Chameleon/Beast Boy of the Doom Patrol and new characters Cyborg, Raven and Starfire join Robin, Kid Flash and Wonder Girl in the New Teen Titans. This book sees such milestones as the 1st appearances from Deathstroke, Brother Blood, Terra, Trigon, H.I.V.E. and the Fatal Five, also the last time Dick Grayson wore the Robin suit. I only have the minor keys I think, I never even knew about keys back when I bought these otherwise I might have tried harder to pick them up when they were a bit cheaper.
Tales of the Teen Titans (1984 - 88)
41 - 43, 45 - 54, 56 - 75, 77, 81, 82
Not confusing at all but this followed on straight from the New Teen Titans run, again I am missing all the big keys I suspect like 1st Nightwing costume in #44, it ended with #91 so I am not too short on these so it might be worth trying to complete the set sometime.
Teen Titans Spotlight (1986 - 88)
1- 9, 11, 12
This ran for 21 issues so I could try and fill out this run too sometime, we'll see how that goes!
The New Teen Titans (1984 - 1996)
1, 2, 4, 7,115, 117 - 118, 120 - 123
Wow I never got too many of these it seems. This is what the DC Wiki has to say - The New Teen Titans (Volume 2) began publication in August of 1984. The series ran concurrently with New Teen Titans (Volume 1), which had changed its title to "Tales of the Teen Titans". Although the two titles were published simultanously, "The New Teen Titans (Volume 2)" took place some six months after the events chronicled in Volume 1. In the early run of the series, it was not uncommon to see characters refer to events in the past tense, even though such events had not yet taken place in Volume 1. Midway through its run, the editors realized that almost none of the feature characters were teenagers any longer. In order to correct the series' misnomer, the title was changed to the New Titans with issue #50. New Titans continued publication until February of 1996 ending with issue #130.
Team Titans (1992 - 1994)
1(x5) - 24
The Team Titans hail from a near-distant alternate future where they function as an analog to the modern day Teen Titans. When a villain known as Lord Chaos became the supreme monarch of the future, the Titans discovered that the only way to stop him was to travel backwards in time and prevent the circumstances which led to his birth. They discovered that Lord Chaos was the son of Donna Troy and her husband Terry Long. Donna Troy, naturally refusing to take any course of action that would lead to her child's death, elected instead to excise her own powers, so that the child would not inherit any superhuman abilities of his own. This team consisted of Kilowatt, Mirage, Nightrider, Redwing and Terra. Seeing as Donna Troy still has her powers I am guessing this future timeline was forgotten or retconned or Crisised out of existence.
Arsenal Special #1 (1996)
Fall of a Titan
No synopsis on DC Wiki but I think it drags up Roy Harper's dark drug addict past!
Arsenal (1998 - 99)
1 - 4
When Roy's daughter Lian falls ill, he has to go looking for Vandal Savage to try and help her. Black Canary and the Green Arrow Connor Hawke also have cameos.
The New Titans Annual #11 (1995)
Robin/Argent Double-shot #1 (1998)
Argent comes to Gotham City in the hopes of being trained by Robin. Robin has his hands full with his most recent partner, Spoiler, but he recognizes Toni's commitment to crime-fighting. Spoiler however, feels that Argent is a threat to her growing relationship to Robin and wants her gone as quick as possible. Argent tries to assist Robin in bringing down an international drug smuggler, but her investigation uncovers a harrowing fact -- the ringleader is her own father -- Senator Anthony Monetti.
Teen Titans (1996 - 98)
1 - 24
This version of the Titans was an entirely unique team, led by the Atom and populated with brand new original characters. After the cancellation of the series, several of the characters went on to join with their older counterparts in the 1999 series, Titans. The team are Cody Driscoll as Risk, Isiah Crockett as Joto (means Heat in Swahili), Tony Monetti as Argent and Prysm. They were half alien it turned out! Joto died but was resurrected later. Risk got his arm ripped off by Superboy Prime and went on to a life of petty crime and joined the villainous Titans East led by Deathstroke. Later he joined the team taking on Superboy Prime again as he's become a member of the Sinestro Corps and he had his other arm ripped off!! The comic gods do not seem to like this poor guy!! Annual #1 (1997)
The team wind up stranded in Lost Junction Canade when their T-jet crash lands. The town has a sinister sickening secret that threatens to put the Titans on the lunch menu!
Legends of the World's Finest (1994)
1 - 3
In this haunting painted tale of redemption and damnation, Batman and Superman must overcome destructive nightmares of each other's pasts as they battle against a pair of demonic villains. Plagued by visions of his parents' murders at the hands of a lone gunman, the Man of Steel becomes a vicious force for justice. At the same time, the Dark Knight loses his mental and physical edge as his dreams of life on Krypton make him fearful of the night. Now up against the possessed Man-Bat and the merciless Silver Banshee, the world's greatest heroes must rise above these psychological manipulations to once again become the men they were or risk losing their souls forever. Source.
Superboy and the Ravers (1996 - 98)
1 - 5, 7 - 19
The series centered on the modern incarnation of Superboy and his adventures with a new group of friends in outer space. The theme of the series was intended as a mirror to the Silver Age Superboy and his adventures with the Legion of Super-Heroes. The tone of Superboy and the Ravers was more light-hearted than traditional comic-fare, and focused more on partying and fun than fighting against super-villains. The Ravers meet up at the Event Horizon an intergalactic rave, the team are Aura (Lindsay Wah), Hero (Hero Cruz), Kaliber, Rex, the Wonder Dog and Sparx (Donna Carol Force). Later Half-Life (Byron Stark) joined the team.
(New Adventures of) Superboy Vol 2 (1980 - 84)
33, 50
Superboy Volume 2 also known as the New Adventures of Superboy, it branched off from Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes, which also split into Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2). Like its predecessor, Volume 1, this title focused on the adventures of young Clark Kent before he became Superman. The majority of his adventures took place in his home town of Smallville, Kansas. The title contains the final appearances of the Earth-One Superboy prior to the eradication of the Earth-One continuity during the Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Superboy (1994 - 02)
0 - 100, 1 Million
Kon-El, also known as Connor Kent was one of the 4 Supermen, (the others being Eradicator, Steel and the Cyborg Superman), to rise up to fill in the gap after the the true Superman was seemingly killed by Doomsday. Connor was supposedly a clone of Superman created by Project Cadmus although it later turned out that he was actually a human clone genetically engineered to look like Superman and mimic his major powers by way of tactile telekinesis. Initially he called himself Superman but when the real deal returned he went by Superboy and in this run he relocated from Metropolis to Hawaii, accompanied by Cadmus telepath Dubbilex, a manager Rex Leech and his daughter Roxy, he also had a romance with reporter Tana Moon.
Annuals (1994 - 1997)
1 - 4
Superboy & Risk Double-Shot #1
Superboy plus The Power of Shazam #1
Superboy plus Slither #2
A trio of books with Superboy teaming up with another young hero.
Legionnaires #31
Legion of Superheroes #74
These crossed over with Superboy in a 3 part story called Future Tense
World's Finest 3 (1996)
Books 1, 2
Robin and Superboy team-up for the first time to take down Poision Ivy and Metallo.
Supergirl (1982 - 84)
1, 16
This was the last regular comic series to feature the Pre-Crisis Kara Zor-El as Supergirl. In these tales, Supergirl relocates from New York City to Chicago, meets new friends and allies... and new enemies, such like Psi, The Gang, Reactron or Blackstarr! Plus, while battling the evil foursome known as the Gang, Kara stumbles upon a conspiracy that threatens all of her new hometown and leads her to ally herself with the Doom Patrol. This only ran for 23 issues so it might be cool to try and complete the run sometime, be great to find some in a value bin somewhere but I doubt I'll be that lucky.
Supergirl (1996 - 03)
1 - 80, 1 Million
Supergirl (Volume 4) was written by veteren author, Peter David, this series featured a Supergirl that was a fusion of two different characters – the Matrix Supergirl and Linda Lee Danvers. Matrix was a protoplasmic, shape-shifting life form created by an alternate Lex Luthor. Matrix Supergirl and Luthor had a relationship for a time, in the 4-part Supergirl Vol 3 (which I don't have), I imagine that Matrix realises that Lex is a dick and leaves him, let's hope so! Maybe one day I'll pick that up to find out!!
Annual #2 (1997)
That super clever Brainiac is not scared of a strong woman!! Lucky he has his forcefield belt to protect him from those super hugs!!
Supergirl plus The Power of Shazam #1 (1997)
Supergirl/Prysm Double-shot #1 (1998)
The Maid of Might (was that a Supergirl nickname ever?) teams up with a couple of other young heroes in this pair of books. I do love a one shot with a self-contained story. (I did a search, yes Maid of Might was one of Supergirl's names, there is a cool website dedicated to her HERE)
Fighting American (1994)
1 - 6
Created in 1954 by the writer-artist team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Published by the Crestwood Publications imprint Prize Comics, it was, contrary to standard industry practices of the time, creator-owned.
Bitter that Timely Comics' 1950s iteration, Atlas Comics, had relaunched their hero Captain America in a new series in 1954, the writer-artist team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created another patriotically themed character, Fighting American. Simon recalled, "We thought we'd show them how to do Captain America". While the comic book initially portrayed the protagonist as an anti-Communist dramatic hero, Simon and Kirby turned the series into a superhero satire with the second issue, in the aftermath of the Army-McCarthy hearings and the public backlash against the Red-baiting U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. Simon specified for a panel audience at the 1974 New York Comic Art Convention that the character was not so much inspired by Captain America as it was simply a product of the times.
Simon said in 1989 that he felt the anti-Communist fervor of the era would provide antagonists who, like the Nazis who fought Captain America during World War II, would be "colorful, outrageous and perfect foils for our hero." He went on to say,
The first stories were deadly serious. Fighting American was the first Commie-basher in comics. We were all caught up in Senator McCarthy's vendetta against the 'red menace.' But soon it became evident that McCarthy ... had gone too far, damaging innocent Americans.... Then, the turnaround, [as] his side became talked of as the lunatic fringe.... Jack and I quickly became uncomfortable with Fighting American's cold war. Instead, we relaxed and had fun with the characters.
If you'd like to know more about comics by Simon and Kirby check out my mates YouTube channel Simon Comics.
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