I an unable to review this title, as it was archived before I had a chance to download and read it. This feedback is only to stop this title from adversely affecting my netgalley feedback rate. If in the future I have the opportunity to read this title, I will post a proper review here.

This was a fun read. It was nice to see the original team teaching new kids; it had a little of an x-men vibe about it. I loved the mystery around Red X. this is a fun read if you love teen titans.

A real missed opportunity. Having the Titans run a school for teen heroes sounds great. Too bad this isn't about that. Instead, it's all about "Who is Red X?" But you know what, who cares? This certainly doesn't make me care. It hasn't been a long running mystery. The character didn't even exist in the comics until Future State. If you are going to make a book called Teen Titans Academy make it about the academy. Most of the kids don't even get introductions. As the book goes on, we get introductions on a couple of them but most, I know nothing about except their real names. Their powers or back stories haven't been mentioned at all leaving me completely uninterested at all. This book gets an 'F' for the first semester.

It has been a while since I read a Teen Titans comic. I fondly remember the year I borrowed the entire Geoff Johns run from the library. Wow, where does the time go? I also loved the original Teen Titans cartoon on Cartoon Network (before the “Go”) so I was intrigued by this new volume that appeared to introduce Red X into continuity.

This was a fun book. I liked the introduction of lost of new kids with weird or possibly no powers. It really felt like it was trying to go for a Generation X feel. The older classic Titans characters didn’t get quite enough focus, but that’s hard with such a big cast. I particularly liked the kids from Gotham.

This was a fun read! Thanks to DC and NetGalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

I had a hard time putting this graphic novel down. We meet a new group of young heroes who wish to one day join this elite team. At this school we also see the original members who are happy to help teach these kids a thing or two. While this semester begins it looks like a deadly foe might have come back. The big question is who might be under the mask. As this graphic novel comes to a close it looks like this story is far from over.

Teen Titans Academy Vol 1: X Marks The Spot is ultimately a book that does not know what it wants to be. I could not even finish the graphic novel. The change of perspectives is one thing in a book, where POVs shift, but in comics, nailing such a thing is tricky, if not impossible. For a book like this, it just makes it jarring. You start to get connected to one character, their story builds up and then bam!, they are gone. It makes for a very annoying read and one where it is impossible to enjoy the fractured story.

We love Teen Titans so this was entertaining to read! Thank you to NetGalley and DC Comics for a gifted copy.

I love the teen titans so anything involving them is a win for me. This gives me vibes of an X-men comic when we're dealing with the students who haven't quite made it yet.

The Teen Titans have been a staple within the DC Universe since their inception at the hands of George Perez and Marv Wolfman, and the team has seen quite a few revamps throughout the years with its alternating roster. As excellent as those takes might've been, Future State and Infinite Frontier set out to do something different with Teen Titans Academy introducing a whole new generation of Titans.

Teen Titans Academy serves as the prequel for the events of Future State: Teen Titans, where we see the surviving Titans reel with a world-shattering event. Academy is the story leading up to that; this volume helps readers to become more acquainted with the students at the academy before most of them meet a grisly end.

The characters here are one of the story's brightest gems, introducing us to students such as Summer Zahid, Totally Tubular, Gorilla Gregg, Bolt, Tress, Dane, Matt Price, Brick Pettirosso, and Stitch, a nonbinary ragdoll who is the apprentice of Doctor Fate. The most interesting of the bunch is the Batpack, a group of orphans rescued from an orphanage that was selling children off for use in science experiments. Megabat, Bratgirl, and Chupacabra were rescued by Nightwing and accepted into the academy. They are fun new additions and could technically be considered members of the Batfamily who are so ripe for their own solo title, it would be a shame to see them fade into the backlog of DC characters who aren't getting their time to shine.

The story does fun things with the characters to really build them up and creatively explore their backgrounds. Alinta, aka Bolt, has a standout origin here, revealing Amanda Waller saved her not so long ago, and owes her big, like allegiance to Task Force X big. It feels like the writers figured they'd done enough though, after spotlighting a character for an issue it's like the focus is ripped away from them and we don't see them again for a while. Some of the characters here, booming with potential to explore, are kinda just left in the dust as it can feel as if the series is lacking direction. While the stories we are getting in this run with Stitch and the Batpack are great, it would be nice to see the other students like Miguel, Summer, and even Gorilla Gregg, the nephew of Grodd factored into the story more instead of being used when it is convenient to the story. While they are crucial it can at times feel like the OG titans are overwhelming the story just a bit, but the story does route focus back to the students.

While these solo stories are good, what I'd really like to see moving forward is the students coming together and learning to work as a team, I mean that's the whole point of them being at the Teen Titans academy, after all. It would be much better to see the students actually working together and developing alongside each other, working much better in both their favor, as well as the story's favor.

The main focus of the story is the mystery behind who the new Red X is; Red X is, of course, the brief alter-ego of Dick Grayson in the Teen Titans animated series who made his comic book debut in 2021. The mask has been picked up by another, coming and going from Titans tower as he pleases while the Titans freak out over it. The mystery would be more interesting if the series made an effort to get us to care about Red X. While he's a cool-looking character, he is also a massive tool, and isn't very likable with what they are doing with him here, crafting him as on a one-man crusade that just doesn't seem noble enough to care.

Thankfully, this is only Vol. 1 of the story and is only comprised of the first few issues of the run. Even with there still being more to read, the story here shouldn't feel unfinished and should be able to stand on its own. Teen Titans Academy was a creative path to navigate with a lot of potential to spotlight the new characters some may be meeting for the first time.

This comic was a good addition to the Teen Titans universe but the storyline was a bit all over the place. I thoroughly enjoyed the artwork and I love the characters but some of the dialogue was mediocre. I'd love to read the next volume to see how the series progresses.

An amazing addition to Teen Titans in the comics verse! I love all these heroes, and I love seeing the OG Titans doing some teaching to the next generation. Can’t wait to see more!

Trying to Do Some Good

Teen Titian’s Academy #1 written by Tim Sheridan, with art by Rafa Sandoval, is a modern take on super-powered teenagers trying to find their identity in the wake of the age of superheroes. After many events, that are not covered in this comic, the New Titians recruit a group of special teens to learn the basics about being a superhero. The Teen Titian’s Academy is run by the classic New Titian’s characters, who take on the role of teacher and mentor. From the beginning, things start to go wrong as the mysterious Red X causes confusion, and trouble within the Titian’s Tower. Everyone has secrets, and being a teenager is tough, but learning teamwork may not be enough to help the academy’s students.

There are a lot of new characters in addition to characters introduced in previous comics, the New Titans, and the current Teen Titians. Which is a lot of characters to introduce, and keep track of in this new comic run. This comic does feature a nice range of diversity, and mixed backgrounds. Including the awesome character Alinta aka. Bolt, a speedster struggling to hide her difficult past. Stitch the relatable “magically animated, gender-nonconforming rag doll”, who brings some humor to this comic. Also including an interval with the Bat Pack’s reiteration of events, and origin story. As well as other students, who do not get a lot of story building.

Red X seems to use this mixture of ambiguous characterization, and secret pasts to hide a very vague purpose. Or Nightwing’s word “stalks”, might be accurate. With the surprise appearance of the Suicide Squad, trying to re-pick their own teen candidate. Which is not a great moment for anyone involved. This comic is full of growing pains, and cynical views about identity, relationships, and judging other people. The New Titians moments, including jokes about Nightwing being old, and Cyborg teaching Home Ec., just seemed to fall flat. Between active missions, other commitments, relationships, planning curriculum, family stuff, and dealing with interpersonal student issues the New Titians may be way over their heads.

Over all this comic has a great comic layout, and Rafa Sandoval’s style is dynamic, and visually fun from panel to panel. Alejandro Sanchez does a wonderful job adding rich color to an otherwise darker themed comic. Though, some of the font size, and styles were a bit hard to read digitally. The mystery of the story relies on what the comic doesn’t show the reader, which is a lot. Readers will have to wait until Teen Titian’s Academy #2 to get any story resolution. Despite its rough beginning, it is great to see a new generation of superheroes. There are boundless new story directions, about growing up in a superhero world, to look forward too.

**ARC provided by NetGalley for honest review**

Teen Titans Academy Vol. 1: X Marks The Spot by Tim Sheridan was a fun ride of a comic bind-up. I have very limited exposure to superhero comics, but I've had a soft spot for Titan-related content ever since the cartoon network show way premiered way back when. It was cool to see my favorite Titans all grown up and teaching the younger generation of supers; the reprise of the Red X character was a nice addition too. Now I just need to figure out where to read more of what I like.

The start of what could potentially be a great series. I was intrigued by the central mystery surrounding the reappearance of Red X, as the character was a favorite of mine from the animated series, but the comic currently has some pacing issues. It felt as if the creators were trying to jam in as much intrigue into the first volume that the storyline became oversaturated. From the new students to old Titans to the introduction of other groups, the plot became bogged down with a large number of side stories.

The Original Teen Titans have started a school hoping to foster the next generation of young heroes but a dark shadow looms over the newly opened superhero academy. Nightwing’s old Red X mask reappears on campus and with a new, unknown vigilante taking up the complicated mantle, the old guard are on their toes for what potential dangers that entails.

3 stars - I liked it

Teen Titans Academy is about the next generation of recruits learning to use their abilities. Things do not go as planned though because Red X has returned and is causing chaos, on top of the Suicide Squad.

This was an interesting start to a new series. I enjoyed it and liked the new recruits, especially the Bat Squad. The return of Red X is interesting and I am looking forward to finding out who he is, and what his plans are. Also, for not having read any DC comics that lead up to this, it was pretty easy to follow along, even with the Suicide Squad making a scene. Overall, this was interesting and I look forward to reading the next volume.

I am very very happy with this bind up!

Especially since I haven't had a chance to read the smaller bits of this comic, and it being the diversity we want and need. The first DC super hero with a hijab, the first gender non-conforming hero. YES PLEASE. GIMME ALL THE THINGS. Also some plus size hero respresentation too, just yesssss.

I like that we get snippets of the older Teen Titans and thier relationships still happening (ie. Rave & Beast Boy, Nightwing & Starfire), and that we get these new friendships building that will hopefully flourish later.

The Bat Pack had me cackling. Since my alignment will always be Bat-biased in DC, this is one thing that made my soul happy. Also I know he' s supposed to be this great detective or what not, but it's still odd to see him through that lense of the kids.

Overall a great read. Thoroughly enjoyed.

The original Teen Titans that we know and love are back and are faculty in charge of teaching the next round of would be Teen Titans. I like that the team are the way they should be and it's fun to get to know the new kids in their school. Each chapter explores the characters deeper. After the first day of class there is a party that is both to celebrate the start of school and Nightwing/Robin's birthday. He anonymously receives Red X's mask that he lost a long time ago. Somehow he loses it before the end of the party. The rest of the title is whoever took the Red X mask is wreaking some havoc in the Titan Tower and everyone is trying to figure out who it is. Including the Suicide Squad with Peacemaker as the leader for some reason. This was fun but I had a hard time reading some of the text.

3/5 stars

I received an ARC of this book, and I am voluntarily leaving a review.

The idea behind this book sounded so fun, but it didn't live up to my expectations.

As a huge fan of the 2003 Teen Titans cartoon and Young Justice, I am really attached to the original Teen Titans. When I heard of this book, I was expecting an X-Men style academy with the Titans as teachers. I thought it might be similar to Teen Titans: The Judas Contract where some of the original Titans acted as mentors to the new heroes. However, the story itself was all over the place! There are so many characters introduced in this book, but I didn't feel like I got to know any of them. I wasn't overly invested in the mystery aspect either.

While I had my issues with this book, there were a few things I liked about it. I enjoyed the interactions between the original Titans! I loved the few BBRae scenes more than anything else in the book! And I have always enjoyed the banter between Cyborg and Beast Boy, which we got a little of. The art style was also good, though I think it changed at least once.

I might consider reading the second volume just to see if the story actually goes anywhere.

I love the idea, but I'm not sure if it's being executed in the best way. The comic bounces all over the place with no consistent art style. The text boxes are also extremely tiny. I want to know what happens next, so I'd probably read the next one, but I wouldn't buy a copy of this for myself.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

The Teen Titans start the Titans Academy to instruct a new generation of teenage superheroes.

While this collection of graphic novels includes the original Teen Titans, the majority of the storyline covers their students. I do appreciate the diversity of the characters. The premise of training young heroes is interesting but the mystery surrounding “Red X'' is muddled. The excellent illustrations help to compensate for what is lacking in the dialogue.