The New Teen Titans- It can be argued that this series re-energized the entire DC line, as its success led to line -wide changes in storytelling, style, and art. Plus, in some ways it led to the biggest change in the history of DC Comics; Crisis on Infinite Earths. Wolfman and Perez combined old characters and new, told stories of incredible action and drama, yet still made their characters real, letting the readers share in both their joys and sorrows. In many ways, this series represents superhero team comics at its best.



Detective Comics (Barr/Davis/McFarlane)- In 1986, after the Legends miniseries that spawned books like JLI and Suicide Squad, the Bat-books received an overhaul. Mike W. Barr and Alan Davis took over Detective Comics and created a short but classic run that climaxed with the "Batman: Year Two" storyline, which was partially illustrated by Todd McFarlane. Barr and Davis later reunited for a followup graphic novel entitled Full Circle, a sequel to Year Two. Only a year's worth of stories, but what a year it was.

The Davis art was nice but his tenure was far too brief... McFarlane's art didn't do too much for me back then. NTT wins by a mile here - finally DC had a comic as cool as the X-Men, it was the start of a renaissance for the whole line. The Wolfman plots were engrossing, the new characters all interesting, and Perez really shined - my only regret was that he had to give up JLA.

Titans.

Titans.

Reluctantly, I vote against Bats this time and go with NTT. It's just a great run.

I'm voting in all these with a "How I felt at the time" eye, rather than how I feel about them now.
If it were now, love and nostalgia would declare Detective would win, but back then it was NTT.

New Teen Titans defined the 80s.

Detective doesn't stand a chance against The New Teen Titans, Wolfman & Perez were firing on all cylinders with this run.

New Teen Titans continues to drub the competition.