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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 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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