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Teen Titans III
Teen Titans III
Everything Old Is New Again
Teen Titans and Outsiders Secret Files and Origins 2003, 2005 Teen Titans (Vol. 3) #’s 1-33 Teen Titans #1/2 Teen Titans/Legion Special #1 Action Comics #815 Green Arrow #46 DC Special: The Return of Donna Troy #’s 1-4 Infinite Crisis #’s 1-7 Superman/Batman #’s 7, 26 After the events of the Graduation Day mini-series in which Donna Troy and Omen were killed, the teenage sidekicks of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and the Flash were each approached to form a new Teen Titans organization under the tutelage of ex-Titans Cyborg, Starfire, and Beast Boy. Their first adventure as a reformed team involved an attack by Deathstroke the Terminator, and was followed by an episode in which they battled the new Brother Blood, during the course of which former Titan Raven was reborn and rejoined the team. From there, the Titans fought a new Changeling, and then traveled one thousand years into the future to fight alongside the Legion of Super-Heroes. Upon returning home, the team discovered that they had missed their mark by ten years, and encountered their evil future selves. When they finally arrived back in the proper time, they promised to learn from their glimpse of the future, and remain together as both friends and teammates. Shortly after their adventure with their adult versions, the Titans acquired a new teammate in the form of Green Arrow’s sidekick, Speedy, and were lured into battle by Dr. Light. After they defeated Light, the Titans were attacked from within by Superboy, as he was mind-controlled by Lex Luthor during an encounter which involved the Outsiders. This was followed by a trip to the planet Minosyss, where both the Titans and the Outsiders discovered original Titan Donna Troy alive and under the influence of the Titans of Myth. After freeing her from their control, the Titans returned to Earth and teamed with Hawk and Dove to defeat the agent of chaos, Kestrel. Shortly thereafter, Brother Blood returned with a group of reanimated dead Titans, which forced the team to journey to the afterlife
The cover to the 2003 New York International Sci-Fi & Fantasy Creators Convention booklet, courtesy of Mike Negin. Teen Titans TM and © DC Comics.
and close the door between life and death. Once that mission was accomplished, Blood was defeated with the help of Kid Eternity. Following their encounter with Blood, a Superboy from a different continuity appeared and challenged Superboy’s right to the name and title. In a battle which featured everyone who had ever been a Titan, Superboy-Prime killed Pantha and Wildebeest, and maimed the former Titan,
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Risk. He also severely beat Superboy to the point where he had to be hospitalized, and was only stopped by the efforts of Kid Flash and the two senior Flashes, who imprisoned the former hero in the Speed Force. Upon his recovery, Superboy joined Nightwing in an attempt to destroy a tower which had fractured reality, and in a rematch with Superboy-Prime, the tower was destroyed, but at the cost of Superboy’s life.