A review by bluehairedlibrarian
The New Teen Titans, Vol. 1 by George Pérez, Romeo Tanghal, Marv Wolfman
adventurous
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I was seriously disappointed with this first volume of what has always been touted as a classic of the DC superhero canon. The characters are very flat and wishy-washy, never really having much of a motive or reason for doing what they're doing. They also are often quite confused about why they're doing anything in the first place.
Raven acts pretty much like a puppet master, pulling the strings of the other Titans to get them to form a team and do what she wants. She never explains anything and often changes her mind, and it's all very annoying when she's sending these other kids to fight while whining about being a pacifist. None of the characters really get fleshed out until the final issue when it stops being about beating things up and instead we get a bit of time with each character as they live a relatively normal life for a bit.
Also the Fearsome Five as a group is pretty silly with goofy powers and goofier costumes. I know that's very much 80s comics at the time, but I thought it was much better done in the second volume with similar types of villain groups.
Raven acts pretty much like a puppet master, pulling the strings of the other Titans to get them to form a team and do what she wants. She never explains anything and often changes her mind, and it's all very annoying when she's sending these other kids to fight while whining about being a pacifist. None of the characters really get fleshed out until the final issue when it stops being about beating things up and instead we get a bit of time with each character as they live a relatively normal life for a bit.
Also the Fearsome Five as a group is pretty silly with goofy powers and goofier costumes. I know that's very much 80s comics at the time, but I thought it was much better done in the second volume with similar types of villain groups.