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Monthly
Titles
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Teen
Titans
(1966-73, 1977-78; 53 issues) |
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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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