The New Teen Titans Archives, Volume 3 (DC Archive Editions) [Hardcover]

Marv Wolfman (Author), George Perez (Illustrator)

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Updating a 1960s series that teamed the kid sidekicks of DC's grown-up superheroes,The New Teen Titans was one of the most popular comic books of the 1980s. The characters were aged slightly from their sixties avatars, and a few original, new ones were added to fight beside Robin, Wonder Girl, and Kid Flash. Intended as an analogue of Marvel's phenomenally successful X-Men, the series rivaled its competitor's success thanks to Wolfman's scripts, effective mixtures of action and soap opera, and fan-favorite artist George Perez's meticulously detailed drawing. This volume gathers eight issues from the title's period of greatest popularity, four of them special numbers disclosing the early years of the newcomers created by Wolfman and Perez: half-man, half-machine Cyborg; mystical empath Raven; Changeling, who can transform into any animal; and alien princess Starfire. A different version of the team is published today, and the eighties lineup is on the Cartoon Network. Readers who enjoyed these stories the first time around will savor this remounting of them. Gordon Flagg
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About the Author

Marv Wolfman is the former Editor-In-Chief of Marvel Comics. He is a longtime comic writer who had long runs on Tomb of Dracula for Marvel, which is where Blade the Vampire Hunter made his first appearance and New Teen Titans for DC Comics. Blade was later adapted to film form with Wesley Snipes in the starring role. Wrote the landmark DC Comic series Crisis on Infinite Earths. Created the character 'Bullseye' for Daredevil comics. Created the current iteration of Robin (Robin III/Tim Drake) for DC comics. The character has remained popular for nearly twenty years and has its own self-titled long-running series

Product Details

• Hardcover: 228 pages
• Publisher: DC Comics (October 4, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401211445
• ISBN-13: 978-1401211448
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.8 x 10.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #327,953 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars go titans, February 13, 2008

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This review is from: The New Teen Titans Archives, Volume 3 (DC Archive Editions) (Hardcover)

this was the best era for the titans. the stories weret'n more than three issues long and didn't drag on and on. a must read for the fans of the current teen titans mag.

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, beautiful, corny, August 26, 2011

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This review is from: The New Teen Titans Archives, Volume 3 (DC Archive Editions) (Hardcover)

Great drawing, quite good characters, even if they seem pretty square (particularly midwest conservative Wally "Teen Flash" West. The volume covers "The New Teen Titans" issues 17-20, plus all four issues of a mini-series chronicling the origins of the members (one each issue - Cyborg, Raven, Changeling and Starfire are chronicled here - I guess they don't bother with Robin, Wonder Girl or Kid Flash as they're established characters).

Issue 17 is "The Possession of Francis Kane", which is a bit like Carrie, in that it is about a woman that seems possessed (but she's not possessed by a demon, rather possessed by Dr Polaris, trying to escape the dimension he's trapped in), and whose mother tries to exorcise her. Bizarre. Wally seems to be falling for Francis, forgetting about his lonely love for Raven. Action, destruction, helpless females. Starfire is on the cover, even though she's not in the book. Issue 18 is called "A Pretty Girl is like a Maladi", about a Russian bride-to-be who unknowingly brings radiation poisoning to the USA, and the Russian superhero Starfire who is sent to bring her back/put her out of her misery. Wally constantly insults him for being a Soviet murderer, but is put in his place at the end by a strange twist. Good one, but a bit melodramatic/pointless, like all of those stories about good guys fighting each other for stupid reasons (Spider-man vs The Fantastic Four, The Avengers vs The Hulk, etc). Teen Titans 19, "The Light Fantastic" is about Mr Light, a powerful but lame super-villain who escapes from jail and reanimates ancient Hindu relics that become rampaging monsters. With the help of Hawkman. So-so. "Dear Mom and Dad" is done in a letter format, with Wally writing a sentimental letter to his mom and dad about a day in the life of the New Teen Titans, and about how they bring down the Disrupter and his dad. The Disruptor has strange powers, he can disrupt anything, short circuiting people's superpowers or their regular bodily functions (heartbeat, etc). Crazy. Pretty gruesome villain, and a strange family feud goes on as well. The letter-writing thing is corny too.

The Mini-series. Issue 1 tells the strange, sad tale of Cyborg, how his relationship with his father was poisoned, and how he ran into fair weather friends, like a thug called Ron, who become some sort of Black Panther. Nasty story, but good story telling. Issue 2 tells Raven's story, and it is about trippy-trans-dimensional demons like Trigon, and the people of the world of Azarath, and the godmother of the clan Azar. Issue 3 tells Changeling's story, and it is kind of silly and jumps all over the place, not the better tale. Issue 4 tells the story of Starfire, and it is the best of the bunch, showing a young Koriand'r as she deals with her evil older sister Kommand'r, the evil Citadel, the even-more-evil Psions, and her eventual flight to earth, away from her father King Miand'r, mother Luand'r, and brother Riand'r.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Item description is misleading..., September 4, 2007

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This review is from: The New Teen Titans Archives, Volume 3 (DC Archive Editions) (Hardcover)

OK, the item description on this volume is a bit misleading. About 1/2 of this book is what I expected and enjoyed very much, but the other half is not collected from the regular series, "New Teen Titans", but from a inferior spin off series called "Tales of the New Teen Titans". The tales are in depth origins of Raven, Starfire, Changeling, and Cyborg - these tales are not very engaging, and should not have been reprinted in this collection.