Written by J. Torres Art by Mike Norton, Todd Nauck, Lary Stucker and others Cover by Nauck A new full-size collection featuring TEEN TITANS GO #27-32!
Comic book writer whose credits include the Eisner Award nominated Alison Dare, the YALSA listed Days Like This and Lola: A Ghost Story, as well as Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Love as a Foreign Language and Teen Titans Go, which garnered him a Shuster Award.
Teen Titans Go! Titans Together is the sixth compilation of the Teen Titans Go! comic, which was in turn based on the Teen Titans animated show. I've been watching the TV show and when I found out about the comics, I knew I needed to check it out. Unfortunately, the library didn't have the first five, so I started with number 6. But having seen the show, I wasn't lost in the least. The graphic novel covers issues 26 through 32 and I enjoyed seeing a bunch of my old favorites among it's pages.
The first story is "Call of the Wild", a Beast Boy story where he thinks he's going to be a movie star. Of course, things never work the way that Beast Boy wants them to. The second is "Love is a Battlefield", a story that shows how much trouble Overload can cause for Cyborg when he takes him over. Next comes "Surprises", where we learn a bit more of Beast Boy's back story from the Doom Patrol. "Night Time" is one of my favorites. It brings back Nightwing and Warp to the "current" time and is a great view of nature vs nurture. "Slings & Arrows" unites Speedy and Aqualad (even reading it, I hear Wil Wheaton saying his lines) to battle Trident once again. "The Battery" is a story of Dr Light trying to steal Cyborg's battery. It didn't stick in my mind as well as some of the others. Another of my favorites is "Who Wants Pie?" I knew from the moment I read the title it was going to be a Mother Mae Eye story. She was the first villain that I saw and as such, she has a soft spot in my heart. The last story is "Arena", in which each of the Titans is kidnapped to go against Private HIVE in a gladiatorial match. Like "The Battery", this one didn't stick with me as much.
I love the anime style of the artwork and the various chibis that are included throughout the story. Usually the chibis are telling jokes at the bottom of the page, which I love to read. All in all, it's a great read and a lot of fun. If you like anime and superhero stories, then I think you'll like this one.
I bought this at the Friends of the Library used book sale last year. I didn't notice at the time but the previous owner had solved all the puzzles and mazes in black ink. Not cool, kid.
Reading this volume was like watching episodes of the show. They weren't as fleshed out as an episode would have been, but that's due to the format. There were actually a couple that I wished had been episodes. It was also nice that they were all standalone. I didn't need to have read the previous 5 volumes to understand what was going on, although there are callbacks to some episodes.
I’m not entirely sure of the correct reading order for these books, but I’m doubting the continuity police are on my tail.
The format looks much the same as the digest books.
”Call of the Wild� has Best Boy being discovered by Hollywood, while the rest of the Titans fight Hive.
Beast Boy’s treatment by ‘Tinsel Town� convinces him that the Teen Titans is a better gig.
Soon Starfire and the Titans are watching Beast Boy’s direct-to-video movie. Turns out they ‘colorized� him so that the animals he changes into are their natural colors. No one will even know it’s him!
”Love Is A Battlefield� starts on February 13th and Starfire has a special arts-and-crafts idea to celebrate an upcoming holiday. This story is Todd Nauck artwork and it definitely shows.
Starfire tries to play cupid with Cyborg. I remember his girlfriend from the comics, but I don’t remember if it was in the cartoon?
”Her name is not ‘Hussy � it is Sarah!�
Sarah caught in between a jealous Jinx and Overload possessing Cyborg with Starfire prompting the holiday events, well it doesn’t work out well.
”Sܰ� brings the Doom Patrol into the story!
”Uh� you used Beast Boy as bait?!/� ”The man is obviously a tactical genius.�
”Wow, compared to this due, Raven’s ‘Miss Warm ‘N� Fuzzy’�
This was actually a very cool story! The Doom Patrol are sharing stories about the young Beast Boy sure to cause him much embarrassment, but also tell, how much they loved him and how mature he’s grown since then. And yeah, Beast Boy MORE mature than he was!!
”Who Wants Pie?� has Cyborg, Best Boy and Starfire on a game show. The games are various challenges but also include reader puzzles like a maze and ‘circle the villains names� word puzzles.
Bumblebee is watching the show and something seems suspicious about it.
”Shoo, Fly! Do not bother me!� ”Oh, no she 徱’t!�
The quiz part is quite funny with Starfire getting Teen Titan appropriate questions (“What is the name of Johnny Rancid’s Dog?�) and The Brain only getting questions where the answer is ‘Pie�!
Well, it turned up the goofy meter but managed to hit on all points.
”Slings & Arrows?� is really interesting art by Scott Iwahashi of an Aqualad and Speedy team-up.
That was actually pretty funny! And the art was really cool! This book is up to 2 stars!
”The Battery� has Doctor Light and Professor Change working together.
Francisco Herrera does the art here and it’s an interesting and good change of pace. Reminds me of Humberto Ramos.
This was a mediocre story made much more interesting by the artwork (like ‘Slings & Arrows� above). Definitely worth another star!
”Night Time� has Raven meeting Nightwing!
This story really made no sense, but it introduced Nightwing into the Titans so that was good.
”AԲ� has a battle between Private Hive and Pantha (if I remember correctly). Kole sneaks in, looking for Gnarrk. It is watched by Lanista and General Immortus. Several Titans have been captured to fight in an arena!
I love that they dug deep into Teen Titans history to pull these characters!
”The While-Beast-Boy-in-the-Headquarters line forms behind me!�
That was a fun if brief dip into the other Titans with Raven serving as MVP.
This book actually seemed to improve on the digest versions.
A couple of the stories, and certainly the varied art, give this 4 stars for Titans fans.
This was my favorite out of the 6 volumes of tie-in comics. I love the continuity through all six volumes - the fact that Cyborg had a random girlfriend who appears in a few issues, the Titans East cameos, all the references to specific episodes and some Easter eggs, the RobStar moments, I loved all of it. The dialogue in these comics feels mature enough for the older fans of the original show, and once again it stays true to the source material. I would love more of these - it would be a great way to continue the show in place of new seasons (though everyone still wants new seasons). The writing is just as good as the original show and I genuinely loved all these comics.
My favourites in this set were Surprises, Nightime and Love is a Battlefield. They connected with the show really well and stay true to the characters. The fan letter section is fun to read too! I wonder what I would have submitted back then.
Once again, finished reading this long time ago but forgot to write my review about it. I always liked Beastboy from the show and baby B.B. here is even cuter ♥️ also, I so wanna know what Starfire whispered in Robin’s ear to stop him from fighting each other
Collecting Teen Titans Go! #26-32, this volume continues to look at the continuing adventures of the animated Teen Titans. As a compendium unto itself, this edition can be seen as sorely lacking in development and character. Taken with the background knowledge of the show, one finds a richer experience that continues to play off the Japanese style that made Teen Titans a cartoon hit. Beast Boy seeks a movie role, Starfire tries to organize a Valentine's Day date for Cyborg, Bumblebee helps foil a mysterious pie plot, the Doom Patrol makes a guest appearance for a surprise party, and Dr. Light shows up to make a bid for more power. I would have to say seeing the futuristic Nightwing again was the highlight of the volume; always good to make nods to the source material. Go check it out if you are a fan of the show; otherwise, look to the actual comics.
The characters in this graphic novel about the Teen Titans is based on the television show. The series assumes that you have seen the show so it doesn't really introduce the characters, it also includes minor characters that appeared on the show. However if you like the television show you will like the comic. The art style is the same and the characters are just right. There are also lots of silly/punny jokes. The comic mostly consists of one shots and occasionally the story line will directly reflect or compliment an episode. They do make it a point to let you know which episode the story line is based on.
I didn't like it as much as previous volumes, I just didn't like some of the stories as much even if there was Nightwing in one. The two stories with different art really had a different feel from the rest of the book.