If you look at the names attached to the show in this period, you find some major, well, 'upgrades'. Marv Wolfman and Len Wein both contributed to episodes. They're both in the hall of fame when it comes to comic book writing, with Marv famous for co-creating the New Teen Titans, and Len a major contributor to X-Men. Other DC and Marvel writers each threw in their hats as well, but those to stuck out for me at the time. So yeah, the third season was a leap above the already excellent previous two, because they were willing to get really good writers to take their existing ideas and give them the dialog gravitas to make it work.
I should put together a 'these are the essentials' list for seasons 1 and 2, but I agree: every episode of 3 works. Nothing can be left out and nothing should. So really the 1-2 needs just a few key ones for the references, and then the last 4 from season 2 which is the first real 'arc' setting the 4-episodes tone that is to come. And then get my kid (now 13) to watch them with me.
If you look at the names attached to the show in this period, you find some major, well, 'upgrades'.
Marv Wolfman and Len Wein both contributed to episodes. They're both in the hall of fame when it comes to comic book writing, with Marv famous for co-creating the New Teen Titans, and Len a major contributor to X-Men. Other DC and Marvel writers each threw in their hats as well, but those to stuck out for me at the time.
So yeah, the third season was a leap above the already excellent previous two, because they were willing to get really good writers to take their existing ideas and give them the dialog gravitas to make it work.
I should put together a 'these are the essentials' list for seasons 1 and 2, but I agree: every episode of 3 works. Nothing can be left out and nothing should. So really the 1-2 needs just a few key ones for the references, and then the last 4 from season 2 which is the first real 'arc' setting the 4-episodes tone that is to come.
And then get my kid (now 13) to watch them with me.