DC Comics Proclaims New Titans Comedian

For years, the Titans have been a type of superhero groups that DC Comics hasn’t totally identified what to do with. The members who’ve outlined the superhero workforce have primarily been locked off to different workforce or solo books throughout the “Rebirth” period, or headlined restricted books as a strategy to semi-link up with the recently ended Titans present. However because the DC universe is getting into a new dawn, the writer is placing a extra energetic effort in pushing the workforce to the large leagues.

To that time, Tom Taylor and Nicola Scott are engaged on a brand new Titans e-book whose supposed mission assertion is taking the workforce “to the forefront of the DC Universe.” Revealed earlier within the week, the brand new e-book will choose up the place Taylor and Bruno Redondo’s Nightwing #100, which ended with a brand new Titans Tower being arrange in Bloodhaven. Together with Nightwing himself, the e-book will likely be headlined by Raven, Beast Boy, Starfire, Cyborg (who’s additionally headlining a solo e-book from Morgan Hampton and Tom Raney), Donna Troy’s Marvel Lady, and Wally West because the Flash. And what’s extra, the Titans are supposed to interchange the Justice League as DC’s premier workforce, although the League itself will nonetheless be round within the present DC publishing line.

Of the Titans being the brand new League, Taylor argued that the potential has “at all times been there” all through the many years. Within the aftermath of Darkish Disaster, Taylor felt that it was an excellent alternative to comply with by means of on that potential. And what’s extra, the e-book gained’t contain the Titans questioning if they’ll step as much as take the place of their mentors. “They’re not youngsters anymore. They haven’t been for a very long time,” mentioned Scott. “As this group of characters comes collectively to fill the footwear of the Justice League…they’re not deciding to name themselves the Justice League. They’re 100% the Titans.”

“They’re going to combat Justice League threats, the Titans manner,” continued Taylor. “Now in 2023, the Titans get to step up and be the premiere superhero workforce of the DC Universe. In order that’s ridiculously thrilling that we lastly get to meet that.”

Titans #1 will launch on Could 16.

[by way of PopVerse]

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