Damian is a very loveable brat, haha. I love the titans and I found this addition to the canon pretty fun. I’m never let down by DC art either, as always, it’s beautiful.

I loved reading this graphic novel, the story was well written, the artwork was great even on my Kindle. It left me wanting more in the best possible way, I look forward to the next installment of this story arc.

A good rebirth of a classic team but overall a retread of ideas and plots that have been seen in comics for the last two decades at least. Reinvention is not creation.

The Teen Titans are one of my favourite ensemble casts and it was amazing to read about them again and see how they all came together, thanks to Damian, who I had mix feelings about; I started the volume feeling bad for him but I do not like how he treats the other members of the team. That being said though, this installment focuses quite a lot on Damian, which you can guess from the title, rather than the whole team, which disappointed me a bit and confused me at the beginning, as I had not been following his advetures, so I cannot comment on how well it ties to those previous titles. However, I am intrigued about the new team.
. If you like Damian, you will definetely enjoy this comic book, but bare in mind that it's his book and not Teen Titans'.

Benjamin Percy returns the Teen Titans to their roots in Teen Titans Vol. 1: Damian Knows Best, resurrecting the pre-Flashpoint histories of Beast Boy and Starfire, among others. It's nice to see the Titans invested again in being professional heroes rather than misfits. Percy has a nice nod to Teen Titans lore here when he gathers the team around a campfire as part of their coming together ritual. Jonboy Meyers's issues give the title a lot of animated, manga-inspired youth and vitality. Percy gets points for a refreshed, aspirational take on the Titans.

Jumping right into the DC Rebirth, this volume is action packed. If you've struggled with liking Damian Wayne before (as many have) this series may give him a chance to not to be loathed. If you can't give over Damian there's the rest of the Titans that I'm sure someone will spark your fancy. Overall a strong start to a new arc.

ARC from Netgalley.
Ah Damian... such trouble you get into on your own...
This Volume is very much an origin story for the DC Rebirth Era Teen Titans. Robin, Beast Boy, Kid Flash, Starfire, and Raven make up the team, and end in the iconic Titans Tower.
The conflict revolves around their battle with the Demon's Fist, a group of elite young inductees to the League of Assassins, who Damian once led. Their current leader, Mara, Damian's cousin, wants revenge for her embarrassment in front of their grandfather, Ra's Al Ghul.
The camaraderie and familial bonds between them get really strong, and the whole Volume has overall "feel good" feeling. Teen Titans are ready and set to have an excellent title in DC Rebirth.
High Recommend.

My son is a Teen Titans fan, I like DC comics, so I said I'd give this a try.

Teen Titans is new territory for me since I don't know much about any of the characters. I've always preferred the main superheroes (like Batman & co). But this was a nice read, although the art style changed at some point. Damian started looking really weird.

'Teen Titans, Volume 1: Damian Knows Best' by Benjamin Percy with art by Jonboy Meyers is the start of a new Teen Titans team led by a pretty unlikely Robin.

After losing the Robin known as Tim, the Titans are coping with it in their own way. Each one is captured and taken to a secret location. By Damian Wayne, who knows this team is in danger. The team feels a bit out of sorts with this little upstart, but it soon becomes apparent that Damian might be right. It also becomes apparent that he could probably use a few friends.

I like this Damian. He's got a messed up family tree, and he is a pretty dark character, but there is something I like there. Rounding out the team is Beast Boy, Raven, Starfire and Kid Flash. I hope Damian's awesome pet shows up every now and then. The art is great, and I really liked this story to kick off a new era.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from DC Entertainment and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

So I haven’t read a lot of comics (if any actually), I have seen the TV shows (both animated and live action) and seen the movies but I haven’t really read any of the comics so I didn’t know where to start and at this point it seemed silly to just think about where I should start rather than and just pick up a volume and read what I thought would be interesting.

Damian is the son of Batman and on his 13th birthday he winds up celebrating alone but knowing that his grandfather is disappointed in his life choices he decides to change his fate by trying to reform the Teen Titans; however, he does it in a very roundabout, I’m better than everyone way. He “forms” the team by capturing them and telling them that they are all weak. Not a good start but when everyone finally opens up about their backgrounds he realizes that they have more in common and decides that he should face his grandfather on his own.

I could easily follow what was going on and figure out the characters. I knew a little bit about the backgrounds of everyone but Damian (Robin) and the very beginning of the volume gave quite a bit of his background which was very easily woven into the story. I really enjoyed this volume and I am looking forward to continuing this series and seeing where it goes from here.

Spins out of Robin: Son of Batman, in fact it probably should have been called Robin and the Teen Titans as much as it focuses on Damien. Damien kidnaps the Teen Titans because they are in danger. 5 assassins (the Demon's fist) are graduating from Ra's al Ghul's assassins school and their final exam is to kill each of the members Damien has kidnapped. The remainder of the arc is the Titnas dealing with the Demon's fist.

The Good: Not a bad introduction for the new Teen Titans. Hopefully, this will be better than the new 52 series.

The Bad: Mara's character changes significantly from Son of Robin. Batman is now an absentee who forgets his son's birthday after he went to Apokolips to bring Damien back.

The Ugly: I don't like how Damien keeps getting aged up. He turns 13 at the beginning of this book. Pretty soon he'll be a young adult like the previous 3 Robins. Damien works best when he's a little prick of about 9 or 10.

Damian turns 13 and is now a teenager. In lieu of a present, his grandfather gave him a choice, return to the fold, or die. So , he steals a Batplane, kidnaps Starfire, Beast Boy, Raven, and Kid Flash to form his own team of superheroes. The reaction to his high-handedness is predictable, but as super-heroes, they rolled with the punches and manage to pull together to defeat the team of assassins that looked upon them as a graduation exercise. Read the tale and find out how Batman reacts to Damian's independence.

Confession: I had never read a teen titan comic before and before I started this, I would not have been able to name the members. I really loved this book- among my favorites in the DC Rebirth line. And it's totally normal to have hair envy for Starfire, right?? I'm a bit late on reading and posting this because this book is already out!!! I definitely think you should check it out if you want to learn about these characters. For those who don't know, the Rebirth line started at the beginning again so you don't need to know anything when you start the book.

Well, scrape my jaw off the floor and call me Shirley - they've actually made a Damian al Ghul-Wayne-whatever book that isn't awful. Yes, you get some mediocre artwork here, and at times it's like these Titans are only together because they have the same colours as some brand of candies somewhere, but once all the bickering is gotten rid of you actually have a decent story! And you want to read more! Because for once the main character isn't a humungous turd! Seriously, forgive the exclamation marks, it's because I'm just too damned surprised to write normally. I feared the worst here - this is the Rebirth we're talking about, let's face it - but this was pretty cool.

Damian Knows Best get's off to a bit of a rocky start, but ends on a strong note. The new Teen Titans is a mixed group, that I'm not sure works well together, but I'll have to see a bit more of them in action to really decide.

The story opens with the team being brought together, and by that I mean Damian kidnaps them all. Like I said, rocky start. Many of the things Damian does in the first half of this book feel out of character. He's had a lot of growth since his introduction and this Damian feels like he's still trying to figure out how not to be a bad guy (something he figured out in both Tomasi and Morrison's Batman and Robin runs) by the end he's begun to feel a bit more like the Robin portrayed in other Rebirth and New 52 comics, so I have hope he'll continue to grow from there.

As for the other members of the team, I'm conflicted. Beastboy feels like he's been pulled directly from his last Teen Titans run. Many of his jokes fall flat or read awkwardly, but again by the end Percy seems to have worked out some of the kinks in the character and has started to find his voice. Starfire is strong, though I'm not sure why she (or Gar and Raven) is in the story other than to be an experienced member of the team. She does well trying to get everyone to work together, and I'd almost rather see her leading over Damian.

Raven seems like a good character, but she didn't have a lot of time to shine in this book. She read well, and didn't have much awkward dialogue, but in an ensemble book she's kind of off to the side until she's needed. I hope to see more of her in future installments. Wally (or Wally II) fells a little forced. He at least is in the right age bracket, and I can see how his awkward struggle to find himself is a good fit for him to join the others. Everyone seems to be trying to find their way in this book.

Aside from the characters the story is strong. Damian's grandfather, Ra's Al Ghul has sent his own version of teen titans (just evil) after Damian and his group. The fights scenes are good, and Mara is an interesting character I'd like to see more of.

By the end of the story the team is beginning to feel like a team, and some of the awkwardness has worked itself out. It'll be interesting to see where the group goes from here and if their dynamic can really build into one as good as some of the previous Titans teams.

When I first heard that this Teen Titans would include Damian Wayne I wasn't sure what to thing. I wasn't the biggest fan to the newest addition to the batfamily but I always loved the Teen Titans so I decided to give it a try. I was delightfully surprised. Not only was Damian's interaction with the Titans funny but I felt it brought a new dynamic to the team. While I still miss Tim Drake this book has convinced me to give Damian a chance and I can't wait to read more.

“No mammal but the bat can fly. What happened, fifty million years ago, that made it trade out its arms and take wing? I think the bat made a choice. Genes don’t simple change. They have to be switched on. Triggered. It could have gone on living as it was born. But instead it approached a precipice-and dared to leap-and won its future.”

Unfortunately, I have to start off with a warning that the artist changed before the completion of the first graphic novel. If you’re a stickler for having the same artist, or at least trying to find a replacement with the same style, I wouldn’t pick this one up. The art after the first issue makes thirteen year old Damian look like a pudgy eight year old with a receding hairline.

That sort of proves a bit of my next point about the writer. *sigh* I hate bashing on books or comics, but this is just so choppy and not thought out. I admit I haven’t read any of Benjamin Percy’s works before, and I’m not quite sure he knows very much about the Batman universe.

“I had a choice. Follow In the footsteps of the world’s greatest crime lord or the world’s greatest detective…and I chose the Batman!”

There are props to be given for mentioning Batman as the world’s greatest detective; I think some people keep forgetting that, and it’s a simple enough sentence, but anyone who knows Ra’s al Ghul knows he is no crime lord. We’re not talking about a maffia here; we’re talking about the League of Assassins.

Now, Damian is a character, I’ve learned, people either love or hate. Usually there is no in between. For me Damian is one of my top Robins! Sadly, he has poorly characterized here. Is Damian arrogant? Yes. Is he a bit of a bully? Of course. But one thing the Son of Batman, the Grandson of Ra’s al Ghul does NOT do is throw a tantrum like a three year old.

On the good side, kidnapping the teen titians does sound like something Damian would do instead of approaching them individually and asking, and the titians’ reactions to Damian were entertaining. But again, Damian asking for the original Titan Tower to be built is NOT Damian’s character. He’s too much like his father, and grandfather for that matter, and would see that giant “T” as atrocious and prefer to keep a base hidden and well protected.

The art in the beginning is fantastic, but as the art changed so did my opinion. There are a few high points revolving around jokes (Alfred is and will always be the best), but it’s not enough to keep this comic out of the dirt. As much as I hate to say it, but what Damian Knows Best does not have my seal of approval.

This first volume of Teen Titans belongs to the event Rebirth that consists, as I understand it, in a restart of the arguments of the series of DC comics, locating all that were before the Flashpoint; Giving them the vitality that some series have lost, carrying and bringing old characters, and so on.

So you can think that less the first part of this volume is dedicated to an introduction of the characters, at least explaining some of their lives as a starting point, but not; Go right to action.

Damian wants to unite the Teen Titans, after the death of Tim Drake, and is not willing to take no for an answer, so whether they want it or not: Starfire, Beast Boy, Kid Flash and Raven are involved in their plan and in the middle of a war where ideals are hand in hand with blood ties.

The new Robin has just turned thirteen and has to deal with an absent father and his lack of friends, of course, not to mention that his grandfather, the immortal villain, Rah's Al Gul has decided to release a group of ninjas trained to go after him and the rest of the superhero group. If Damian lived tormented by his past and the dark inheritance of his grandfather, this hunt only increases his doubts as to whether he will ever achieve that great future to which he is destined.

The question that reveals to him is if within him will gain his inheritance of justice or his evil genes.
Who is really Damian?
Can heroes overcome their initial problems and unite to save their lives?
Or will Damian succumb to his malicious grandfather's wishes?

Now let's go into the technical, the illustrations have a good style, with bright colors and neutral backgrounds where the silhouette of the characters is what stands out, I liked the combinations of colors and clothes in general, although I can not honestly make a comparison with the Costumes in other editions of Teen Titans. What I will criticize is the ending of poses, although in the battle scenes I saw no problems in this was not so at the end, where the illustrations seemed a little strange and they detracted a lot from the experience.

Reading in English: For being a comic, the text is complemented by the images and makes the reading even in the second language is not especially difficult, in addition the illustrations at times speak for themselves so they have a low English level no necessarily means that we can not enjoy this number.

As for the plot, I would like it to have lengthened more, there are works in which it is avoided to the arguments that do not seem to have end but in an introductory history like this it was necessary a little more to walk by the branches, this speed made that for me the narrative declined, as everything happened very superficially, there was not much deepening in the characters beyond a description.

There are several things that unfortunately do not fit me. At first is the broken family dynamics that they decided to raise in Damian, so Bruce Wayne is such a bad father that he does not even remember his son's birthday? It was not a resource I particularly liked. Another thing that struck me was the age range they introduced to Starfire, just by seeing the images you see that she no longer has anything of "teen", so if they could include Kid Flash why not choose other characters to adapt more?

In general the story was good, is something that is enjoyed, perhaps because it is something we are used to, what I do not like is that they take that as a starting point, they trusted that the usual characters would sustain the plot and would call the attention, neglecting the quality of it, which ended up being something full of cliché and topic, that follows the cycle of "I do not trust you", happens to "I sacrifice" and ends in "Let's be friends". With antagonists whose only weight is to be commanded by the great Ra's al Ghul.

But you have to admit, not everything is bad, after all, even when I found obstacles, I do not give it away: Do you read comics or not Damian knows best is a number that you can enjoy, although it is better if you do not go with much expectation and you are only looking for a reading to distract you or as a first approach to the DC Universe.

I almost entirely liked this Teen Titans reboot, which is weird for me.

There have been some Teen Titans groups that I really liked and others that I didn't, and honestly I thought that having Damian (not my favorite Robin) as well as Beast Boy would make me not like it.

But, how they brought the team together as well as how they set up Mara and the League of Assasins as the antagonists, it was pretty cool, and really well done I thought.

I came into the TPB just planning on reading this one since it's part of the Rebirth and I'm trying to read as many of them as I can to see if I can find some new characters to like (it worked with Marvel Now and Deadpool and Harley Quinn and the New 52). But, by the end I finished the volume definitely hoping that there'd be another one in the series for sure!

I was given this galley through Netgalley on behalf of DC Entertainment.