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| Issue |
The
Brave and the Bold 54 |
| Subtitle |
The
Thousand-and-One Dooms of Mr. Twister |
| Date |
June
- July 1964 |
| Writer(s) |
Bob
Haney |
| Artist(s) |
Nick
Cardy |
| storyline |
A
schism divided the town of Hatton Corner's between the
adults and the teenagers. When the adults attempted
to enact a curfew, the teenagers invited Robin, Kid
Flash, and Aqualad to represent them. When they arrived,
the trio found that all the teenagers were gone, and
a phony note was left. The three split up to investigate.
A tornado hit the small town while Robin talked to the
people. He herded them into a bank vault to stay safe
from the twister, but he was picked up by the winds.
Kid Flash returned in time to save him from a fall.
The tornado dissipated and revealed Mr. Twister (actually
a disgruntled townsman named Brom Stikk who'd somehow
gained the ability to affect weather). Mr. Twister told
the town they'd never see their teenagers again unless
his demands were met.
Robin inquired as to what debt Stikk referred to and
was given a tale of the town's beginnings: one of Stikk's
ancestors donated the land for the town in return for
one passenger pigeon feather per year for him and his
descendants. When he died, the bargain was forgotten.
Brom heard this and demanded back pay, but passenger
pigeons had been extinct for years. The town was unable
to live up to the bargain.
Robin took his friends to the local airport, where they
found some leads from the night the kids vanished. On
nearby Goat Island, they found what they were looking
for: Mr. Twister was using the children as slaves to
build a monument in his honor. When Mr. Twister left
to replenish his powers in an ancient Indian cave, Robin
followed him. Twister, using his magic, easily defeated
Robin and deposited him back in the town with another
ransom note. Kid Flash helped the kids finish the monument.
Aqualad made a strange discovery - the island was only
being held up by a small piece of land. He commanded
some whales to move the island in hopes that Mr. Twister
could not find his way back.
When he learned his captives were free of danger, Mr.
Twister attacked the town of Hatton Corners. His first
attack, a sand storm, was thwarted by Kid Flash. He
next attacked with a flood, but Aqualad was able to
command sea life and stop it. Mr. Twister then rained
fire onto the town. Kid Flash and Aqualad were taken
down, leaving Robin and the townspeople to go against
the villain. Robin was able to grab and destroy Mr.
Twister's magic staff. Without it, he was powerless.
With the threat ended, the town's teenagers returned
- both they and the adults had a better understanding
of each other after the ordeal.
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| Issue |
The
Brave and the Bold 60 |
| Subtitle |
The
Astounding Separated Man |
| Date |
June
- July 1965 |
| Writer(s) |
Bob
Haney |
| Artist(s) |
Nick
Cardy |
| storyline |
The
Teen Titans were called in when Separated Man attacked
a small city. Midville was celebrating their first "Teen
Day," where teens were running the city for 24
hours. The mayor of this day's father was suspected
to be the Separated Man. Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash,
and Wonder Girl arrived to help out.
The Titans led the town's kids against the Separated
Man and found Professor Brian Holmes - the creator of
the creature, and escaped convict. Holmes told them
his serum had been stolen by his cellmate, who'd been
released on parole. The man was destroying the city
in hopes of finding the professor's secret lab. They
had to find the Separated Man's torso in order to inject
it's heart with the anti-serum. Wonder Girl went after
an ear in hopes of following it to the heart, but was
attacked by the mouth.
Wonder Girl got away by plugging the mouth with a billboard.
After the right ear heard the professor telling Robin
where his secret lab was, the Separated Man put himself
together and went after the serum. The Teen Titans got
to the un-Seperated Man and, with the help of some whales,
injected him with the anti-serum. Professor Holmes and
his cellmate returned to jail.
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| Issue |
Showcase
59 |
| Subtitle |
The
Return of the Teen Titans |
| Date |
November
- December 1965 |
| Writer(s) |
Bob
Haney |
| Artist(s) |
Nick
Cardy |
| storyline |
The
Flips, a hit music sensation, were accused of robbery
after a concert. Though they denied it, eyewitnesses
said they saw a wall-riding motorcycle and a flying
surfboard - trademarks of the band. The Teen Titans
were called in to the next city the Flips were to play
in order to guarantee no crimes would be committed by
the group.
The Flips broke free, grabbed their gear, and robbed
a nearby bank. The Titans eventually dragged them in.
By locking the band up and assuming their identities,
the Teen Titans were able to draw out the impostors
when they tried to snatch the gate at the concert. The
impostors were arrested and the real Flips put on their
concert.
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| Issue |
Teen
Titans 1 |
| Subtitle |
The
Beast-God of Xochantan |
| Date |
January
- February 1966 |
| Writer(s) |
Bob
Haney |
| Artist(s) |
Nick
Cardy |
| storyline |
The
Teen Titans were invited to Washington, DC. There, they
were told of some strange happenings in a South American
location called Xochatan. They joined the Peace Corps
so they could help out. When parachuting in, they spotted
a giant robot conquistador and attacked it.
Robin hit it with a few smoke grenades and it seemingly
vanished into a mountain. Later, the Peace Corps bulldozer
attacked them. Aqualad and Wonder Girl got it out of
the river (it was being used to create a dam for the
upcoming flood season); Robin realized the break lever
was hot - just like the mountain before. Kid Flash vibrated
himself into the mountain, where he found the robot.
It broke loose, and they trapped it. Believing the threat
was over, the Teen Titans and Peace Corps continued
building the dam. Kid Flash was attacked by a beast
that was part human, part jaguar.
Kid Flash and Wonder Girl trapped the beast in a maze
just before another beast attacked - this one with the
body of an eagle. Wonder Girl was able to attach the
beast to a boulder with her lasso, then Robin was attacked
by a serpent beast. Aqualad followed them into the river
and freed his friend. As the waters reached the top
of an ancient pyramid, the true villain showed himself
- a wealthy land owner who was thought to be dead. He'd
holed up in the pyramid for a long time and was trying
to scare the Peace Corps away from submerging his home.
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| Issue |
Teen
Titans 2 |
| Subtitle |
The
Million-year-old Teenager |
| Date |
March
- April 1966 |
| Writer(s) |
Bob
Haney |
| Artist(s) |
Nick
Cardy |
| storyline |
The
Teen Titans received a distress call from a girl named
Penny in the town of Smedleyville. Her new friend was
thought to be in league with a giant who'd been plaguing
their town.
The Titans arrived in time to see the giant attacking
a school bus. Garn, the strange new boy, was fighting
it. The giant threw a magic ax; Wonder Girl went after
it. It eluded her and caused the Titan's helicopter
to crash. The Titans survived and regrouped in a nearby
cave. Garn told them the story of the giant who'd destroyed
his village. Battling, the two were buried in an avalanche
for a million years. Only recently had they escaped
their icy tomb.
Robin received a transmission and they headed to a construction
site where the giant was destroying equipment with his
magic ax. Garn battled the giant while the Titans were
attacked by his ax. When they were free, the ancient
battlers had made it into the river below. Aqualad found
them below the surface - the giant damaged the dam.
He was able to save Garn. Kid Flash was able to divert
the river away from the city. The Titans explained to
the town that the giant was dead and Garn had helped
rid them of the menace.
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| Issue |
Teen
Titans 3 |
| Subtitle |
The
Beast-God of Xochantan |
| Date |
May
- June 1966 |
| Writer(s) |
Bob
Haney |
| Artist(s) |
Nick
Cardy |
| storyline |
Batman
and Robin went after some bank robbers in a hot rod.
The Batmobile was no match for the converting car. They
went back to the cave to investigate; Robin and the
rest of the Teen Titans were called to Washington. The
National Committee on Drop-Outs asked the Titans to
check out a town called Harrison, where the drop-out
rate was huge. Once there, they found that the drop
outs were getting good jobs at a hot-rod building facility
just outside town.
The team split up and followed cars coming out of the
factory. The one Kid Flash tailed was a drone. He stopped
it from hitting a school bus. Wonder Girl and Aqualad
were injured by the ones they followed. Robin went in
to snoop. He was captured by the owner and placed on
a run-away motorcycle. He was able to wreck it safely
and was rescued by Wonder Girl, who'd shaken off the
electric shock she'd received from the car she trailed.
The team regrouped.
Disguised as regular kids, the Titans got jobs at the
hotrod garage. Robin was able to uncover the info needed,
and all the kids turned on their crooked boss who'd
been outfitting criminal organizations with the cars
they were making.
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| Issue |
Teen
Titans 4 |
| Subtitle |
The
Secret Olympic Heroes |
| Date |
July
- August 1966 |
| Writer(s) |
Bob
Haney |
| Artist(s) |
Nick
Cardy |
| storyline |
Speedy
met with the Teen Titans to let them know the criminal
organization known as Diablo was out to sabotage the
Olympics. One of the US's biggest track stars was missing.
They were able to find the boy, but he did not want
to compete - he didn't want to fail his father who'd
lost his own chance to be in the Olympics years before
due to a car accident. The Titans convinced him to join
them at the Olympics in disguise.
Shortly after getting there, they foiled two Diablo
attacks - one at an autograph signing, another at the
Olympic village where agents tried to lure competitors
into a fight. Davey, the kid who'd vanished in order
to stay out of the limelight, secretly trained and bumped
into his father.
Aqualad found some more Diablo agents in the training
pool and was captured. The rest of the team were captured
trying to stop Diablo attempts. They were placed in
the rings of the Olympic logo as Speedy prepared to
practice lighting them. Davey was able to stop him before
he barbecued his friends. Wonder Girl got the team loosed
from their bindings and they took down the attacking
Diablo agents Davey ran the next day and placed for
a bronze medal. His father was proud.
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| Issue |
Teen
Titans 5 |
| Subtitle |
The
Perilous Capers of the Terrible Teen |
| Date |
September
- October 1966 |
| Writer(s) |
Bob
Haney |
| Artist(s) |
Nick
Cardy |
| storyline |
A
professor from a reform camp for juveniles called the
Teen Titans in. He suspected one of his former pupils,
Eddie Whit, was the mysterious Ant - a costumed villain
terrorizing a nearby town. The Titans ran into the Ant
after meeting with the professor. He was able to deter
both Robin and Wonder Girl before leaping from a building
onto a train.
The Titans found the boy and learned he was indeed the
Ant. They followed him and found out he appeared to
be doing it because he was being blackmailed by his
boss. The next caper for the Ant was at a local charity
picnic. He snatched the loot and made off in one of
the vans he'd arrived in. His younger brother was driving
and Kid Flash caught up with them. He found out the
Ant was trying to cover for his brother, who he thought
was in a gang. The brother split with the gang when
he saw Eddie. Kid Flash returned the money to the picnic.
With Eddie's help, the Teen Titans set a trap for the
men who had been controlling him.
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| Issue |
Teen
Titans 6 |
| Subtitle |
The
Fifth Titan |
| Date |
November
- December 1966 |
| Writer(s) |
Bob
Haney |
| Artist(s) |
Bill
Molno, Sal Trapani |
| storyline |
After
trying a few more times to get the Doom Patrol to let
him join, Gar "Beast Boy" Logan called the
Teen Titans, hoping they'd let him in. After showing
them what he could do, they gave him the same excuse
- he couldn't join without his guardian's permission.
Gar flew off in disgust - he knew his guardian would
never agree.
Two weeks later, Beast Boy was the hit of the circus
scene. However, he was soon duped by a hypnotist who
caused the audiences to give him their valuables. The
Teen Titans were called in when the tranced audience
began looting the city. After breaking the spell, the
Titans disguised themselves as a traveling acrobat group
and tried out for the circus. They saw the hypnotist
in action and snuck off, but were trapped in a cage.
The cage was dropped into a water tank, but Kid Flash
vibrated himself and Aqualad out of it. Aqualad freed
Robin and Wonder Girl. Beast Boy, also under the hypnotist's
spell, was ordered to attack the Titans. After a short
fight, the spell was broken and Beast Boy captured the
circus' owner.
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| Issue |
Teen
Titans 7 |
| Subtitle |
The
Mad Mod, Merchant of Menace |
| Date |
January
- February 1966 |
| Writer(s) |
Bob
Haney |
| Artist(s) |
Nick
Cardy |
| storyline |
The
Titans were teamed up with Holley Hip, a musician, on
a tour of Europe in hopes of luring out some smugglers.
After they touched down in London, Kid Flash found that
Mad Mod, Hip's tailor, was using the singer's clothing
to smuggle his wares.
Kid Flash was captured by Mod's goons. Robin and the
team went to investigate after one of his transmissions
was interrupted. Aqualad followed one of their trucks
to the nearby docks. He realized what was going on when
they went to throw a "manikin" into the water.
Aqualad saved Kid Flash, but Mad Mod got away after
chasing him on a mechanical fish. Robin and Wonder Girl
stowed away in one of Holley's trunks. They were noticed
after Robin got some photographic evidence of the operation.
Mad Mod gassed the two Titans and threw them off the
plane. Luckily, they came to in time for Wonder Girl
to take flight. Mod parachuted out, but the Titans gave
him the slip. Robin's camera and film were destroyed.
Their next stop was Paris. The Titans got Holley wise
to Mod's scheme and he refused to take his clothing
in for repairs. Mod and his crew attacked the singer
at his next concert. The Titans were there to take him
down and hand him over to authorities.
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| Issue |
Teen
Titans 8 |
| Subtitle |
A
Killer Called Honey Bun |
| Date |
March
- April 1966 |
| Writer(s) |
Bob
Haney |
| Artist(s) |
Irv
Novick, Jack Abel |
| storyline |
The
Teen Titans headed to a city where the citizens were
protesting the exchange student program. One of them
was blamed for stealing a robot from the plant where
most of the townspeople worked. Kid Flash followed him
and found him with the robot.
The robot attacked the Titans' helicopter, but Kid Flash
snatched its controls away from the exchange student.
Someone drove up and took at shot at the boy. The Titans
split up to find the young spy. They found him nearby
- he'd been captured by the protesters. The Titans had
to take matters into their own hands when they refused
to hand him over. The boy told them he'd stolen the
robot to get it away from the real spy - the man they'd
handed it over to. Robin checked out his story and it
seemed to fit.
The Titans watched from their helicopter as the robot
was loaded into a plane. Kid Flash caused the plane
to crash before it could take off, but the robot rampaged
through the town afterwards. Robin was able to stop
it by modifying a pistol into a sand shooter and clogging
its joints.
The exchange student was cleared and the real spy was
arrested.
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| Issue |
Teen
Titans 9 |
| Subtitle |
The
Big Beach Rumble |
| Date |
May
- June 1966 |
| Writer(s) |
Bob
Haney |
| Artist(s) |
Irv
Novick, Nick Cardy |
| storyline |
A
town called Baxter Beach requested the Teen Titans come
visit them for spring break. The previous year, college
kids had all but wrecked their town and they wanted
to avoid it at all costs. The team got to the beach
before two rival groups of colleges and convinced them
not to fight (Robin and Kid Flash played catch with
one of the students).
The kids noticed the beach was eroding away into the
sea and decided to build a jetty.
That night, during their shindig, Captain Tiger's submarine
neared Baxter Beach. The sub ran aground on the jetty;
Captain Tiger emerged from it and threatened the town.
Aqualad and some eels attacked the sub and knocked one
of their guns out of commission. Captain Tiger fired
a torpedo at a bank and scored a direct hit. Wonder
Girl stopped his next shot, but she was captured along
with Aqualad. Robin and Kid Flash joined the action.
Soon, the entire team had been captured.
The college kids crashed a train into the sub, freeing
the Titans. With a little help, Captain Tiger's group
was defeated.
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|
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| Issue |
Teen
Titans 10 |
| Subtitle |
Scramble
at Wildcat |
| Date |
July
- August 1966 |
| Writer(s) |
Bob
Haney |
| Artist(s) |
Irv
Novick, Nick Cardy |
| storyline |
Robin
arrived at the Titans' lair on his new motorcycle. He
got the gang together and told them he (and three friends)
had been invited to judge a competition out west. When
they arrived, they met the ghost town's only resident
- his grandson was one of the bikers who would be arriving
later.
The groups arrived (including one which wasn't invited)
and the race began. Robin joined in on his bike and
the other Titans followed to make sure no one caused
any trouble.
The leader of the uninvited Bike Buzzards group took
the lead in the race and began cheating to knock off
those following him. Robin kept up until he was caught
in an avalanche caused by a gunshot. Wonder Girl went
looking for him and they threw her down a mine shaft.
Soon, Kid Flash and Aqualad were taken down, too.
The Titans freed themselves and regrouped while the
Buzzards were out robbing nearby towns. The Titans took
down the Buzzards and the old man finally struck oil.
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| Issue |
Teen
Titans 11 |
| Subtitle |
Monster
Bait |
| Date |
September
- October 1966 |
| Writer(s) |
Bob
Haney |
| Artist(s) |
Irv
Novick, Nick Cardy |
| storyline |
Speedy
joined the Titans as they went out for a summer job.
They were going to help out a kid who was a scientist's
assistant. Once they arrived on the island, they got
into swimsuits and hit the water. A fisherman warned
them about a strange seamonster. Garth went under and
looked around. He found a phone line under the man's
boat as the monster attacked the Titans' raft. They
all had to bail when it was destroyed by the monster's
fire breath.
When they got back to land, Dick checked out the raft
and found it to be chemical burns. They got into their
costumes and headed to the scientist's lab. They found
their boy genius (who'd asked them for help) stealing
some plans and went in to talk to him. The boy was being
blackmailed for the plans he'd taken - some men had
information on his father. Robin took a page from the
plans (for what could be used as nerve gas) and told
the boy to hand over the rest. The boy did as he was
instructed - he placed the plans in a floating device
and threw them into the lake. They immediately began
moving toward the fisherman. Speedy and Aqualad gave
chase; the monster attacked the others, who were behind
in a boat.
Speedy shot the float onto the bank and fired a grenade
arrow into the monster. When it exploded, the mechanical
beast "died" and several scuba divers emerged
from it. Kid Flash took them down when they went for
the plans. Speedy stopped the boat which was getting
away with the plans; Wonder Girl grabbed them and returned
them to the scientist.
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| Issue |
Teen
Titans 12 |
| Subtitle |
Large
Trouble in Space-ville |
| Date |
November
- December 1966 |
| Writer(s) |
Bob
Haney |
| Artist(s) |
Irv
Novick, Nick Cardy |
| storyline |
Wonder
Girl was listening to her favorite DJ (who was broadcasting
from space) when she noticed a pattern. She told Robin
about it and the team headed to South Dakota - Mt. Rushmore
was in trouble. They arrived in time to see some man
with a ray gun lifting the monument into the sky.
Wonder Girl was able to use her lasso to put Mt. Rushmore
back in place. Robin tuned back into the radio station
and picked up another code. They hopped in the helicopter
and headed to Egypt. The Sphinx was being stolen. They
caught up with the same man and his ray gun. After a
slight delay, the Titans captured "the Deliverer"
and handed him over to authorities. They then headed
to the nearest rocket base and blasted off hoping to
recover the sphinx from space.
After reaching orbit, they found the DJ's ship - and
an alien ship. Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, and Aqualad were
captured by it while fighting the alien. Robin defeated
the alien, saved his friends, and returned to Earth
with the sphinx and DJ.
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|
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| Issue |
Teen
Titans 13 |
| Subtitle |
The
TT's Swingin' Christmas Carol |
| Date |
January
- February 1968 |
| Writer(s) |
Bob
Haney |
| Artist(s) |
Nick
Cardy |
| storyline |
The
son of a junkyard worker found out that his father's
boss was mixed up with a racket - he was importing "junk"
parts only to have them assembled into complete vehicles.
The man confronted his boss about the situation, and
he was told that what people did with the junk they
bought from him was none of their business. The boy
called in the Teen Titans for help. They busted up the
next attempt, but got no evidence.
While the Titans were on the scene, Mr. Scrounge (the
junk yard owner) received a visitor - a former business
partner who'd escaped from prison. The Titans stopped
him from hurting Scrounge, but he escaped after explaining
that he was in prison for taking the rap for Scrounge.
The Titans decided to play a Christmas Carol prank on
Scrounge.
The next night, the "ghost of Christmas past"
visited Scrounge (actually Kid Flash vibrating through
walls), followed by the "ghost of Christmas present"
(), and the "ghost of Christmas future" (Wonder
Girl). The plan backfired when WG was shot by one of
his goons.
The Titans battled it out with "Mr. Big's"
goons, and got help from Scrounge - he saw the error
in his ways and turned a new leaf. After his business
associates were taken down, he gave his employee a raise
and got his son a new electric wheel chair.
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|
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| Issue |
Teen
Titans 14 |
| Subtitle |
Requiem
for a Titan |
| Date |
March
- April 1968 |
| Writer(s) |
Bob
Haney |
| Artist(s) |
Nick
Cardy |
| storyline |
The
Gargoyle had gone on TV saying he was an ex-con who'd
been sent to the pen by the Titans - unjustly. They
began working through the list of creeps they'd put
away, and the group secretly knew it had to have been
Robin who was in the wrong. When a famous rock star
didn't show up for a gig, the Titans went in to make
sure the audience didn't do anything crazy. The Gargoyle
was there waiting for them.
The Gargoyle caused Kid Flash, Wonder Girl, and Aqualad
to disappear - into limbo. He explained to Robin that
he was the only one who'd not doubted one of his teammates.
Robin attacked the villain, who conjured up the other
Titans - who, at extra-size, attacked their leader.
Robin caused a fire by breaking an electric cable. The
Gargoyle escaped, and Robin escaped with his life.
The Boy Wonder walked away as firefighters battled the
blaze. He not only lost his teammates, but the Titans
helicopter was also destroyed. He wandered back to their
HQ pondering what he would do alone now. Once inside,
he was faced with the Gargoyle and the other Titans,
who appeared to still be under his control. He escaped
and continued fighting crime alone. News reports went
out saying the others died in the fire. After a while,
Robin gave up. He met the Gargoyle at the cemetery where
the other Titans had graves.
By acting as though he'd given up, he was able to keep
his sanity in limbo. He attacked the other Titans until
the Gargoyle showed himself. They fought, and Robin
was able to defeat him by destroying his magic ring.
The Titans found themselves above ground with no recollection
of what happened after the theater fire.
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|
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| Issue |
Teen
Titans 15 |
| Subtitle |
Captain
Rumble Blasts the Scene |
| Date |
May
- June 1968 |
| Writer(s) |
Bob
Haney |
| Artist(s) |
Lee
Elias, Nick Cardy |
| storyline |
The
Titans were looking for a runaway and bumped into some
hippies. The boy ran directly into them - he was running
from cops. Some neighborhood thugs came in and started
a fight with the hippies. The Titans and police broke
them up. The runaway kid snuck off during the excitement.
Ken (the runaway) and his girlfriend, Karin, fled some
thugs who were tracking them for not delivering a shipment
for them. The Titans got into hippie garb so they could
better fit in. Wonder Girl and Kid Flash stopped thugs
from getting the runaways, but they both continued to
elude everyone.
The Titans headed to a nearby park hippie gathering.
The thugs attacked there, too. The Titans took them
down, but the runaways continued to evade. Robin finally
caught up with them and convinced them to talk to the
cops. Once their bullying bosses were in custody, Ken
was reunited with his parents.
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|
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| Issue |
Teen
Titans 16 |
| Subtitle |
The
Dimensional Caper |
| Date |
July
- August 1968 |
| Writer(s) |
Bob
Haney |
| Artist(s) |
Irv
Novick, Nick Cardy |
| storyline |
The
Teen Titans headed in on a school where one of the kids
claimed to have gone to another dimension. His principal
told his father he was mentally disturbed.
The kid made a break for it, but Wonder Girl swooped
in and caught him. He told the Titans he'd been spray
painting his class year on a water tower when he'd crossed
over into another dimension. He heard the natives talking
of an invasion then found himself back on the water
tower. Playing a hunch, Robin took the boy and the rest
of the Titans back up the water tower. When he touched
the glowing rivet the boy had described, all five were
transported to the other dimension. After escaping some
search and destroy troopers, the Titans found their
way to the machine which allowed interdimensional transport
- and the boy's principal. Kid Flash vibrated through
the machine and it appeared that both dimensions were
becoming one.
Chaos ensued as the two dimensions fazed in and out
of each other. The boy who'd discovered the whole mess
struggled with his principal and caused the man to shoot
the teleportation machine with a ray gun. Everything
that should have been on Earth's dimension seemed to
be there except for the boy. The Titans headed back
to the water tower. By the time they got there, it had
collapsed.
Kid Flash was able to vibrate across the barrier and
grab the boy. On his way back, he noticed the school
there was breaking apart. Back in his right dimension,
he warned everyone out of the school, but nothing ever
happened to it other than a momentary weird glow.
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|
 |
| Issue |
Teen
Titans 17 |
| Subtitle |
Holy
Thimbles, It's the Mad Mod |
| Date |
September
- October 1968 |
| Writer(s) |
Bob
Haney |
| Artist(s) |
Irv
Novick, Nick Cardy |
| storyline |
The
Teen Titans were invited to England to attend a royal
event. Robin ended up getting locked inside the palace.
While the other three attended, Mad Mod struck and stole
the Queen's sceptre. Kid Flash gave chase, but soon
felt oddly tired. He hopped on a motorcycle, but crashed
it in the fog. He finally caught up with them (by chance)
at a pub. He snatched the sceptre, but Mad Mod struck
him from behind and regained it. Kid Flash radioed Wonder
Girl and Aqualad for help.
Aqualad caught up with Mad Mod and actually got his
hands on the sceptre, but he, too, was captured. He
used his powers to summon the Loch Ness Monster and
was freed. Wonder Girl was next. She tracked Mad Mod
and found the sceptre, but had it taken away to her
lack of strength. Later, the three Titans regrouped
and got into fresh costumes. They realized their others
had to have been doped - they felt their full strengths
returning.
The Titans (still minus Robin) caught up with Mad Mod.
Aqualad leapt from the helicopter into the sea after
seeing his gang drop a man. He saved the "man"
(actually a dummy) - the sceptre was in side him.
Wonder Girl and Kid Flash went into their hideout. Mad
Mod and his goons were captured and the sceptre was
returned to the Queen.
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| Issue |
Teen
Titans 18 |
| Subtitle |
Eye
of the Beholder |
| Date |
November
- December 1968 |
| Writer(s) |
Len
Wein, Marv Woflman |
| Artist(s) |
Bill
Draut |
| storyline |
The
Teen Titans were invited to guard some jewels in Stockholm.
There, they were introduced to Starfire, a teenage hero
from Russia. Starfire was not exactly pleased with having
to deal with the Americans, but he told them of his
powers and how he gained them (from a crashed spacecraft).
That night, they tangled with the jewel thief, Le Blanc,
but he escaped. Robin had to step between Starfire and
Kid Flash so their argument wouldn't escalate.
The Titans were shown an invitation from Le Blanc -
he planned to take the jewels that night. Aqualad was
the first to find and tangle with the thief. Le Blanc
trapped him in an air duct and continued on toward his
booty. Kid Flash picked up his trail, but he was trapped
in a stasis beam. If he moved, he was promised to set
off an explosion. Robin and Wonder Girl also attacked
and also failed. Starfire freed them all then went after
Le Blanc. He couldn't stop him, either. The Titans moved
in quickly behind him. Robin took the thief down while
the others recovered the jewels.
Starfire and the Titans parted ways on good terms.
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| collected
edition cover |
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| Notes,
references to time, and chronology: |
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The
Teen Titans form - Robin (Dick Grayson), Kid Flash (Wally West),
Aqualad (Garth), and Wonder Girl (Donna Troy). |
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"After
our cool adventure together last year, I figured I'd rejoin
you this summer for another go..." Speedy, issue 11. |
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"Robin!
Your cape and mask...I've never seen you without them!"
Wonder Girl, issue 14. |
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