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Batman, Robin, & The Love That Dare Not Speak His Name in Teen Titans

This week sees the launch of World's Finest: Teen Titans #1 by Mark Waid and Emanuela Lupacchino. And an unkown early conflict...

Published Mon, 10 Jul 2023 10:28:12 -0500

by Rich Johnston

Last updated Wed, 12 Jul 2023 10:29:31 -0500

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This week sees the launch of World's Finest: Teen Titans #1 by Mark Waid and Emanuela Lupacchino, continuing the trend started by Marvel, of setting comic books in the recent past to use characters at certain stages of their lives that are unavailable to the main universe continuity now. And so, while the Titans have re-emerged in Nightwing as the world's premiere superhero team in the wake of the absence of the Justice League, so the takes of the original Teen Titans can play out in this new title. Which also means looking at the relationship between Dick Grayson, the original Robin, and the rest of the Teen Titans, given that Batman is his mentor, his guardian, and the recipient of all his fatherly love. Which means Grayson has rules he has to follow. Minor spoilers ahead…

So while all the rest of the Teen Titans are happy to spill all of their secrets…

Dick Grayson is not allowed to whip his own name out. And it makes him mad. Don't know why he's so upset, be grateful he doesn't have to tell anyone his name is Dick. Why not just tell them that Robin is actually his name?

WORLDS FINEST TEEN TITANS #1 (OF 6) CVR A CHRIS SAMNEE
(W) Mark Waid (A) Emanuela Lupacchino (CA) Chris Samnee
Spinning out of the pages of the runaway hit Batman/Superman: World's Finest comes a modern retelling of the early adventures of the original Teen Titans! Led by Robin, the Boy Wonder, a new super-team has burst onto the scene–meet the Teen Titans, DC's grooviest group filled with super-teens with super-problems. When they're not fighting alongside their Justice League mentors, they're managing their image and cultivating the rabid fan base that helps them save the world…as, all the while, a danger from the shadows intends to tear these friends apart before they ever reach the big time. Before they were the Titans of the DCU, they were the Teen Titans, and you won't want to miss this fresh take on their origins from the legendary talents of Mark Waid and Emanuela Lupacchino! Retail: $3.99 In-Store Date: 07/11/2023

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