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| Issue |
The
New Teen Titans 38 |
| Subtitle |
Who
is Donna Troy? |
| Date |
January
1984 |
| Writer(s) |
Marv
Wolfman |
| Artist(s) |
George
Perez, Romeo Tanghal |
| storyline |
Terry Long asked Robin for help. Donna wouldn't
marry him until she'd uncovered her past. He
wanted the Teen Wonder to help her out. The
three got together and went through her memories.
She remembered being a victim of an apartment
fire, and being rescued by Wonder Woman. Since
there was no record of her parents (the landlord
said the apartment was not rented), Wonder Woman
was appointed the girl's legal guardian, and
Donna was taken to Paradise Island and raised
by Hippolyte. Using their purple ray, the Amazons
gave the girl their own powers.
At the ruins of the apartment building (which
had been rebuilt, but was being torn down again),
Robin found a doll. Wonder Girl felt a familiarity
to it. The doll led him to a toy repairman,
which led to an old orphanage. He tracked down
the woman who'd run the orphanage and called
Donna to meet him. They found the woman in a
retirement home. She had answers: Donna's (which
was her real name) mother gave her up for adoption
- she had terminal cancer. A couple named Stacey
adopted her. Donna and Dick drove to the town
where they'd live and found Fay Evans (remarried
widow of Carl Stacey) at a house she remembered.
After her husband died, a lawyer took Donna
from her and placed her in an abuse home.
As Donna relived the past with her first adoptive
mother, Dick (as Robin) went to find answers
about the second set of adoptive parents. The
orphanage had been shut down due to illegally
selling children. The lawyer's go-betweens had
been the ones that died in the fire.
Dick and Donna visited her birth mother's grave.
He called Kory.
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| Issue |
Tales
of the Teen Titans 50 |
| Subtitle |
We
Are Gathered Here Today |
| Date |
February
1985 |
| Writer(s) |
Marv
Wolfman |
| Artist(s) |
George
Perez, Mike DeCarlo, Dick Giordano |
| storyline |
The
wedding neared - guests began to arrive as Gar
masterfully arranged things. Everything went
off without a hitch - Donna and Terry were married.
After the ceremony, Dick and Bruce talked about
Jason and adoption. Lilith and Diana both got
strange feelings. Some of the original Titans
discussed forming a Titans West. Dianna took
Donna and Terry upstairs - Queen Hippolyte had
been granted to leave the island (as long as
her feet never touched the ground). Donna and
Terry flew off in the Dayton private jet.
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| Issue |
The
New Titans 50 |
| Subtitle |
Who
is Wonder Girl chapter one: Home Again |
| Date |
December
1988 |
| Writer(s) |
Marv
Wolfman, George Perez |
| Artist(s) |
George
Perez, Romeo Tanghal |
| storyline |
A
strange old woman in a hooded cloak searched for
Donna Troy. She had a picture of her as a child.
She tracked Donna to her office, then home. Inside
her apartment, she found other pictures, including
one with the Titans.
The Titans returned to the Tower after being gone
for three weeks. As soon as they got in, a silver
orb which Danny was playing with exploded into several
alien creatures. Donna was injured, but the rest
of the team was able to defeat the creatures, which
disappeared. As Raven began to help heal Donna,
the cloaked woman appeared saying she was a friend.
The woman gave Donna her memories - the apartment
fire she'd experience as an infant, the orphanage,
growing up. Her memories then began to wash away.
The woman told her everything after the fire had
been planted inside her. Her first real memory after
the fire was creating a costume and joining Robin,
Kid Flash, and Aqualad. The woman told her she'd
not existed on Earth until joining with the original
Teen Titans.
The old woman passed out. As soon as she hit the
floor, the Tower was back in the shape it was before
the alien attack. They told Donna she'd been staring
at the woman, but they'd not been talking. The woman,
now dying of old age, told them she was Phoebe,
goddess of the moon. The Titans of Myth were dying.
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| Issue |
The
New Titans 51 |
| Subtitle |
Who
is Wonder Girl chapter two: Secrets Behind the Cosmos
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| Date |
Winter |
| Writer(s) |
Marv
Wolfman, George Perez |
| Artist(s) |
George
Perez, Bob McLeod |
| storyline |
Jericho
possessed Phoebe and allowed her to continue her
story. When the Titans of Myth were cast out by
their children, the Olympian Gods, they founded
a New Chronus. Thousands of years passed, and the
Titans realized they were losing power and could
no longer reproduce. Rhea, who's husband was slain
by their son Zeus, left New Chronus to find others
to empower. She was the one who'd saved Donna from
the fire.
Each child was given powers and taught by the Titans.
When they turned 13, they were all returned to their
home worlds and given false memories - they were
not to remember their lives on New Chronus so they
would not think themselves superior to their peers.
After they reached adulthood, they would return.
One of the children, Sparta, retained her memories
and was driven mad by them. She conquered her home
planet and made herself queen. She sent spheres
carrying assassins to the homeworlds of each of
the empowered children. She also forced the Titans
to stay on New Chronus. Phoebe alone was able to
escape. She found Diana, but realized she was empowered
by the Olympians.
Phoebe gave Donna two travel spheres before she
faded away. Joey got out before the Titan died.
The New Titans decided to split up and take the
travel spheres out to find the other remaining children
of the Titans. Nightwing, Starfire, Jericho, and
Cyborg took one; Wonder Girl, Gar, and Raven took
the other. Donna's orb arrived at it's destination
and they picked up Xanthi, who lived on a deadly
acidic planet. The assassins out to kill him were
immediately killed by its atmosphere. They headed
to New Chronus.
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| Issue |
The
New Titans 52 |
| Subtitle |
Who
is Wonder Girl chapter three: Trackdown |
| Date |
January
1989 |
| Writer(s) |
Marv
Wolfman, George Perez |
| Artist(s) |
George
Perez, Bob McLeod |
| storyline |
With
the Titans out, Danny took it upon himself to enlist
a "B" team. He found it odd that Robin's
(Jason) status was listed as "unknown"
when he'd spoken to him the previous week. Speedy
contacted the Tower looking for help with the Invasion.
Nightwing's team was taken before the leader of
the unknown (to them) planet they'd landed on -
Athyns. He ordered them to be executed, but the
aliens who'd attacked the Tower arrived and began
blasting. Jericho got into the leader and the Titans
got back into their orb safely before the planet
exploded.
Donna's team neared New Chronus, but they encountered
hostile ships en route. Some sort of force field
opened and let the Titans in, but closed and destroyed
one of their pursers. The Titans of Myth welcomed
two of their own. Their children were given their
entire set of memories from the first time they
were on New Chronus. Raven remarked to Coeus that
she felt at home - their planet was much like Azarath.
As the second Titans orb neared New Chronus, it
was caught in the tractor beam of one of Sparta's
ships. At the same time, Athyns awakened and began
using the orb against his captors.
Raven teleported into the orb and attempted to help
her team. The orb was damaged and hurtled planetward.
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| Issue |
The
New Titans 53 |
| Subtitle |
Who
is Wonder Girl chapter four: Battle Plan |
| Date |
February
1989 |
| Writer(s) |
Marv
Wolfman, George Perez |
| Artist(s) |
George
Perez, Bob McLeod |
| storyline |
Raven
used her soul-self to get Starfire out of the orb
and safely to New Chronus. The others appeared to
have been lost.
On a nearby planet called Synriannaq, Nightwing,
Cyborg, and Jericho (in Athyns' body) waited. They'd
been able to escape the orb in time. Victor was
able to take the wing off one of the search ships
looking for them.
Gar took form of a green beast native to the nearby
planet and was teleported there. Dick and Joey found
Victor - he was strung up and en route to being
executed in a nearby city. Nightwing and Jericho-as-Athyns
attempted to free him; Starfire, Raven, and Changeling
joined the fight. Sparta mistook Raven for the third
"seed;" Starfire was blasted by one of
the ships. She absorbed it and shot it back. Athyns'
memories were returned to him and he began fighting
alongside the Titans.
Xanthi was killed saving Athyns from Sparta.
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| Issue |
The
New Titans 54 |
| Subtitle |
Who
is Wonder Girl chapter five: Answers and Questions |
| Date |
March
1989 |
| Writer(s) |
Marv
Wolfman, George Perez |
| Artist(s) |
George
Perez, Romeo Tanghal |
| storyline |
Terry,
Donna's husband, showed up at the Tower to find
out what was going on. Danny told them the Titans
had left the planet with some god.
The people of Synriannaq began to believe Sparta
had gone mad. On New Chronus, the Gods told the
Titans that they needed three to destroy Zeus' curse.
Dick realized that the three were Troy, Athyns,
and Sparta.
Starfire attacked Sparta with full intensity. With
her weakened, Raven absorbed the would-be god into
her soul self along with Troy and Athyns. The two
were able to grasp the madwoman and the Gods returned
to their glory.
Sparta's mind was completely lost. Athyns, since
he had no world in which to return, was invited
to stay with the Titans of Myth. Donna was given
another gift...
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| Issue |
The
New Titans 55 |
| Subtitle |
Transition |
| Date |
June
1989 |
| Writer(s) |
Marv
Wolfman, George Perez |
| Artist(s) |
George
Perez, Romeo Tanghal |
| storyline |
With
the Titans back on Earth, Donna spent time with
her husband attempting to tell him what had happened
to her. His ex-wife was visiting with their child.
She attempted to make Donna believe that there was
still a chance for her and her ex-husband to rekindle
their relationship.
Cyborg was being rebuilt by STAR Labs. The people
working on him also pulled memories from his databanks.
Athyns took Xanthi's body to his own homeworld for
burial. He would stay there and attempt to take
his fallen brother's place.
Dick learned of Jason's death and visited his grave
with Kori. After Danny nonchalantly talked about
it, Dick took it out on him.
In the cave, Batman questioned why Dick wasn't at
the funeral. Thinking he was being blamed for Jason's
death, Bruce punched his former ward in rage. He
told Dick to leave and give his key to Alfred on
the way out.
Vic headed to San Francisco to visit Sarah. Dayton
told Gar he was going to enroll in public school
and he could not be a Titan until his grades were
acceptable.
Donna debuted her new look and name: Troia. She'd
created a new outfit from the gifts the gods gave
her. Dick kicked Danny out of the Tower and off
the team.
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| Notes,
references to time, and chronology: |
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The
first two items take place before the "main" story,
giving some background on Donna's life and wedding. |
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Donna
Troy learned that all her memories before joining the original
Teen Titans were false. She'd been empowered by the Titans of
Myth on New Chronus. |
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Issue
52 mentions the Invasion. |
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While
visiting Jason's grave, Dick told Kori he'd been "Robin
for almost twelve years." |
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Questor,
while telling Garfield to act his age, mentioned that he was
17 years old. |
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