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The New Teen Titans Archives #1
Nuevos Titanes: El Albor de los Titanes
Nuevos Titanes: El albor de los Titanes
Publicado originalmente en DC Comics Presents núm. 26 USA y en The New Teen Titans núms. 1 a 6 USA, de noviembre de 1980 a abril de 1981. En 1980, el equipo creativo formado por Marv Wolfman y George Pérez presentó a un equipo atemporal que incluía a Robin, Kid Flash, Wonder Girl, Cyborg, Changeling, Raven y Starfire. Jóvenes héroes con grandes poderes y fuertes personalidades que aprendieron a abrirse camino en el mundo gracias a la fortaleza de su amistad y a las aventuras que compartieron.
Doom Patrol núm. 99 USA
Publicado originalmente en noviembre de 1965. La primera aparición de Beast Boy. Cuando la base de la Patrulla Condenada aparece arrasada por lo que parece una serie de animales diferentes, sus miembros le tienden una trampa al agresor.
Publicado originalmente en DC Comics Presents núm. 26 USA y en The New Teen Titans núms. 1 a 6 USA, de noviembre de 1980 a abril de 1981. En 1980, el equipo creativo formado por Marv Wolfman y George Pérez presentó a un equipo atemporal que incluía a Robin, Kid Flash, Wonder Girl, Cyborg, Changeling, Raven y Starfire. Jóvenes héroes con grandes poderes y fuertes personalidades que aprendieron a abrirse camino en el mundo gracias a la fortaleza de su amistad y a las aventuras que compartieron.
Doom Patrol núm. 99 USA
Publicado originalmente en noviembre de 1965. La primera aparición de Beast Boy. Cuando la base de la Patrulla Condenada aparece arrasada por lo que parece una serie de animales diferentes, sus miembros le tienden una trampa al agresor.
192 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1982
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Marv Wolfman
2,302 books304 followersMarvin A. "Marv" Wolfman is an award-winning American comic book writer. He is best known for lengthy runs on The Tomb of Dracula, creating Blade for Marvel Comics, and The New Teen Titans for DC Comics.
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November 22, 2022
Wolfman and Perez's first 8 issues are collected in this hardcover archives edition and it felt like the dawn of the 1980's reading it. I recall purchasing the first issue of the series and I must have decided it wasn't for me in the spinner rack days prior to any local comic shops in town.
But it was neat to read these issues and admire the amazing pencil work of the late George Perez. Old stalwart Titans like Robin, Wonder Girl, and Kid Flash are joined by Changeling ( Gar Logan ) and three new heroes created by Wolfman and Perez for the team: Raven, Cyborg, and Starfire. The heroes do battle with some fantastic foes such as Terminator, aka Deathstroke, Trigon, and The Fearsome Five.
The series was meant to contend with Marvel's Uncanny X-men in terms of sold story telling, drama, and characters with more depth than the average comic book hero and it delivers all of that in spades.
The two teams even have a crossover issue which was really cool to see at the time.
But it was neat to read these issues and admire the amazing pencil work of the late George Perez. Old stalwart Titans like Robin, Wonder Girl, and Kid Flash are joined by Changeling ( Gar Logan ) and three new heroes created by Wolfman and Perez for the team: Raven, Cyborg, and Starfire. The heroes do battle with some fantastic foes such as Terminator, aka Deathstroke, Trigon, and The Fearsome Five.
The series was meant to contend with Marvel's Uncanny X-men in terms of sold story telling, drama, and characters with more depth than the average comic book hero and it delivers all of that in spades.
The two teams even have a crossover issue which was really cool to see at the time.
February 7, 2018
As a longtime fan of teen-centric franchises and superheroes, this seemed right up my alley. Unfortunately, it didn't do very much for me. Sure, it had its entertaining moments, and the artwork was fabulous, but it didn't grab me like other comic book omnibuses. I sure hope the Cartoon Network series was better.
January 27, 2025
I was actually a little nervous to get into the original comics of Teen Titans because I was so in love with the cartoon version, I didn't want it to ruin the memories of the characters. I was going into these comics thinking that the characters were just going to be superheroes and only about fighting the bad guys.
I am so glad I was completely wrong.
What I got instead was incredible written characters that feel so realistic that I am amazed this was written so long ago and haven't seen more people talk about how strong these characters are in the source material.
Since I am coming from the cartoon version, I was surprised to see that the team was actually a little different! Cartoon Version has: Starfire, Robin, Cyborg, Raven, and Beast Boy (who is called Changeling in this). In this version you get those characters plus: Kid Flash (Wally West) and Wonder Girl (Donna Troy).
They all hold so much weight in these issues and feel like real people. If I had to pick one character that I didn't feel particularly strong about, it would sadly be Wonder Girl, Donna. She didn't stand out as much as the other members of the party and felt like she was kinda just there. I started to read into her character and apparently she was retconned a bunch so it's a little sad to see that even in this version, they just didn't know what to do with her really.
Raven has been my absolute favorite character in all of dc since the cartoon and she is just as amazing, if not more so, in this comic. Wolfman knew what he was going with her. She is so compelling as a character. Even though she is a mortally good person, she takes some actions that are really inexcusable. Something I adore about these issues is that the characters mess up in them and the team ACTUALLY CALLS THEM OUT ON IT. And they aren't all friends! It takes them a long time to really see eye to eye with each other and learn to form friendships. It's spectacular and makes me want to continue reading for these characters.
I'm honestly so surprised how fast we got Raven's arc about her father in the series but I think I see what Wolfman is going for with her character so I'm so excited to see what happens in the later issues.
HIGHLY recommend this comic series if you want to get into comics but don't know where to start. Amazing story, amazing characters, and honestly awesome message about peace and fighting against evil. Standing on the sidelines trying to be peaceful will never cause change in the world, sometimes you have to act and fight for the things you want to change.
July 11, 2013
I think it's safe to say that DC and comics in general would look a lot different today without the New Teen Titans.
In the '80s you had a choice between the revitalized X-Men and Titans as the most popular comics, and more or less for the same reasons. The main difference is that Marv Wolfman and George Perez focused on the characters while Chris Claremont and John Byrne worked on the mythology. The results pretty much speak for themselves. While the X-Men have in the years since that era struggled to rediscover the balance between the concept and the characters behind them, the Titans have consistently kept the focus on the characters, no matter who's in the team. The reason one's still popular while the other isn't (or at least not nearly as much) is because one progressed the story while the other didn't.
And you can figure out all you need to know about that by how the departure of a key female character affected both. For the X-Men it was Jean Grey in the famous "Dark Phoenix Saga," while the Titans had Terra in "The Judas Contract." For the Titans, this story was an organic extension of what had come before, while the X-Men were in the midst of one blockbuster story after another (a pattern Marvel comics still follow for the most part). Where did the story begin?
Well, clearly, at the beginning. And what a beginning! Wolfman had an idea to do something new, and he did it by revitalizing an old concept, breathing new life into familiar characters while at the same time introducing dynamic new ones. If you think about it, Cyborg and Starfire were significant characters for the recent New 52 relaunch (and not in the pages of a new Titans comics), and they were introduced in these pages. DC liked the idea so much that it not only gave Wolfman and Perez their series, but a bonus preview.
The bonus preview is the most genius story of this collection. In it, Dick Grayson (then still under the guise of Robin, as he is throughout this collection; he becomes Nightwing during "Judas Contract") experiences life both before and after the debut of the New Teen Titans thanks to the influence of Raven (who, it might be argued, reached her peak as a character in the cartoon series that has apparently been revived, and the main reason why Starfire became such a source of conversation a few years ago), the third of the three new members who receive the bulk of the character work in the collection.
From there it's very much the kind of story Geoff Johns told in the Justice League New 52 relaunch (Johns can be seen as a product of influences between Wolfman and James Robinson, and of course his mentor, Richard Donner). Deathstroke the Terminator is there starting in the second issue, where the tragic death of his son occurs to give him the proper motivation to enact the Terra gambit later on. Raven's connection to Trigon is the reason the team is assembled to begin with, though it's Starfire's escape from slavery that serves as the basis of their first adventure. There's also the tragic origin of Cyborg, which Johns modified in the pages of Justice League but again which was very much in the spirit of the storytelling here.
Wolfman and Perez prove adept at immersing but not befuddling the reader in this world. Although I've long known all about these comics, I'd never read these issues before. As I said, that first story is genius, better than probably any first adventure ever in comics. While Dan Jurgens was also clearly following the spirit of the Bwa-ha-ha Era, his own Justice League owed a huge debt to these comics, while he did his own Teen Titans, too, and the pattern held. When Johns did the Titans, it was probably his best early work, revitalizing familiar characters just as Wolfman had done before him, not radically altering but finding a new inner truth within them. In the pages of his Green Lantern tales, the template is all there.
The Titans, as I said, continued in that way for years. Wolfman stuck with the team for nearly two decades. By the end of it, he finally had the wedding of Nightwing and Starfire, which was ruined by Raven. It only figured, and it only figures that it eventually lost its mass appeal. While fascinating to the discerning eye, comics are a medium that crave a great deal more innocence than is sometimes understood. The better comics have greater nuance, but they're rarely the ones that sell the best.
Team line-ups, as I've said, have come and gone, but the concept remains the same, and perhaps that's exactly the way it should be. Where the X-Men are never learning anything, the Titans always are, because for its members their time with the team is about growing as a person, and then moving on. There was an adult team at one point, but it didn't last long, and shouldn't have. That's not the point of the Titans.
If you want to know, read this collection.
In the '80s you had a choice between the revitalized X-Men and Titans as the most popular comics, and more or less for the same reasons. The main difference is that Marv Wolfman and George Perez focused on the characters while Chris Claremont and John Byrne worked on the mythology. The results pretty much speak for themselves. While the X-Men have in the years since that era struggled to rediscover the balance between the concept and the characters behind them, the Titans have consistently kept the focus on the characters, no matter who's in the team. The reason one's still popular while the other isn't (or at least not nearly as much) is because one progressed the story while the other didn't.
And you can figure out all you need to know about that by how the departure of a key female character affected both. For the X-Men it was Jean Grey in the famous "Dark Phoenix Saga," while the Titans had Terra in "The Judas Contract." For the Titans, this story was an organic extension of what had come before, while the X-Men were in the midst of one blockbuster story after another (a pattern Marvel comics still follow for the most part). Where did the story begin?
Well, clearly, at the beginning. And what a beginning! Wolfman had an idea to do something new, and he did it by revitalizing an old concept, breathing new life into familiar characters while at the same time introducing dynamic new ones. If you think about it, Cyborg and Starfire were significant characters for the recent New 52 relaunch (and not in the pages of a new Titans comics), and they were introduced in these pages. DC liked the idea so much that it not only gave Wolfman and Perez their series, but a bonus preview.
The bonus preview is the most genius story of this collection. In it, Dick Grayson (then still under the guise of Robin, as he is throughout this collection; he becomes Nightwing during "Judas Contract") experiences life both before and after the debut of the New Teen Titans thanks to the influence of Raven (who, it might be argued, reached her peak as a character in the cartoon series that has apparently been revived, and the main reason why Starfire became such a source of conversation a few years ago), the third of the three new members who receive the bulk of the character work in the collection.
From there it's very much the kind of story Geoff Johns told in the Justice League New 52 relaunch (Johns can be seen as a product of influences between Wolfman and James Robinson, and of course his mentor, Richard Donner). Deathstroke the Terminator is there starting in the second issue, where the tragic death of his son occurs to give him the proper motivation to enact the Terra gambit later on. Raven's connection to Trigon is the reason the team is assembled to begin with, though it's Starfire's escape from slavery that serves as the basis of their first adventure. There's also the tragic origin of Cyborg, which Johns modified in the pages of Justice League but again which was very much in the spirit of the storytelling here.
Wolfman and Perez prove adept at immersing but not befuddling the reader in this world. Although I've long known all about these comics, I'd never read these issues before. As I said, that first story is genius, better than probably any first adventure ever in comics. While Dan Jurgens was also clearly following the spirit of the Bwa-ha-ha Era, his own Justice League owed a huge debt to these comics, while he did his own Teen Titans, too, and the pattern held. When Johns did the Titans, it was probably his best early work, revitalizing familiar characters just as Wolfman had done before him, not radically altering but finding a new inner truth within them. In the pages of his Green Lantern tales, the template is all there.
The Titans, as I said, continued in that way for years. Wolfman stuck with the team for nearly two decades. By the end of it, he finally had the wedding of Nightwing and Starfire, which was ruined by Raven. It only figured, and it only figures that it eventually lost its mass appeal. While fascinating to the discerning eye, comics are a medium that crave a great deal more innocence than is sometimes understood. The better comics have greater nuance, but they're rarely the ones that sell the best.
Team line-ups, as I've said, have come and gone, but the concept remains the same, and perhaps that's exactly the way it should be. Where the X-Men are never learning anything, the Titans always are, because for its members their time with the team is about growing as a person, and then moving on. There was an adult team at one point, but it didn't last long, and shouldn't have. That's not the point of the Titans.
If you want to know, read this collection.
June 5, 2012
A really solid start to an iconic team. The presentation of the art and writing is a little bit dated, but the story, the characters, and the quality of the art itself stand the test of time. I like the presentation of the Archives edition.
March 21, 2024
Puntaje: 3.3 Estrellas.
Los Jóvenes Titanes han sido mi grupo favorito de superhéroes desde que tengo memoria. Los conocí por primera vez gracias a la serie animada de Cartoon Network y, a partir de allí, disfrutaba viendo la aparición de sus integrantes en otras películas o series animadas de DC.
Gracias a todas estas adaptaciones es que fui conociendo poco a poco las historias más importantes del equipo, incluyendo la que tenemos en este volúmen: La batalla contra Trigón. Que incluso es, tal vez, una de las historias más adaptadas de los Titanes.
Con este tomo tuve una experiencia entre amor y odio. Y es que me gustó ver esta reunión del equipo, en especial porque es aquí en donde ingresan miembros nuevos como Raven, Starfire y Cyborg, sin embargo, sufrí del síndrome del cómic antiguo. No sé si esto exista, pero es el nombre que le puse a la sensación no muy positiva que me provoca la lectura de un cómic de los años 80 o más antiguos.
Para nadie es un misterio que, con el pasar de los años, los cómics han ido evolucionando y la forma en que son narrados también ha ido cambiando, adaptándose a las nuevas generaciones. Pues bueno, los cómics más viejitos suelen tener diálogos muy elaborados (que no son del todo creíbles para los personajes que protagonizan algunas de sus historias), y mucho texto innecesario o de relleno. Esto provoca en mí un aburrimiento abismal cuando leo cómics de esta época, y me ha pasado precisamente con este tomo.
Ahora, si bien hubo momentos en los que sentía que el cómic duraría toda una eternidad, me ha gustado viajar en el tiempo y ver la formación de este nuevo grupo de titanes. No sé si seguiré leyendo la serie específica de esta época o si mejor me salto en el tiempo y leo series más modernas del equipo, eso lo decidiré más adelante.
Eso sí, recomiendo esta lectura para los fans de los jóvenes titanes. Esta es una historia que hemos visto muchas veces en la pantalla chica, pero nunca sobra leer la historia original.
Los Jóvenes Titanes han sido mi grupo favorito de superhéroes desde que tengo memoria. Los conocí por primera vez gracias a la serie animada de Cartoon Network y, a partir de allí, disfrutaba viendo la aparición de sus integrantes en otras películas o series animadas de DC.
Gracias a todas estas adaptaciones es que fui conociendo poco a poco las historias más importantes del equipo, incluyendo la que tenemos en este volúmen: La batalla contra Trigón. Que incluso es, tal vez, una de las historias más adaptadas de los Titanes.
Con este tomo tuve una experiencia entre amor y odio. Y es que me gustó ver esta reunión del equipo, en especial porque es aquí en donde ingresan miembros nuevos como Raven, Starfire y Cyborg, sin embargo, sufrí del síndrome del cómic antiguo. No sé si esto exista, pero es el nombre que le puse a la sensación no muy positiva que me provoca la lectura de un cómic de los años 80 o más antiguos.
Para nadie es un misterio que, con el pasar de los años, los cómics han ido evolucionando y la forma en que son narrados también ha ido cambiando, adaptándose a las nuevas generaciones. Pues bueno, los cómics más viejitos suelen tener diálogos muy elaborados (que no son del todo creíbles para los personajes que protagonizan algunas de sus historias), y mucho texto innecesario o de relleno. Esto provoca en mí un aburrimiento abismal cuando leo cómics de esta época, y me ha pasado precisamente con este tomo.
Ahora, si bien hubo momentos en los que sentía que el cómic duraría toda una eternidad, me ha gustado viajar en el tiempo y ver la formación de este nuevo grupo de titanes. No sé si seguiré leyendo la serie específica de esta época o si mejor me salto en el tiempo y leo series más modernas del equipo, eso lo decidiré más adelante.
Eso sí, recomiendo esta lectura para los fans de los jóvenes titanes. Esta es una historia que hemos visto muchas veces en la pantalla chica, pero nunca sobra leer la historia original.
August 9, 2020
This is at least the third time I’ve read the issues in this volume. The first time when I picked them up as back issues, then when I bought this collected edition and now I’m revisiting them (blame that on the covid-19 pandemic).
First of all I feel that I have to preface this with a kind of disclaimer, I’m not really a fan of DC comics. The heroes always feel flat and less interesting than Marvel’s characters. Still, there are some DC heroes that I really enjoy. And some series that I really love. This is one of those. But this isn’t the best that the New Teen Titans had to offer. Sure, it’s a good start - no, actually it’s a great start. But it is going to get so much better. I feel like Wolfman and Perez we’re still trying to feel just how far astray from DC’s usual formula they would be allow to go, what they’d be able to get away with. With the success they achieved, they be able to do just about anything they wanted.
Basically, this title and this creative team would revolutionize DC.
First of all I feel that I have to preface this with a kind of disclaimer, I’m not really a fan of DC comics. The heroes always feel flat and less interesting than Marvel’s characters. Still, there are some DC heroes that I really enjoy. And some series that I really love. This is one of those. But this isn’t the best that the New Teen Titans had to offer. Sure, it’s a good start - no, actually it’s a great start. But it is going to get so much better. I feel like Wolfman and Perez we’re still trying to feel just how far astray from DC’s usual formula they would be allow to go, what they’d be able to get away with. With the success they achieved, they be able to do just about anything they wanted.
Basically, this title and this creative team would revolutionize DC.
February 3, 2008
Marv Wolfman and George Perez....These guys may not be on Frank Miller's level, but they had the same impact on the DC Universe. with the continuity they set into play lasting over 20 years.....this books is a showcase of things to come as far as their abilities as co-creators ago, and still hold up today.....a fun read.
August 6, 2020
I said in a previous review, many years ago, that The New Teen Titans: The Judas Contract and (even more so) The New Teen Titans: The Terror of Trigon were the apotheosis of Marv Wolfman and George Pérez's skills as storytellers in the superhero narrative, if not close to the apotheosis of superhero storytelling, at least of a certain era, altogether, so it was with some excitement that I read The New Teen Titans Archives, Volume 1. Unfortunately, it became clear relatively quickly that while Wolfman and Pérez (here with the primary assistance of inker Romeo Tanghal) would indeed become some of the best comics storytellers in general, these were not the stories in which they would do so.
Another reviewer on Goodreads said that what made Wolfman and Pérez's New Teen Titans so compelling, particularly in comparison to their primary comics competitors (Chris Claremont's Uncanny X-Men, which consistently kept trading places with The New Teen Titans for bestselling comic in the United States), was Wolfman and Pérez's heavy focus on character development, rather than plot complications; although Wolfman and Pérez's characterizations in The New Teen Titans Archives Volume 1 are indeed rather good (particularly of Slade "Deathstroke the Terminator" Wilson, whose ultimate motivations in The Judas Contract have their seeds planted herein), the plot does take a certain amount of precedence in these initial New Teen Titans stories. Perhaps this is to be expected, given that these stories were literally the first appearances of Vic "Cyborg" Stone, Koriand'r/"Starfire", and Raven, and as such Wolfman, Pérez et al. needed to set the stage for what would come later, but ultimately these stories feel slightly rudimentary, especially as compared to the efforts that Wolfman and Pérez would soon display, even in later volumes of The New Teen Titans Archives. That said, the last issue presented in this volume ("A Day in the Lives…") (as well as the last few pages of the previous story ["Assault on Titans' Tower!"]) contain some excellent character development, even early on in the series. Wolfman and Pérez's treatments of Vic Stone's relationship with his father Silas; Raven; and Starfire are truly wonderful, and Wolfman and Pérez finally begin to display the greatness that they would evince soon enough; however, Wolfman and Pérez get slight marks off for the continual sexism and chauvinism of Garfield "Changeling" Logan (although Donna "Wonder Girl" Troy rightly calls this out), even if Geoff Johns' writing on Teen Titans both explained and greatly improved the situation, and there's a rather racist throwaway portrayal of some Black folks in the pages of "A Day in the Lives…" that really doesn't belong in any comic, much less one as good as The New Teen Titans. (Yes, it's throwaway, but that really doesn't make it any better, even if Wolfman and Pérez's portrayals of Black folks are generally positive, and given that DC Comics really seemed to have a great deal of difficulty portraying Black folks for many, many years, if not decades, this is especially egregious.)
All that being said, if The New Teen Titans Archives Volume 1 is disappointing, it's precisely because the heights that Wolfman and Pérez would hit, and quickly at that, were as high as they were; The New Teen Titans Archives Volume 1 is actually a rather good comic, even within the bounds of the Comics Code, although it suffers mainly by way of comparison.
Another reviewer on Goodreads said that what made Wolfman and Pérez's New Teen Titans so compelling, particularly in comparison to their primary comics competitors (Chris Claremont's Uncanny X-Men, which consistently kept trading places with The New Teen Titans for bestselling comic in the United States), was Wolfman and Pérez's heavy focus on character development, rather than plot complications; although Wolfman and Pérez's characterizations in The New Teen Titans Archives Volume 1 are indeed rather good (particularly of Slade "Deathstroke the Terminator" Wilson, whose ultimate motivations in The Judas Contract have their seeds planted herein), the plot does take a certain amount of precedence in these initial New Teen Titans stories. Perhaps this is to be expected, given that these stories were literally the first appearances of Vic "Cyborg" Stone, Koriand'r/"Starfire", and Raven, and as such Wolfman, Pérez et al. needed to set the stage for what would come later, but ultimately these stories feel slightly rudimentary, especially as compared to the efforts that Wolfman and Pérez would soon display, even in later volumes of The New Teen Titans Archives. That said, the last issue presented in this volume ("A Day in the Lives…") (as well as the last few pages of the previous story ["Assault on Titans' Tower!"]) contain some excellent character development, even early on in the series. Wolfman and Pérez's treatments of Vic Stone's relationship with his father Silas; Raven; and Starfire are truly wonderful, and Wolfman and Pérez finally begin to display the greatness that they would evince soon enough; however, Wolfman and Pérez get slight marks off for the continual sexism and chauvinism of Garfield "Changeling" Logan (although Donna "Wonder Girl" Troy rightly calls this out), even if Geoff Johns' writing on Teen Titans both explained and greatly improved the situation, and there's a rather racist throwaway portrayal of some Black folks in the pages of "A Day in the Lives…" that really doesn't belong in any comic, much less one as good as The New Teen Titans. (Yes, it's throwaway, but that really doesn't make it any better, even if Wolfman and Pérez's portrayals of Black folks are generally positive, and given that DC Comics really seemed to have a great deal of difficulty portraying Black folks for many, many years, if not decades, this is especially egregious.)
All that being said, if The New Teen Titans Archives Volume 1 is disappointing, it's precisely because the heights that Wolfman and Pérez would hit, and quickly at that, were as high as they were; The New Teen Titans Archives Volume 1 is actually a rather good comic, even within the bounds of the Comics Code, although it suffers mainly by way of comparison.
September 3, 2018
I thought this collection of New Teen Titans stories was phenomenal. I've never read any of the Teen Titans before, but I have seen all of the Teen Titans original animated series and some of the Teen Titans Go! series. I was blown away by how different the comics are. I had no idea that the "old" Teen Titans were only Robin, Beast Boy, Kid Flash, and Wonder Girl. In fact, I didn't even know that Kid Flash and Wonder Girl were in the picture. Sure, Kid Flash had been featured in both animated series, but I didn't know he was a Titan. (And, to be completely honest, I didn't know that Wonder Girl existed.) You can imagine, then, my surprise when I found out that Starfire, Raven, and Cyborg weren't created until the 80s in the New Teen Titans. And all of them were unlike much of their 21st century selves. Still, I loved it. Marv Wolfman did a great job of writing them and George Pérez did a wonderful job of illustrating them. The origin stories were astounding and quite well-woven into the story while they were battling Trigon, the Fearsome Five, etc. Again, I'm going to go back to how jarring the differences of these Titans are from the ones I grew up with. Wally West is in love with Raven. (That was half question and half statement because I'm still in shock.) That's such a strange relationship in my mind because I've always shipped Raven and Beast Boy. (And don't even get me started on Beast Boy's name change to The Changeling.) It almost seemed as if Beast Boy would hit on anyone but Raven, from Starfire to Wonder Girl to other random girls. And there has been some confusion in my mind over if Raven did make Wally fall in love with her. Also, she's the only one that seems to call him Wallace. I'm a little torn that Kid Flash left the Titans after defeating Trigon to find out if he wants to go to college or keep fighting with the Titans. I was, at least, relieved to see that one of my ships was established as soon as the Titans started. Robin and Starfire have always been canon in my mind. I mean, they kissed basically as soon as Starfire arrived on Earth. Of course, Starfire seems to be more into it than Robin, but I'm almost certain that's because Starfire's violence scares him a little. To be fair, it scares me, too. This is not the lovable Starfire that is always happy-go-lucky and puts "the" in front of random English words I know from the shows. After all, I hadn't known that she was a slave of the Citadel for years before she came to Earth. For that matter, I hadn't known that Raven's father, Trigon, was raised in much the same way that she came into existence or that Cyborg was in an accident due to his father's determination to break through dimensions. They didn't really delve into the backstories of the rest of them, but I'm guessing that's because they've been written before. Though, it would be nice to have the audience's minds refreshed. I thought it was interesting that they drew Robin's pants as short and they even pointed that out through Cyborg's insults towards Robin. Why not just give him some real pants? I wasn't all that impressed by the Justice League. They didn't even believe Raven when she said that Trigon was coming and they didn't help the Titans fight Trigon either. I appreciate Raven for bringing all the Titans together, but she's not like the Raven I'm used to. She's not the goth, emo girl that meditates and is completely antisocial. And they might all be called the Teen Titans, but they are definitely older. All the girls look like women and the guys look like full-grown men. Wally's trying to go to college and the rest of them hardly even have parents or parental figures around. I liked all the 80s slang. Some of my favorites were "Oh, cripes!" and "'Sides." I want to know more about the H.I.V.E. In the 21st century, the H.I.V.E. is actually made up by some of the Fearsome Five like Gizmo and Mammoth. And Gizmo looks nothing like the cartoons. He might be short, but he doesn't look like a floating baby in the comics. And the Terminator? He looks like an 80s version of Slade. But without the voice, he doesn't seem nearly as scary. I was extremely relieved when Cyborg got the chance to forgive his father and create memories with him that he never would have had otherwise. I might have even cried. You've gotta admit, it was a very emotional scene. I'm a bit worried about the Project: Promethium thing. Which makes me want to keep reading, but I'm not sure if I can get a hold of all the original comics. You see, this is why I don't really read the old comics because there's so many of them that I'll never be able to read them all. Even this compilation only had from the Special Teen Titans Preview to the eighth issue. Hopefully, I'll be able to find them all, but even if I don't, I think I've deepened my love for the Teen Titans. I recommend this book to anyone only familiar with the 21st century Teen Titans. Trust me, you'll be shocked.
April 28, 2019
With DC Universe’s newly expanded collection, I decided to subscribe and jump into some old stuff. I work at a library and spend lots of time sitting behind a circulation desk without any pressing tasks, and Marvel Unlimited and DC Universe help me to fill the time enjoyably with some light fare. I’ve been reading Spider-Man, Captain America and FF from the Brand New Day, Brubaker and Hickman Eras on MU, for a few months, but decided to try some older stuff on DCU. I haven’t read any Teen Titans before but I’m a big Dick Grayson fan so these seemed like a fun story to try out.
These definitely look/read like comics from 1980, and getting into the spirit of the time was a bit tough, but by the end of the first issue I began to really appreciate Perez’s expressive and layered artwork, and the cheesy dialogue felt familiar enough after a few issues that I could see the really well though out character work lying underneath it. I do miss modern coloring in particular, but Perez brings enough depth and texture to overcome some of the sense of flatness.
Every character really has a function in the story, and Wolfman does a great job of showing us each character’s traits and growth without having to spell much out in terms of their background of motivation. Already this is the best characterization I’ve seen in comics, and I’m really excited to see the team develop and improve together. Other than Robin/Nightwing, I didn’t know much about these characters except from a tie-in here or there, and I like them all already. I really want more Dr. Light, he’s a hoot. The plot is surprisingly dark, and the exploration of the relationship between peace and passivity was interesting and refreshingly mature for something targeted at teens.
These definitely look/read like comics from 1980, and getting into the spirit of the time was a bit tough, but by the end of the first issue I began to really appreciate Perez’s expressive and layered artwork, and the cheesy dialogue felt familiar enough after a few issues that I could see the really well though out character work lying underneath it. I do miss modern coloring in particular, but Perez brings enough depth and texture to overcome some of the sense of flatness.
Every character really has a function in the story, and Wolfman does a great job of showing us each character’s traits and growth without having to spell much out in terms of their background of motivation. Already this is the best characterization I’ve seen in comics, and I’m really excited to see the team develop and improve together. Other than Robin/Nightwing, I didn’t know much about these characters except from a tie-in here or there, and I like them all already. I really want more Dr. Light, he’s a hoot. The plot is surprisingly dark, and the exploration of the relationship between peace and passivity was interesting and refreshingly mature for something targeted at teens.
September 12, 2018
Este tomo es el comienzo de la etapa a la que también pertenece "El contrato de Judas". Me pregunto que estaban pensando cuando pusieron este tomo después del anterior, que tiene un montón de spoilers sobre esta historia... Esta colección no está muy bien pensada.
Si bien algunas cosas han quedado anticuadas, esta es una excelente serie, con mucho drama adolescente y la temática siempre presente del crecimiento y del rol que cumplen los padres/mentores/figuras paternas en el desarrollo de una persona, y de como los personajes intentan seguir su propio camino a pesar de la pesada "herencia" que a veces traen.
Creo que lo mejor es la forma en la que Perez y Wolfman logran balancear las historias de todos los personajes y hacerlos interesantes y . quizá excepto Robin, que por ser el más conocido, en general es relegado a solo meter un bocadillo de vez en cuando, o a ser la mascota de Starfire (lo cual no es necesariamente malo y es más bien divertido).
Esta es una excelente etapa para conocer a los Titanes, con muchas ideas interesantes y un dibujo excelente, aunque propio de la época.
Si bien algunas cosas han quedado anticuadas, esta es una excelente serie, con mucho drama adolescente y la temática siempre presente del crecimiento y del rol que cumplen los padres/mentores/figuras paternas en el desarrollo de una persona, y de como los personajes intentan seguir su propio camino a pesar de la pesada "herencia" que a veces traen.
Creo que lo mejor es la forma en la que Perez y Wolfman logran balancear las historias de todos los personajes y hacerlos interesantes y . quizá excepto Robin, que por ser el más conocido, en general es relegado a solo meter un bocadillo de vez en cuando, o a ser la mascota de Starfire (lo cual no es necesariamente malo y es más bien divertido).
Esta es una excelente etapa para conocer a los Titanes, con muchas ideas interesantes y un dibujo excelente, aunque propio de la época.
December 13, 2018
El Albor de los Titanes es un buen comic de origen, no sólo te cuenta una primera historia de un grupo de héroes, sino que encima se toma tiempo para presentarte a los tres quizás más desconocidos.
De éste modo veremos las dinámicas de grupo, enfrentamientos contra villanos, una trama que crece, relaciones que se empiezan a formar... el inicio de algo que se huele como muy interesante y que ya en éste volumen consigue engancharnos.
Pero también es un comic hijo de su tiempo. Son un puñado de años que se notan no sólo en el apartado visual (que sí), sino en el tipo de historias y algunos convencionalismos típicos de la época y su sociedad. Son pequeños hándicaps que uno puede pasar más o menos por alto, pero que según como sea cada uno le irán lastrando poco a poco la experiencia.
En lo personal creo que es un comic notable, mejor que la media de comics de su época. Pero hay que juzgarlo a día de hoy, porque es cuando lo vamos a leer, y si no somos unos forofos de Dc es posible que haga un poco cuesta arriba.
Vale la pena? Sí. Lo recomiendo? No. Antes hay que leer muchas más cosas para ser capaz de leerlo como debió leerse en su momento.
De éste modo veremos las dinámicas de grupo, enfrentamientos contra villanos, una trama que crece, relaciones que se empiezan a formar... el inicio de algo que se huele como muy interesante y que ya en éste volumen consigue engancharnos.
Pero también es un comic hijo de su tiempo. Son un puñado de años que se notan no sólo en el apartado visual (que sí), sino en el tipo de historias y algunos convencionalismos típicos de la época y su sociedad. Son pequeños hándicaps que uno puede pasar más o menos por alto, pero que según como sea cada uno le irán lastrando poco a poco la experiencia.
En lo personal creo que es un comic notable, mejor que la media de comics de su época. Pero hay que juzgarlo a día de hoy, porque es cuando lo vamos a leer, y si no somos unos forofos de Dc es posible que haga un poco cuesta arriba.
Vale la pena? Sí. Lo recomiendo? No. Antes hay que leer muchas más cosas para ser capaz de leerlo como debió leerse en su momento.
December 26, 2021
Es uno de los mejores cómics de la colección y en verdad me sorprendió bastante, primero que nada debido a que desde ya la forma del dibujo de los cómics de antes tiende a no gustarme, prefiero mas el arte cinematográfico de los cómics que le dan actualmente. Pero de todas formas me gusto la trama, me gustaron los personajes, sobre todo debido al hecho de que si sentí unas vibras bastante fuerte a la caricatura de Cartoon Network. Me gusto ver a Chico Flash como miembro de los Jóvenes Titanes así como su interés romántico por Raven y también a Wonder Girl formando parte del grupo. Me gusto el desarrollo que tuvo Cyborg a lo largo del comic, junto con Robin como el buscaba separarse de Batman. También el enfrentamiento con la Liga estuvo muy bueno junto con el pasado de Raven así como la forma en que la madre de la misma quedó involucrada en el conflicto contra Trigon.
July 25, 2021
Es una agradable historia de origen del grupo, en la cual se pueden ir conociendo algunos aspectos de los personajes y en que momento personal los encuentra la conformación de los Nuevos Titanes. Aunque hay algunos aspectos de la historia que no me gustaron, creo que dichos elementos hay que situarlos en el contexto en el cual fue creada esta historia.
January 19, 2018
Uma fase muito boa, apresentando o grupo com desenhos excelentes de George Pérez e o desenvolvimento dos personagens tb é muito interessante, mesmo sendo um supergrupo Marv Wolffman encontra tempo para dedicar a cada personagem em cenas cotidianas. Quero seguir lendo essa série de encadernados.
December 4, 2018
This book is terrible. The writing is corny. The plots make no sense. The art is mediocre. An absolute POS that will mar my mind forever. Claremont and others wrote great stuff in this time period, so don't blame it on the age/generation.
September 7, 2022
Really enjoyed this. First time reading the New Teen Titans and really enjoyed it. The writing it really good, and the art is stunning. Usually not a fan of the 'cosmic' other galaxy/ universe type stories but I found myself drawn into this. Looking forward to reading Volume 2.
July 12, 2025
zoveel dialoog...
ik had hierover geplaatst op tumblr gwn random whatever en nu is t opeens een van mn meest gelikete posts HELP (nu nog steeds ook al was dat 2 maanden geleden, negeer hoe lang ik hierover heb gedaan)
ik had hierover geplaatst op tumblr gwn random whatever en nu is t opeens een van mn meest gelikete posts HELP (nu nog steeds ook al was dat 2 maanden geleden, negeer hoe lang ik hierover heb gedaan)
October 26, 2019
Fun quick read. Interesting stories and lots of wisecracking. Along with a few stories of reconciliation.
January 23, 2022
excelente
December 30, 2022
Calidad de dibujo excelente y una historia emocionante, aunque algo extensa
February 17, 2023
La historia es buena, pero usar tanta viñeta pequeña con mucho diálogo se me hizo muy lento de leer.
February 11, 2025
Había visto que le decían naive pero leyéndolo entiendo porque la dupla wolmannperez no tiene comparación
August 26, 2018
Edición distribuida en Argentina que aparentemente es igual a la española salvo por el ISBN.
November 23, 2021
I have come across a few bronze-age comics that aged well, and I was hoping that the New Teen Titans would be one of these. Sadly though, and despite having spectacular art for its time, that didn't turn out to be the case.
This reincarnation of the Titans introduces and tells the stories of each of Starfire; and her escape from the alien slave-traders, Cyborg; and the terrible accident that forced his dad to make him the way he is, Raven and Trigon, and the beginning of Slade's involvement with the Titans. These are good stories made for good characters that I love and cherish.
But besides his great addition to the Titans world, Marv's writing disappointed me. The New Teen Titans begins with the blue phantom of Raven invading Robin's dreams to convince him to reassemble the team. Instead of bringing everyone together and telling them directly though, she bewitches Wally to love her, lies to the rest of the team, and dramatically disappear into thin air at every opportunity to explain herself.
In the third issue, a team of five villains, lamely named the Fearsome Five, is collected by Dr. Light to turn the Titans against the JLA. Light continuously presses the importance of the group having five members. But why five? Why THESE five? How are they going to turn the Titans against the JLA? Neither me, you, nor Marv Wolfman knowns the answer. Nonetheless, the Fearsome Five host an awkward fight against the Titans. They beat them up, wipe their memories, and throw them back in their tower. That is it. That was their plan. And sure enough, after they wake up, the titans exchanging two and half a sentence with Raven (literally because they don't even let her finish explaining), then they go running to fight the JLA. I would love to explain this part, except I have no idea what was happening at that point.
The rest of the volume tells the story of Trigon and the Titans' struggle to stop him. As it turns out, Trigon was the one who influenced the assembling of the Five so that they would open him a portal into our dimension, which they do. This is when both the Titans and the JLA decide that they had enough with Raven's bullshit, although Ravens called them "friends" all the time. It appears that
her way of making friends wasn't as effective as she had hoped.
But wait, what if it IS effective given an extra ingredient. Perhaps some self-sacrifice? Why not add more world-ending drama? Yep, that would do it, for that is all the Titans needed to summon the power of friendship and run back to Trigon's dimension to kick his ass, and that they did.
Ironically, the final issue, which merely features an empty day in the Titans' life, was the most enjoyable, as it contained the least drama and held the most resemblance to the delightful CN animated series.
This reincarnation of the Titans introduces and tells the stories of each of Starfire; and her escape from the alien slave-traders, Cyborg; and the terrible accident that forced his dad to make him the way he is, Raven and Trigon, and the beginning of Slade's involvement with the Titans. These are good stories made for good characters that I love and cherish.
But besides his great addition to the Titans world, Marv's writing disappointed me. The New Teen Titans begins with the blue phantom of Raven invading Robin's dreams to convince him to reassemble the team. Instead of bringing everyone together and telling them directly though, she bewitches Wally to love her, lies to the rest of the team, and dramatically disappear into thin air at every opportunity to explain herself.
In the third issue, a team of five villains, lamely named the Fearsome Five, is collected by Dr. Light to turn the Titans against the JLA. Light continuously presses the importance of the group having five members. But why five? Why THESE five? How are they going to turn the Titans against the JLA? Neither me, you, nor Marv Wolfman knowns the answer. Nonetheless, the Fearsome Five host an awkward fight against the Titans. They beat them up, wipe their memories, and throw them back in their tower. That is it. That was their plan. And sure enough, after they wake up, the titans exchanging two and half a sentence with Raven (literally because they don't even let her finish explaining), then they go running to fight the JLA. I would love to explain this part, except I have no idea what was happening at that point.
The rest of the volume tells the story of Trigon and the Titans' struggle to stop him. As it turns out, Trigon was the one who influenced the assembling of the Five so that they would open him a portal into our dimension, which they do. This is when both the Titans and the JLA decide that they had enough with Raven's bullshit, although Ravens called them "friends" all the time. It appears that
her way of making friends wasn't as effective as she had hoped.
But wait, what if it IS effective given an extra ingredient. Perhaps some self-sacrifice? Why not add more world-ending drama? Yep, that would do it, for that is all the Titans needed to summon the power of friendship and run back to Trigon's dimension to kick his ass, and that they did.
Ironically, the final issue, which merely features an empty day in the Titans' life, was the most enjoyable, as it contained the least drama and held the most resemblance to the delightful CN animated series.
April 19, 2014
Marv Wolfman and George Perez relaunched the Teen Titans with a bang in 1980, and while the stories are a bit dated now, they still have a lot going for them. The art and the characters are lively, and the tone hits the balance between serious and light-hearted that I like best in comics.
What impresses me is how well Wolfman balances the team. Starfire, Raven, and Cyborg are such mainstays of the lineup now that it's hard to remember that they were new when these issues came out. Wolfman has to introduce these three characters while giving the four veterans their due, getting everyone's personalities on the page while leaving plenty of room for fights and gloating villains. Somehow he keeps all the balls in the air, and he makes it look easy.
What impresses me is how well Wolfman balances the team. Starfire, Raven, and Cyborg are such mainstays of the lineup now that it's hard to remember that they were new when these issues came out. Wolfman has to introduce these three characters while giving the four veterans their due, getting everyone's personalities on the page while leaving plenty of room for fights and gloating villains. Somehow he keeps all the balls in the air, and he makes it look easy.
June 3, 2019
Not the worst superhero teamup book I've ever read, but not the best. I appreciate Marv Wolfman's attempts to make the stories focused on the characters, but his themes of teenage angst and rebellion againt parental authority feel forced. The worst example is Cyborg, whose father saved his life by replacing half his body with bionic parts. He spends a good part of the book complaining about the fact his father replaced half his body with bionic parts, rather than thanking his lucky stars he didn't end up dead. Starfire hates her dad because he sold her into slavery, Raven hates her dad because her dad is Satan, and Robin hates Batman because, well... because he's a fascist, I guess. Wonder Girl and Beast Boy apparently don't hate their dads, but only because they're dead.
January 23, 2014
Obsesiones de la infancia, nada más que decir, no soy fanática de los comics norteamericanos pero los Jóvenes Titanes fueron una de esas series que amé cuando pequeña y quise retomarlo ahora como corresponde, me gustan mucho más las personalidades en este comics pero debo decir que odio sus vestimentas y los colores! De todas formas seguiré hasta el Vol. 3 donde todo parece mejorar.
February 7, 2010
Everyone loves an origin story.
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