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Titans United #1–7
Titans United
The Titans face their greatest challenge—their own powers! Nightwing, Donna Troy, Superboy, Starfire, Raven, Beast Boy, and Red Hood kick off a thrilling new case that will lead one of their own to question not only their place on the team, but their very existence. Collects Titans United #1-7.
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First published September 20, 2022
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Cavan Scott
844 books435 followersis a freelance comic writer and author. He is best known for his work on a variety of spin-offs from both Doctor Who and Star Wars, as well as comics and novels for Vikings, Pacific Rim, Sherlock Holmes, and Penguins of Madagascar.
Cavan Scott, along with Justina Ireland, Claudia Gray, Daniel Jose Older, and Charles Soule are crafting a new era in the Star Wars publishing world called Star Wars: The High Republic. Cavan's contribution to the era is a comic book series released through Marvel Comics titled Star Wars: The High Republic.
Cavan Scott, along with Justina Ireland, Claudia Gray, Daniel Jose Older, and Charles Soule are crafting a new era in the Star Wars publishing world called Star Wars: The High Republic. Cavan's contribution to the era is a comic book series released through Marvel Comics titled Star Wars: The High Republic.
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May 5, 2022
This was a pretty fun read!
So it basically a copy of the titans show but not tying into it and we have standard stuff when people suddenly get powers of different heroes, the Titans have to stop them but turns out there maybe ore to this and then they get attacked by Lady Vic and we see the team fight her and then the disappearance of Superboy and the invasion by Blackfire and another new enemy which they maybe familiar with and more secrets and fights until the true reason for the invasion is revealed and we see who the threat is, so can the Titans come together and save the world and prevent invasion?
Its all pretty standard stuff, invasion and all but what I like is the character progression of Conner and it challenges him for sure in a fun way and his banter with Red Hood is epic and makes for a fine read an dthose are the moments the book is at its best, the villains are pretty standard stuff and feels like we have read these sort of stories many times but what I like is that by the end Kori and Kom are back saving their planet and Titans save the day though I would have liked other characters get some spotlight too but the art was great and the fight scenes impeccable and its a really good looking book with pretty standard book. So makes for a good one time read.
So it basically a copy of the titans show but not tying into it and we have standard stuff when people suddenly get powers of different heroes, the Titans have to stop them but turns out there maybe ore to this and then they get attacked by Lady Vic and we see the team fight her and then the disappearance of Superboy and the invasion by Blackfire and another new enemy which they maybe familiar with and more secrets and fights until the true reason for the invasion is revealed and we see who the threat is, so can the Titans come together and save the world and prevent invasion?
Its all pretty standard stuff, invasion and all but what I like is the character progression of Conner and it challenges him for sure in a fun way and his banter with Red Hood is epic and makes for a fine read an dthose are the moments the book is at its best, the villains are pretty standard stuff and feels like we have read these sort of stories many times but what I like is that by the end Kori and Kom are back saving their planet and Titans save the day though I would have liked other characters get some spotlight too but the art was great and the fight scenes impeccable and its a really good looking book with pretty standard book. So makes for a good one time read.
February 13, 2024
This was fine. Pretty standard "Teen" Titans storyline to be honest, with a couple of Cavan Scott flourishes. Not sure why Red Hood is even in this besides to be a constant dickhead to his ostensible teammates who are all more powerful and/or experienced than he is.
April 13, 2025
I really enjoyed this book. Actually, I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I like that this is not the "Teen" Titans. I prefer superheroes getting older and adding to their experience. Great artwork and lots of action.
Suddenly, former and current low-level criminals are developing powers of the greatest superheroes. Where are these heroes who have taken a year to learn how to control their powers? The criminals have no control, and some do not want any. On the other hand, Super Boy seems to be losing his powers and his identity. Is he just a failed clone of Superman destined to be forgotten in Superman's shadow. There is also a family reunion on the horizon.
It's a great epic story with nothing short of the faith of the world at stake. I like the two teams of the Titans working together. Nightwing is a natural leader, Red Hood is there to question every order but gets the job done and is more observant than people give him credit for.
Suddenly, former and current low-level criminals are developing powers of the greatest superheroes. Where are these heroes who have taken a year to learn how to control their powers? The criminals have no control, and some do not want any. On the other hand, Super Boy seems to be losing his powers and his identity. Is he just a failed clone of Superman destined to be forgotten in Superman's shadow. There is also a family reunion on the horizon.
It's a great epic story with nothing short of the faith of the world at stake. I like the two teams of the Titans working together. Nightwing is a natural leader, Red Hood is there to question every order but gets the job done and is more observant than people give him credit for.
September 1, 2024
Despite being completely unoriginal and uninspired narratively, this can actually be pretty fun at times. The line-up mirrors that of the HBO max series, but keeps the visuals of the characters more in line with traditional comic appearances and takes personality traits from both. However, it acts as a standalone rather than slotting into any specific continuity. The plot overcomplicates itself before flat lining and resolving in typical 'it's all fine' fashion, but the real concern is the complete change in Superboy's hairline....Poor lad.
April 1, 2022
The art is passable. I'm not saying the writer isn't a fan of the Titans. I'm just saying they have no business writing the Titans. Everyone stands around while Black fire kinda brings an invasion to earth. Don't worry. It all hastily resolves in the last issue. Status quo preserved!
May 6, 2022
If you're looking for an average story that gets you up to speed on the Titans/Teen Titans, this will fit the bill. You get a basic introduction to the Titans. They're saving the day and righting wrongs as per usual.
Oh no! Weird stuff is happening. Conner Kent is broken (yet again). People are spontaneously getting Titans based powers (and they're kicking the Titans butts inadvertantly). Whatever will we do? Pray that a villain pops up to give you some exposition that makes this all make sense.
Oh look! It's Komand'r (more Titan history dropped) Titans together, fight the bad guy, save the world.
Bonus: Superboy came back from Gemworld...for THIS?
Bonus Bonus: Black Zero? Hello cliche villain name.
Oh no! Weird stuff is happening. Conner Kent is broken (yet again). People are spontaneously getting Titans based powers (and they're kicking the Titans butts inadvertantly). Whatever will we do? Pray that a villain pops up to give you some exposition that makes this all make sense.
Oh look! It's Komand'r (more Titan history dropped) Titans together, fight the bad guy, save the world.
Bonus: Superboy came back from Gemworld...for THIS?
Bonus Bonus: Black Zero? Hello cliche villain name.
October 1, 2022
Just in time for Titans Season 3, a very familiar looking set of characters face off against another familiar set of characters. Can you say corporate synergy?
The point of this series seems to be 'Do you want to see everyone from Titans Season Three again in a completely unrelated adventure set in the DC Universe proper?'. If your answer is yes, then you can add another star to this one.
Otherwise, it comes across a tiny bit desperate. There's nothing wrong with the story Cavan Scott unfolds here, and most of the characterisation is closer to the usual DCU characters than their Titans counterparts, but it does seem a little weird to have people like Jason Todd on the team when he's never usually around. The whole Black Zero thing with Superboy is also super weird, but that's for different reasons.
On art is José Luis, who does a solid job. Nothing massively impressive, but six well rendered issues that get the job done, which is nothing to sniff at.
Titans (TV series) fan? Then you'll probably love this. Normal Titans fan? This'll scratch an itch, but it might leave you with a different one. And if you like both, like me, then you'll probably just be confused as to why this book is the way it is. There's worse out there though, and since we don't seem to be getting much else in the way of Titans content for a while, I'll take what we can get.
The point of this series seems to be 'Do you want to see everyone from Titans Season Three again in a completely unrelated adventure set in the DC Universe proper?'. If your answer is yes, then you can add another star to this one.
Otherwise, it comes across a tiny bit desperate. There's nothing wrong with the story Cavan Scott unfolds here, and most of the characterisation is closer to the usual DCU characters than their Titans counterparts, but it does seem a little weird to have people like Jason Todd on the team when he's never usually around. The whole Black Zero thing with Superboy is also super weird, but that's for different reasons.
On art is José Luis, who does a solid job. Nothing massively impressive, but six well rendered issues that get the job done, which is nothing to sniff at.
Titans (TV series) fan? Then you'll probably love this. Normal Titans fan? This'll scratch an itch, but it might leave you with a different one. And if you like both, like me, then you'll probably just be confused as to why this book is the way it is. There's worse out there though, and since we don't seem to be getting much else in the way of Titans content for a while, I'll take what we can get.
July 17, 2022
It was going to be five stars, because of how much I love this team together, but the ending felt like a little too hasty.
January 7, 2024
This book was terrible. Absolutely atrocious. I don’t know where it falls in the timeline, and I don’t care, I just wish I hadn’t read it.
I knew things weren’t going to pan out with this book the moment Garfield Logan started his chauvinistic crap—and that was on page two. Things went downhill from there.
At first I didn’t notice it, but then I couldn’t unsee how the ladies’ were drawn in extravagant poses with particular focus on their derrières. The dudes did not have that, and if their derrières were in frame, it was flat and the curves did not show. Of course, the reason the sexualisation of the women’s outfits caught my eye was because Lady Vic has the world’s stupidest outfit. There is no way she could move a muscle without flashing everyone, and yet we’re supposed to believe she can perform complex fights with pieces of thread stuck on her. That irritated me so much.
The story did not redeem the book. People start turning up wielding the Titans’ power but they don’t last long. In the mean time, Conner’s powers keep fritzing. Is it connected? Well, the Titans need to figure it out. Everything happens in this book, and it’s all annoying. I’ve never found the Titans this grating in my life. They’re not funny, their banter isn’t cute; they’re just a bunch of angry, mean cretins. Garfield is always an irritant, but my goodness Jason was the pits. I love the guy (though I’m no expert on him, and I know he’s had less-than-stellar runs as a human being) but I wanted to bash his head in. Nightwing comes off as a bad leader because he doesn’t talk the fights in his team down, doesn’t give people a talking to, or take the time to understand why they’re behaving this way. He doesn’t even try to keep the peace—Nightwing is a character not a leader in this book. It doesn’t help that Conner is on this woe-is-me trip; there’s no preamble to his insecurity, so he just comes across as a whinge.
There are several villains in this book, and the Titans keep collecting them like they’re lost children. It’s such an odd, cyclical trope in this book. In fact, a lot of this book is the same plot device and story idea repeated in each issue. Plus, so many cop out deaths. Don’t pretend you’re going to kill off characters, when you have no interest in doing so, it looks so bad!
What was most frustrating about this book was how a supposedly cruel villain is introduced late in the game, one with history with the team, and it turns out that person was not the bad guy but was trying to help? My brain cannot process why they thought that bait-and-switch would work, because it sucked.
What drove home the book’s terrible quality was how none of the characters had a distinctive voice, with many of them repeating phrases, idioms, metaphors, etc over and over. Two different people, who didn’t overhear each other, say “and all that jazz”, stuff like that. You can’t make out the different characters because they all sound the same.
All in all, this was a dreadful book with bad writing and extremely poor plotting. Hard pass.
I knew things weren’t going to pan out with this book the moment Garfield Logan started his chauvinistic crap—and that was on page two. Things went downhill from there.
At first I didn’t notice it, but then I couldn’t unsee how the ladies’ were drawn in extravagant poses with particular focus on their derrières. The dudes did not have that, and if their derrières were in frame, it was flat and the curves did not show. Of course, the reason the sexualisation of the women’s outfits caught my eye was because Lady Vic has the world’s stupidest outfit. There is no way she could move a muscle without flashing everyone, and yet we’re supposed to believe she can perform complex fights with pieces of thread stuck on her. That irritated me so much.
The story did not redeem the book. People start turning up wielding the Titans’ power but they don’t last long. In the mean time, Conner’s powers keep fritzing. Is it connected? Well, the Titans need to figure it out. Everything happens in this book, and it’s all annoying. I’ve never found the Titans this grating in my life. They’re not funny, their banter isn’t cute; they’re just a bunch of angry, mean cretins. Garfield is always an irritant, but my goodness Jason was the pits. I love the guy (though I’m no expert on him, and I know he’s had less-than-stellar runs as a human being) but I wanted to bash his head in. Nightwing comes off as a bad leader because he doesn’t talk the fights in his team down, doesn’t give people a talking to, or take the time to understand why they’re behaving this way. He doesn’t even try to keep the peace—Nightwing is a character not a leader in this book. It doesn’t help that Conner is on this woe-is-me trip; there’s no preamble to his insecurity, so he just comes across as a whinge.
There are several villains in this book, and the Titans keep collecting them like they’re lost children. It’s such an odd, cyclical trope in this book. In fact, a lot of this book is the same plot device and story idea repeated in each issue. Plus, so many cop out deaths. Don’t pretend you’re going to kill off characters, when you have no interest in doing so, it looks so bad!
What was most frustrating about this book was how a supposedly cruel villain is introduced late in the game, one with history with the team, and it turns out that person was not the bad guy but was trying to help? My brain cannot process why they thought that bait-and-switch would work, because it sucked.
What drove home the book’s terrible quality was how none of the characters had a distinctive voice, with many of them repeating phrases, idioms, metaphors, etc over and over. Two different people, who didn’t overhear each other, say “and all that jazz”, stuff like that. You can’t make out the different characters because they all sound the same.
All in all, this was a dreadful book with bad writing and extremely poor plotting. Hard pass.
May 12, 2025
This was kind of a mess.
-I don’t believe for a second that Blackfire could have taken over the world with this plan. “The Justice League is off-planet” schtick just felt like a lazy way of explaining why this was high stakes - when it really didn’t need to be high stakes and didn’t even make sense as a global event. This could have been one city being impacted and that would have been fine.
-This makes Nightwing look like a completely incompetent leader. He literally has team members punching each other in the face and running off against orders and he doesn’t do anything except stand in the background making surprised pikachu face.
-Red Hood does nothing and shouldn’t be here. His role is to antagonise everyone else and then be the butt of jokes.
-Speaking of jokes, the humour was completely flat. Someone insults Jason and he says “Hey!” Someone insults him again and he says “Hey again!” It’s so bland.
-Superboy is brainwashed(?) and turns against the team. He attacks them and injures Raven and Donna. It’s not clear if Blackfire just manipulated him or if she did something to him. The basis of this is that he loses his powers and Jason calls him average and then Dick temporarily forbids him from joining a mission until they work out what’s going on. Really cutting stuff. Then he randomly stops attacking them and helps them again with no explanation. Then it’s revealed that he wasn’t fighting them at full strength. I am so confused. Was he: a) brainwashed and snapped out of it; b) being the most pathetic whiny person I’ve ever seen and backed out of hurting people badly at the last second; or c) playing some kind of long con to try and trick Blackfire? Who knows. Honestly I don’t think the writers know, they were too distracted by manufacturing stupid plot lines for drama that only managed to make Connor come across as pathetic and overly emotional.
-The writing generally was just bad. Two different characters using exactly the same phrases (Pot. Kettle. Black). Starfire and Blackfire’s history being used as a prop for Superboy who has no background with either character. Lazy plotting, lazy resolution.
1.5 stars purely because I like the Titans as a team, but this really had nothing else going for it.
-I don’t believe for a second that Blackfire could have taken over the world with this plan. “The Justice League is off-planet” schtick just felt like a lazy way of explaining why this was high stakes - when it really didn’t need to be high stakes and didn’t even make sense as a global event. This could have been one city being impacted and that would have been fine.
-This makes Nightwing look like a completely incompetent leader. He literally has team members punching each other in the face and running off against orders and he doesn’t do anything except stand in the background making surprised pikachu face.
-Red Hood does nothing and shouldn’t be here. His role is to antagonise everyone else and then be the butt of jokes.
-Speaking of jokes, the humour was completely flat. Someone insults Jason and he says “Hey!” Someone insults him again and he says “Hey again!” It’s so bland.
-Superboy is brainwashed(?) and turns against the team. He attacks them and injures Raven and Donna. It’s not clear if Blackfire just manipulated him or if she did something to him. The basis of this is that he loses his powers and Jason calls him average and then Dick temporarily forbids him from joining a mission until they work out what’s going on. Really cutting stuff. Then he randomly stops attacking them and helps them again with no explanation. Then it’s revealed that he wasn’t fighting them at full strength. I am so confused. Was he: a) brainwashed and snapped out of it; b) being the most pathetic whiny person I’ve ever seen and backed out of hurting people badly at the last second; or c) playing some kind of long con to try and trick Blackfire? Who knows. Honestly I don’t think the writers know, they were too distracted by manufacturing stupid plot lines for drama that only managed to make Connor come across as pathetic and overly emotional.
-The writing generally was just bad. Two different characters using exactly the same phrases (Pot. Kettle. Black). Starfire and Blackfire’s history being used as a prop for Superboy who has no background with either character. Lazy plotting, lazy resolution.
1.5 stars purely because I like the Titans as a team, but this really had nothing else going for it.
October 21, 2025
Omfg best titan book I’ve read so far it was so good. The banter all throughout this book between all the characters is PEAK. The comedy? Peak omg we saw KITE MAN. AND HE WAS HILARIOUS. I loved the tom Taylor run and didn’t expect it to get better than that but it so did. I originally wasn’t going to give this book a chance because I heard it was based off the live action show, but I’m so grateful I picked it up anyway. Honestly, what makes us stand out is the witty writing but also Starfire’s presence my biggest critique in every Titan run. I’ve read so far is how sideline Starfire is. Not only does she play a major role in the main plot of this run, but we also see blackfire and I loved it. And something I’ve always wanted, but never thought I would see done is kind of a rekindling of their relationship in my mind that seemed very unrealistic because of their history, but I love how was it was done in this. I just love seeing the rekindling of a traumatic bond. Starfire played a somewhat of a role to the main plot in the Tom Taylor run, but she’s done so much better in this one and I’m so grateful for that. She’s always been my favorite Titan and I feel like she’s never given the spotlight she deserves.
I absolutely hated red hood in the beginning, but the last couple panels really saved it for me. His relationship with Superboy is just too funny for him to have been removed, but I was originally hoping he would die off or something. I’m very disappointed with the lack of cyborg though.
The one thing I hated about the Tom Taylor run was the relationship of Raven and Garfield. I wrote a review on that one as well, but it was so cringe and annoying and took up way too much pages. Like there’s no reason for us to cut from the main plot to this therapy session between Raven and beast boy in his brain. I love that this book saved the ship for me because it was cute and witty and didn’t do too much. Raven and beast boy is not one of those kinds of relationships where it should be a main plot otherwise it’s ruined.
Only con: the titans were heavily nerfed. The titans in their peak could’ve handled all of those villains on a standard villain of the weak basis. But since this read was more comedic I excused it.
I absolutely hated red hood in the beginning, but the last couple panels really saved it for me. His relationship with Superboy is just too funny for him to have been removed, but I was originally hoping he would die off or something. I’m very disappointed with the lack of cyborg though.
The one thing I hated about the Tom Taylor run was the relationship of Raven and Garfield. I wrote a review on that one as well, but it was so cringe and annoying and took up way too much pages. Like there’s no reason for us to cut from the main plot to this therapy session between Raven and beast boy in his brain. I love that this book saved the ship for me because it was cute and witty and didn’t do too much. Raven and beast boy is not one of those kinds of relationships where it should be a main plot otherwise it’s ruined.
Only con: the titans were heavily nerfed. The titans in their peak could’ve handled all of those villains on a standard villain of the weak basis. But since this read was more comedic I excused it.
October 25, 2025
2,5
Puh, ich gebe zu, ich kenne mich mit den Titans nicht so gut aus wie mit den Robins. Aber das hier war echt messy. Die Storyline wirkt sehr hingepfuscht und innerhalb des Teams hetzen sie sich gegenseitig aufeinander auf. Warum Red Hood hier war, außer um blöde Sprüche zu reißen und Connor zu reizen, weiß ich nicht. Die Zeichnungen waren mir ehrlich gesagt auch ein Dorn im Auge, denn die Übersexualisierung von den weiblichen Charakteren war schon sehr auffällig. Mir ist klar, dass die Übersexualisierung leider verbreitet ist im Comic Bereich, aber hier hat es mich doch gestört, weil die männlichen Superhelden normal gezeichnet waren und die Frauen übertrieben.
Puh, ich gebe zu, ich kenne mich mit den Titans nicht so gut aus wie mit den Robins. Aber das hier war echt messy. Die Storyline wirkt sehr hingepfuscht und innerhalb des Teams hetzen sie sich gegenseitig aufeinander auf. Warum Red Hood hier war, außer um blöde Sprüche zu reißen und Connor zu reizen, weiß ich nicht. Die Zeichnungen waren mir ehrlich gesagt auch ein Dorn im Auge, denn die Übersexualisierung von den weiblichen Charakteren war schon sehr auffällig. Mir ist klar, dass die Übersexualisierung leider verbreitet ist im Comic Bereich, aber hier hat es mich doch gestört, weil die männlichen Superhelden normal gezeichnet waren und die Frauen übertrieben.
December 29, 2023
I believe (read this somewhere) this is based in the tv show Titans? And if so, it would make more sense-because one of the big plot points is that Connor (Don't call me Superboy) is brainwashed by Coriander (the space, not spice warrior) and the Titans have to take him down. A lot of issues for this to happen while other NPCs are randomly getting powers. Also on the Kindle version, a page is out of order and it "spoiled" (if I cared) the end and didn't make sense when I saw it. Very confusing for me, a doofus.
November 11, 2022
This was a bit odd just because it clearly wasn't set in the current DC Universe or in the TV show. It's more of an evergreen story I guess with most of the core Titans plus Superboy and the Red Hood. Random people across the Earth start getting powers. Then Blackfire somehow gets involved. It's best not to think about the story or it starts to fall apart. The art is fine but nothing special.
July 21, 2025
(3.5 stars rounded to 4) This was okay. It would be good for a self-contained intro to the titans, I think, and the art is fun. I felt like the story was kind of lazy writing at times, especially with the role Red Hood played (I think he was just there as a catalyst for Super Boy's spiral?) Just felt sort of juvenile at times, but overall I didn't think it was a bad read.
August 28, 2025
Spectacular artwork. Since this came out at the time of the Titans TV series the team consists of the same members included in the show. It starts off interesting, but later on it feels like many other stories I've read before.
November 3, 2022
Was für eine Grütze. Plot, Aufbau, Dialoge -
einfach alles ist lieblos.
einfach alles ist lieblos.
November 22, 2022
Me gustó ver de nuevo a los titanes
February 8, 2023
So much fun to read, got to love the titans. And blackfire is up to her normal tricks.
February 16, 2023
3.5.
Big invasion style event. I do chuckle when only one group can solve the problem. Really no Bats and Sups…only the Titans can stop it (if they do).
Big invasion style event. I do chuckle when only one group can solve the problem. Really no Bats and Sups…only the Titans can stop it (if they do).
May 10, 2023
starfire looked so good here <3 also jason with the titans wasn't something i expected to see but i loved it
August 11, 2023
This was incredibly middling. I didn’t love it. Didn’t hate it. This graphic novel would fall on 😐 on the Wong-Baker Pain Scale.
October 13, 2023
It was okay. Not great. I bought it on accident so read it.
April 30, 2024
Love the art, love the story. Was a big suprise so me how much I loved this book.
May 21, 2024
Decent Titans collection with your usual alien invaders set up in the backdrop of sibling rivalry. Wonderful art, tight dialogues, pretty routine but fun story.
June 14, 2025
Generally pretty mid, but fun. It definitely suffer from the “all the other heroes are busy” trope.
October 3, 2025
While it was great to see the HBO Titans again, it just didn't really connect with me
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