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World's Finest: Teen Titans
Led by Robin, the Boy Wonder, a new super-team has burst onto the scene—meet the Teen Titans, DC’s grooviest group filled with super-teens with super-problems. When they’re not fighting alongside their Justice League mentors, they’re managing their image and cultivating the rabid fan base that helps them save the world…as, all the while, a danger from the shadows intends to tear these friends apart before they ever reach the big time.Before they were the Titans of the DCU, they were the Teen Titans, and you won’t want to miss this fresh take on their origins from the legendary talents of Mark Waid and Emanuela Lupacchino!Collects World's Teen Titans #1-6.
161 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 21, 2024
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Mark Waid
2,965 books1,193 followersMark Waid (born March 21, 1962 in Hueytown, Alabama) is an American comic book writer. He is best known for his eight-year run as writer of the DC Comics' title The Flash, as well as his scripting of the limited series Kingdom Come and Superman: Birthright, and his work on Marvel Comics' Captain America.
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August 15, 2024
2.5 stars
Great artwork, but I didn't really feel like there was any substance plot-wise. The characters are going through normal teen things, which is fine. I would mostly recommend this to teen readers.
Great artwork, but I didn't really feel like there was any substance plot-wise. The characters are going through normal teen things, which is fine. I would mostly recommend this to teen readers.
November 7, 2024
the art was beautiful.
Since the description has ".Before they were the Titans of the DCU, they were..." I had expected this to take place in the past like 2012 at the latest. So all the technology and gen z/alpha memes & slang was very jarring. Any nostalgia was really removed. I mean it's not like the Fab Five use gen z slang as adults. Adult Roy and Dick didn't even know what "Netflix & Chill" means (they still don't know) ... even if it was side characters more using slang, fab five didn't grow up hearing it or they'd be less confused as adults...
And then GarthxDonna 🥴🥴🥴 instead of RoyxDonna was very very uncomfortable...
They even tried to be meta by claiming "every fan is shipping GarthxDonna" and I'm just like no literally no one is shipping GarthxDonna. It would have made more sense for Wally to find Kid FlashxRobin and SpeedyxRobin fanart... 💀
We could have had RoyxDonna nostalgia 😫 😢
Roy not having any idea how non-rich people live was also odd. Roy was probably poorer than Wally before Ollie adopted him???
Since the description has ".Before they were the Titans of the DCU, they were..." I had expected this to take place in the past like 2012 at the latest. So all the technology and gen z/alpha memes & slang was very jarring. Any nostalgia was really removed. I mean it's not like the Fab Five use gen z slang as adults. Adult Roy and Dick didn't even know what "Netflix & Chill" means (they still don't know) ... even if it was side characters more using slang, fab five didn't grow up hearing it or they'd be less confused as adults...
And then GarthxDonna 🥴🥴🥴 instead of RoyxDonna was very very uncomfortable...
They even tried to be meta by claiming "every fan is shipping GarthxDonna" and I'm just like no literally no one is shipping GarthxDonna. It would have made more sense for Wally to find Kid FlashxRobin and SpeedyxRobin fanart... 💀
We could have had RoyxDonna nostalgia 😫 😢
Roy not having any idea how non-rich people live was also odd. Roy was probably poorer than Wally before Ollie adopted him???
June 10, 2024
This a weird one. The art and colors really pop, have energy to them, and I never had a bad thing to say about those. Wait probably made the easiest version of the original Teen Titans to read, but it's also so jarring at times, referencing memes and being meta about comic conventions. It follows a very typical plot structure, and typical struggles between the cast. It's readable, and is probably easier to pick and read than anything of this team otherwise.
July 3, 2024
I’ve never liked the idea of incorporating social media or comic conventions into superhero stories, and I still don’t like it here, but this is hands down the best Teen Titans story in over 10 years. Every member of the team gets a small, but significant, character arc, and I think Waid does a great job here showing how and why the original Teen Titans grew close enough to consider each other family. Highly recommended, especially for anyone curious about the Teen Titans.
August 19, 2024
It’s not the worst I’ve ever read but it’s a complete waste of time. The plot and writing feels more appropriate for late elementary students. If you like the teen titans, don’t read this.
July 27, 2024
Mark Waid and Emanuela Lupacchino team up to update the sidekicks into the modern era with their World’s Finest: Teen Titans graphic novel. The six-issue miniseries places Robin, Speedy, Kid Flash, Bumblebee, Wonder Girl, and Aqualad in a more contemporary setting; all of the nostalgia now with smart phones, hashtags, and angst. The book deals with an overarching threat made up of former Titan tryout Haywire, who is assembling his own team as a means of embarrassing the kids who kicked him out months ago. However, the primary focus of the issues is in handling the drama each teenager faces on a daily basis. Robin is forbidden by a Batman from revealing anything about his past, causing distrust amongst his allies. Kid Flash feels like a sidekick among sidekicks, while the absentee mentorship of Green Arrow has Speedy constantly vying for attention. The relationship between Aqualad and Wonder Girl is built on similar upbringings, but his tranquil nature and her wild enthusiasm threatens to break them apart. Even Bumblebee feels the need to take on problems bigger than herself to make up for her own self-doubt. Since this is a feel-good book, things eventually work themselves out for the Teen Titans. Mark Waid has the unenviable task of sifting through nearly eighty years of classic characters and giving them a trendy coat of paint. His handle on the team interactions shows his respect for the genre, but Waid’s plot pacing falls inconsistently short across the tale’s scope. The art from Emanuela Lupacchino is impressive, mixing character studies and facial expressions with layered background panels and design work. The action sequences are more classic than current, but it fits with the theme. World’s Finest: Teen Titans gives new fans a look at favorite characters while giving older fans a chance to reminisce.
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October 17, 2024JLA: Year One was a pretty good series, but it was also 25 years ago, so it's already a slightly worrying sign if DC are getting the same writer to do the same trick again now, except with a less good superteam. On top of that, factor in the vagaries of the sliding timeline, so that these characters who've been around for decades, and even in current continuity are all grown-ass superheroes with extensive adult backstories, are here depicted as bickering kids finding missions through social media hashtags and making jokes about Left Shark. It's most glaring in the case of Speedy*, here presented as a preening livestreamer; to be fair, in all the years he's been around, the character is best-known for his smack habit and the issue where he tried and failed to sexually assault an ex before fighting Batman over a dead cat, so this is at least a plausible update to his existing characterisation as a prick. At its best, as when the team attend a fan convention devoted to them (highlight: Wonder Girl crashes the 'Wonder Girl: Empowered Hero or Manic Pixie Dream Girl?' panel), there's a hint of the meta, satirical take on the DCU I associate with Mark Russell. The treatment of her and Aqualad's contrasting reactions to American cities, after growing up in isolated fantasy kingdoms, also hits home (to Wonder Girl it's all impossibly exciting, whereas he finds the sensory processing a bit much after the ocean depths). More often, though, there are worrying reminders of how what used to be the best superhero universe has ended up in a position where some of its most bearable books are wheel-spinning failures to recapture past glories.
*Green Arrow's mini-me, and not the Titan with speed powers; to its credit, the first issue does have a joke about that.
*Green Arrow's mini-me, and not the Titan with speed powers; to its credit, the first issue does have a joke about that.
December 18, 2024
I’m not sure if I gave this higher rating that it deserved or not. The art for this one is what carries the comic book. The art is completely fabulous, but the story is lacking. I get that it’s vaguely aimed at newer readers, but instead of keeping it to a functionable timeline on when these characters should be a teenager based on their age in the current timeline of the comics, they just kind of threw that out the window. So they have these characters using slang and referencing memes that wouldn’t of been available at the time that the characters were actually supposed to be at the age that they are in this comic. So all those fans who grew up on the teen Titans Are kind of thrown for a loop because it doesn’t relate well to the current comics for a characters like Nightwing and Donna, Troy and Arsenal because they’re using slang and referencing things that would’ve been current to their adult selves, but not to their teenage cell. And it lacks any sense of nostalgia to what the comic books were originally for the Teen Titans. All the relationships seem offkilter and wrong so it just kind of made it vaguely uncomfortable to read, even though the art otherwise carried you through reading it.
June 29, 2024
World's Finest: Teen Titans sets the high bar for the best Titans book on the shelf. Waid creates a team that likes each other and can get the job done but still, butts heads as headstrong sidekicks just coming together should. It uses those simple, optimistic adventures as a way to explore the character relationships of the young heroes who will eventually grow into the characters we know. Robin takes center stage as we see his first steps into a leadership role and the uncertainty that comes with it. The last issue of the series was great and wish we could have had this much fun throughout the series. A lovely end to a lovely series, and another feather in Waid’s cap.
November 10, 2024
I loved Mark Waid's more positive spin on Batman and Superman in "World's Finest", and I love what he's doing with the Titans here.
Each of the team have their own little arc they're working through while also trying to figure out how to work as a team. It's the kind of teen angsty stuff I've seen before but it works because the characters are just so likeable, even Roy (eventually).
This might be the first time I've seen Emanuela Lupacchino's art, and it's a great introduction, it's clean and suits these characters and the story well.
Each of the team have their own little arc they're working through while also trying to figure out how to work as a team. It's the kind of teen angsty stuff I've seen before but it works because the characters are just so likeable, even Roy (eventually).
This might be the first time I've seen Emanuela Lupacchino's art, and it's a great introduction, it's clean and suits these characters and the story well.
September 16, 2024
A really solid and well-made story that updates the Teen Titans for modern times. Waid did a great job of making the team feel believably young and energetic without pandering, in a simple tale that finds its focus when focusing on the team’s interpersonal relationships, rather than the quippy action. A great little miniseries.
December 29, 2024
Book #23 of 2024: A fun 6-issue volume in which Mark Waid works his magic and captures each character’s unique personality. The art by Emanuela Lupacchino and Mike Norton is bright and energetic, fitting for stories about the Titans. Nice bonus of beautiful variant covers, sketches, and drawings throughout the volume and at the end.
May 28, 2024
Excellent addition to the fantastic World’s Finest run. Disappointed it was a limited series and we don’t get to see the group continue to evolve, but it got the most important thing right: Dick > Roy.
June 12, 2024
4.5
A fun, character-driven jaunt to the early Teen Titans. Hail, Waid!
A fun, character-driven jaunt to the early Teen Titans. Hail, Waid!
July 2, 2024
I’ve really enjoyed Mark Waid’s World’s Finest: Batman/Superman, so this Teen Titans spinoff was an easy sell.
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August 7, 2024
Kalau urusan meng-update superhero klasik jadi kekinian, Mark Waid memang juaranya/
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September 16, 2024Same problem as the normal World’s Finest, if Waid spent all his time writing personal stories like the Roy and Garth weekend at Wally’s issue this would be way better
October 15, 2024
Lot's of fun and I loved the pushback on Robin's leadership and Batman's opposition to Robin's stint with the Teen Titans. Loved the art.
November 9, 2024
It’s like… the power of friendship, you know?
December 29, 2024
This book was good. It was a coherent story of the Teen Titans learning to trust one another. It seemed to be trying to be more trendy than necessary, and I did not find the humor particularly funny.
January 2, 2025
3.75 stars
December 8, 2024
(3.5 stars)
teen titans u are so loved by me 💗💗💗💗💗
teen titans u are so loved by me 💗💗💗💗💗
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