In IIn TITANS #3, the team receives word that Karen Beecher-Duncan-a.k.a. Bumblebee-has been kidnapped! Is there a connection between a shadowy new foe and the intergalactic demon that stole their memories? Find out in "The Return of Wally West" chapter 3!
As in the earlier issues, Wally West remains at the core of the story, and has a meeting with Linda Park in this one, in which he tries to connect with her, without terrorizing her. Its a very well written conversation, with a deadly kicker at the end. Read Full Review
Right now my biggest gripe with the title is its frequency. With so many prominent Rebirth titles getting the bi-weekly treatment, waiting a month seems way too long. First world comic book reader problems for sure. Read Full Review
Titans is shaping up to be one of the tent-pole titles of the Rebirth storyline. The Titans seem to be at the centre of events with their forgotten history holding tantalizing hints of the true DC Universe timeline. Read Full Review
Still, as DC titles currently stand, this is one of the best and certainly worth looking at. Now let's look forward to the next issue! Read Full Review
While I can't say that this issue has a lot of action or even moves the story in a direction that will unveil all the secrets that the Rebirth Special teased us with, what it did was drop us some tiny nuggets to keep us hungry for more about the future of the DC Universe, while looking great all the way through. Read Full Review
Titans is still holding back on some of the key reveals that will cement whether this is worth following or not but it's doing it in a way that keeps it fun and engaging. Abnett's got the characters fairly well and I like that we get a good bit of downtime that helps to showcase that more. While I don't expect it for a bit considering what the characters are dealing with, I really want an issue where they all just hang out and catch up with everything. There are some good smaller moments here, such as Roy and Donna and some curiosity with the two pages we get from Bumblebee, but the big scene stealer continues to be Brett Booth's artwork. Great stuff all around with him and the team in making this feel so much more energetic than a lot of other books on the market. Read Full Review
Titans is a series I had higher hopes for because the characters involved, but it isnt doing much for me. I wish there was more emphasis on how the characters connect and what it means for them to be back together. I also want the women to have a more prominent role outside of common gender conceptions. Titans teeters in the precipice of getting it right, but it doesnt quite take the plunge. I enjoyed the nods to bigger elements, but overall the series has not been for me. Read Full Review
Titans is a comic that has a decent script and interesting hook by Dan Abnett, but is hampered down by its weak art and lackadaisical villain. Read Full Review
This is a fun book and I do recommend picking it up. Since there is no dedicated Rebirth series with the main story, this series shouldn’t be missed as it will probably be the one to deliver a lot of the answer to questions many of us have been asking about with Rebith. Read Full Review
While the story doesn't really move ahead, these Titans continued to be developed as characters. The arc is just getting rolling for this team of forgotten former side kicks. Read Full Review
It's really tough when a title that I want to read, featuring a writer I enjoy and characters that I'm drawn to, has such a disconnect between scripting and art. Worse still, Booth's Titans often look to be 14 or 15 years old, thanks to his elongated necks and large heads, which undermines the expectation that they're young adults trying to rebuild their heroic lives. In short, Titans #3 is a story that I want to read, presented in a manner that I do not want any part of. Read Full Review
When it comes down to it, I feel as though Titans is suffering from an identity crisis. It doesn't know who or what it is. There is no sense of direction or understanding. Titans just is" and not in a good way. At times it's an action book, other times it's a campy hero fest, and then there are times where it's a serious drama. It's fine for a story to encompass all of these elements, but it needs to be one thing, and then contain those other elements. Joss Whedon is a master at doing this" Dan Abnett, not so much. Not here anyway. I'm not giving up on Titans, but it needs to find itself before it ever expects it's audience to. Read Full Review
This will be a tough sell for anyone looking for a story that offers anything better than a superhero slugfest. The characters do a lot of talking, but to not much gain. Read Full Review
I think I'm getting more enjoyment out of this Titans series than anyone else is. Since I've been following most of the Rebirth books I like that this is one of the few stories with any tie in to the first Universe Rebirth. Wally West has been such a great character to this point.
I love how Abnett has been doing Wally West and the interactions between the Titans. While things feel like they are happening slowly, I think that might have to do with it only been a monthly comic. Since we are so used to bi-monthlies from DC, the pacing of this comic feels even slower than it is. I enjoyed Abnett's Titan's Hunt and think that he will do just as well with this comic. All I recommend to people have a problem with this comic is just to have some patience.
Just can't get into this.
One of the biggest disappointments of the DC Rebirth. Wally's portrayal in the DC Rebirth one shot indicates he is a major character in the Rebirth story line and I was really excited to follow his story into Titans, but the difference in tone and the way Dan Abnett is writing Titans just doesn't seem to match with the initial feeling I got when reading Rebirth. This comic is just an average, generic team book with cheesy dialogue and a lame villain. A lame villain that appears to also be important to the Rebirth story line, which is also disappointing.
Still really shit. Why did Garth survive that magic-smash? It would have been a win-win situation. DC drops a boring character, the audience can see that the stakes are high. Then DC just doesn't revive him ever, and mentions him once in awhile. Dude's bones were literally glowing through his skin when that last cliffhanger hit. Now he's just 'a little cooked'? Lame. And I mean, I don't want senseless death. I just want to know that the writers really are willing to take risks and make these stories consequential, and that they aren't just writing because they're former big names who can sell books based on that.