Team Titans
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Team Titans was a comic book
published by DC Comics
that spun out of DC's New Titans series. It began in September 1992 and ended in September 1994. The Team Titans were first introduced as a shadowy group stalking the Titans. Their backstory was revealed in New Titans Annual #7 by writer Marv Wolfman
, and were popular enough to merit their own series, which Wolfman also wrote. Phil Jimenez
and Jeff Jensen took over writing duties with issue #13, and co-wrote the book until its cancellation.
. Creative differences between the new writing staff and editorial, combined with flagging sales, led to the book's cancellation in the Zero Hour crossover event.
After Zero Hour, the remaining Team Titans members returned to Wolfman's New Titans book.
and Terry Long. Sent ten years into the past, their mission is to kill Donna and prevent his birth. They eventually convince Donna to give up her powers, ensuring her unborn son would be equally powerless. The Team Titans struggle to carve out lives for themselves in their alternate past. Their alternate-future Nightwing
comes back in time and briefly joins the team. This version of Nightwing, attacked and corrupted by a dark version of Raven
shortly after his arrival, changes his name to Deathwing, and served as her assistant.
During the Zero Hour event, Killowat
, Redwing
, Dagon
, Prestor Jon
, and Battalion
are all revealed to be from a false time-line, created by the villainous Monarch
to act as his sleeper agent assassins during the time crisis. When Monarch (who had turned himself into the time-villain Extant) is defeated, his false futures are destroyed, and the heroes from those futures are erased from existence. Mirage, Terra
, and Deathwing survive. It is later established that they are from the current time-line, and were shunted through time and given false memories by the Time Trapper
, who wished to use them as sleeper agents against Extant.
In the wake of Zero Hour, Mirage and Terra join the main Titans team. While it was sometimes hinted that Terra may have been the original Tara Markov of the main DCU
time-line, the 2008 Terra mini-series established that she was a young woman of similar powers who had been surgically altered to look like the original Terra, and who subsequently had amnesia. While Deathwing's true identity is never disclosed, it is firmly established that he is not the future version of Dick Grayson.
Comic book
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published by DC Comics
DC Comics
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that spun out of DC's New Titans series. It began in September 1992 and ended in September 1994. The Team Titans were first introduced as a shadowy group stalking the Titans. Their backstory was revealed in New Titans Annual #7 by writer Marv Wolfman
Marv Wolfman
Marvin A. "Marv" Wolfman is an award-winning American comic book writer. He is best known for lengthy runs on The Tomb of Dracula, creating Blade for Marvel Comics, and The New Teen Titans for DC Comics.-1960s:...
, and were popular enough to merit their own series, which Wolfman also wrote. Phil Jimenez
Phil Jimenez
Phil Jimenez is an American comic book writer, artist and penciller, known for his work as writer/artist on Wonder Woman from 2000 to 2003, as one of the five pencilers of the 2005-2006 miniseries Infinite Crisis, and his collaborations with writer Grant Morrison on New X-Men and The...
and Jeff Jensen took over writing duties with issue #13, and co-wrote the book until its cancellation.
Background information
While Wolfman was initially given the title indefinitely, he chose to leave the title in order to devote more time to his two other books, New Titans and DeathstrokeDeathstroke
Deathstroke the Terminator , originally simply the Terminator, and known by the Teen Titans as Slade, is a fictional character, a supervillain and sometimes antihero in the DC Comics Universe. He is a mercenary and assassin who first appeared in The New Teen Titans #2...
. Creative differences between the new writing staff and editorial, combined with flagging sales, led to the book's cancellation in the Zero Hour crossover event.
After Zero Hour, the remaining Team Titans members returned to Wolfman's New Titans book.
Story
One of several Team Titans teams from the future, they function as a terrorist cell fighting against a world dictator, Lord Chaos, the son of Donna TroyDonna Troy
Donna Troy is a comic book superheroine published by DC Comics. She first appeared in The Brave and the Bold vol. 1 #60 , and was created by Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani...
and Terry Long. Sent ten years into the past, their mission is to kill Donna and prevent his birth. They eventually convince Donna to give up her powers, ensuring her unborn son would be equally powerless. The Team Titans struggle to carve out lives for themselves in their alternate past. Their alternate-future Nightwing
Dick Grayson
Dick Grayson is a fictional superhero that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger and illustrator Jerry Robinson, he first appeared in Detective Comics #38 in April 1940....
comes back in time and briefly joins the team. This version of Nightwing, attacked and corrupted by a dark version of Raven
Raven (comics)
Raven is a fictional superheroine who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in a special insert in DC Comics Presents #26 , and was created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez...
shortly after his arrival, changes his name to Deathwing, and served as her assistant.
During the Zero Hour event, Killowat
Killowat
Killowat is a fictional character from the DC Comics series Teen Titans.-Fictional character biography:Killowat's story began 10 years in the future; or, rather, the false future where Lord Chaos reigned and a force known as the Team Titans struggled to overthrow his tyranny...
, Redwing
Redwing (comics)
Redwing is a fictional winged metahuman from the DC Comics universe who first appeared in New Titans #79. She is a member of Team Titans and was trained by Nightwing, an alternate future version of Dick Grayson...
, Dagon
Nightrider (DC Comics)
Nightrider is a fictional vampire superhero from the DC Comics universe. He is a member of the Team Titans, a rebel group seeking to overthrow Lord Chaos, the dictator of an alternate Earth ten years into the future....
, Prestor Jon
Prestor Jon
Prestor Jon is a DC Comics superhero, and brother to Carrie 'Redwing' Levine.-Fictional character biography:Prestor Jon's story began 10 years in the future; Or rather, the false future where Lord Chaos reigned. A force known as the Team Titans struggled to overthrow his tyranny...
, and Battalion
Battalion (DC Comics)
Battalion is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. He first appeared in Team Titans #2 .-Fictional character biography:...
are all revealed to be from a false time-line, created by the villainous Monarch
Monarch (comics)
Monarch is the name of three fictional DC Comics supervillains. The first Monarch is Hank Hall, formerly Hawk, who later renames himself Extant for the Zero Hour crossover. The second Monarch is Nathaniel Adam, a U.S. Army Captain. The third Monarch is Captain Atom, a former superhero...
to act as his sleeper agent assassins during the time crisis. When Monarch (who had turned himself into the time-villain Extant) is defeated, his false futures are destroyed, and the heroes from those futures are erased from existence. Mirage, Terra
Terra (comics)
Terra is the name used by three fictional characters published by DC Comics. The first Terra was created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, and debuted in New Teen Titans Terra is the name used by three fictional characters published by DC Comics. The first Terra was created by Marv Wolfman and...
, and Deathwing survive. It is later established that they are from the current time-line, and were shunted through time and given false memories by the Time Trapper
Time Trapper
The Time Trapper is a fictional character, a supervillain in stories published by DC Comics. The Time Trapper's main enemies are the Legion of Super-Heroes...
, who wished to use them as sleeper agents against Extant.
In the wake of Zero Hour, Mirage and Terra join the main Titans team. While it was sometimes hinted that Terra may have been the original Tara Markov of the main DCU
DC Universe
The DC Universe is the shared universe where most of the comic stories published by DC Comics take place. The fictional characters Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman are well-known superheroes from this universe. Note that in context, "DC Universe" is usually used to refer to the main DC continuity...
time-line, the 2008 Terra mini-series established that she was a young woman of similar powers who had been surgically altered to look like the original Terra, and who subsequently had amnesia. While Deathwing's true identity is never disclosed, it is firmly established that he is not the future version of Dick Grayson.
External links
- Team Titans at Titans Tower