A Question about the Wolfman/Perez Teen Titans

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My son is really digging the TT cartoons and watching them with him is really giving me a nostalgic taste for the Wolfman/Perez era.

I am thinking about going back and trying to collect the complete run.

The thing that always confused me was the comic Tales of the Teen Titans.

It seemed like it was a reprint series for a while, but also a first run series at times.

What issues would I need to collect to get a complete run of the Wolfman/Perez stories and in what order would I read them?

This is going to cost me, isn’t it?

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Presuming Tales of the Teen Titans was like Tales of the Legion of Superheroes, it was a first-run series for its first year (after Teen Titans moved over to a Baxter Book), then, after a year, it became a reprint book, picking up the stories from TT a year late.

Of course, it might NOT have worked like Tales of the Legion, but that seems somewhat unlikely.

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I wrote a reading order for the Teen Titans, which you can get here. More basically, the order of the series are:

New Teen Titans v1
Tales of the New Teen Titans (mini)
Tales of the Teen Titans
New Teen Titans v2
New Titans (Perez leaves after #61)

There’s also Teen Titans Spotlight during the same period, but Wolfman only wrote a few of the stories.

Tales of the Teen Titans starts from #41 (taking off from the New Teen Titans numbering), and was original stories through #58. #59 might be worth getting as well, however, since it reprints some harder to find stories.

And yes, collecting a full run will cost you.

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Tales of the Teen Titans had 18 original issues from 4/1984 to 10/1985. The Titans Baxter Book started in 8/1984. I’m not sure whether that matches up with Tales of the Legion or not.

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Not quite. Tales of the Legion started the same month the Baxter LoSH did, August '84, starting with #314, and had 12 original issues before going to reprints of the Baxter run with #326.

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Do you need the actual back issues, or would you be satisfied with the Archive Editions ? They’re collected in a hardback book. 230 pages, $49.95 each. Two editions out to date, probably the most affordable alternative.

As for Tales of the Teen Titans: Get 'em if you’re a completist, but there was a noticeable dropoff in quality after Perez left (though the Barreto issues were swell).

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You can get the Archive Editions on Amazon for around 1/3 less.

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Oh, yeah, there is a comic book based on the TV show, entitled Teen Titans! GO!. Separate from the regular comics continuity, it is part of DC’s kids line.

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Heck, no. I’d prefer the collected versions!

What issues do they cover?

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Ten issues each (Vol. I covers New Teen Titans 1-10, Vol. II covers issues 11-20, plus the first one has the teaser from DC COMICS PRESENTS).

Widely available at most comics shops and large bookstores.

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BTW–they’re hardcovers, good ones, too.

And, as I said, you can get em at a sizeable discount on Amazon.

34% off.

These are collection of the comic based on the TV series. Cheaper in price, but your kid may prefer them.

Enjoy! :slight_smile: