{"id":31025,"date":"2024-12-05T18:15:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T18:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=31025"},"modified":"2024-12-05T18:15:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T18:15:47","slug":"teen-titans-year-one-new-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2024\/12\/05\/teen-titans-year-one-new-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen Titans: Year One (New Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Amy Wolfram<\/strong>, Karl Kerschl<\/strong> & Serge Lapointe<\/strong>, coloured by St\u00e9phane P\u00e9ru &<\/strong> John Rausch<\/strong>, lettered by Nick J. Napolitano<\/strong> (DC Comics)
\nISBN: 978-1-4012-6724-7 (TPB\/Digital edition)<\/p>\n

Win\u2019s Christmas Gift Recommendation: How Growing-Up-Super Really Feels\u2026 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

This book includes Discriminatory Content<\/strong> included for dramatic effect. <\/em><\/p>\n

The concept of kid hero teams was not a new one when DC finally entrusted their big heroes\u2019 assorted sidekicks with their own regular comic: \u00a0resulting in a fab, hip and groovy ensemble as dedicated to helping kids as they were to stamping out insidious evil.<\/p>\n

The biggest difference between juvenile wartime groups such as The Young Allies<\/strong>, Newsboy Legion<\/strong> and Boy Commandos<\/strong> or 1950s holdovers like The Little Wise Guys<\/strong> or Boy Explorers <\/strong>and the creation of the Teen Titans<\/strong> was quite simply the burgeoning phenomena of \u201cthe Teenager\u201d as a discrete social and commercial force. These were kids who could – and should – be allowed to do things themselves without constant adult \u201chelp\u201d or supervision. As early as The Brave and the Bold<\/strong> #54 (June\/July 1964), DC\u2019s Powers-That-Be tested the waters in a gripping tale by Bob Haney & Bruno Premiani teaming Robin<\/strong>, Kid Flash<\/strong> and Aqualad<\/strong>.
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\nThe wild punt was a huge hit and the kids – supplemented by Wonder Girl<\/strong> and Speedy<\/strong> – got their own title, offering teen tinged tales crafted by old(ish) white guys. To be fair, the sagas were certainly unlike anything else DC was concurrently producing and have certainly withstood the test of time as a peek at Teen Titans The Silver Age<\/a><\/strong> volumes 1 & 2 will confirm.<\/p>\n

However, ways in which society relates to kids – and vice versa – has changed radically since the hazy crazy, shimmery sixties, and this delicious dose of post-modern retro-revelation details how a new century and fresh thinking can reevaluate the trials and costs of growing up super. Originally released in 2008 as 6-part miniseries Teen Titans: Year One<\/strong>, this coming of ages yarn is packed with humour and pathos as well as action, making many memorable points whilst delivering a wonderful superhero romp. It was crafted by animation screen writer\/comics writer Amy Wolfram (Sym-Bionic Titan<\/strong>, Teen Titans<\/strong>, Teen Titans Go!<\/strong>, The Secret Saturdays<\/strong>, Supergirl<\/strong>, Legion of Super-Heroes<\/strong>) and Karl Kerschl (Adventures of Superman<\/strong>, Gotham Academy<\/strong>, All-Flash<\/strong>, Majestic<\/strong>) with the assistance of inker Serge Lapointe, colourists St\u00e9phane P\u00e9ru & John Rausch and letterer Nick J. Napolitano.<\/p>\n

Offering a compelling reinterpretation of those classic quirkily eclectic Silver Age sagas, there\u2019s a heavy emphasis on the kind of adults who would expose kids to violent thugs, murderers and psychopaths on a nightly basis… including the pressures involved all around and the coping mechanisms evolved to manage that kind of life…
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\nIt begins with the Boy Wonder distracted and painfully not meeting Batman\u2019s expectations, wasting time with some costumed sidekicks he\u2019s recently met. Soon the kids are trading stories and covertly working together against the likes of The Ant<\/em> and Ding Dong Daddy<\/em>, becoming overnight sensations as in the background, psionic monster the Antithesis<\/em> is making its move.<\/p>\n

It all gets crazy serious when the super-juniors realize their guardians and mentors are going off the rails and becoming increasingly dangerous to the world and themselves, and it’s now up to them to save the day and the world…
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\nDespite how heavy that all sounds, the epic exploit – originally entitled \u201cIn the Beginning…\u2019<\/em>, \u2018Flash in the Pan\u2019<\/em>, \u2018Young Heroes in Love\u2019<\/em> and \u2018Awakening\u2019<\/em> – is actually bright, breezy, inspiring and frequently hilarious, but it does pull no punches.<\/p>\n

Fast paced, funny, compelling and captivating, this is absolute escapism and absolutely delightful and you absolutely should get this book, Absolutely.
\n\u00a9 2008, 2024 DC Comics. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Amy Wolfram, Karl Kerschl & Serge Lapointe, coloured by St\u00e9phane P\u00e9ru & John Rausch, lettered by Nick J. Napolitano (DC Comics) ISBN: 978-1-4012-6724-7 (TPB\/Digital edition) Win\u2019s Christmas Gift Recommendation: How Growing-Up-Super Really Feels\u2026 9\/10 This book includes Discriminatory Content included for dramatic effect. The concept of kid hero teams was not a new one … <\/p>\n

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