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Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester:
Expect retro reviews to accompany this volume!

Note to self: Finish retro reviews for Green Lantern, Superman, and Metamorpho volumes before March!

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Don't forget Jonah Hex.
 

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Posted by MLLASH on :
 
Oh, Wow-- gonna have to get this!
 

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Posted by Glen Cadigan on :
 
Boy, all of those black and white images sure would have come in handy about six months ago. No complaints, though!
 

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Posted by Joe-Boy on :
 
oooooh...conniption! look out Lash! Mistletoe! *runs away*
 

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Posted by Leap Year Lass on :
 
Hurry up and get here, Titans Showcase!
 

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Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
 
Great Gravy! I can't keep up with all of my other Showcase reading!
 

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Posted by Leap Year Lass on :
 
Get with the program, Ester!
 

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Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
 
Bah. I'm still plodding through dull old Green Arrow. I've been reading the much groovier House of Mystery as well, though!

And Superman Family is out in a couple of weeks!
 

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Posted by MLLASH on :
 
I'm a smidge over halfway throught the TT Showcase, and I have ***LOVED*** every minute of it so far! Am currently on the "SCORCHER makes the scene!" story.

*sigh* Aah, for the days when the Titans could find high adventure at a motorcycle rally!

This may be my favorite "phone book" yet; definitely more fun than METAMORPHO and possibly (probably) better than SUPERMAN too. The jury's out still on wether it tops marvel's HOWARD THE DUCK collection, though. Daddy-O. Still haven't bought SUPERMAN FAMILY yet, though. that might top the TTs.
 

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Posted by Pov on :
 
A second volume of the Titans Showcase series is listed in DC's September solicits, along with a rerelease of the first volume!



SHOWCASE PRESENTS: TEEN TITANS VOL. 2 TP
Written by Bob Haney, Steve Skeates and others
Art by Nick Cardy, Neal Adams and others
In this exciting volume featuring stories from TEEN TITANS #19-36, BRAVE AND THE BOLD #83 and 94 and WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #205, the Titans meet The Hawk and The Dove as they encounter mystery and intrigue on college campuses and in city streets. Guest-starring Batman, Superman and the Justice League of America.
Advance-solicited; on sale December 12

[ August 20, 2007, 10:03 PM: Message edited by: Pov ]
 

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Posted by Lightning Lad on :
 
New date of 10/31 for this.
 

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Posted by MLLASH on :
 
A must-get... Lilith's first appearances.
 

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Posted by Thriftshop Debutante on :
 
OK, I admit it. I wasn't that enthralled with the first TT Showcase. Sometimes ya need color and ads and in-house pieces and letter columns....

But Lilith, huh? Far out!
 

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Posted by MLLASH on :
 
I know what you mean re: colors, funky ads, even smell. The Vol 1 Showcase was fun for me in that I hadn't read 90% of those stories before and was fascinated with how many foes were merely toughs on motorcycles.

Now we're getting to an era that I have read much more of... but not a WHOLE lot of. Plus the Nick Cardy covers are about to get RiiiiiLLY good.

Add in a 20% discount (it was $13.59) and... yeah, I bought Vol. 2 yesterday!

If they can find about 3-4 other TT appearances elsewhere, Vol. 3 would contain the entire funky 70s run!
 

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Posted by Mystery Lad on :
 
Can't wait to read this-- but it'll be in December, since that's when employees get an extra 10% off for a week (for a total of 40% off). TT and Wonder Woman showcases will comprise the graphic novel portion of my haul.

Surely there's some Brave & Bold team-ups or something to fill up a TT Showcase #3. I'd really like to see those published.

Imagine- the whole pre-Wolfman/Perez Teen Titans history published in three convenient volumes...
 

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Posted by MLLASH on :
 
Hmmm... halfway through it.

No villainous motorcycle gangs so far, a plus.

Cardy's artwork has evolved to AMAZING by issue 25.

Lilith and Mal's first appearances... quite a treat.

Major problem with the B&W format: Once the Titans ditch their uniforms "permanently", it becomes diffilcult to tell Don, Hank, Wally and Roy apart.
 

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Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
 
EDE has acquired this.

Reviews coming soon.
 

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Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
 
So I borrowed Volume 2 from the library for research purposes, and all I can say is, thank God for the artists, because the writers didn't have a clue.

Sure, Lilith is cool, but the switchover from the flippant frivolity of the early Titans into the hollow histrionics of this phase makes for an exhausting read.

In fairness, by the end of the volume the comic did seem to be finding a direction. Issues 34, "The Demon of Dog Island", and 35-36, "Intruders of the Forbidden Crypt" & "Tomb Be Their Destiny", are good proto-Buffy gothic fluff. But I guess it must have been too little too late, because the book was cancelled a few issues later.

Say what you will about the 80s New Teen Titans, but at least Marv Wolfman wasn't trying to be "hip." Or maybe I just need a replacement funny bone to better appreciate the oldies.

On a positive note, there's that artwork I mentioned before. Nick Cardy's talents were wasted on boring old Aquaman, but he really blossomed on Teen Titans. There's also artistic team-ups between: Neal Adams & Cardy, Gil Kane & Wally Wood, and Gil Kane & Cardy.

Now, having said all that, I would still like to read the Disco Era Teen Titans, because from what Lash and others have written, it sounds like it was good colorful fun...unlike the painfully pretentious and pathetically posturing Teen Titans of the late 60s/early 70s.
 

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Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
 
I've never read these issues so I can't comment much, other than I love those Cardy covers and would love to see the art inside by Cardy (and Kane & Wood, which I didn't realize was included).

I like Lilith's "look" from this era, but that's about all I've ever seen of her.

Interesting that the end of the run takes a proto-Buffy feel. This was very central to the changing times in the early 70's when horror was the dominant genre (and publishers were unsure if superheroes would even survive).

As I'm experiencing in my Iron Man reread project, many comic books are tough to read from the early 1970's. This seems to mimic that.
 

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Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
 
Cobie, the art alone does make the trade worth borrowing from the library or from a friend. But don't waste your money.

Good point about the predominance of horror at the time. That hadn't occurred to me.

And, yeah, 1970-1972 are pretty hard going all across the board.
 

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