And here we go.. these stories are what I consider some interesting stories but not where a lot of the good stuff in Titans was happening at the time.  You see, The New Teen Titans had started its Baxter run, and both Marv Wolfman and George Perez were doing double and some triple duty on a big project that we are going to be spending a long time getting to in a bit.

So I am really going to be Cliffs Note versioning these comics because for whatever reason the stories just did not stick with me compared to what was going on in the other title.

Lilith stayed around the Titans along enough to find a new love interest in a mysterious frozen angel/alien named Azrael.  Azrael would grow to become an erstwhile ally of the Titans, though his love for Lilith and his general naivete would get in the Titans way in some pivotal moments later on.

Azrael’s design is very angelic in origins it seems. He can fly, is fairly strong and extremely agile while in flight, but beyond that has no additional powers that we saw when he appeared.

 

The Trial of the Terminator has begun and it becomes a big media circus, notice the Titans faces above.. the deceased Terra makes an appearance but Raven does not.  A telling sign of things to come dear reader.

After all of the nastiness with the Terminator, Changeling decides to take matters into his own.. claws, coils, fangs, whatever.. and exact some vengeance against the mercenary for attempting to kill his friends and for driving the girl he loved insane.  However there was ample evidence that Terminator really wasn’t the cause of Terra’s amoral tendencies, he merely exploited them.

Victor Stone has grown very tired of being a Cyborg and has met a new friend in Dr. Sarah Charles at S.T.A.R. Labs.  Dr. Charles believes she has a way to turn Victor back into a regular human being again. Vic after a little soul searching, goes for the operation and it is at this point that Psimon, Shimmer, Mammoth, and Gizmo reappear with two new members Jinx and Neutron.

Jinx is the real standout villainess here.  An Indian mystic of some significant power, she controls the elements to make bad things happen to others.  She will become a somewhat more ruthless villain as time goes on and gains a permanent spot with the Fearsome Five where Neutron fades away.

Cyborg’s operation is not a success however and he is forced back into a metal shell.  He accepts this fate and is pivotal in helping the Titans overcome the Fearsome Five.  Good thing to, because for what is next on the Titans’ plate it is not going to be pretty at all.

You see that Raven has been missing from this entire run for the most part.. not on the covers, not in the stories.. that story is about to come to a head in a really nasty way.

 

Next Up:  The Titans vs. Raven and Trigon the Terrible!