Marvel and DC Announce Diverse New Comics

Today was a big day for comic books, as massive announcements came from both sides of the Marvel/DC aisle. Marvel made their big announcement that was supposed to appear on The View today (it ended up on their website and mashable instead), and DC announced a whole lineup of new books. The wonderful thing is that a great many of the new books are led by diverse casts - the comic book industry is starting to change. Hit the jump for the full announcements.

TNT's "Titans" Line-up Revealed!

 

 

As a kid, one of my favorite series growing up was Marv Wolfman and George Perez's standard-setting New Teen Titans run.  The Justice League was always flashier, with epic storylines that spanned the galaxy, but something always seemed more...mechanical and straightlaced about the League of the time.  The Teen Titans, on the other hand, were tight-knit, character-driven personalities that acted like real people trying to grow up, and I've always had a soft spot for the band of sidekicks trying to reach independence as a family.

After a number of animated incarnations since the start of the millennium, the Teen Titans have graduated to the growing live-action DC Television Universe with TNT's order of an Akiva Goldsman / Mark Haines pilot for "The Titans".  Let's look at some of the history behind the characters that we may see brought to the screen -- and some of the glaring omissions from Teen Titans history.