – it wasn't all that bad – just more distinct than the rest, which jars the flow a tad, but not terribly so.

All in all, Titans Hunt was a wonderful limited miniseries – it was far from perfect, but it did meet their goal rather well – the tell a story about a Teen Titans team that the world has forgotten and capture the nostalgia elements for those readers who remember them prior to the Reboot while kept the history that was given from the Reboot.
Profile Image for Wing Kee.
2,091 reviews37 followers
April 7, 2017
Nostalgia is good, but it can't carry a story by itself.

World: The art is solid but I found the facial expressions a but off. It is a good book to look at. The world building is solid and easily the best part of the book. Not only does it call back to the original Teen Titans and builds on it, it give readers a new direction for this team. It's a legacy team and quite fantastic.

Story: The nostalgia is strong and it does pull on readers heartstrings. However the pacing is a but off, the story is a but overly convoluted making for a choppy read. The first act was quite good, the middle was draggy and the end was rather abrupt. I wish there was more quiet time for the Titans to talk and get to reminisce. Enjoyable.

Characters: There are a lot of characters in this book and some are done well and some not so much. With the pacing there was not enough time for good banter and interactions. Maybe this will springboard to a good Titans series at Rebirth.

Solid and full of nostalgia.

Onward to the next book!
Profile Image for Nikki in Niagara.
4,386 reviews174 followers
September 20, 2016
Wow! Very good. I really liked this. I had never read any early Teen Titans so some of these characters are new to me. A situation is set up where the original members of the Teen Titas have forgotten their past teamwork and they all start to remember and come together. I loved the way Dick Grayson started out as the secret agent, then went back to Nightwing and finally for a while even Robin. I have to say the first couple of issues were a little iffy for me. I found the humour off-putting and Alfred was like a parody of himself making with the one-liners. But then things got serious and it was a really cool team effort and it ended with not a cliffhanger but a question in the air making me want to read the next new Titans books. The art was really well done also. Everyone looked the way they should but just a bit different . Superhero teams have always been my favourite and this is a great way to be introduced to the "Rebirth" universe.
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323 reviews8 followers
December 11, 2018
It's an odd story that tries to explain why the original Teen Titans don't exist...but do after Flashpoint and the New 52. The writing is good, the kind of writing Abnett is known for (albeit ham-strung by a larger line-wide vision). This mini will also serve as a lead-in to Titans: Rebirth a one-shot that serves as a lead-in to....Titans. I know. I know.

The art is inconsistent with various artists each with their own style. Some work, some don't. Barring the death/serious injury of a penciler or an inker, there is no good reason a limited series can't be finished by the same artistic team. I give far more leeway to the ongoing series (who should be able to finish a story arc/collected volume as one team...though that seems to be less of a sure thing than it once was).
Profile Image for Brunò.
271 reviews3 followers
June 15, 2022
English/Spanish review:

Not really good if you're not a huge Titans reader. I'm not and I struggled six entire issues from not knowing what the heck was going on. Half the characters,I didn't know but I mean CAVEBOY? HUH.

Confusing,too cheesy at moments. Nop.

Español:

No es realmente bueno si no sos un gran lector de Titans. No lo soy y luché con seis issues enteros por no saber qué carajo estaba pasando. La mitad de los personajes,no los conozco, o sea CAVEBOY. EH.

Confuso,demasiado cursi en algunos momentos. Nop.
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