The New Teen Titans Archives, Vol. 1 (DC Archive Editions) [Hardcover]

Marv Wolfman (Author)

Book Description

Series: New Teen Titans Archives | Publication Date: February 1, 1999

This collection reprints the legendary tale of how a group of super powered teenagers and sidekicks came together to form the New Teen Titans. Led by Robin, Wonder Girl, Starfire, Cyborg, Raven, the Changeling, and Kid Flash fight side by side against all manners of threats to the world. Including a monumental confrontation with their mentors, the Justice League of America, this book also features their first battle with Trigon the Terrible as well as the first appearance of one of their greatest enemies and sometimes ally, Deathstroke the Terminator.

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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: 240 pages
• Publisher: DC Comics (February 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563894858
• ISBN-13: 978-1563894855
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 0.8 x 10.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #935,174 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the best!, September 14, 1999

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This review is from: The New Teen Titans Archives, Vol. 1 (DC Archive Editions) (Hardcover)

The first ten issues of the New Teen Titans took the comic book world by storm in 1980 and 1981. It was DC Comics major push against Marvel's X-Men line. While there are some similarities between the two groups, the New Teen Titans quickly stood out on it's own. It catapulted the career of George Perez, and served to make Marv Wolfman one of the best writers in the field. I highly reccomend this if you like classic super hero stories, with good character development. I would go higher than 5 stars if I could.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First of the Modern Age Archives!, May 10, 2004

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Edmund Lau Kok Ming (Malaysia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The New Teen Titans Archives, Vol. 1 (DC Archive Editions) (Hardcover)

"The New Teen Titans" by Marv Wolfman and George Perez means a lot to many people. To some, like me, they represent some of the best comics entertainment during our growing-up years. Rereading it, I realized that it is still the most apt comic for the adolescent in all of us.

This DC Archive Edition reprints the first eight issues of the series along with the New Teen Titans' debut in "DC Comics Presents" (a backup feature in an impossibly hard-to-find issue). Perez's detailed art and Romeo Tanghal's tight inking are beautifully reproduced throughout - although certain panels appear a little darker than the original (the ink bleeds much better in the original newsprint).

The stories here are beautiful characterizations of teenagers who behave like teenagers - albeit endowed with powers and costumes. Read especially the story in issue 8, spotlighting the quieter, personal moments of each Titan. Other important points include the debut of Deathstroke the Terminator and Trigon - two classic Titans villains that continue to plague the team even in today's Geoff Johns penned series.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars With their superpowers they unite, January 26, 2004

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The New Teen Titans Archives, Vol. 1 (DC Archive Editions) (Hardcover)

This book reprints the first eight issues of The New Teen Titans. This series really revitalized DC Comics. At the time, most comics readers considered DC comics to be inferior to Marvel comics. Well, this series showed that DC could produce superhero comics every bit as good, if not better, than what Marvel was putting out. Marv Wolfman wrote great scripts that gave the old characters depths that hadn't been hinted at before, and also added intriguing new characters. Of course, the gorgeous artwork by George Perez helped, too. You should buy this book if you want to find out how good a superhero team comic can be.