Tag Archives: Teen Titans

Age of Lost Arrows

by windiebird

(Cover by Rafael Albuquerque, Vertigo Comics)

American Vampire 12 has Rafael Albuquerque taking a break on art duties for a one-shot detailing Skinner Sweet’s head on collision with the 20th century. Old enemies and faces are solicited to appear when Skinner finds himself at an Old West show…

(Cover by Rodolfo Migliari, DC Comics)

More forest, more Demon and more of the best archer of all time in Green Arrow 9 as friend and foe assault the Star City Forest. This series is a little too Brightest-Day-centric for some GA fans but there’s enough arrow-y goodness for my tastes. J.T. Krul is still bringing green pastures as far as I’m concerned.

(Cover by Dustin Nguyen, DC Comics)

Generation Lost 20 promises to be the big reveal issue we’ve all been waiting for! Max’s pieces are all in position for his endgame to begin and we’ll be learning just what does make Maxwell Lord tick and why he’s so into domination/submission. This is the book of the event, easily.

(Cover by Felipe Massafera, DC Comics)

JLA/The 99 5 is sure to bring more of the same over-the-top superheroics that have made this miniseries such a joy to read so far! The City of Tomorrow has gotten legs and Starro is doing hir conquering thing! Not necessarily a deep comic but pure fun the whole way through and a much needed spotlight on The 99!

(Cover by Scott Kolins, DC Comics)

JSA 48 reveals more of Scythe’s cohorts as Monument Point can’t seem to catch a break. Terrorism, heroes at the end of their ropes and a mystical journey with Doctor Fate should make this another interesting issue in Marc Guggenheim’s JSA re-tooling.

(Cover by Mico Suayan, Marte Gracia, Clay Mann, Jay Leisten , Brian Reber, Marvel Comics)

New Mutants 22 is part two of the Age of X and, boy, do I love getting two chapters of this at once! With the mutants of the world huddled together in the violent dark, could there be a conspiracy from within their ranks to betray them? Slick designs, survivalist themes and superpowers are the flavors here and they’re cooked perfectly.

(Cover by Georges Jeanty & Rob Hunter, DC Comics)

Teen Titans 92 continues the crossover from Red Robin with the Teen Titans back together and a plethora of Calculator-bots ready to blow! One Robin remains after the dust settles but the TT creative team can do no wrong, as far as I’m concerned.

(Cover by Greg Land, Marvel Comics)

Uncanny X-Men 533 is part 4 of 5 in the Sublime Corporation storyline and the chemical that turns regular folks into mutants is hitting the public markets! Most of the mutant population is sick on Utopia but the totally excellent beta team on the mainland is kicking it into high gear to save the day!

(Cover by Leinil Yu, Marvel Comics)

X-Men Legacy 245 officially kicks off the Age of X with the Alpha issue being a prelude to the main event presented here. It’s another gritty elseworld where the mutants of the world are violently targeted and forced to band together before they find themselves snuffed out completely. The grimdark modern sensibility of many violent comics can be too much for me but there was a tremendous amount of depth to the Alpha stories. I’m in for the whole event and it’s a decision I’m totally sure about already.

-windiebird

Arrows for the Wonder Teens!

by windiebird

(Cover by Mauro Cascioli, DC Comics)

One-ish sentence preview excitement, goooooo! Green Arrow 8 gives us my favorite of the simple DC covers, the Demon, a new villain named Black Arrow (Merlyn doesn’t count, I guess) and some well-fletched fun!

(Cover by Felipe Massafera, DC Comics)

JLA/The 99 4 means more of my favorite team-up title in recent memory, microscopic Starro karate-chop action and the JLA and The 99 collectively kicking ass and taking those names!

(Cover by Aaron Lopresti, DC Comics)

Generation Lost 18 is part two of Power Girl’s beat down on the JLI, Max Lord waterboarding Beetle, Batman taking a hint and butterfly kisses for Rocket Red?

(Cover by Shane Davis & Sandra Hope, DC Comics)

In JSA 47, Dr. Chaos comes to Monument Point with a score to settle against the JSA while more and more heroes continue to join the Society’s society (Manhunter and Blue Devil this issue!).

(Cover by Cliff Chiang, DC Comics)

The Shazam! one-shot is sure to be my favorite part of Titans and has Blaze offering the Batsons power once again; somehow Freddy and Osiris play into the deal as well and you know I’m always up for a Shazam family read!

(Cover by Nicola Scott & Doug Hazlewood, DC Comics)

Teen Titans 91 is full on friendship once again as Robin and Ravager take on the Feral Boys alone while Raven gets in Headcase’s…head. Rrrrrrrrrrr.

(Cover by Don Kramer & Jay Leisten, DC Comics)

Wonder Woman 606 has our Princess tracking down the Morrigan and running into a murderous Huntsman god! Phillipus is the badass protector of Diana in this time warp but might be seeing the end of her line if Ms. Prince can’t step up and save her from the centaur deity…

(Cover by Stephane Roux, DC Comics)

Zatanna 9 unlocks a repressed memory from our heroine’s childhood and puts her in the precarious position of placing her would-be killer free from his puppet-y curse! Gold stars all the way through for this series.

(Cover by Rafael Albuquerque, Vertigo Comics)

It’s booze, bootleggers and Skinner Sweet for Pearl and Henry in American Vampire 11 and this two-parter is sure to be another pleasing arc in the series!

(Cover by Greg Land, Marvel Comics)

Uncanny X-Men 532 reveals the price of a cure for the Utopia mutants, just what an enraged and uncaged Sebastian Shaw will do and hopefully much, much more of this new X-Team formed in San Francisco during this time of crisis. *cough cough*

-windiebird

Have Lunch With Geoff Johns!

by mutantaday

Photo from Kelson on Flickr

The [Comic Book Legal Defense Fund] CBLDF is auctioning off a lunch with the amazing Geoff Johns.  Johns has worked titles such as  Teen Titans, The Flash, JSA, Superman, and Green Lantern just to name a few.  He also is responsible for the popular Blackest Night and Brightest Day Story arcs.  He is DC’s Chief Creative Officer and is the man who wrote the “Absolute Justice” and “Legion” episodes of Smallville.   All proceeds will go to protect first amendment rights and to stop censorship in comics.  Now you can have the chance to ask Mr. Johns anything that’s on your mind, and contribute to stop censorship at the same time.  Bidding has already started and will end July 21st, so click here to probe the recesses of  Geoff Johns mind.

-Aaron M

Zatanna Update!

by mutantaday

Zatanna by Cat Staggs

Paul Dini’s Zatanna series has been pushed back a month, so the series will premiere in May 2010.  

Dini has revealed that she will still be a JLA member, but we will see all new villains, friends, and allies.  There will even be appearances by her younger cousin Zachary, who appeared in Teen Titans.  With Paul Dini taking the helm the series should be magical.
 
 
Aaron M

“S” is for Star Fire

by mutantaday

WAAAAY back somewhere in like the second post, Mutant A Day featured Teen Titan’s Cyborg.  We thought to ourselves, why is it that we didn’t feature anyone else from said team.  Especially the hawt and usually naked Koriand’r or Starfire [if ya nasty].

starfire_turner

Koriand’r is a princess of the planet Tamaran in the fictional Vegan system, and was in line to rule the planet as Queen. Komand’r (“commander”, also known as Blackfire), her older sister, developed a bitter rivalry with her after suffering a disease in infancy that robbed her of the ability to harness solar energy to allow her to fly, and by extension, her right to the throne.

As the apple of Robin’s eye, StarFire hold’s her own, strong as an ox with the a mouth of a sailor and the body…well of a female sailor.  I guess you’d have to be with a bitch of a sister trying to kill you. TITANS GO!

 

Mutant A Day

Teen Michaniqué

by mutantaday

So thanks to an irritating interesting film I came across, Ballet Michaniqué (& no there were no ballet boys or annie-rexia proned females in this film), I thought it best to feature a man who knows what it’s all about to deal with the daily mechanics of life.  CYBORG!!! So maybe technically he’s not a mutant but we don’t discriminate here at mutant a day™ . A hero is a hero.

Kickin' Ass & Eating subs, all in the name of JUSTICE!Currently best known as one of the animated TEEN TITANS, Cyborg, a.k.a. Victor Stone, is your best friend and greatest ally when it comes to kickin’ ass and takin’ names! And eating your weight in pizza, nachos & burgers.

Cyborg was created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez, and first appears in DC Comics Presents #26 in October of 1980.

Like any future Hero (sans Dazzler, The Fantastic Four, um.. Namor and others who were fortunate enough to feel the glory and fame without pain), Victor would join the Outsiders and future bff’s teammates Robin, Starfire, Beastboy and Daria Raven.

Check out Titans #5 as the team battles dark baddie Trigon (Raven’s papa) and also check out Tiny Titans #8 as school is in session at Sidekick City Elementary and it’s time for report cards and parent teacher conferences! Oi VAY!

So here’s a question we can all ask ourselves: what hottie guy would play him in the Titans movies? Discuss.