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Teen Titans (2003) #9.5
Terror Titans
Join TEEN TITANS scribe Sean McKeever and artist Joe Bennett (52, CHECKMATE) for a journey into the darkest, coldest and most brutal corners of the teen Super Hero psyche!They stood against the Teen Titans, and now the Terror Titans spin off into their own miniseries! Their leader Clock King hatches a plan for his team of teenage legacy villains, as well as their deadly new member - the Teen Titans' own Ravager! But if he's to succeed, Clock King must first stabilize the underground metahuman gladiator arena known as the Dark Side Club!
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First published January 1, 2009
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Sean McKeever
537 books36 followersAfter writing indie comics (such as the ensemble teen-drama The Waiting Place) for six years, Sean got his big break writing an issue of The Incredible Hulk for Marvel Comics in 2001. Since then, Sean has written hundreds of comics for Marvel, DC Comics and other publishers, including notable runs on Sentinel, Inhumans, Mystique, Marvel Adventures Spider-Man, Gravity, Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane, Birds of Prey and Teen Titans.
Best known for delivering introspective, character-driven work, Sean also wrote several weeks of the Funky Winkerbean syndicated comic strip, much of which has been reprinted in the celebrated collection, Lisa's story: the other shoe.
In 2005, Sean won the Eisner Award for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition.
Sean continues to write comic books; he also writes for the videogame and animation industries.
Best known for delivering introspective, character-driven work, Sean also wrote several weeks of the Funky Winkerbean syndicated comic strip, much of which has been reprinted in the celebrated collection, Lisa's story: the other shoe.
In 2005, Sean won the Eisner Award for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition.
Sean continues to write comic books; he also writes for the videogame and animation industries.
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June 24, 2013
I had skipped over this volume when I was reading the last incarnation of Teen Titans, and I shouldn't have. It does fill in a few missing blanks. You'd get along without it, sure. But since it's actually pretty good, and features a goodly amount of well-written Ravager, it's certainly worth a read. I didn't enjoy it quite as much as I had Villains United, but it's a worthy tie in to Final Crisis, and I appreciate that it tied up a few loose ends.
February 16, 2019
I wrote this off when it first came out as a money-grab for Titans fans, but it turns out to be a well-written mini-series that offers some good continuity for both Teen Titans and Final Crisis.
Its heart is exactly what the title suggests: it's a great look at the Terror Titans, really characterizing them in ways that the Teen Titans comic never did. (The real shame is that they were never used after this mini-series.) And arch-villain Clock King gets great addition too. In addition, this series also closes up the whole fight-club plot that ran through the Teen Titans and Birds of Prey prior to this series.
Also, we get a lot of great Ravager, on leave from the Titans.
Overall, a great mini-series that needs to go right in any collection of Teen Titans v3 (and probably in any Final Crisis collection as well).
Its heart is exactly what the title suggests: it's a great look at the Terror Titans, really characterizing them in ways that the Teen Titans comic never did. (The real shame is that they were never used after this mini-series.) And arch-villain Clock King gets great addition too. In addition, this series also closes up the whole fight-club plot that ran through the Teen Titans and Birds of Prey prior to this series.
Also, we get a lot of great Ravager, on leave from the Titans.
Overall, a great mini-series that needs to go right in any collection of Teen Titans v3 (and probably in any Final Crisis collection as well).
March 23, 2022
I only read this for Static Shock’s first DCU appearance in comics, and it’s well worth the wait and actually pretty well done. He’d show up on Teen Titans after this, which was pretty cool too. Taking place during Final Crisis, Ravager has to locate Darkseid’s secret underground fighting ring for metahumans. Wouldn’t touch again but this was fine for what it was.
January 6, 2020
This was actually better than what I had expected.
August 16, 2025
It’s weird, how DC always chooses to depict Rose Wilson. Her life is one tragedy after another. Her motivations for everything that happens in this book could not have been more clear if you read the Teen Titans volume before it, and yet by the end they’re still as ambiguous about what she did as possible. It seems they still want you to think that the one and only person she cares about is herself. This just so obviously is not the case, in context. It’s as she said, she does have a moral code. Even as they tell you that, they’ll do everything in their power to try to make you believe otherwise.
I couldn’t talk about this book and not talk about the way Rose’s sexuality was exaggerated and used in comics at this point in time. I’ve now spent a lot of time with this character, so I feel confident in saying that her attitude (especially toward other girls) is a defense mechanism. She pushes people away so they can’t leave her first, and that’s why she never gets close to anyone. So while this book might not be the worst of this behavior from Rose, I can’t not bring it up. I don’t know that I believe she’s genuinely been interested in any of these guys, but most certainly not Clock King. Like, c’mon, give me a break. She was never interested in what they could’ve been. Why even bother writing such a thing? Ugh. She’s actually less of a girl-hater in this one, because the girl she’s always beefing with is always starting it.
Which brings me to my next point: the writing of female characters in this, but especially Angelica. My god. What a truly nothing of a character. There’s nothing more to her than her desperation for male attention and the way that will make her stop at nothing to punish any women who get in her way. What in the toxic male fantasy is this? At least you get the sense that there’s a little something more going on with the other Terror Titans— the reasons they are this way, and internal conflicts that come from that. There’s nothing to Disruptor. Gotta be some of the worst writing of a female character I’ve ever seen. What a shame.
And my final statement: how the ART depicts women! Oh my god! These are all teen girls, there’s no reason for them to be in the underwear so often! I’m so glad society has progressed enough that Teen Titans books don’t subject you to such bullshit anymore. I don’t care that they’re fictional, and I don’t care if mostly boys/men were reading these back in the day (or even now!). Still creepy to depict teen girls like this.
I couldn’t talk about this book and not talk about the way Rose’s sexuality was exaggerated and used in comics at this point in time. I’ve now spent a lot of time with this character, so I feel confident in saying that her attitude (especially toward other girls) is a defense mechanism. She pushes people away so they can’t leave her first, and that’s why she never gets close to anyone. So while this book might not be the worst of this behavior from Rose, I can’t not bring it up. I don’t know that I believe she’s genuinely been interested in any of these guys, but most certainly not Clock King. Like, c’mon, give me a break. She was never interested in what they could’ve been. Why even bother writing such a thing? Ugh. She’s actually less of a girl-hater in this one, because the girl she’s always beefing with is always starting it.
Which brings me to my next point: the writing of female characters in this, but especially Angelica. My god. What a truly nothing of a character. There’s nothing more to her than her desperation for male attention and the way that will make her stop at nothing to punish any women who get in her way. What in the toxic male fantasy is this? At least you get the sense that there’s a little something more going on with the other Terror Titans— the reasons they are this way, and internal conflicts that come from that. There’s nothing to Disruptor. Gotta be some of the worst writing of a female character I’ve ever seen. What a shame.
And my final statement: how the ART depicts women! Oh my god! These are all teen girls, there’s no reason for them to be in the underwear so often! I’m so glad society has progressed enough that Teen Titans books don’t subject you to such bullshit anymore. I don’t care that they’re fictional, and I don’t care if mostly boys/men were reading these back in the day (or even now!). Still creepy to depict teen girls like this.
January 23, 2018
I can't say this one impressed me. It was the only link to my favorite Teen Titans run that I hadn't read. Maybe if I had read more of the issues leading up to this one as a refresher I might have been in a better mindset?
I don't think that's it, though. I think I just didn't care about the characters. And when I don't care about the characters I don't tend to enjoy the book.
I don't think that's it, though. I think I just didn't care about the characters. And when I don't care about the characters I don't tend to enjoy the book.
August 8, 2022
Terror Titans seems like it could have been really good but Clock King's plan made little sense. The art by Joe Bennett was very good especially the many fight scenes. I hoped for more layers to Ravager's personality but not much changed. Overall, there were a ton of cliches here and some characters that will never be scene again but overall, it was decent story.
August 26, 2017
The Terror Titans acquit themselves better in this standalone spinoff, showcasing more of Clock King and the Dark Side Club. The characters are better defined, and the artwork is surprisingly crunchy.
June 6, 2017
Great read overall, and I would definitely recommend to any Rose Wilson fans!
March 14, 2018
en una palabra mediocre, la historia se salva un poco por la aparicion de Statick pero el resto es una promesa sin cumplir
August 7, 2020
An interesting experiment in a full anti-hero/villain team for DC that just does not hit the same notes as Thunderbolts for me.
December 8, 2010
My feelings about this can pretty much be summed up as: Ravager! Yay!
I really do like her, and she's been the one shining point in the whole mess of Teen Titans lately (although I've heard that it's improved and I do mean to try and get back into it). I wish this storyline had gone on longer -- not just so that there could be more Ravager in it, although I'm very much looking forward to her solo book -- but because the plot was only comprehensible given that I had not only already read Teen Titans: On the Clock, which leads into this story, but also read the recap of it given in Teen Titans: Changing of the Guard, and also because Miss Martian really could have been given much more to say; I did admire the subtlety of her work, but it's bizarrely subtle in a world of brightly-clad teenaged superheroes and a much more interesting take on her character than the shit she was given in Teen Titans.
I really do like her, and she's been the one shining point in the whole mess of Teen Titans lately (although I've heard that it's improved and I do mean to try and get back into it). I wish this storyline had gone on longer -- not just so that there could be more Ravager in it, although I'm very much looking forward to her solo book -- but because the plot was only comprehensible given that I had not only already read Teen Titans: On the Clock, which leads into this story, but also read the recap of it given in Teen Titans: Changing of the Guard, and also because Miss Martian really could have been given much more to say; I did admire the subtlety of her work, but it's bizarrely subtle in a world of brightly-clad teenaged superheroes and a much more interesting take on her character than the shit she was given in Teen Titans.
June 10, 2012
I'm normally not a fan of villain books, but this one was actually a lot of fun to read.
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