Issue #1 of Teen Titans Academy does a very good job overall at setting up storylines and intrigue for the future of the series. It is clear that the allure of Red X is the main hook of the book's narrative currently. And as long as the new teens and their dynamics with other heroes are better developed and established before this Red X storyline comes to an end, this series should do well at broadening the scope of the Teen Titans series. With something as unique and new to the Titans as this, the shake up in premise could go either way, so this first arc is going to be an important one for the series. Read Full Review

In addition to being one of the most delightful Teen Titans stories I've read in a long time, this first issue of Teen Titans Academy is just the foundation for a genuinely engrossing young adult drama"and I genuinely can't wait to see where it goes next. Read Full Review

Teen Titans Academy #1 is overall a fantastic start to this series. With wonderful character dynamics between older and newer characters, an exciting new setting, and great art, it's an enthralling comic that will satisfy both old and new Titans fans alike. I highly recommend you pick this one up. Read Full Review

That was a very strong start, and this aging (but young at heart) fanboy is totally invested. Read Full Review

A stunning debut issue that points to great things in the future. Read Full Review

Teen Titans Academy #1 introduces readers to tons of new characters and new concepts as the Teen Titans continue to change and adapt with time in the most wonderful ways! From #DCComics @Iamtimsheridan @rafasandoval75 @jorditarragona6 @loquesunalex #RobLeigh Read Full Review

Sandoval delivers some beautiful imagery throughout the issue. There are great character moments as well as beautiful details in every page. Read Full Review

Tim Sheridan and company deliver a very nice debut issue. Not overly faced paced, not too action-heavy. Just about perfectly paced for this reviewer. It certainly has piqued my interest and will have me coming back to read if and how our new characters progress, and who the heck this version of Red X is?! Read Full Review

The first issue of a new series needs to bring something to encourage readers to come back for issue #2 and I feel this has done more than enough to ensure people continue reading this series. Fun new students alongside the Teen Titans and their teachers the Titans are a whole lot of Titans for your money. When you remember Red X will also be making an appearance at some point then you will be hooked. Read Full Review

The first issue of a new series needs to bring something to encourage readers to come back for issue #2, and I feel that Teen Titans Academy #1 has done more than enough to ensure people continue reading this series. Fun new students alongside the Teen Titans and their teachers the Titans are a whole lot of Titans for your money. When you remember Red X will also be making an appearance at some point then you will be hooked. Read Full Review

Teen Titans Academy #1 is a solid start to the series. While it doesn't go off in a bold original direction, it does deliver a solid take on the concept it uses. The new characters are interesting and the original team is great together. It's a comic that you know there are hard times ahead but in the present, things are fun, enjoyable, and positive. There's a charm and innocence about it, which also makes it a superhero comic that's unique for the stands. Read Full Review

Teen Titans Academy #1 is (another) strong start for the new Titans era. If you skipped Future State, this is a great jumping on point. Read Full Review

Teen Titans Academy offers some encouraging signs that this could be a welcome evolution of the team provided Sheridan reduces the emphasis on Red X until that character is actually close to being revealed. Read Full Review

While I really love the idea of this book I wish that this first issue took its time to flesh out the characters and their motivations because it just throws so much at you, while starting a mystery that is forced on us about Red X, that doesn't play off very well because everyone has more information about it than we do. There's just too much going on here and nothing feels solid to me since we're just thrown into this new status quo that feels slapped together and I want to see the evolution of the Teen Titans coming together, new and old to see that the next generation of heroes are taken care of. Read Full Review

Teen Titans Academy #1 is all about setting up the mission statement of this series. While the mystery of who Red X is will likely be what most will talk about that is not the only interesting thing that happens in this issue. Tim Sheridan does a good job laying the groundwork to get readers invested in all the characters in Teen Titans Academy. And that is all that can be asked for from a first issue of a series. Read Full Review

Existing characters like Bunker, Red Arrow, Vulcan, and even Shazam are lurking around the fringes, but are lucky to get a line or two. My personal favorites are probably a trio of mutated Bat-kids from Gotham. But this first issue throws so much at the page it feels more like a cliffs-notes preview of what's to come, rather than a proper first issue. Read Full Review

Tim Sheridan and Rafa Sandoval open the doors to Teen Titans Academy and bring in new and old faces, most good and some bad, as the founding heroes step into new roles as teachers. The reminder of Nightwing's dark alter ego is a pointed strike at the first Robin and hint of the potential future to come. I'm excited to read how those future events will play out! Read Full Review

As those of you who read my Infinite Frontier #0 review might have gleaned, I was excited about this premise. I was prepared to love Teen Titans Academy #1, but the lack of wonder, awkward and forced generational conflict, so-so pencils, and contrived mystery setup really took the hype out of my sails. That doesn't mean that the series is doomed" just off to a rocky start. Here's hoping they get their act together. Read Full Review

Overall, unless you are just a hugely dedicated Teen Titans fan, I would pass on this and pick up Strange Academy instead. Read Full Review

Review – Teen Titans Academy #1

Writer: Tim Sheridan

Penciller: Rafa Sandoval

Inker: Jordi Tarragona

Colorist: Alejandro Sanchez

INTRODUCTION:

Six of the original Teen Titans team members have reunited in order to teach a new generation of teens at the Roy Harper Titans Academy! Nightwing, Starfire, Raven, Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Donna Troy are sharing their skills that they learned while growing up as Titans to show new superpowered teens how to be heroes. But with the lingering mystery of who is parading around as Red X, Nightwing and the rest of the team are uncertain how to approach this specific topic.
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STORY:

Throughout this first issue, the six original Titans introduce themselves as teachers and show the students what their time at the Academy will be like. As they welcome in a wide variety of super powered kids, we learn about the abilities and draw to the large cast of new characters being brought up by the original heroes. Characters like tech-genius Gorilla Gregg and the EMP powered hotshot named Brick stick out as fun new ideas while others like cylindrical shapeshifter named “Tooby” will assumedly be more fleshed out as future issues release. The most shocking inclusion however, is that of previously established DC alter-ego to Shazam, the young Billy Batson. Batson is the only previously known character of these new Titans and he is barely in the issue, but his inclusion is very shocking. Issue one encapsulates the first day of school feeling by showing the new kids moving in and getting introduction lectures from Titans as friendships and cliques begin to form.
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The intrigue to this story mainly comes in 2 different forms. The first of which is seeing the original Teen Titans members interact and embark on a new journey of teaching new kids that were in the same spot as them years ago. The second is that of seeing all these new characters being introduced and getting to learn more about their powers and personalities. These two things are mainly tied together by the intrigue of the mysterious Red X. This character is one deeply rooted in the Titans past while at the same time very ominously a large part of these new Titans’ future.
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Throughout the book, we see a lot of charming moments of the original Titans together again. As a big Titans fan, seeing them come together in teaching/leadership positions is a real treat. Also, seeing the current Teen Titans team as upperclassmen being out in the field is really cool. It gives fans of these new characters something to look forward to as they go through their enrollment and honors the older teens that have served as superheroes before the school was made.

Out of thew set of characters, the main focus seems to be on the hotheaded ginger named Brick. Brick seems to have energy blast related power that includes electromagnetic pulses, but comes across as one of the much more powerful kids. He seems to have quickly grabbed the attention of Donna Troy who is greatly interested in his capabilities and seems to specifically have a fascination with the Red X. As the first day winds down, we see this Red X discussion come to its’ head as someone gifts Nightwing the original Red X mask that he wore years ago during his birthday celebration, warranting a speech. And the loss of this mask later on is what leaves this issue off on a dramatic note.

ART:

The artwork throughout is very good overall, as the powers displayed and action within are done very dynamically. I will say that Brick does look very similarly to another student that shows up late, the only difference being their hair color. I don’t think these two are supposed to be related, so the similarity may prove to be more confusing as the series continues. Characters like Stitch and Gorilla Gregg are drawn very well in a more detailed way that their characters warrant without looking out of place in the rest of the artwork. Some of the artwork within is good enough to warrant them being made into a poster, such as Nightwing’s birthday party and the upperclassmen fighting as Teen Titans. Overall, I’m looking forward to seeing this art style benefit the series as we get more issues.

IN CONCLUSION:

There are a few nitpicks I do have with this issue. Some small things that don’t come anywhere near ruining the issue, but still come across as very strange. The first of these things is Starfire’s eyes. This is something I didn’t notice on the first read through, but once I looked into her eyes I could never unsee it. Her eyes are completely white and comes across as blank windows into her soul. It comes across as a mistake that was forgotten rather than a stylistic choice. There are other artistically unique depictions within that make sense as artistic differences such as Nightwing’s unusual thickness as well as Cyborg’s fully silver depiction, but this specific Starfire change is borderline unsettling. Starfire also seems to be strangely into the Red X mask, alluding that she is attracted to it and its allure when having a personal conversation with Nightwing. Lastly, it’s kind of strange for Donna to exclaim to her student that she is gonna “kick his $#&”, which makes me a bit curious as to how Sheridan is going to handle the female characters of this series. I know these are small things, but I couldn’t go without at least bringing them up.

Issue #1 of Teen Titans Academy does a very good job overall at setting up storylines and intrigue for the future of the series. It is clear that the allure of Red X is the main hook of the book’s narrative currently. And as long as the new teens and their dynamics with other heroes are better developed and established before this Red X storyline comes to an end, this series should do well at broadening the scope of the Teen Titans series. With something as unique and new to the Titans as this, the shake up in premise could go either way, so this first arc is going to be an important one for the series.

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This was mediocre, but 10 because it pisses off the JK Rowling simp.

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TJMB3891 - Jul 25, 2021

Listen, JK Rowling is a scumbag but I can still love Harry Potter. That "joke" just felt so forced, like a lot of things in this issue. Giving it a 10 just to piss someone off just seems silly. This book has event level art but is written by a writer who doesn't seem to know how to take his time and flesh out new characters. He also seems uncomfortable, a good amount of the dialogue is pretty cringe-worthy.

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Decent first issue. I like the character designs and the art is fantastic. The narrative could be better but im exitee to see what we get from red X

I really like the ideas that this book is presenting. Using the Titans and the current Teen Titans teams to train up the next generation of heroes is a really good idea. It also gives some purpose to characters like Starfire, Donna Troy, Raven, Beast Boy, and Cyborg. It's nice to see that DC and the creative team have allowed Beast Boy and Raven to be of similar age to their fellow Titans, rather than staying teenagers. The inclusion of Bunker on the Teen Titans team is really surprising, but since he was easily the best part of Scott Lobdell's run on the book, I'm happy to see him here. This issue reads a little slow, but it's setting up more stories to come later on down the line. I'm willing to give this one some time to develop. Rafa Sandoval's art is really good on this issue as well, and he's someone I love to see on any book. more

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Decent start. Not sure who all the new characters are but I love seeing the original cast. Will be interesting once Roy's sudden revival from the dead begin to affect the story and hopefully we'll see Wally soon.

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JBL Reviews - Mar 24, 2021

I doubt Wally will be a big part since he’s the main Flash again

ICC - Mar 24, 2021

Yeah I still hope he'll at least have an appearance

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This series begins with confusion. I think they may have incorporated too many characters and tried to use the same idea with Gotham Academy, however, GA was more character centralized and action-packed.

I gave this a 5. It's all for the art not the story, Rafa Sandoval and Alejandro Sanchez are amazing together. I do the art on a 1 to 5 and I do the same for the writing, add those two numbers together and that's my score. The writing was trash. Well, maybe not complete trash but it was really bad. The characters were not really that fleshed out at all, they just threw everything and the kitchen sink at you and the story was a bit of a mess. The dialogue was so cringe-worthy a good amount of the time too. I really don't want to waste too many words on this but we all know Teen Titans was the worst Future State book. I already believed that but someone else wrote her for you and said that also, they were right.

If you want something similar to this that's leaps and bounds better, read Strange Academy.

I'm going to try out Teen Titans Academy for the next 3 issues but I'm not hopeful. They should have given this title to Jeremy Adams, that dude is killing it on Flash. more

This was pretty weak but I’m hoping that’s just first issue issues and it’ll get better.

This was a boring comic, but hopefully it gets better. So far, Strange Academy is the much better teen hero ensemble.

For children and teenagers this comic may be attractive, but it bored me. A very slow introduction with the mystery of Red X in a bland way. As always we see Starfire and Nightwing in charge of the young recruits. A party, boring talks. The art is good.

Rafa Sandoval is a great artist, that's a fact. But the story sucks. Teen Titan was one of the worst Future State titles, but DC still thought it was a good idea to make this series. None of the new characters is interesting, as a teenager I can say that Tim Sheridan tackled the stereotypes most teenagers hate, we hate this stereotypes because the most annoying teenagers are exactly like that and we like good characters, not annoying cardboard pieces. Brick is the worst. And Shazam was a member of New 52 Justice League, what is he with the Teen Titans?

There's nothing "problematic" about J.K.Rowling unless you're pretty demented, Tim, and your writing sucks.

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Amazing Psycamorean - Mar 30, 2021

JK Rowling is plenty problematic. She disregards and spreads hatred towards a group of people due to her own biases, despite her misconceptions being thoroughly debunked again and again. It springs from a place of trauma, as she has been abused by men in the past, and sees men as predators. This extends to trans women because she doesn't regard them as women, which is pretty problematic. Science and society disagree with her.

Merlyn - Mar 30, 2021

Seriously? :))

Amazing Psycamorean - Mar 30, 2021

Yeah, I still wanted my piece said here.

Merlyn - Mar 30, 2021

Ok. :))) Seems crazy to me but whatever, I know I'm staying out of it this time.

Amazing Psycamorean - Mar 30, 2021

Fair enough.

TJMB3891 - Jul 25, 2021

JK Rowling is problematic but Harry Potter is not. People not liking something simply because the writer is a douchebag, is dumb. It's your right but it's dumb. You can like something and hate who made it. I've met some of my favorite rappers and band members from my favorite bands and some are good guys and some were absolute pieces of shit and for a while it did turn me off from their music but eventually I learned to separate the art from the artist.

TJMB3891 - Jul 25, 2021

That being said...this if she was completing utter trash. The art was a vent level and gorgeous and Alejandro Sanchez is definitely one of the best colorists in comics today but the writing was cringe and the characters and story need to be fleshed out more.

TJMB3891 - Jul 25, 2021

This issue** not if she was. Forgive some of that, talk-to-text messed it up.

Merlyn - Jul 25, 2021

I don't think JK Rowling is problematic, nor "utter trash". Just because she has different views about delicate subjects doesn't make her either. No one should bow mindlessly to lunatic progressives, we're not in a totalitarian society where we don't have the option to dissent. I don't know if you've seen but she received hundreds of death threats from these crazies.

Merlyn - Jul 25, 2021

Also, I should warn you, if you wanted to reply to Psycamorean, he can't see these comments anymore, I've blocked him because he's one of those lunatic progressives as you've already seen and I don't want all that crazy in the comments on my posts anymore.

TJMB3891 - Jul 25, 2021

The death threats are a bit much. Nobody should get death threats for an opinion but there's a small group of people out there that just want to be treated as people. They don't want to be looked at as freaks they don't want to be treated like garbage. It is what it is. It's one thing to an express and opinion it's another to be militant about it and she's a lunatic feminist just like the far-left liberals can be lunatics. She's just as bad, just the other side of the coin.

TJMB3891 - Jul 25, 2021

People always snare at the "both sides people" but let's be honest, there are lunatics on all sides. Lunatic feminists, lunatic far-right douchebags, lunatic far-left douchebags. They are the people who scream the loudest, therefore they are the people we always hear about. She has some valid concerns but also has said some wacky shit.

TJMB3891 - Jul 25, 2021

I'm just not a fan of militant feminists. Not really a fan of militant anything.

Merlyn - Jul 25, 2021

You do know that 99% of the people that insult her actually agree with her on all her feminits stances, right? That's the lunacy of all this, she's with them on most of the subjects, she just dissented on this one, JUST THIS ONE. But that was enough because that's how it is with these people, you deviate from their dogma a tiny inch and that's it, you're cancelled, you're getting death threats etc.

Merlyn - Jul 25, 2021

In an all honesty, it's not just their faults, sure, they're mentally ill but corporations and the media are bowing down to them instead of opposing them as any normal society would. And you give up one inch to these people, the game's over. About the "wacky shit" that Rowling supposedly said, you should some of the stuff the people who attack her said. "Wacky" doesn't even begin to cover it.

Merlyn - Jul 25, 2021

If you ask me, I don't really feel sorry for her personally because for years she encouraged them, she's been on their side, she fed the monster until the monster ate her. BUT as a matter of principle, free-speech is for me fundamental for a free and just society so if I have to defend someone like Rowling for that, it's a price I'm willing to pay. Also, you know, unlike the trolls that attack her, she actually contributed to society with something useful, she made those books that I enjoyed.

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Firstly The book is supposed to take the place of a “Teen Titans” book, but it seems to completely miss the point. This book is basically Titans awkwardly ocasnaily acting like teen titans to relieve the mood. Like how old is the beast boy supposed to be because he is acting multiple ages.
Secondly, The characters are just badly written, not only did it mess the Titans but the new characters/ students are likeable. I don’t mean that they act a certain way so they are bad, the problem with these new students/ characters is that they don’t act a specific way they act like extras do in a superhero movie, they change however the writer wants and in a TERRIBLE way.
Lastly there are too many storylines; academy-students storyline, Titans storyline, & the Red-X storyline. I was excited about the Red-X storyline in particular but it is in the wrong book. This is like amazing spider-man 2 but worse. Too many plot lines happening at the same time and fighting for the spotlight, and none of them are done.
First issues are supposed to be interesting to catch the attention to to keep new readers on board. If you are looking for a “TEEN TITANS” book then skip these and if you are not still skip this because it is bad.
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