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What a substantial “article” this one was.

I grabbed everything but Green Lanterns. Rebirth has been good for my LCS and I’ve been pretty excited to see what they are going to do from here on out. I honestly haven’t looked forward to each issue of Superman this much since John Byrne was on the book.

You and I are on the same page Shawn, though John Byrne was just a tad before my regular reading kicked in, my era was Ordway-Jurgens-Stern etc. Looking forward to reading Action next week!

real strong week, all titles were very good reads

Wow, what a clickbait title for reviewing such garbage material. Keep lowering the bar, Beat.

Skottie, I’m a bit tired of your insults here. One more and you’re out for good.

Being a fan of the Perez/Wolfman New Teen Titans, I originally was disappointed when Titans Hunt was more about the original team. That mini won me over and this book is probably the one that I looked forward to most after the Superman books. I’m not a big Brett Booth fan but I don’t think that he’s a bad choice here. I have faith that Dan Abnett will continue to have me anticipating this book every month.

“Skottie, I’m a bit tired of your insults here. One more and you’re out for good.” – Where is a Like button when you need one!

As a longtime Teen Titans fans (a TOO-long-time reader) it’s fascinating to see all the on-ramps for a property like this. The cartoons, the Perez/Wolfman series, etc.
I think the Filmation shorts sparked my interest in the old Nick Cardy comics – so long ago. Glad to see it still resonating with fans today.

I’m more of a Wolfman/Perez-era Titans reader myself but I think the choice to go with the original Titans is a good one.

First, it helps sell the back-to-basics concept. These characters are the core. Abnett really evoked the feeling of being in your early-20s where you spend all of your time with a tight-knit group of friends, doing random crap.

Second, trying to put in the Wolfman characters would have been a real mess. The New-52 has not been kind to Starfire, Changeling, Raven, Cyborg, Jericho, etc. It’d be a monumental task to walk them back from where they are now.

I wasn’t that impressed by the book. I thought it was the typical story of, hero mistakes other and fight only to end up friends after fight. Wally seemed to be able to “shock” them into remembering, but couldn’t with his wife? All a bit rushed and jammed into a single issue.
MY biggest complaint is the annoying hat Roy wears. I can overlook it now, but in the flashback sequences, he’s wearing it. Why lord, why?. Is he going bald? The other thing that stuck out was the bright happy colors of their costumes in the past compared to the darker tones, dark blue, grey, black colors now Look forward to the younger Teen Titan book scheduled

First things first: Nathan, I was looking for that “like” button too.

What interests me in this current iteration of the Titans is that, while it’s using (some) different characters, I think in Titans Hunt and here, Abnett has done a lot to capture the tone of the Wolfman/Perez group. Long-time friends who have been through a lot and love and trust each other. They’ve seen action, fallen in and out love, and have a lot of history together. Whether it’s Cyborg and Starfire and Changeling or Lilith and Wally and Garth, that resonates.

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loved the writing , great premise , the art was just ok, still a good read

Well, that sucks. Abnett was a good writer of Marvel’s cosmic stuff.

Well its not like he was getting any good projects for Marvel’s cosmic stuff and his latest stuff (Guardians of Infinity) feels a bit like those two miniseries after Thanos Imperative – Dan just going thru motions.

Guardians of Infinity and the latest Hercules series have been pretty bad. Hercules is the first comic in a long time I’ve quit reading mid-issue. (Some god of technology showed up and he spoke like a text message and that was the last straw.)

I assume that this Exclusive contract means like always “do not work for Marvel” and that Abnett will continue his 2000AD work.

Interesting line up. More street level without cyborg or breakout. It reminds a little of how Heroes worked on some ways.

Beastboy not breakout.

I’m surprised the pilot isn’t using the recent Earth One graphic novel as a blueprint. I thought it was quite good and streamlined the Titan’s origin very nicely, eliminating the whole sidekick angle that (to me) makes it difficult to translate this concept to other media.

I need to pick that up at some point. I’m a big Lemire fan and glad to hear positive words about it.