The New Teen Titans Vol. 1 #1

1980 saw the return of the DC superhero team Teen Titans after being disbanded two years earlier with The New Teen Titans Vol. 1 #1. While the team still had Robin, Kid-Flash, and Wonder Girl from the previous roster, the new members include Raven, Starfire, Cyborg, and Beast Boy (here briefly called Changeling). The debut issue sees Robin being guided by Raven to form a new Teen Titans team so as to help rescue Starfire from aliens who have imprisoned her. This being the start of the series that would be the inspiration for the 2003 animated Teen Titans series, I can already see how much that shows owes to this roster. Marv Wolfman and George Pérez have such wonderful writing, managing to balance out the drama, big superhero tropes, and chemistry through the good dialogue. Being from its time you do get a lot of expositional dialogue and overdone narration, but between Wolfman and Pérez's writing, the lettering by Ben Oda, and editor Len Wein's work it doesn't get in the way too much. Especially as Pérez serves as the comic's main artist who, alongside inker Romeo Tanghai and colorist Adrienne Roy, all create highly detailed, colorful, and imaginative artwork. Considering this is only five years before Pérez worked on Crisis on Infinite Earths, it's no surprise why DC gave him the job for one of their first epic stories. If The New Teen Titans Vol. 1 #1 is any indication it's that this is the beginning to a fun and wonderful series. Over all: 100%

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