The New Teen Titans Archives Vol. 2

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Summary: With their superpowers they unite
Review: 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.

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Summary: George Perez at his best!
Review: This is an excellent collection of D.C.'s relaunch of the Teen Titans in the early 80's. Marv Wolfman and George Perez brought comics to a totally different level with this series. The books focused not only on the action necessary for comics (fun battles, great villians - - - especially the introduction of the Terminator in issue #2), but also explored the characters in detail - - - why were they doing this, what problems they faced, who was attracted to who, etc. The artwork is fantastic - - - George Perez is a master and draws every issue but one in this collection. The writing is also very good and for the time was exceptional. A little wordy compared to today's comic but still nothing to complain about. If you are looking to get into the D.C. archives series, this is a great place to start.

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Summary: Titanic: The Special Edition
Review: This was DC's answer to Marvel's X-Men. In many ways they succeeded. George Perez's intricate artwork is nothing short of breathtaking (he's still doing this today on Avengers). The artwork really benefits from the DC Archive format printing. In fact, this wonderful artwork helped to pioneer the use of the higher quality Baxter and Mando paper printing that they use today. Marv Wolfman and Perez took us behind the masks and explored these comic characters as people, a novel concept for its time. In time, each of the main characters grew into their own. This volume is the beginning of a long, successful run on the book by Wolfman and Perez as the Titans grew into a special, character-oriented book (as opposed to being mainly action-oriented). I hope that future DC Archive editions of the New Teen Titans will be coming soon.