The Teen Titans and Outsiders books were tied to DC's Infinite Crisis event from the outset. I didn't know this when I picked up the Graduation Day miniseries, but as we wound our way through the Countdown to Infinite Crisis (which was one of the best lead-ups to an event I've ever had the pleasure …
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Uncollecting Update March 2023
As always, let’s start with the numbers … Physical Comics Read: 3 (163/231)Digital Comics Read: 0 (471/471)Trades/Graphic Novels Read: 2 (7/11)Books Read: 1 (117/123)Movies Watched: 1 (187/194)TV Series Watched: 1 (57/58)TV Seasons Watched: 2 (102/105)Podcast episodes remaining: 236 So it was definitely a slow month. So much so that I barely posted anything until I turned around and decided to just start the …
Teen Titans (2003) #1-23, Outsiders #1-22
So when The Titans hit bottom, there was another series that was going pretty strong, which was Young Justice. I know that when I was on the DC forums back in the early 2000s there were a number of fans who referred to YJ as the "real" Teen Titans series. And maybe DC or at …
The Titans (1999 Series)
After a "fun but flawed" (as I put it) two years' of the Dan Jurgens-penned Teen Titans series, DC decided to give the original Titans concept another shot. I could dig deep into my Titans Companion volumes to see why the company waited so long to get it going again, but the timing of it …
Teen Titans (1996 series)
I detailed my "Life as a Teen Titan" years ago over on Pop Culture Affidavit, and in doing so, I mentioned that when The New Titans ended in late 1995/early 1996, it didn't register with me the way you'd think that it would for someone who had been such a die-hard fan for so long. …
The Titans Re-Read: Re-Starting Ahead
So over the course of the last few years, I have started on four distinct comics reading projects: G.I. Joe, The X-Men, Star Trek, and the Teen Titans. My intent with the first two was to read up to a certain point, with G.I. Joe involving all of the trades that I owned and the …
Uncollecting Update February 2023
As always, let’s start with the numbers … Physical Comics Read: 12 (166/231)Digital Comics Read: 0 (471/471)Trades/Graphic Novels Read: 2 (7/11)Books Read: 1 (118/123)Movies Watched: 2 (188/194)TV Series Watched: 0 (58/58)TV Seasons Watched: 0 (104/105)Podcast episodes remaining: 232 So the grind through the dead of winter continued, and I'm about 10 days late on posting …
Finishing up the X-Men
At one point in my collecting, I started buying Marvel's Essential volumes of the X-Men. It started with a couple of the Uncanny X-Men volumes, moved on to the Classic X-Men, and I eventually wound up having every storyline from X-Men #1 in 1963 all the way up to the end of the Inferno crossover. …
Cupid’s Arrows and Time & Vine
Before I get into these two trades, I have to point out that while I was reading Noble Causes, I couldn't help but think of Thom Zahler's Love and Capes. But whereas Jay Faerber's book is a soap opera with superheroes, Love and Capes is a sitcom with superheroes. And the adventures of that particular …
Noble Causes vols. 1 & 2
Back in the early 2000s, I came across Jay Faerber's writing via The Titans, which was the book featuring a reunited team that spun out of the Titans/JLA miniseries. From what I remember, Faerber dealt with a lot of editorial interference which led to some pretty infamous storylines (the DEO kids ... look it up …
The Uncollecting 