The New Teen Titans again
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seandcNext lot of random thoughts on the 1983 version of the Teen Titans coming up behind this cut:
The New Teen Titans, Number 33, July 1983
“Who Killed Trident?”
Vic’s still hung up on Sarah and refusing Gar’s offer of a sympathetic ear – but it’s Terra who bops him (Gar) one – after he goes swimming with her – as Jaws!
Kory goes to find the missing-and-brooding Dick at Wayne Manor - blond-Jason loses the power of speech. :lol: Oops, Dick never told anyone he moved out when Jason moved in… and another Robin is smitten.
Kid Flash and Terra catch up with Trident as a drive-in – showing ET – so everyone sees everything silhouetted, at least until the screen burns.
The New Teen Titans, Number 34, August 1983
“Endings… and beginnings”
And we start with *drumroll* Deathstroke! Not content with appearing in every book in the Infinite Crisis timeline, he’s come back in time to fulfil his Wolverine-everywhere gig, including the explanation that “he is the very best at what he does.”
Surprise birthday party for Tara! Only she’s still not feeling part of the group.
Ah, and Donna gives Terry her answer by showing up at the college wearing the ring, much to the delight of a passing older couple, and the dismay of a flirtatious student.
Ouch – Sarah’s trying to call Vic, but he’s still heartbroken and hurting, so he won’t take her call – a call for help, her “fiancée” she dumped but he won’t let go, the creep.
Deathstroke calls the Titans for a rematch – Terra KOs Gar to take him on herself, using a Captain Kirk two-fist-punch. And here it is, the (first?) proof that Terra’s really working for Slade – after the fight, naturally, so the Titans buy everything.
The New Teen Titans, Number 36, November 1983
“Feedback”
Gan and Tavis, twin brothers who have picked up energy absorbing powers, earning them the namesBishopThunder and Lightning. Unlike Bishop however their bodies can’t handle the power. Raven can’t handle their pain, and Wally sees this as yet another sign of Dark Phoenix Rising that the others refuse to see.
The top half of this page has Wally’s thinking about his soon-to-be-announced quitting, while the bottom half of the page shows Dick thinking about quitting over his recent escapades away from the group. If they don’t stop eating themselves up like this I’m going to start calling them X-Men. :P
Thunder and Lightning drain the laser-probe’s power and that of the computers scanning them, then go beserk! Well, Thunder does, Lightning just goes along with his brother. They’ll die without a transfusion from their father, but they don’t even know who he is.
And now we know what Starfire would look like if she touched a Van de Graaff generator.
Thunder has the strength of Wonder Girl, but not her training, which means she can beat him even at half his size.
Raven is increasingly torn between hating and relishing violence – all the Titans gather around her, concerned – except Wally maintaining his distance (classic background with back turned shot), trying to keep up his defences against what will happen – but Donna knows how much it’s killing him to turn away.
Aha, HIVE have been holding the thing Thunder and Lightning’s father has become captive for twenty years, and now he reaches out via Raven’s soul-self – and it’s Wally who talks Raven into calming it down, and stays with her as she recovers.
Thunder and Lightning meanwhile relate what their father told them inside Raven’s soul-self – he was an alien trying to fix his starship which crashed six centuries earlier in Vietnam. And now they’ve found where he’s being held – and being mind controlled by HIVE (rather like the neural parasites in Star Trek’s Operation – Annihilate! He’s forced to attack, while shouting trying to warn everyone off).
While there Vic calls Dick “short-pants” again (still can’t get used to anyone but Babs doing that), and Tara calls him “legs” – no wonder he changed his costume.
With the Titans defeated it’s up to the twins to fight their father before he kills them. Following his instructions, they combine their powers and release him from mind control and from being the giant monster he’s become. Cured, they leave to fulfil his last wish to remember him to their mother.
The New Teen Titans, Number 37, December 1983
“Light’s out, everyone!”
A team-up with the Outsiders (at the time being Batman, Black Lightning, Geo-Force, Halo, Katana and Metamorpho), all going up against, the first page tells us, the Fearsome Five (Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog from the Mirror Universe?)
Is Gizmo an evil MacGyver? Oh wait, Mac wasn’t around back then… an evil B.A. Baracus? “Three spoons, some used wire, and an “ET speak and spell” recorder – an’ my part in this prison escape is done!”
The first escapee “Shimmer” turns her guards into tapioca :eek: - and her brotherJuggernautMammoth breaks out… and is bribed into freeing Doctor Light too (so it’s all his fault… paging Hawkman…)
Wow, an ad for ABC’s Saturday morning lineup, including Scooby and Scrappy Doo, Monchhichis and… my word, there was really a show called Rubik The Amazing Cube? Whose head looks kind of like Quark crossed with Stewie Griffin.
Oh, thanks for making the psycho twins Australian, writers – and oh look, complete with slouch-hatted cops leading torch-bearing mobs through koala-laden trees. :rolleyes: Why can’t we ever get the superheroes? And Pryde of the X-Men’s Wolverine doesn’t count.
Ooh a coup – Psimon takes the group away from Dr Light.
Almost time for the Titans to tell Terra all – except she flips out when asked about her own past and a bracelet alarm, then takes off! The cause is a proximity alarm to a Doctor Jace who gave her her powers. Also gave powers to Geo-Force. And worked with Shimmer and Mammoth.
The Outsiders are also looking for Jace, and when Terra attacks it serves as a great ice-breaker – when the others arrive Katana and the Outsiders assume it’s attack round two.
Oh, ad for NBC’s Saturday morning lineup, including “Amazing Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk” (and who’s this frosty fellow behind Spidey? Why, it’s Bobby Drake!), and NBC “got the jazz” with Mr. T! (the cartoon).
Awww family reunion for Tara and Brion – although Gar is suspicious of their costumes being the same after Tara said she sewed hers herself, and recently.
Pre-Crisis history at Wayne Manor – Dick telling Bruce that he no longer wants to work with him as Robin – although he’s not giving up the name yet (blond-Jason can’t wait to take up the cape and mask), except both teams call their leaders before we get to the resolution.
Heh, the Fearsome Five have their own island base – in Gotham Bay instead of the East River. Or, at least, they had an island base – Psimon blew it up with the Titans and Outsiders still on it.
Also I’ve recently managed to get my mitts on the miniseries Batman Adventures: The Lost Years (which ended to make way for the Gotham Adventures series), which tells the tale of how the Toon-verse Dick shed the Robin persona and journeyed the world training up to become Nightwing, and where he got various bits and pieces of his costume design from. While he’s gone for two years, we also see how Batman figures out who this “Batgirl” is, and a young fan inveigles his way into becoming the new Robin…
The New Teen Titans, Number 33, July 1983
“Who Killed Trident?”
Vic’s still hung up on Sarah and refusing Gar’s offer of a sympathetic ear – but it’s Terra who bops him (Gar) one – after he goes swimming with her – as Jaws!
Kory goes to find the missing-and-brooding Dick at Wayne Manor - blond-Jason loses the power of speech. :lol: Oops, Dick never told anyone he moved out when Jason moved in… and another Robin is smitten.
Kid Flash and Terra catch up with Trident as a drive-in – showing ET – so everyone sees everything silhouetted, at least until the screen burns.
The New Teen Titans, Number 34, August 1983
“Endings… and beginnings”
And we start with *drumroll* Deathstroke! Not content with appearing in every book in the Infinite Crisis timeline, he’s come back in time to fulfil his Wolverine-everywhere gig, including the explanation that “he is the very best at what he does.”
Surprise birthday party for Tara! Only she’s still not feeling part of the group.
Ah, and Donna gives Terry her answer by showing up at the college wearing the ring, much to the delight of a passing older couple, and the dismay of a flirtatious student.
Ouch – Sarah’s trying to call Vic, but he’s still heartbroken and hurting, so he won’t take her call – a call for help, her “fiancée” she dumped but he won’t let go, the creep.
Deathstroke calls the Titans for a rematch – Terra KOs Gar to take him on herself, using a Captain Kirk two-fist-punch. And here it is, the (first?) proof that Terra’s really working for Slade – after the fight, naturally, so the Titans buy everything.
The New Teen Titans, Number 36, November 1983
“Feedback”
Gan and Tavis, twin brothers who have picked up energy absorbing powers, earning them the names
The top half of this page has Wally’s thinking about his soon-to-be-announced quitting, while the bottom half of the page shows Dick thinking about quitting over his recent escapades away from the group. If they don’t stop eating themselves up like this I’m going to start calling them X-Men. :P
Thunder and Lightning drain the laser-probe’s power and that of the computers scanning them, then go beserk! Well, Thunder does, Lightning just goes along with his brother. They’ll die without a transfusion from their father, but they don’t even know who he is.
And now we know what Starfire would look like if she touched a Van de Graaff generator.
Thunder has the strength of Wonder Girl, but not her training, which means she can beat him even at half his size.
Raven is increasingly torn between hating and relishing violence – all the Titans gather around her, concerned – except Wally maintaining his distance (classic background with back turned shot), trying to keep up his defences against what will happen – but Donna knows how much it’s killing him to turn away.
Aha, HIVE have been holding the thing Thunder and Lightning’s father has become captive for twenty years, and now he reaches out via Raven’s soul-self – and it’s Wally who talks Raven into calming it down, and stays with her as she recovers.
Thunder and Lightning meanwhile relate what their father told them inside Raven’s soul-self – he was an alien trying to fix his starship which crashed six centuries earlier in Vietnam. And now they’ve found where he’s being held – and being mind controlled by HIVE (rather like the neural parasites in Star Trek’s Operation – Annihilate! He’s forced to attack, while shouting trying to warn everyone off).
While there Vic calls Dick “short-pants” again (still can’t get used to anyone but Babs doing that), and Tara calls him “legs” – no wonder he changed his costume.
With the Titans defeated it’s up to the twins to fight their father before he kills them. Following his instructions, they combine their powers and release him from mind control and from being the giant monster he’s become. Cured, they leave to fulfil his last wish to remember him to their mother.
The New Teen Titans, Number 37, December 1983
“Light’s out, everyone!”
A team-up with the Outsiders (at the time being Batman, Black Lightning, Geo-Force, Halo, Katana and Metamorpho), all going up against, the first page tells us, the Fearsome Five (Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog from the Mirror Universe?)
Is Gizmo an evil MacGyver? Oh wait, Mac wasn’t around back then… an evil B.A. Baracus? “Three spoons, some used wire, and an “ET speak and spell” recorder – an’ my part in this prison escape is done!”
The first escapee “Shimmer” turns her guards into tapioca :eek: - and her brother
Wow, an ad for ABC’s Saturday morning lineup, including Scooby and Scrappy Doo, Monchhichis and… my word, there was really a show called Rubik The Amazing Cube? Whose head looks kind of like Quark crossed with Stewie Griffin.
Oh, thanks for making the psycho twins Australian, writers – and oh look, complete with slouch-hatted cops leading torch-bearing mobs through koala-laden trees. :rolleyes: Why can’t we ever get the superheroes? And Pryde of the X-Men’s Wolverine doesn’t count.
Ooh a coup – Psimon takes the group away from Dr Light.
Almost time for the Titans to tell Terra all – except she flips out when asked about her own past and a bracelet alarm, then takes off! The cause is a proximity alarm to a Doctor Jace who gave her her powers. Also gave powers to Geo-Force. And worked with Shimmer and Mammoth.
The Outsiders are also looking for Jace, and when Terra attacks it serves as a great ice-breaker – when the others arrive Katana and the Outsiders assume it’s attack round two.
Oh, ad for NBC’s Saturday morning lineup, including “Amazing Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk” (and who’s this frosty fellow behind Spidey? Why, it’s Bobby Drake!), and NBC “got the jazz” with Mr. T! (the cartoon).
Awww family reunion for Tara and Brion – although Gar is suspicious of their costumes being the same after Tara said she sewed hers herself, and recently.
Pre-Crisis history at Wayne Manor – Dick telling Bruce that he no longer wants to work with him as Robin – although he’s not giving up the name yet (blond-Jason can’t wait to take up the cape and mask), except both teams call their leaders before we get to the resolution.
Heh, the Fearsome Five have their own island base – in Gotham Bay instead of the East River. Or, at least, they had an island base – Psimon blew it up with the Titans and Outsiders still on it.
Also I’ve recently managed to get my mitts on the miniseries Batman Adventures: The Lost Years (which ended to make way for the Gotham Adventures series), which tells the tale of how the Toon-verse Dick shed the Robin persona and journeyed the world training up to become Nightwing, and where he got various bits and pieces of his costume design from. While he’s gone for two years, we also see how Batman figures out who this “Batgirl” is, and a young fan inveigles his way into becoming the new Robin…
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Date: 2006-03-26 06:51 pm (UTC)Give them another couple of years, and they'll probably be close to the angst level. :lol:
While there Vic calls Dick “short-pants” again (still can’t get used to anyone but Babs doing that), and Tara calls him “legs” – no wonder he changed his costume.
It was actually when Terra and Deathstroke teamed up and beat him that he changed the costume, I believe. That, and he was probably sick of being the one to fight the bad guys in the freezing weather. :lol:
Wow, an ad for ABC’s Saturday morning lineup, including Scooby and Scrappy Doo, Monchhichis and... my word, there was really a show called Rubik The Amazing Cube?
I vaguely remember hearing of a show by that name. I don't think I ever watched it, though--I was only 2 at the time.
Why can’t we ever get the superheroes?
*Tries to think of a good guy from Australia. Fails.* Oh, wait! Wasn't Gateway from there? He teleported the X-Men all over the place during the Australia years, and showed up in Generation X.