Teen Titans: Earth One Review

Finished reading Teen Titans: Earth One, this continues DC Comics' Earth One storyline from their Superman and Batman Earth One titles. The book opens up with Raven dreaming of an alien crash from years prior to the book  then goes to Monument, Oregon where the rest of the Titans are introduced as they begin to develop their powers with Victor Stone having an unique metal compound coming out of the pores of his skin. After Victor shows the metal to his girlfriend Terra she then develops her earth manipulation powers as she argues with her mum. Finally Garfield Logan discovers his powers after becoming a large green humanoid cat as Starfire calls out to each of them pleading for help. As the group meet at the nearest beach to figure out what's happening to them Victor's mom Dr Stone meets with the parents as she shows her true colours and forces Slade Wilson to come out of retirement as he gets back into his Deathstroke gear to go after the group and his son Joey only for them to be rescued by Raven. The rest of the book has the group breaking into the S.T.A.R labs to rescue Starfire while learning of their origin along the way. Overall this was a good book as it gave each character a nice backstory right at the beginning with each of the characters transformations being than bit more impactful. The version of Deathstroke the book conveys is one of the most interesting parts as he seemed more of a loving father trying to make a better future with his son other than being the brutal mercenary he's been know, also the change of Terra being Cyborgs girlfriend instead of Beast-boy's gives Victor a different dynamic to previous incarnations as well. 7.5/10.