Teen Titans Go! (2004 comic series)

Teen Titans Go! is a 2000s comic book published by DC Comics. It is based on the 2000s animated TV series Teen Titans which is itself loosely based on the team that starred in the popular 1980s comic The New Teen Titans. The series is written by J. Torres, Todd Nauck and Larry Stucker are the regular illustrators. It is written to appeal to an audience that includes pre-teen children, the primary audience of the TV series. Both series are done in an art style inspired by popular Japanese anime and manga.

Continuity with the animated series

While the comic's stories stand independently, its issues are done so as not to contradict events established in the animated series' episodes. Often, Teen Titans Go! also references episodes of the show, as well as expanding on parts of the series. For example, issues #11 and #12 occur during Terra's time with the group, expanding on a flashback from "Aftershock Part 2". Also, in #26 and #40, the issues shows Jinx's time with both HIVE Five teams. Another instance is with Wonder Girl's appearance in the comics. Her appearance will refer to cameos that she made in Season 5 of the show. As will Terra who will appear as school girl in a cameo in issue #34, then a full appearance in a later issue. She also makes a cameo in issue #39 as a doll (T costume) and in a joke as the schoolgirl. Also in the comics Jinx and Kid Flash's relationship remains.

Also, J Torres mentions in the letter pages of #34 that not all stories will be set in the present time. Some will even be placed during Season 1. An example of this is the first story in #40, which shows Jinx as part of the HIVE.

List of comics, guest heroes, guest villains

1. Demo |Guest Heroes: None|Guest Villains: Jinx, Gizmo, Mammoth, Slade, HIVE Headmistress
2. The Beast Boy Who Cried Wolf |Guest Heroes: None|Guest Villains: Gordanians
3. Lame |Guest Heroes: Sarah Simms|Guest Villains: Cinderblock,
4. My Crummy Valentine |Guest Heroes: None|Guest Villains: Puppet King
5. Monster Zit |Guest Heroes: None|Guest Villains: Trigon
6. Storm | Guest Heroes: Thunder & Lightning| Guest Villains: None
7. How You Play the Game |Guest Heroes: None|Guest Villains: Blackfire
8. Naked City |Guest Heroes: None|Guest Villains: Mad Mod
9. War Machine |Guest Heroes: Fixit|Guest Villains: Jinx (cameo), Mammoth (cameo), Gizmo
10. Finding Nero |Guest Heroes: Aqualad, Terra (cameo), Speedy (cameo), Gill Girl|Guest Villains: None
11. Countdown |Guest Heroes: Terra|Guest Villains: Slade and minions
12. Magic & Misdirection |Guest Heroes: Terra|Guest Villains: Mumbo Jumbo
13. What Time Is it, Mr. Wolf? |Guest Heroes: Mr. Wolf, Sarah Simms|Guest Villains: Mr. Wolf (werewolf),
14. If You Can't Beat `Em... |Guest Heroes: Speedy|Guest Villains: Plasmus
15. Pop Quiz |Guest Heroes: None|Guest Villains: Kitten, Kwiz Kid, Killer Moth
16. Beauty & the Wildebeest |Guest Heroes: Wildebeest|Guest Villains: Rock, Paper, Scissors, HIVE Headmistress
17. Anger Management |Guest Heroes: Hot Spot|Guest Villains: Adonis
18. When Chibis Attack | Guest Heroes: Larry, Tween Titans|Guest Villains: Chibis of Slade, Jinx, Gizmo, Mammoth, Mad Mod, Blackfire, Cinderblock, Killer Moth, Kitten, Gordanians, Thunder & Lightning, Puppet King, Plasmus, and Mumbo Jumbo.
19. Song of the Dead |Guest Heroes: None|Guest Villains: The Agent, Johnny Rancid
20. Secret Moves |Guest Heroes: Bumblebee, Terra, Mas Y Menos, Aqualad, Speedy, Sarah Simms|Guest Villains: Jinx, Gizmo, Mammoth, Blackfire, Atlas,
21. ...Garsaurus REX! |Guest Heroes: Bumblebee, Aqualad, Mas Y Menos, Speedy|Guest Villains: Professor Chang, Garsaurus Rex, Slade (cameo), Brother Blood (cameo), Phobia (cameo), Control Freak (cameo), Kwiz Kid (cameo), The Brain (cameo), Giant Eyeball (cameo)
22. The Book/Listen |Guest Heroes: True Master|Guest Villains: Slade
23. Knockoff! |Guest Heroes: None|Guest Villains: Red X, Control Freak
24. Power Failure|Guest Heroes: None|Guest Villains: Katarou
25. Secret Santa |Guest Heroes: Titans East (via satellite TV)|Guest Villains: Billy Numerous
26. Call of the Wild |Guest Heroes: None|Guest Villains: The HIVE Five (Jinx, Gizmo, Mammoth, See-More, and Private HIVE)
27. Love is a Battlefield |Guest Heroes: Sarah Simms|Guest Villains: Jinx, Overload,
28. Surprises |Guest Heroes: Mento, Elasti-Girl, Robotman, Negative Man|Guest Villains: Madame Rouge (cameo), Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man
29. Who Wants Pie? |Guest Heroes: Bumblebee, Aqualad (chibi), Lightning (chibi), Mas Y Menos (chibi), Kid Flash (chibi)|Guest Villains: Mother Mae-Eye
30. Slings & Arrows/The Battery |Guest Heroes: Speedy & Aqualad|Guest Villains: Dr. Light
31. Night Time |Guest Heroes: Nightwing, White Raven (cameo), Older Beast Boy (cameo), Older Cyborg (cameo)|Villains: Warp
32. Arena |Guest Heroes: Kole, Gnarrk, Pantha, Herald, Tramm, Aqualad |Guest Villains: The Lanista, General Immortus
33. The Strangest Sports Story Ever Told |Guest Heroes: Bumblebee, Aqualad, Speedy, Mas Y Menos, Fixit, Jinx (chibi)|Guest Villains: Atlas, Control Freak, Plasmus, Slade Commando, Mumbo Jumbo, Puppet King, Captain Pegleg Jack, Killer Moth, Steamroller, Mother Mae-Eye (chibi), The Brain (cameo), Monsieur Mallah (cameo)
34. The Great Race |Guest Heroes: Jinx (now reformed), Kid Flash, Speedy, Aqualad, Argent, Mas Y Menos, Schoolgirl (Terra; cameo), Bumblebee, Bushido, Doom Patrol, Wonder Girl (cameo) | Guest Villains: Cheshire, Punk Rocket, Ding-Dong-Daddy (cameo)
35. Enemy of My Enemy | Guest Heroes: None | Guest Villains: Private HIVE, General Immortus, Slade's commandos
36. Troy | Guest Heroes: Wonder Girl, Speedy, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Jinx, Pantha, Kole, Argent, Bumblebee, Mas Y Menos (cameo), Gnarrk (cameo), Herald (cameo), Thunder & Lightning (cameo)|Guest Villains: Blackfire, Gordanians
37. Winterlude (includes a story from sparktop.org) | Guest Heroes: Sara Hunter (Story from Sparktop)|Guest Villains: Mumbo Jumbo
38. It's a Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod World |Guest Heroes: None|Guest Villains: Mad Mod
39. Stupid Cupid |Guest Heroes: Wonder Girl, Jinx, Sarah Simms, Mas Y Menos, Pantha, Wildebeast, Kid Flash, Argent, Bumblebee, Herald, Speedy, Larry|Guest Villains: Kitten, Le Blanc, Monseuir Mallah (chibi), Cheshire|Other Guests: Cupid
40. Nearly Nabbed Me/Lightning in a Bottle |Guest Heroes: Thunder & Lightning|Guest Villains: The HIVE Five Jinx (before reformation), Gizmo, Mammoth, Kyd Wykkyd (actually Raven in disguise), Billy Numerous, Professor Chang
41. Bad Girls |Guest Heroes: Titans East, Argent, Jericho, Red Star, Wonder Girl|Guest Villains: Mad Mod, Pink X, Joy Stick, Marionette, Daughter Blood (all of whom are actually Kitten in disguise), Killer Moth
42. Pieces of Me |Guest Heroes: Jericho, Melvin, Timmy, Teether, Raven Emoticlones|Guest Villains: Red Raven, XL Terrestrial
43. The Fearsome Five |Guest Heroes: Jinx & Kid Flash|Guest Villains: The Fearsome Five (including Psimon, Dr. Light, Jinx (undercover for the Titans), Gizmo, Mammoth, Cinderblock, Private HIVE, Hive Angel, XL Terristal, See-More, Billy Numerous, Kyd Wyykd, The Hive Wrestler, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Control Freak, Steamroller, Adonis, Kwiz Kid
44. Red Raven |Guest Heroes: Arella|Guest Villains: Red Raven, Kitten, Killer Moth
45. ??? |Guest Heroes: possibly Cyborg's and Beast Boy's parents, Doom Patrol|Guest Villains: Possibly Brotherhood of Evil and the "dimentional blobmonster"
46. ??? |Guest Heroes: Wildfire| Guest Villains: Blackfire
47. ??? |Guest Heroes: Possibly Batman|Guest Villains: Gizmo

Digest edition

Vol.	Title	Material collected	ISBN
1	Truth, Justice, Pizza!	Teen Titans Go! #1-5	ISBN 1-4012-0333-7
2	Heroes on Patrol	Teen Titans Go! #6-10	ISBN 1-4012-0334-5
3	Bring it On!	Teen Titans Go! #11-15	ISBN 1-4012-0511-9
4	Ready for Action	Teen Titans Go! #16-20	ISBN 1-4012-0985-8
5	On the Move	Teen Titans Go! #21-25	ISBN 1-4012-0986-6

Villains specifically made for the comic

Agent

Appeared in issue #19.The "Agent" is a dealer from another dimension who likes to trick people into letting them have what they want, in exchange for their "souls" in the process. He lallygagged Johny Rancid into having his own band of a bunch of dead guys, and lost to Raven in his own trick by wishing him to banish.

Kwiz Kid

Kwiz Kid is a villain resembling The Riddler who attempts to stump Robin with questions on to impress his ex-girlfriend Kitten in issue #15. During a battle near the end of the issue, he escaped. He will appear again in issue #43. Dr. Light and Psimon let all of the villains fight and they wanted to see who the last three members would be. Somehow, every villain lost including Kwiz Kid.

Mr. Wolf

Mr. Wolf appeared in issue #13 as an old man with a terrible "problem". He claims he will see them at Halloween. Beast Boy will (to Beast Boy's great chagrin) have to stay in. However, Beast Boy fails to understand that Mr. Wolf is a werewolf, and thus failed to turn on the Tower's lockdown mode and Mr. Wolf escaped onto the street. The Titans defeated him, and after the holiday Mr. Wolf informed the Titans they are the answer to his problem, and he will see them next month, leaving the story a cliffhanger. He also shows up in the Christmas issue as a cameo.

Rock, Paper, Scissors

Three H.I.V.E. students that try to kidnap Wildebeest in issue #16. Rock is able to turn her fists into rock and is probably very strong as well. Paper can stretch her body into paper forms (such as origami). Scissors has blade-like claws on his fingers. The three of them were captured along with their headmistress. They will soon appear in issue #43. Dr. Light and Psimon let all of the villains fight and they wanted to see who the last three members would be. Somehow, every villain lost including Rock, Paper and Scissors.

The Lanista

Although he holds to the culture of ancient Rome, he has high tech microphones and combat robots. He is apparently popular with villains, since he says that Atlas came to his arena to train, Master of Games came to recruit for his tournaments, and Slade came looking for an apprentice. In issue #32, Lanista kidnapped Gnaark, Beast Boy, Pantha, and various others to fight Private Hive. In the end, he was captured by Cyborg.

Captain Pegleg Jack

An old captain who appeared out of Mumbo's hat in issue #33; played on an all-villain team against the Titans in a not-so-friendly game of baseball. Note: His name is a reference to the name of the character Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean.

The Gordanian Bounty Hunters

They appeared in issue #2. They are the first villains the Titans faced, but instead showed up in the series 2 years after the comic in episode "Go!". They returned in #36, fighting all of the Titans and Wonder Girl under orders from Blackfire.

Characters that didn't make an appearance in the series

Wonder Girl (Donna Troy)

Made a cameo in issue #34 ("The Great Race"); had her first full appearance in #36 ("Troy") where she helps the Titans against Blackfire's plot to sell all the female titans into slavery. She appears with the classic Teen Titans (Robin, Aqualad, Speedy, and Kid Flash) and their chibi-selves dress in their original costumes. She also makes an appearance in #39 ("Stupid Cupid") helping Cupid get his wings and arrows back from Larry, who has stolen them to make titans hook up with each other.

Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man

Had a cameo appearance in issue #28 of Teen Titans Go. The Doom Patrol discuss a battle they (along with a younger Beast Boy) had with Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man. He makes a full appearance on page 10, which itself is a based on the cover of the My Greatest Adventure comic.

Sarah Simms

Sarah's character in Teen Titans Go! to has appeared in many issues starting with the third issue #3 ("Lame") where she was playing baseball with a group of children who have prosthetic limbs and her group of encouraged Cyborg when he was depressed after a kid called him lame. Cy and Sarah both were very attracted to each other. As the Titans were leaving she told Cy to call her. Sarah appeared in issue #13 ("What Time Is It, Mr. Wolf") where she was trick-or-treating with Cy and the same group of children though their date was cut short when Cy needed to help control Mr. Wolf. Sarah appeared in #20 ("Secret Moves") where her date with Cyborg was cut short once again. In #27 ("Love is A Battlefield") she and Jinx fight over Cyborg but the comic ends with both leaving him due to a confusion when he is possessed by Overload. Sarah returned to Cyborg in #39 (Stupid Cupid) she and Cyborg went on a double date with Starfire and Robin. It is not known at this point how she and Cyborg got back together.

Notes

Sarah's first appearance in Issue #3 ("Lame") mirrors her first appearance in the original Teen Titans story (New Teen Titans Vol. 1 #8). In the original story Cyborg was depressed about his high school girlfriend Marcy Reynolds's disgusted reaction to his new cybernetic parts. In Teen Titans Go Cyborg is depressed when a kid says "How lame! It’s just the freaky robot dude," after the kid's brother receives Cy's autograph as well as a child calling him a "scary metal man." In both versions Cyborg walks to the park and retrieves a ball for two little boys both have a prosthetic limbs. As Cyborg is getting ready to walk away the kids introduce him to Sarah Simms. In the original story Sarah Simms is a teacher at the West Side School for the Handicapped; while in Teen Titans Go, Sarah works as a teen volunteer counselor to the kids at the community center. In Teen Titans Go, after playing baseball Sarah calls a water break. During a water break, Sarah tells Cy that the kids look up to him. Cyborg doesn't feel special and tells Sarah that she is the special one since she devotes her time to helping the kids. Sarah then tells Cy that she can't believe that he said that he wasn't special. When Cy calls himself freaky Sarah tells him, "Well it's all part of what makes you so cool." A difference between the two comics is also that in the original story Cinderblock didn't attack the kids or Cyborg at the park. In the original story, Sarah and Cyborg don't act on their feelings for each other as quickly as they do in Teen Titans Go. In Teen Titans Go when Cyborg first sees Sarah he is attracted (in his own words "Homina Homina") and he mixed up words while talking to her. Sarah flirts with Cyborg also, she tells Cyborg he is cute, which makes Cy blush, and that his steel circuitry is part of what makes him cool. In Teen Titans Go after the Titans defeat Cinderblock, Cy tells the group that he'll see them next weekend and Sarah says "Call me!" to Cyborg.

In Teen Titans Go! #20, Raven and Starfire are sucked into a competition by Atlas. They eventually face Blackfire (computer hologram), Terra (computer hologram), Jinx and Bumblebee. Some people may believe that it may similar to the Tournament of Heroines in "Winner Take All" (after the heroes battled and disappeared).

In many issues the writers have placed the goth boy from the dance club that talked with in Raven the episode "Sisters." He first appeared in Teen Titans Go issue #5 where he and Raven go out on a date on Valentines Day. Their date is interrupted and Raven has to ditch him, but Raven makes it up to him later by giving him flowers and a stuffed animal which freaked Goth out more than a little. In issue #13 Raven and Goth run into each other and sort of flirt. Issue #19 as the drummer of Johnny Rancid's band. His official name is never actually stated but he is referred to as Goth by most fans. In issue #19 he wears a shirt with the word "GOTH" printed on it. In issue #42 it is revealed that he works in an arcade he wears a name tag that says "GOTH BOY" on it. It's not clear whether that is his real name, with "Goth" being his first name and "Boy" as his last name, or if it is merely his nickname. In Teen Titans Go his design has been changed: he no longer has elongated eyelashes on his left eye like he did in the cartoon in Teen Titans Go he has regular eyelashes. He also has thick eyebrows as opposed to no eyebrows as seen in the show. He also has thicker hair with hair on the sides and grayish purple eyes. Although in issue # 16 (Beauty and The Wildebeest) a chibi version of Goth (shown selling Chibi Raven candles from a store named DV8 as a parody of the word deviate) is shown with no eyebrows and long eyelashes on the left side oddly. In Issue #42 when Raven's emoticlones run loose on the city the purple emoticlone which represents love/lust flirts with Goth while he is working at the arcade, embarrassing him infront of the other "cast members." Needless to say, Purple Raven's flirty-ness freaks Goth out a lot.

Aside from introducing Wonder Girl in the animated continuity, Teen Titans Go is the first time that Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, Wonder Girl and Speedy are shown fighting alongside each other in that particular continuum. In the mainstream DCU they are the founding members of the Teen Titans.

In issue #39, lots of Titans are paired up with their girlfriends or boyfriends like the comics (except for Beast Boy and Raven). Robin and Starfire (couple, they once almost married in the comics), Cyborg and Sarah Simms (have been a couple in the comics), Cheshire and Speedy (they were lovers, Cheshire had Speedy's child, Lian, in the comics), and Herald and Bumblebee (are happily married in the comics). Also, this is the first story specifically set after the DTV Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo, this fact is brought up as Cyborg, Sarah, Robin and Starfire are returning from their double date. Sarah mentions that the Titans must have had fun in Tokyo to which Starfire replies "Yes... We shall always have Tokyo" referring to the fact that she and Robin have officially become a couple. Also in the issue on the page where the couples that have been shot with Eros's love arrows are flirting it can bee seen from the back that Cheshire has taken off her mask and showed Speedy her face.

In #41, Kitten's actions against her father seemed to be based off of Duela Dent, a Titan who didn't appear in the animated series or comic book. In an interview from January 2006, Teen Titans Go! writer J. Torres confirmed that this character's motives were inspired by Duela Dent. When asked: "Duela Dent has always been one of the fun characters in the comic books, is there a chance to see her in the comic book?", Torres replied "Yeah, I like Duela Dent. Did you see the short story I did starring her in Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files 2005? After I did that, I came up with an idea for a story where a mystery girl runs around Jump City claiming to be the daughter of different Titans' villains. So, we'll see if that ever makes the pages of the book..." [1]In addition, she introduces versions of Gemini and Ravager in cameoes on newspaper clippings on Robin's "crime wall". Oddly enough Kitten picks villains who have no daughter and could not possibly be old enough to be her father (Red X and Control Freak), just as Duela was said to.

In issue #43, Psimon and Dr. Light are the founding members of the Fearsome Five. In the comics, they were also founding members of the team. The original members were Psimon, Dr. Light, Shimmer, Gizmo, and Mammoth. The second incarination included Psimon, Dr. Light, Shimmer, Mammoth, Gizmo, Jinx,.. Psimon eventually overthrew Dr. Light and later became leader. The third incarination includes Psimon (as the leader), Jinx, Gizmo, Mammoth, Shimmer.In issue #43, Jinx 'joins' the Fearsome Five. This incarination for "Teen Titans Go!" is Dr. Light, Psimon, Jinx, Gizmo, and Mammoth whom all have appeared in the Teen Titans animated series. They were also part of the Fearsome Five in "The New Teen Titans". Jinx is really undercover for the Titans and traps the Fearsome Five.We also find out about Jinx that she doesn't have a T-communicator.She used Robin's communicator for the mission(which was actually the mailman's T-communicator).After the ambush, Jinx tries to give Robin back the communicator but Robin doesn't accept it. He said to keep it and that he was sorry for not giving her one. Robin said he ran out after that battle with the Brotherhood of Evil.

End

On June 13, 2007, J. Torres had an interview with Comicon.com. He said that he was working on Teen Titans Go! and said it will last till issue #50. He also said there will be an issue were two Titans actually kiss for the first time in the comic book (which was hinted out that the lucky couple was actually Raven and Beast Boy). Fans have been very shocked and they were surprised it will end so soon.