{"id":792,"date":"2009-04-07T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=792"},"modified":"2009-04-06T23:18:24","modified_gmt":"2009-04-07T03:18:24","slug":"teen-titans-year-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/07\/teen-titans-year-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen Titans Year One"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I love me some classic Teen Titans.\u00a0 I love me some Robin, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash,\u00a0Aqualad, and Speedy.<\/p>\n

I love me some YEAR ONE books.\u00a0 I love me some BATMAN: YEAR ONE, JLA: YEAR ONE, ROBIN: YEAR ONE, and NIGHTWING: YEAR ONE.<\/p>\n

However, this is a case where\u00a0two great tastes don’t<\/em> taste great together.<\/p>\n

When TEEN TITANS YEAR ONE<\/a> came out last year, I didn’t purchase it.\u00a0 I was trying to save money and\u00a0I felt like I could skip this one based upon the promotional art.\u00a0 I know at least one person who enjoyed it, so I tucked away in the back of my mind to read it someday.\u00a0 While at the local library last week with my kids, I saw the graphic novel of TEEN TITANS YEAR ONE on the shelf.\u00a0 I decided to give it a try.<\/p>\n

The story was fun and light-hearted; the art was fresh and quirky.\u00a0 However, I’m having a very difficult time accepting this\u00a0as the official YEAR ONE story for the Teen Titans.\u00a0 If this is just a fun comic, with no implications for the greater DC Universe… fine, I’m sure there are folks out there who loved this.\u00a0 However, accepting this tale as the Teen Titans actual beginning is just unfair to these characters.\u00a0 This reads more like a script for the Teen Titans cartoon than something that should be the ancestor to the Wolfman\/Perez Titans.<\/p>\n

If looking at this as official DC continuity, then the characterization of the teen heroes is WAY off.\u00a0 All of them are far too socially awkward. Wally acts like Bart. Donna is way too naive.\u00a0Aqualad looks freakish and acts\u00a0just plain embarrassing.\u00a0 In fact, I don’t think Kid Flash or Aqualad contributed a single useful thing in the entire comic.\u00a0 <<insert Aquaman\/Aqualad joke here>><\/em> Regardless of your opinion on Aqualad, he did contribute to the original Teen Titans adventures and wasn’t useless.<\/p>\n

Again, if the comic was just for fun and doesn’t have any bearing on the DC Universe proper, then it’s okay.\u00a0 It’s just not my type of story.<\/p>\n

Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3>