Some thoughts about World's Finest: Teen Titans #1

How was the beginning of the career of the Teen Titans?

Robin is trying to deal with his brand new team but the constant clashes with Speedy will make things way more difficult that he was expecting and what makes it even worse are the secrets that Batman forces upon him.

After the obvious success of Mark Waid's World's Finest, it was only logical for DC to try to expand upon the idea of the early adventures of their superheroes and, considering how prominent Robin was in that book, the Teen Titans receiving the spinoff was also the right choice and fortunately Waid continues to bring his A game here.

I was a bit anxious at hearing about Waid writing these characters at first though since he doesn't have the best track record with young superheroes and is not like Dick Grayson was particularly well-written in World's Finest. However, Waid demonstrates a great handle at the whole cast here, particularly because of the different personalities that appear in the book. 

Is great to see how the most responsible Robin has to deal with a Speedy who is just crying for attention and is willing to do everything to get it, and is especially great once that the writer explores why someone like Roy Harper has such need due to the constant absence of Oliver Queen in his life which works in multiple levels due that it connects to the stories where Roy becomes an addict due to the lack of attention from his father figure and even the fights that he has with Dick bring back memories of their time in the Outsiders (which is easily the best dynamic they ever had).

The plot itself doesn't progress much but the writer does a good job at setting-up these characters for what's coming in the future including the conflict that Batman forces on the group and the arrival of a new antagonist.

Emanuela Luppachino does a great job at recreating the tone that Dan Mora established in the main book thanks to her beautiful characters and clean style.

Solid beginning, needed more plot as a whole but it definitely does a better job at making you invested into this than something like Tom Taylor's Titans (which is kinda sad now that I think about it).