Issue Description

Overview

Welcome to the mind of M'gann M'orzz, Miss Martian! It's bad enough when the world you live in is alien to you, but when you have something inside you clawing to get out and destroying everything you stand for, that's at least a little bit worse, right? Also: more of Clock King's malefic machinations!

The Clock King has assembled a new team of "Terror Titans" (teenage villains who come from a legacy of evil) including Dreadbolt, Copperhead, Persuader and Disruptor to take down the Teen Titans! After assaulting and capturing Kid Devil, the Terror Titans attack Titans Tower, capturing Titans tech support Wendy and Marvin before going head-to-head with Ravager. Ravager quickly dispatches Copperhead, Persuader and Dreadbolt, but not before they apparently blow up half of Titans Tower!

Spoilers

THIS WEEK...

• It's time we check in on one of the newer Teen Titans: Megan "Ms. Martian" Morse (and don't that name sound so familiar?). Of late, Megan's been struggling to contain the mind of her evil future self whom she absorbed during the Titans last bout with their evil future selves. In an attempt to retain a level of normalcy, Megan has moved to Arizona and tried to start a life as a normal teen, but whenever she gets too mad at the little voice in her head, evil future Megan can take over the body and do what she wants with it!

• Meanwhile, Disruptor is sleeping with Clock King (ew!) and the pair discuss the impending takedown of the Titans, which they think will be easy once Kid Devil and Ravager are in the bag. Oh, and it's Disruptor's job to keep tabs on Ms. Martian.

• Speaking of whom, our lovely green lady wants to start a normal life in school, but without a Social Security number and other identity data, she's S.O.L. Robin refuses to help her, but evil future Megan takes matters into her own hands and gets the paperwork together by...less than honest means. On Megan's first real days of school, she's attacked in class by Disruptor, who almost manages to split the two Megans apart, but when they fight amongst themselves, Disruptor knocks Ms. Martian out for the count. She awakens to find herself alone in a dark room, with a hellishly changed Kid Devil!!

FINAL CRISIS TIE-IN TEASER!

Eagle-eyed readers may have caught reference to "The Dark Side Club" on page 12, and that New Gods-related organization from Grant Morrison’s Seven Soldiers: Mister Miracle series should be a portent of bad things to come for Kid Devil. What's more...word has it that the Club will play a role in Morrison's Final Crisis, which means we're getting our first taste of crossover right here. It really is summer, isn't it?

DOUBLE HEADER!

We love that joke, and we love the idea that Ms. Martian won't be quibbling with her future self forever. Sure, this makes for some meaty character work for now, but eventually, someone's going to have to help Megan get the white out, whether that'll be Disruptor or someone else is yet to be seen. But at least the panel above let's us know it's possible.

THE RETURN OF EDDIE MUNSTER

Man, what a messed up version of everyone's favorite little devil to kick off this week's issue. Our one complaint? We still haven't found out what happened with last week's cliffhanger!

Teen Titans (2003)

Publisher

DC Comics

Volume Description

Superstar writer Geoff Johns reunites the sidekicks of the greatest heroes of the DC Universe once more to re-launch the DCU's premiere team of super-teens, the Teen Titans! Featuring Kid Flash, Superboy, Raven, Beast Boy, Wonder Girl and more!

Teen Titans (Volume 3)

Final Team Members: Red Robin (Tim Drake), Wonder Girl (II), Beast Boy, Raven, Superboy (II), Kid Flash (II), Ravager (IV), and Solstice.

Former Members: Cyborg, Starfire (II), Speedy (II), Aquagirl (II), Hawk (III), Dove (II), Zatara, Offspring, Talon, Power Boy, Little Barda, Molecule, Bombshell, Mas, Menos, Young Frankenstein, Osiris, Enigma, Joker's Daughter, Red Star, Captain Marvel Jr., Hotspot, Argent, Mirage, Flamebird, Terra (II), Kid Devil, Miss Martian, Jericho, Supergirl, Blue Beetle (III), Kid Eternity, Static, and Robin (V).

Second Feature: Ravager (#72-76, 79-82), The Coven of Three (#83-87)

This volume of Teen Titans spun out of the shattering events of Graduation Day, an event which featured the death of both Donna Troy and Lilith and saw the end of both Young Justice and the Titans. Scribed by Geoff Johns, this incarnation of the Teen Titans began as a training initiative on the behalves of Cyborg, Starfire, and Beast Boy and featured the main cast of Young Justice. The team does battle with a returned Jericho, Deathstroke, the new Ravager, and the new Brother Blood, all while picking up new members, such as Raven and Speedy (Mia Dearden). A popular story arc during the first portion of this series was the Titans of Tomorrow arc. This arc featured the current team being flung into the future to find themselves totalitarian rulers of a dystopia society. The team remained very solid during the first 33 issues leading up to Infinite Crisis and One Year Later.

Infinite Crisis did a number on the Teen Titans and completely altered the team. Superboy was killed, Kid Flash was aged and depowered, Starfire was lost in space, Cyborg was shut down for a year, Speedy quit the team to train with Green Arrow, and Robin had left to travel the world with Batman. Beast Boy and Raven attempt to keep the team going but have no success, with over 20 new members during the One Year Later gap. Robin returns and begins to right the ship by bringing back old members and new ones like Miss Martian and Kid Devil. This portion of the series featured Deathstroke's Titans East, the ramifications of Amazons Attack, and the return of the villainous Titans of Tomorrow. The elder Titans, such as Cyborg and Raven, quit the team to return to New York and restart the Titans, leaving the teenagers alone for the first time in this series.

With the kids all on their own now, things begin to head south as Geoff Johns leaves the writing duties to Sean McKeever. The transition was poor as McKeever was given storylines and they were obviously not his own. His own work shined during the On The Clock story arc which featured the introduction of the Terror Titans. The Teen Titans were all suddenly filled with a lot of emotion and teen angst that was not common of them in earlier issues. Many members began to leave the team or be kicked off as was Supergirl's case. After the death of Titans Tower's caretaker, Marvin, Robin leaves the team to deal with the events of Batman R.I.P. and puts Wonder Girl in charge. Wonder Girl builds her own team around the remaining members of the previous, with the new additions, such as Aquagirl, Static, and Kid Eternity. Soon death comes back to the Titans and Red Devil sacrifices himself to save San Francisco. The rest of Wonder Girl's leadership is marred by poor situations and poor writers as Sean McKeever hands over the reigns to Felicia Henderson. While Henderson started strong and promised many desired story arcs such as the return of the resurrected Superboy and Kid Flash, her run was messy and nonsensical. Raven and Beast Boy returned to the team and the Teen Titans battled a mystical entity known as Wyld which lead to most of Wonder Girl's team to be rendered inactive following the mission.

Soon after, rising author, J.T. Krul, becomes the head writer and re-establishes much of the earlier line-up but with Wonder Girl still at the helm. The team dynamic has been reevaluated and the book has shown marked improvement since Krul has taken over. It is during this time that Robin (Damian Wayne) briefly joins and Tim Drake returns to the team, but now as Red Robin. It is following this that Wonder Girl willingly relinquishes leadership to Red Robin. Krul promises such new plotlines as the debut of a new Titan named Solstice, the team's meeting with the new Aqualad, a family reunion for Ravager, and a possible new love interest for Superboy.

For Post Flashpoint volume 4, refer to Teen Titans.This series has been collected in the following trade paperbacks:Teen Titans: A Kid's Game - (#1-7)Teen Titans: Family Lost - (#1/2, 8-12)Teen Titans: Beast Boys and Girls - (#13-15, Beast Boy #1-4)Teen Titans: The Future is Now - (#16-23, Teen Titans / Legion Special #1)Teen Titans / Outsiders: The Insiders - (#24-26, Outsiders #24-25, 28)Robin: The Teen Wonder - (#29, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #100, Nightwing #101, Batman #428 and 442, Robin #126 and 132)Teen Titans: Life and Death - (#29-33, Teen Titans Annual #1, Robin #146-147)Teen Titans: Titans Around the World - (#34-41)Teen Titans: Titans East - (#42-47)Teen Titans: Titans of Tomorrow - (#50-54)Teen Titans: On the Clock - (#55-61)Teen Titans: Changing of the Guard - (#62-69)Teen Titans: Deathtrap - (#70, Teen Titans Annual #1, Titans #12-13, Vigilante #5-6)Teen Titans: Child's Play - (#71-78)Teen Titans: Hunt for Raven - (#79-87)Teen Titans: Team Building - (#88-92, Red Robin #20, Wonder Girl #1)Teen Titans: Prime of Life - (#93-100)

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