Hey everyone! How's it going? I'm doing pretty well. I'm back with a comic book review. This week I am going to be reviewing a brand new comic book, Titans United #1 by Cavan Scott with pencils by Jose Luis and inks by Jonas Trindade. So let's get into it.
Titans United #1 is a great issue to take a peek into modern comics again, after not being able to keep up with comics on a regular basis in about four years. It brings memories of reading Devin Grayson's Titans from the early 2000s as well as some classic issues of Marv Wolfman and George Perez's New Teen Titans because of the tone. And while the team in this book has some similarities to the teams from both of those books, this team is actually the team shown in the third season of the TV show, which I've only seen the first episode of season 1 so far. Trust me I will be getting to it ASAP. You have Dick Grayson/Nightwing, in his classic Nightwing costume from the late '90s and the 2000s, Jason Todd/Red Hood who is a jerk, Donna Troy with no code name, Rachel Roth/Raven, Koriand'r/Starfire, Conner Kent/Superboy, and Garfield Logan/Beast Boy, with Henry Hall/Hawk, and Dawn Granger/Dove appearing at the end of the issue.
The basic plot of the story, without spoilers, is that a dude spontaneously starts using the powers of the Titans on the streets of San Francisco. But when the Titans try to stop him Superboy's powers fizzle out and the rest of the team is outmatched by their own abilities. Which isn't new since we've seen it with the Avengers, the Power Rangers, the Justice League when they've fought Amazo, when Spider-Man has fought Venom, and when Superman has fought other Kryptonians. So it's nothing new in comics or in superhero fiction in general. But it's interesting because I don't think the Titans have ever faced that sort of threat before in their long history. To be fair, I haven't read EVERY Teen Titans comic ever published, but I have read a decent amount of them over the years and I haven't read an issue where this has been done before. So it was cool to read.
Oh man, Jason Todd is unbearably annoying with his attitude in this issue. It's funny in a way, because that's how I remember Jason being all the way back in the comics from the '80s when he was Robin in the post-Crisis continuity. Of course it's that unlikeability which led to people voting to kill him off in Batman #'s 427 and 428. But you know, DC's not going to do that again when he's been a popular character since he returned as Red Hood in 2005. Not to mention from what I've heard about it, Jason is a major character on Titans.
This is a great issue. Like I said at the beginning it felt like I was reading Devin Grayson's Titans or Wolfman and Perez's New Teen Titans because the tone is so similar. I haven't kept up with much of what DC has been doing recently because alot of it hasn't been stuff I've been interested in. Particularly since Green Arrow is not being published right now, and the stuff they've been doing with Batman has been ridiculous. But I did enjoy this issue and I hope to get the rest of this series. Titans United is a seven issue limited series, so I should be able to either pick up all of the issues or at the very least get the trade paperback when it comes out, because this was great.
Alright my friends that's going to be it for me for today. Stay tuned for alot more comic book stuff coming your way because The Review Basement is becoming a comic book centric blog. Comic book reviews, comic book based movie and TV show reviews, and discussions about comic books will all be here. So stay tuned because I'll be back next week with another comic book topic. Until then, have a great week and I will talk to you all later. Take care.
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