I think not all of the history had to be wiped out but there was some stuff that just couldn't have happened.

I love the New 52 Teen Titans book and I just think it's best to focus on NOW.

Also, I think the people saying that NEW 52 Teen Titans sucks just because these characters aren't there. Wally and Donna weren't in the last team and if they were just before Flashpoint they probably would've been replaced anyway.

So, what you mean to say is "New 52 sucks" not "New 52 TEEN TITANS sucks", the book is good so don't hate on it just because of these things being absent from the WHOLE UNIVERSE.

@htb106: Well some people think NOW stinks just on its own merrits.

New 52... not a fan

I'd be OK with the New 52 if DC weren't such pr*cks about the timeline! It's like "Yep! We got one, but you morons are gonna need to read the comics to make sense of it! Thanks for the money, fools!". I mean, seriously... it would be a lot easier to understand if DC was just up-front about what happened in the reboot.

so heres my question for those Viners out there who are hungry for their old Teen Titan stories; Do they have to be Titans? what i mean by that is, DC is not about to put out a book stating that there was a team of Titans before Tim's new squad. so if Dick, Roy, Starfire, etc did start up a team of young heroes, would you guys still accept stories placed within the new52? i realize that a name can carry a lot of weight with it, and with so many books being released over such a long period of time you get attached to certain rosters or teams, but if the characters are there, and the story is written well enough, would you guys buy it?

a rose by any other name...

@htb106 said:

Also, I think the people saying that NEW 52 Teen Titans sucks just because these characters aren't there. Wally and Donna weren't in the last team and if they were just before Flashpoint they probably would've been replaced anyway.

So, what you mean to say is "New 52 sucks" not "New 52 TEEN TITANS sucks", the book is good so don't hate on it just because of these things being absent from the WHOLE UNIVERSE.

No, I hate the book because it's terribly written. Scott Lobdell has shown the poorest grasp in visual story telling by explaining almost every action through dialogue instead of through the art/story and expositing every scene to the point where it's painful to go through. Not to mention that his approach to writing teenagers boils down to "dumbing their dialogue down to make them seem young". I'm not a purist from past TT arcs, I couldn't really care if Donna or Wally aren't a part of this book, I just think that as a whole the title is awful.

@RazzaTazz: Yeah, and so will Garth and Wally. I hope sooner than later.

@BigBDawg: Sure, but they have tried to kill off or erase Donna how many times?

This article opened up a hornet's nest for me. The 52 changed a lot of things that I hold dear. The Batman mythos (having 3 Robins and a Red Robin in a 5 year span), Crisis, and the Teen Titans to name a few. I can't help but think this is about a "Be careful for what you wish for." We kept asking for Barry Allen to come back and we got him.

Flashpoint was an okay story. For me the highlight would be Thomas Wayne as Batman and the touching note that he gives Barry to give to Bruce. The clear stand out to the story is this is set up by Professor Zoom. Does he still know that he caused this? If so, DC has their loop hole to get out of this mess. I can see Barry Allen fighting Zoom because he remembers Earth One. For this we will lose Barry Allen again and Wally could take over the mantle of the Flash. Basically, a modern day Crisis.

I know that this sounds like a conspiracy theory on a comic book level. I just don't care for most of the changes to the DC Universe. I hate what they have done to the Teen Titans, Superboy, and Earth 2. I hate that they are trying to create a new mythos of stories like the Ravagers, and T7. Who and why are they needed? I guess that I should credit DC for trying something new and trying to pull in new readers. Here is my "BUT" statement. I am 44 years old. Some of my fondest memories are reading comics as a kid. Reading Crisis on Infinite Earths, All Star Squadron, Batman, Teen Titans, and the Justice League are what I hold dear. Now, most of those stories and characters dont exist or may exist at some time.

Sorry to those of you that read this. This is my rant. I do love that there are new readers being brought into comics. Without them, there would be no opportunity to have new comics to read. DC is making my head hurt. Every Wednesday, I down some headache medicine before I jump into my stack. I guess, in another 20 years, I'll find another rant and ask for the new 52 to come back.

@kid Apollo: It would be preferable considering DC is beating us stupid with the whole 'most iconic version' that's exiled two popular Batgirls, a Wonder Girl and a Flash.

@PsychoKnights said:

I tried to read the article G-Man, but by the end, I was too ticked off by being reminded of the unnecessary changes. I've always liked the saying, "If it aint broke, don't fix it." There were a few specific things that were broken at DC before the reboot, but the reboot wiped out tons of stuff just in the name of change. Teen Titans is such an example.

You are my new best friend.

DC executives can reboot the continuity of Teen Titans as many times as they want, but they can't erase the best Teen Titans run (Wolfman's) from existence. Too often comics fans seem to believe continuity changes will actually result in their favorite run being exiled to a parallel universe or something.

@G-Man I don't why you keep writing that Batman has seen little change to his origins. Year One and other key storylines like Oracle have been completely thrown out the window.

@Outside_85 said:

@kid Apollo: It would be preferable considering DC is beating us stupid with the whole 'most iconic version' that's exiled two popular Batgirls, a Wonder Girl and a Flash.

Two popular Batgirls? I can see what you're saying with Cass, but I seem to remember that the run during which Steph was Batgirl didn't seem to sell very well at all. This was actually addressed in a recent podcast. People don't seem to remember that Stephanie Brown Batgirl really wasn't all that popular. She had a small fanbase, who are now very vocal, but that's about it. I actually remember hearing that fans launched this waffles for Stephanie Brown campaign, where they sent waffles to DC. Do you know how many waffles DC received? 10. That's all...it sort of says something, doesn't it?

Also, I never really liked Wally as Flash. I preferred him as Kid Flash.

@PsychoKnights said:

I tried to read the article G-Man, but by the end, I was too ticked off by being reminded of the unnecessary changes. I've always liked the saying, "If it aint broke, don't fix it." There were a few specific things that were broken at DC before the reboot, but the reboot wiped out tons of stuff just in the name of change. Teen Titans is such an example.

so agree

@Zeeguy91 said:

@Outside_85 said:

@kid Apollo: It would be preferable considering DC is beating us stupid with the whole 'most iconic version' that's exiled two popular Batgirls, a Wonder Girl and a Flash.

Two popular Batgirls? I can see what you're saying with Cass, but I seem to remember that the run during which Steph was Batgirl didn't seem to sell very well at all. This was actually addressed in a recent podcast. People don't seem to remember that Stephanie Brown Batgirl really wasn't all that popular. She had a small fanbase, who are now very vocal, but that's about it. I actually remember hearing that fans launched this waffles for Stephanie Brown campaign, where they sent waffles to DC. Do you know how many waffles DC received? 10. That's all...it sort of says something, doesn't it?

Also, I never really liked Wally as Flash. I preferred him as Kid Flash.

Same could be said of people moaning over Barbara getting shot, after she had fallen into a semi-retired state.

Teen Titans is the only series I hate in the New-52. They were MUUUCH better pre-52 and probably Green Arrow

This hurts Dick Grayson the most, takes away a lot of what made him great. Not to mention the condensed timeline.

StarFire, Roy and Beast Boy are simply new characters, blank slates for the new Universe. Cyborg loses his Titans past but upgrades to the Justice League. Victor might have lost great characterization Wolfman and Perez established for him, but he's in a better place than the other former Titans.

Wally and Donna simply don't exist. And all the current Teen Titans are simply new characters, Tim Drake, Superboy and Cassie included.

As for Raven, going by the recent Phantom Stranger issue looks to be treading the same ground with Trigon.

@htb106 said:

Also, I think the people saying that NEW 52 Teen Titans sucks just because these characters aren't there. Wally and Donna weren't in the last team and if they were just before Flashpoint they probably would've been replaced anyway.

So, what you mean to say is "New 52 sucks" not "New 52 TEEN TITANS sucks", the book is good so don't hate on it just because of these things being absent from the WHOLE UNIVERSE.

No...I think what a lot of people are saying is thtat New 52 Teent Titans sucks. Because they don't like it. And people are angry that instead of trying to write pre-existing characters that we liked, we have new and unlikable characters pretending to be the characters we knew.

This is a good article! It made me a little sad thinking about all the friends that we've lost.

RIP Teen Titans

What are you all talking about? Because the TT haven't been around since last august. Listen, here's the thing the fact that the NTT never existed isn't what bothers me. If the TT were well written, and had interesting stories than whatever I'd think about NOW! However they aren't the characters a bunch of walking cliche angst machines with a few exceptions to that. The thing about this whole TT dilema is it's not Lobdell's faul entirely. Sure I don't like his writing and Booths art isn't exactly my cup of tea, but the problem with the TT is Didio and gang keep tormenting them with mediocre stories. DC editorial has been trying to kill the TT for the last few years, it's not some new thing that just popped out of nowhere. Sure J.T. Krul was okay, but I want a great TT story not an ok one. My hope is DC could get either Bryan Q. Miller(Wrote a decent 3 issue arc, but a great short story in DC Halloween Special featuring the TT although the latter has only Miss Martian and Blue Beetle, his Smallville book is the best of the Superman titles imo) Fabian Nicieza, or Greg Weismen of YJ.

@Outside_85: Difference is that Barbara actually is the classic Batgirl that non-comic readers know of. Although I didn't think it was necessary to wipe Oracle from her history, I can understand DC's motivation behind giving her back her legs. If the goal of the reboot was to draw in new readers, it would make sense to go with the Batgirl that's been in all other forms of media (from cartoons to live action shows/movies) as Batgirl. Imagine a new reader picking up a Batgirl comic expecting to see Babs, who they grew up with in the cartoons, but instead seeing Cass or even Stephanie. They'd be extremely confused.

I am about done with DC! I think it was pretty obvious last year that the first Teen Titans team was eliminated when it was revealed Cybrog was going to be a founding member of the Justice League. At least I thought it was obvious.

Three cheers for Marvel's successful relaunch so far!

@mattwing87 said:

I am about done with DC! I think it was pretty obvious last year that the first Teen Titans team was eliminated when it was revealed Cybrog was going to be a founding member of the Justice League. At least I thought it was obvious.

Three cheers for Marvel's successful relaunch so far!

Successful relaunch? There's only been two real Marvel NOW! issues so far, LOL.
BB

@Zeeguy91: Didnt seem to confuse anyone for the last 20 years where there either was no Batgirl, Cassandra or Steph. Also...well, I would caution about overestimating Babs' media presence, she was in only a handful of BTAS episodes (not so sure about the other cartoon series, but I'd hesitate with calling her a main part of the cast) not to mention the abominable movie she appeared in as a blond. And while I do agree that little is better than nothing, it is not overwhelming so you really have to reach back to the pre KJ days...if I am not mistaken you actually have to reach all the way back to the Adam West show :S On another note, I just feel DC took away what was unique about her by effectively reducing her to yet another cape...and sadly it appears they've taken some of her more impressive intellect just so she could kick someone in the head (which Batwoman just doesn better apparently).

Well what about this-

Tim said Teen Titans. A few years ago an entire on going focused on grown up Teen Titans making their own team, what if, because they were so old, the members of that team decided to call themselves, well, something related to Titans, since you know the name just by itself is a little bit flashy. So maybe that led to Tim to make up that name?

Also, there is bound to be more of those members in Dick's team to show up at some point, maybe during the Teen Titans/Red Hood crossover during Death of the Family

I totally agree...I hate the majority of the stuff coming out of the new 52

As you can tell by my profile pic, one of my favorite Titans is Lilith Clay. You all should have seen my face when I saw her new 52 "reimagining"

I had no idea that the Teen Titans were such an import facet of the DCU. Were they really loved that much?

This was really what ruined the New 52 for me. I liked the characters because of what their pasts had made them and now that is almost completely gone (I'd say completely but some characters are left ambiguous enough that we can still hope)

Beast Boys past has been completely wiped out (his time with the Titans and all his history prior) Raven has no past with them (tho hopefully her pre-Titans life can be left the same aside from Trigon's new extra eyes) Cyborg could have some past with them, but it seems very unlikely and his wonderful friendship with Gar is now undone (which takes so much away from both characters) Terra was never an evil infiltrator (tho she may still betray the Ravagers down the line) Solstice got completely re-written before her creator even got to write her origin story...

It's really unfortunate considering the last volume was what got me to read actual comics instead of just getting super-heroes in movies and tv. Even sadder when you consider that the Wolfram/Perez era was what really kept DC afloat when Marvel fully established itself as a rival. The New Teen Titans was mostly the only thing that allowed DC to combat the incredible popularity of the X-men.

My only hope is that when Morrison's Multiversity kicks in, that we get one universe that is the pre-DCnU so we can see some of the stories continuing from where they left off. Maybe even a mini-series of the pre-boot titans picking up where they left off.

I feel quite sad when I think about the whole ''rebooting'' the titans... Those late runs were great before the New 52 and now I can't help but feel a bit cheated that those stories are irrelevant... And frankly, I don't like the new direction that is the title going with. I was ticked off with Tim Drake's whole '' Red Robin, never robin ! '' thing but after being reminded this..and adding the characters in limbo like Wally and Donna... I feel like '' why would you do this ?! ''. Why would you rob the new readers from those great characters and their past and give them a sub-par team with a blurry 5 year past which confuse even the writers themselves.

I admit that I don't really care for Geoff John's Titans, I didn't really like it and it was pretty boring to me; sorry if any one of you actually likes it. However, I am really, really saddened by the fact that Wolfman/Perez's Titans are gone. Seriously why? They made history!

I don't know what's going through their mind why the two found out that their version of the Titans is going to be erase from history. I'm pretty sure that they're disappointed.

It makes this situation even worse is that everything Raven had done and what she accomplished is now gone! How about Jericho? Does he still exist, is he mentioned or something?

I don't care what others say! Wolfman and Perez's team will always be the true Titans in my heart!

Edit: I'm sorry for the rant, this is an upsetting news. The New Teen Titans series is one of my favorite books in DC. Also, I think that not all New 52 titles are terrible, just some are.

@DarkShadows said:

How about Jericho? Does he still exist, is he mentioned or something?

Oh, he's over in Deathstroke right now... as a villain... bent on getting revenge on his father...

Loving comics and continuity seem to go hand in hand. Continuity in a character creates the history and ethos of a work of fiction that makes a reader feel invested. Especially a longtime reader who now also has nostalgia. But honestly there really isn't a rational equation in this nor should there be when you feel passionate about something you have enjoyed and loved. For me personaly, although I owned my first comic around age 8 and picked up a comic now and then off a spinner rack at 7/11, I was 11 going on 12 when Wolfman/Perez NTT came out and this was the book that made me a fan. The first book I ever bought on subscription. As an artsy/geeky preteen I loved these over the top dramatic teenagers. The new characters were created to expand the story telling. Raven would add a mystical and occult angle; Starfire opened the sci-fi cosmic corner of DC; and Victor was the product of technological advancement while struggling to remember his heart and human side. The relationships and friendships were so well fleshed out: Victor and Garfield; Dick and Donna; DIck and Kory; Donna and Kory; Wally and Raven, etc. The characters went through some amazing arcs: Raven from issue one all the way to the first arc of the Baxter series; Robin becomes Nightwing after how many years of publication as Batman's sidekick; Wally grows out of being Kid Flash, etc. They were allowed to grow up to the point that they had their own legacy characters follow them in the form of young justice and ultimately a new teen titans. The stories were mature, intelligently plotted and sophisticated wihout needing to slap a MAX label or mature reader's advisory on the cover. The villains like Trigon, Brother Blood, Deathstroke, and others were epic. I loved the run and I miss this corner of the DC universe. Without making comment on the merits or faults of post new 52, I can only say I feel estranged from a whole universe of characters I followed for 30 years and now I don't feel much affinity for new 52. The Young Justice cartoon is/was the only DC product I am really enjoying these days.

Don't call it a Re-Boot... we're murdering History!

The reason I, a big long-time titans fan, don't like the New 52 Titans is not entirely because of the lost continuity, although that is a part of it. I don't like this incarnation is because I don't think it's written well. The majority of characters are angsty teens solely for the purpose of being angsty. There is no reason for them to be a team. The characters are not interesting to me. Finally, Lobdell and his editors are treating their own continuity like it is a suggestion rather than an actual list of what has happened in this new universe and what hasn't (I'm looking at you Red Robin). It's just painful to read. If you like it, fine but I don't have to and I probably won't be reading this again until Lobdell is off the book and even then, whoever takes over is going to have to deal with his mess.

I have been collecting the Teen Titans since there first team-up in Brave and Bold, and with the DCnU I have dropped them. I only pick up 5 DC comics now. This is far less then the $200 month I used to spend. I do not like the majority of the books so why should I keep supporting DC if I am not going to read them.

This.... Made me so sad.... ): I was a big BB&Raven fan </3

I can't get into a DC where the original Teen Titans didn't exist as a team (or just plain didn't exist at all, as is the case for some of the characters). Same goes for some of the other great DC comic series and characters. A lot of those characters may still exist, but they're not really the same characters they were pre-New 52. Their histories were a big part of their appeal to me, and those histories are pretty much gone. If other people like it, that's great, but it's just not for me.

seriously , Teen titians has had one of the worst reluanches ive seen

wonder girl on the floor like a stripper ? really?

I have been a fan of both sets of titans the original new teen titans as well as the young justice titans. what a lot of people forget is crisis on infinite earths. DC had alot of continuity that was out of whack and difficult to explain away. people complained then. i have been around for comics since early 80's. i have seen the same with Claremont's x-men. thing people don't like is change in their childhood heroes.The New 52 gives some of us a chance to read the beginnings of heroes. Honestly how many can afford a Brave and Bold 26 first appearance of Justice League of America? Not to many. Thing is this gives readers a fresh start. I think DC has a better idea of what they are doing then say marvel who has taken our heroes and distorted them to fit their movies. With that said be a little patient.

If you look in New 52 Batwoman #1 (Maybe #2 I'm not sure), Flamebird says to Kate Kane (Batwoman), that she "Was a Teen Titan. I even fought Deathstroke!" to which Kate replies, "Then it must have been one of his off days." This alone shows that either JH Williams III made a mistake, or that there was a Flamebird-starring Teen Titans team in this universe! :)

I love the original Teen Titans. Each team member fit so well together.

Aw, NO!!! What are you doing guys!? Don't do that!

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I Can't Even Begin On How Stupid This Is, The Characters Had So Much Growth On This Team, To Take That All Away Takes So Much Out Of There Character Develpoment

"Some characters like Batman and Green Lantern have seen very little changes to their history" HA!

DC didn't think this change through or they don't care. Changing everything and erasing all continuity is a real slap in the face of long time and loyal fans.