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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 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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| 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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