1. New Teen Titans
One of Marv Wolfman’s most prominent qualities as a writer is his legendary ability to not just create new ideas, but to revamp existing concepts into totally new stories and characters.
To that end, we present Wolfman’s greatest creation – the New Teen Titans. Borrowing the name, and concept of the classic 60s and 70s DC team, Wolfman and artist George Perez brought in a trio of brand new creations – Raven, Cyborg, and Starfire – and some previously existing but newly revamped heroes such as Beast Boy, and mashed them up with the “fab five” original Titans of Robin, Wonder Girl, Aqualad, Speedy, and Kid Flash to create a more mature version of the teen squad to rival Marvel’s contemporary top-selling team the X-Men.
With much more grown up concepts, a roster of characters with intimate, specific relationships that went beyond their costumes, and a healthy dose of real-world style teen melodrama, Wolfman and Perez totally revamped the concept of the Titans – and of teen heroes in general – while also updating and creating a whole slate of DC characters that remain iconic to this day.