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Inner Demons

Oct 2nd

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Raven is missing.

The incoming evil is palpable.

The Titans know Trigon is coming.

In the fight against Trigon, Raven’s mother, Arella, served on the front lines it is through her that we see where Raven is.. walking a column of rocks and bodies writhing in eternal torment.  Arella catches up to her daughter to try to prevent what has already occurred, but it is too late.  Raven is now Trigon’s daughter, body and soul.

Wonder Girl flies from New York to Titans Tower to join her teammates.  In Raven’s room, Nightwing is gathering clues including Azar’s rings that have been left behind by Raven.  She always wore these rings, and now without them, the last of the remnants of Azarath are now gone.

Cue Lilith Clay to enter the story.  As the earlier Titans’ precognitive Lilith offers her assistance in order to help the Titans locate Raven.  Azar’s rings go to Lilith and the world goes fairly mad for a bit.  Raven’s quarters attack the assembled Titans and it is only through the evil energies dissipating that the Titans escape the room.

Lilith offers to do a seance to contact Raven using the rings as the contact point for her soul, however Lilith needs the connection point More >

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Going to the Chapel…

Sep 15th

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We are gathered here today in this fine house to recognize the comic book union of this man and this Wonder Girl…

After all the Titans have gone through it was time for a bit of a rest and to enjoy a happy event.  Donna Troy weds Terrence Long in their anniversary 50th issue which features some guest appearances from some surprise guests.

The groomsmen are all Terry’s family and friends, and his sons acting as ring bearers.  Donna’s entourage include Sharon a former roommate and her newly found half-sisters, along with ex Titans Lilith Clay, current Titan Starfire, and Diana Prince, Wonder Woman.

Amongst the company we see Dick Grayson (Nightwing), who gave Donna away, Wally West (Kid Flash), Frances Kane, Garfield Logan (Changeling), Victor Stone (Cyborg), Garth & Tula (Aqualad and Aquagirl), Roy Harper (Speedy), Bette Kane (Bat-Girl), Joe Wilson (Jericho), Mal & Karen Beecher (Guardian & Bumblebee), and Duela Dent (Harlequin).

We discover that Mal & Karen have since retired from super-heroics and gotten married and Lilith’s old flame Gnarrk has died.  Dick Grayson actually confronts Duela Dent who has gotten quite old and portly in the time between now and when the old Titans were together, he claims that she is far More >

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Fish Sticks, Anyone?

Sep 11th

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Over in the New Teen Titans, that title had already been renamed to Tales of the New Teen Titans during the Brother Blood story and kept the new title through The Judas Contract storyline featuring Terra and the Terminator.

But what does one do after a criminal organization has infiltrated the Titans, duped them, and nearly killed them….

You invite Aqualad and Aquagirl over for a follow up story and take down the H.I.V.E. forever.

Under the sea Garth and Tula were enjoying a swim when they and other creatures of the oceans began to feel weak, poisoned in fact by a plan put together by the H.I.V.E. organization.    The H.I.V.E. which had just specatcularly failed in its ability to kill the Titans had another headquarters under the oceans where the H.I.V.E. Mistress controlled the operations of the organization after the death of her husband.  In this sense, she became a Queen Bee, however this H.I.V.E. Mistress was clearly off her rocker and her subordinates paid for that dearly.

Lucky for the aquatic teens, Wally West had returned for a visit along with Frances Kane who were able to save the duo.  The Titans agree to help Garth and Tula discover what the problem is with More >

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Growing Pains

May 12th

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There comes a time when it is time to put away the items of childhood and become grown adults in our own rights.  For Robin, the Boy Wonder, created in 1940, his puberty and subsequent adolescence had lasted until this comic book.  His contemporary, Kid Flash, created in 1959 joins Robin as the two former kid sidekicks divest themselves of their previous identities and become men.

In this rather short tale it starts out with the Titans raiding a hideout of Brother Blood’s only again to wind up looking as if they are the bad guys when they know Brother Blood’s sect is planning some deviltry, to come to pass in the next story actually.

As the Titans return home they reconvene at Titans tower except Kid Flash becomes the first Titan to reveal his secret identity to Terra as he gains entry to Titans Tower in civilian clothing.  Explaining that his powers seem to be hurting him when he uses them, his confusion over Raven’s manipulations of his emotions, and stating he wants to finish college, Wally leaves the Titans his Kid Flash ring and claims that Terra should take his place on the team.

It is at this point that Robin makes a surprise announcement as More >

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First there is Thunder, then Lightning, then Betrayal…

Apr 12th

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The Titans book would settle down for just a little bit after the Brotherhood of Evil story.

Speedy left the Titans to go back to his spy work and Frances Kane left to go back to Blue Valley, realizing hero work was not for her.  She did ask Wally to come with her, something Kid Flash seriously begins to consider in light of Raven’s behavior in the last adventure.

Raven is seriously beginning to doubt her powers and wonders whether her ability to detect evil is working or if it just her inner evil she feels growing.

Newscaster Bethany Snow is becoming an increasingly loud voice against the Titans, of course, the Titans and everyone else do not realize that Ms. Snow is a disciple of the Church of Blood, doing the bidding of her chosen messiah on Earth.  Even so, the New York City Police and especially District Attorney Adrian Chase are fast allies of the Titans.

The Titans come back and celebrate the new news that Wonder Girl is engaged to be married to her boyfriend Terry Long.  Terry is fully aware of Donna’s life as a Titan and the two begin to plan a wonderful wedding, however, first there is trouble…

Two teenagers of Vietnamese More >

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Drug Prevention, Corporate Licensing, and Evil Brotherhoods

Apr 5th

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Wow, that’s an odd title for a post about the Titans isn’t it?

Well hang on folks because we are about to enter into one of the weirder worlds of comics.  Character licensing.

After the success of the Runaways story, DC was asked to produce a few “kids don’t do drugs” comics featuring the Titans.  These issues would be educational give aways to warn kids away from the dangers of using drugs, and as this was President Reagan’s era, his wife Nancy’s big deal was “Don’t Do Drugs.”  A slogan so pervasive you could not get away from it if you tried.

So here’s the first special’s cover.  Notice anything, out of place?

Here, let me help.. there’s Cyborg, Raven, Speedy, Starfire, Changeling, Wonder Girl, and who’s that guy in the blue, red, and purple outfit with red hair in the front row????

That’s the Protector, Jason Hart, created specifically for these specials.

Did you notice that the most famous Titan, Robin, is missing?  Well, he’s not really missing, let me explain.

The elf at the top of that cover begins the trail, as in all things, follow the money.  The Keebler Company was helping to sponsor these drug issues, you’ll notice the absence of a UPC code More >

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Runaways and Social Relevance

Apr 2nd

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There comes a time in comics when socially relevant stories will creep into what many people consider “funny books.” The most notable of these from the DC Comics stable is from the title Green Lantern/Green Arrow by Denny O’Neil as writer and Neal Adams on art duties.

Well, Batman has Robin right? If Green Arrow is an analogue of Batman, it would follow that he would have a sidekick as well, yes? In fact, our entire conversation tonight is about the original five sidekicks and the character that ties the new story in New Teen Titans with the past is this character, Speedy.

Roy Harper became Green Arrow’s sidekick ages ago and is almost as old as Robin is in DC lore. Eventually all the sidekicks at the time would team up in Brave and the Bold for adventures. Robin, Kid Flash, and Aqualad at first, then joined by Wonder Girl, and finally Speedy joined the Terrific Teens in this issue below..

The issue of Green Lantern/Green Arrow was published in 1971, a year that has already seen the civil rights movement be fairly victorious, woodstock has happened, hippies are all over the place and not just in Haight-Ashbury, yet Dr. Frederick Wertham and the self-imposed regulatory committee of More >

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Titans Together

Feb 14th

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So, the question posted last time was, “Where was Robin?” Well, I wondered that and I paid my local Magik Market a visit and found this on the shiny comic book spinner rack.

Well, you can clearly see Robin’s costume on the left side of this cover, so I figured this would explain were Robin was, it did that and so much more. This is issue #17 of the New Teen Titans, written by Marv Wolfman and drawn by George Perez. So, let’s run down the characters inside this comic really quickly.

First off, Robin, the Boy Wonder is the team’s leader and he certainly is the same protegee of the Batman as most pop culture has noted. Dick Grayson was a member of the Flying Graysons, and he worked in the Haley Circus. Due to a Protection Racket gone wrong the Flying Graysons, save Dick, were sent to their deaths by unpaid mobsters. Bruce took Dick under his wing as his ward and he began to train as Batman’s protegee.

In the present, Robin seems to be struggling just a bit with his relationship with Batman and how to get out from the Bat-shadow. Dick is the leader of the Titans and More >