The Teen Titans face off against one of their quintesential rivals for the first time in The New 52: the extradimensional demon lord Trigon!
The demon Trigon triumphs over the Teen Titans, turning one of their own against the team! As he begins to turn Manhattan into a staging ground for a demonic takeover of the planet, the Titans must mend the cracks formed between them if they stand any chance against the demonic villains and his corrupted children.
This volume was published by DC Comics on July 22, 2014. It collects Teen Titans 18-23.
After two volumes featuring crossover events, we're now back to a block of issues just focusing on the team itself. I like the idea of that - allowing us to get more understanding of the primary cast without a lot of guest-stars and other storylines getting in the way.
The story arc in this volume centers mostly on Trigon and his kids (plural). Yes, now he has three sons as well as daughter Raven. Not sure how I feel about that. We also get the return of Beast Boy from the first arc, thus adding to the cast more - without giving us a ton on those we had here before. Heck, we even got Raven's origin before the full story on some of the others. Weird.
The group still remains dysfunctional and untrusting of one another despite almost two years' worth of stories into the run. I don't like that. I miss a Titans team that was more solid, more together. This one just is not cutting it for me.
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