New Teen Titans was published from 1980 to 1984, at which point it was renamed Tales of the Teen Titans and continued under that title. Meanwhile, the title New Teen Titans was given to a new series and started numbering over again from Issue One. A little confusing, maybe, but a milestone nonetheless: the series is still regarded as one of Pérez’s greatest accomplishments. In partnership with writer Marv Wolfman, he took a group of young crime-fighters called the Teen Titans — whose previous series, Teen Titans, had been axed two years earlier after some extremely weird storylines — and rebooted them into the powerhouse they are today. Aside from adding blockbuster new characters — including heroes like Raven, Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Starfire, and villains like H.I.V.E., Terra, and Deathstroke the Terminator — Pérez contributed stunning covers. Picking favorite Pérez covers is like picking a favorite ice cream flavor: they’re all so good that it’s hard to pick! After much agonizing, I managed to narrow this list down to just eight. I also stuck only with New Teen Titans covers, and I excluded Tales of the Teen Titans. (Pérez didn’t do much cover work on those ones anyway…and it shows.) That means I looked through the 40 original issues of New Teen Titans, plus a handful of covers from the rebooted version, plus qualifying annuals to bring you this list. Can’t get enough great comic book covers? Check out the best Batman covers and the best comic book covers ever!
