Various

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groups by the name

Teen Titans The Teen Titans are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, frequently in eponymous monthly series. As the group's name indicates, the members are teenage superheroes, many of whom have acted as sidekicks to DC ...

(or similar variants) have been published in

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s by

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since 1964.

Comics publication history

''Teen Titans'' (1964–1978)

The first incarnation of the group unofficially debuted in ''

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'' #54 (July 1964), before appearing as "The Teen Titans" in #60, and again in '' Showcase'' #59 (December 1965). These appearances led to a comic of the same name (debuting with a cover date of February 1966) which ran until 1972/1973, when it was cancelled with issue #43. Briefly revived in 1976 for a further 10 issues, the series was again cancelled after #53 told the team's origin for the first time.

Key team

The original Teen Titans team consisted of the sidekicks to DC's

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, and

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— the first Robin,

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, and

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. They were joined in their second appearance by

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, erroneously presented as

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's sidekick.Wonder Girl was initially a teenage version of Diana/Wonder Woman, so the discrepancy was "cleared up" through the creation of the character

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. She has subsequently undergone a plethora of revisions and identity crises, to be retro-fitted into subsequent continuities. As a result, she has become something of a Crisis-nexus, playing a key role in DC's ''

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'' and related titles and events.

''New Teen Titans'' (1980–1988)

''(Becomes'' Tales of the Teen Titans ''with #41)'' The series was relaunched with the prefix "New" in an issue cover-dated November 1980. Written by

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with art by

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, both of whom had recently moved to DC from

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, this incarnation (and these creators) would prove to be arguably the best-known and most-popular comics incarnation of the Titans teams. The book took on "modern sensibilities," and addressed a number of hard-hitting issues, including a memorable couple of special anti-drugs issues. Previewed in ''

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'' #26, the ''New Teen Titans'' series ran for 40 issues (until March 1984), before changing title to ''Tales of the Teen Titans'' between issues #41 and #91. To capitalise on the series' success, DC launched a separate ''New Teen Titans'' title concurrent to the renamed ''Tales...'' title on better-quality paper. After several months featuring twice as many new Titans stories, ''Tales of the Teen Titans'' #59 turned that title into a reprint comic, with #60–91 reprinting the second series at a delay of about 15 months from issue #1–32 under new covers. The reprint title eventually floundered and was cancelled in July 1988.

Key team

No longer restricted solely to sidekicks to existing heroes, the Titans team branched out and included key heroes such as the college-aged

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, and

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''New Teen Titans'' vol. 2 (1984–1996)

''(Becomes'' The New Titans ''with #50)'' The second ''New Teen Titans'' series ran for 49 issues between August 1984 and November 1988, whereupon it was also retitled, becoming simply ''The New Titans'' with issue #50, under which title it continued for another 80 issues until February 1996. Initially featuring the same Wolfman/Pérez creative team as the first series, the artist left after issue #5 to return to art duties (and as co-writer) for 11 issues starting with the change of title and the five-issue "Who is

?" arc in ''The New Titans'' #50–54 (December 1988 – March 1989).

''Teen Titans Spotlight On'' (1986–1988)

With DC's Teen Titans comics rivaling Marvel's ''

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'' for popularity, another new title was launched, this time with the explicit purpose of highlighting individual Titans, rather than focusing on the team as a whole. With the stated remit (from the first comic) that, "''Teen Titans Spotlight On:'' is a new concept in comics ... a book where we can put the spotlight on individual members of the Teen Titans, one at a time, and let each story dictate how many issues it should run." The series ran for 21 issues, departing slightly from its aim to highlight individuals, and culminating in a "Spotlight" on the 1960s Teen Titans team as a whole.

''Team Titans'' (1992–1994)

As part of the "Titans Hunt" storyline in ''New Teen Titans'' vol. 2, a further Titans-related title was launched with a five-comic issue #1(a-e) in September 1992, featuring the time-displaced "Team Titans". This comic series ran concurrently to the ''New Teen Titans'' vol. 2 series, as the Team Titans crossed over both with that series and with ''

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''. Teen Titans resources website TitansTower.com quotes writer/artist

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as saying that this series was effectively DC's answer to ''

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'', but wound up (under Jimenez) going in directions contrary to DC's vision and the '' Zero Hour'' crossover event, which led to the series' cancellation with issue #24 (September 1994), after the team's timeline was eradicated during the event.

''Teen Titans'' vol. 2 (1996–1998)

Thirty years after the original ''Teen Titans'' series debut, and just nine months after the demise of ''The New Titans'' (''New Teen Titans'' vol. 2), a new Titans series was launched (in October 1996) as the second ''Teen Titans''-named series. The series was spearheaded by writer/penciller

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, who wrote and drew all twenty-four issues (with inks for the first 15 issues by Titans-favourite

). Although the name was the same, the team was radically different, but with ties to the previous incarnations — as well as a four-issue storyline reuniting the original team. The series ran for two years, until September 1998.

''Young Justice'' (1998–2003)

September 1998 also saw the launch of writer

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's Teen Titans-esque title ''

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'', featuring the main DCU teenaged heroes the third Robin, the time-displaced

-descendant

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, and the cloned

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(with the later additions of

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and the second

, among others).

''The Titans'' (1999–2003)

By popular demand, the original Teen Titans team (now all older, and under new aliases) was given its own title once more in March 1999, after a three-issue (December 1998 – February 1999) mini-series teaming them with the JLA in ''JLA/Titans: The Technis Imperative'', which "featured absolutely everyone that was ever a Titan, as they joined together to save

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and

, with art by Jimenez), the new ''The Titans'' series debuted in March 1999, written by Grayson, with art initially by Mark Buckingham and Wade Von Grawbadger. Grayson left after 20 issues, and the series continued until issue #50 (April 2003), and the team reappeared in

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's July–August 2003 3-issue mini-series ''Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day''. This crossover, with the then-current (and Titans-like) Young Justice team, marked the dissolution of both the Young Justice and Titans teams, as well as the alleged death of Troia and the seemingly lasting death of

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''Outsiders'' vol. 3 (2003–2007)

The ''Graduation Day'' crossover marked the end of ''The Titans'' and ''Young Justice'', but served as a launch point for two new series and teams, one of which was Winick's own '' Outsiders'', which debuted in August 2003, and featured some former Titans (notably original Teen Titans

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and

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) in an "edgy, more grown up" series, which ran for 50 issues, until November 2007.

''Teen Titans'' vol. 3 (2003–2011)

In addition to the more "adult"-oriented ''Outsiders'' series, the end of ''The Titans'' and the events of ''Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day'' saw the debut of a third ''Teen Titans'' series, launched in September 2003 by writer

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(who would write the first 45 issues, as well as sundry spin-offs), with artist

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for most of the first 23 issues. The series featured (and features) Titans old and new, including the core ''Young Justice'' team, whose Robin, Impulse, and Wonder Girl fill the shoes of original Titans' first Robin,

, and

. The team was founded by other former-Titans Cyborg, Starfire, and Beast Boy, and continues to tie into most previous incarnations of the team in a number of ways. The series would run for 100 issues before ending in 2011.

''Titans'' vol. 2 (2008–2011)

In June 2008, a new Titans title was launched to run alongside ''Teen Titans'' vol. 3, initially featuring a storyline based around an attack on all former Titans. The cover to issue #1 confirmed the inclusion of original Titans

, Starfire,

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, and

. The series is written by

, and features art by Joe Benitez and Victor Llamas. The first issue has art by

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, but due to an injury he was unable to pencil the next three issues. The series would run for 38 issues before ending in 2011.

''Teen Titans'' vol. 4 (2011–2014)

''Teen Titans'' was relaunched in September 2011 with the

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reboot, with the brand new initial roster of

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, and Skitter. The series was written by

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, with

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serving as lead artist from issues #1–16. The series would run for 36 issues before ending in May 2014.

''Ravagers'' (2012–2013)

Following the events of " The Culling" crossover storyline, the spinoff title ''Ravagers'' began publication, written by

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with art by

. The titular team consisted of

, Caitlin Fairchild,

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, Thunder and Lightning, and Ridge. The series would end after 13 issues.

''Teen Titans'' vol. 5 (2014–2016)

In July 2014, ''Teen Titans'' would revert to #1 with a new creative team, being written by

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with art by

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, and a new roster featuring

, and

, later introducing Tanya Spears, the newest incarnation of

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. The series would run for 24 issues before ending in September 2016.

''Teen Titans'' vol. 6 (2016–2020)

With the

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relaunch, ''Teen Titans'' would be rebooted yet again, being written by

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with art by Jonboy Meyers. The roster initially included

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, Kid Flash (Wallace West),

, Starfire, and

, with later notable additions including

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, Roundhouse, and Aqualad (Jackson Hyde). The run would feature the storylines " The Lazarus Contract", "

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", and " The Terminus Agenda". The series would run for 47 issues before ending in November 2020.

''Titans'' vol. 3 (2016–2019)

''Teen Titans Academy'' (2021–2022)

''Titans'' vol. 4 (2023–present)

Other comics

The various Teen Titans comics series have crossed over with titles including '' Action Comics Weekly'', ''

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'' (written and illustrated by the ''New Teen Titans'' creative team), ''

'' (spun off into his own comic, but initially created as a Titans villain), ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Outsiders'', ''

'', and '' Zero Hour''. In addition, various Titans have starred in their own comics, which occasionally had a bearing on Titans-related matters — these include (in particular) original Teen Titans Donna Troy and Dick Grayson in ''

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'' and ''

'', respectively, and more recent Titans Tim Drake, Bart Allen, and Kon El in '' Robin'', ''

'', and ''

'', among many others. Sundry one-shots, crossovers, and specials have also been published through the years. These include Annuals, ''Secret Files'' issues, and include notable issues such as: *''Marvel and DC Present: The Uncanny X-Men and the New Teen Titans'' #1 (1982) *''The New Teen Titans (Drug Awareness Specials)'' #1–3 (1983) *''Titans $ell-out! Special'' #1 (1992) *''Tempest'' #1–4 (1996–1997) *''Titans: Scissors, Paper, Stone'' (1997) (a manga-style

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title) *''Arsenal'' #1–4 (1998) *''Girlfrenzy: Donna Troy'' (1998) *''JLA/Titans: The Technis Imperative'' #1–3 (1998–1999) *''Beast Boy'' #1–4 (2000) *''Titans/Legion of Super-Heroes: Universe Ablaze'' #1–4 (2000) *''Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day'' #1–3 (2003) *''Teen Titans/Legion Special'' #1 (2004) *''DC Special: The Return of Donna Troy'' #1–4 (2005) *''DC Special: Raven'' #1–5 (2008) *''DC Special: Cyborg'' #1–6 (2008)

''Teen Titans Go!'' (2004–2008)

In 2004, shortly after the debut of the ''

'' TV series (itself loosely based on Wolfman and Pérez' ''

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'' comics), DC launched a companion comic under their

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children's imprint. ''Teen Titans Go!'' broadly kept to the

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-inspired look and style of the TV series and sometimes featured " chibi versions of the Titans populating the panel borders with commentary or the occasional knock-knock joke." Although the TV series was unable to use the character of Wonder Girl " e to licensing restrictions," she became a recurring character in the tie-in comic in ''Teen Titans Go!'' #36, using a design by producer

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, who also provided the cover art to that issue. The series was written by

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, with art primarily by

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and Larry Stucker. It outlasted the TV show, running 55 issues through July 2008.

''Tiny Titans'' (2008–2012)

In February 2008, a second

children's Titans title was launched, this time clearly dropping the "Teen" moniker, in favor of highlighting the youth of the characters featured. Written and illustrated by

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and Franco, the series features "your favorite Titans, in their cutest possible form," with each issue featuring a number of "cute" stories. Unlike ''Teen Titans Go!'', which has an animesque style, ''Tiny Titans'' is more reminiscent of American children's cartoons, albeit sometimes described as utilising the chibi form, by virtue of its "tiny" subjects.

Publications

Primary ongoing series

*''Teen Titans'' #1–53 (February 1966 – February 1973; November 1976 – February 1978) *''The New Teen Titans'' #1–40 (November 1980 – March 1984) **''The New Teen Titans Annual'' #1–2 (1982–1983) *''Tales of the Teen Titans'' #41–58 (April 1984 – October 1985) **''Tales of the Teen Titans Annual'' #3–4 (1984–1986) *''The New Teen Titans'' vol. 2, #1–49 (August 1984 – November 1988) **''The New Teen Titans Annual'' vol. 2, #1–4 (1985–1988) *''The New Titans'' #50–130 (December 1988 – December 1995) **''The New Titans Annual'' #5–11 (1989–1995) *''Teen Titans'' vol. 2, #1–24 (August 1996 – July 1998) **''Teen Titans Annual'' vol. 2, #1 (1997) *''The Titans'' #1–50 (January 1999 – February 2003) **''The Titans Annual'' #1 (2000) *''Teen Titans'' vol. 3, #1–100 (July 2003 – August 2011) **''Teen Titans Annual'' vol. 3, #1–2 (2006–2009) *''Titans'' vol. 2, #1–38 (April 2008 – August 2011) **''Titans Annual'' vol. 2, #1 (2011) *''Teen Titans'' vol. 4, #1–30 (September 2011 – April 2014) **''Teen Titans Annual'' vol. 4, #1–3 (2012–2014) *''Teen Titans'' vol. 5, #1–24 (July 2014– September 2016) **''Teen Titans Annual'' vol. 5 #1–2 (2015–2016) *''Titans'' vol. 3, #1–36 (September 2016–June 2019) *''Teen Titans'' vol. 6, #1–47 (December 2016–January 2021) *''Teen Titans Academy'' #1–15 (March 2021–May 2022) **''Teen Titans Academy 2021 Yearbook'' #1 (June 2021) *''Titans'' vol. 4, #1–present (July 2023 – present)

Spin-off series

*''Teen Titans Spotlight On'' #1–21 (August 1986 – April 1988) *''Team Titans'' #1–24 (September 1992 – September 1994) **''Team Titans Annual'' #1–2 (1993–1994) *''

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'' #1–55 (January 2004 – July 2008) *''

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'' #1–50 (April 2008 – May 2012) *''

'' vol. 2 #1–36 (February 2014 – November 2019)

Limited series and specials

Specials and

limited series In the field of comic books, and particularly in the United States, a limited series is a comics series with a predetermined number of issues. A limited series differs from an ongoing series in that the number of issues is finite and determined ...

which are part of an ongoing story in the primary series, or became ongoing series, are also included above.

Limited series

* ''Tales of the New Teen Titans'' #1–4 (June 1982 – September 1982) * ''The New Teen Titans Drug Awareness Giveaway'' #1–3 (1983) *'' JLA/Titans'' #1–3 (December 1998 – February 1999) *''Titans

Secret Files and Origins ''Secret Files and Origins'' (abbreviated ''SF&O'') is a series of one-shot comic books and miniseries produced by DC Comics during the late 1990s and 2000s. Publication history The books are a combination of origin stories (similar to the earl ...

'' #1–2 (March 1999 – August 2000) *''Titans/

Legion of Super-Heroes The Legion of Super-Heroes is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino, the Legion is a group of superpowered beings living in the 30th and 31st centuries of t ...

: Universe Ablaze'' #1–4 (March 2000 – June 2000) *''Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day'' #1–3 (July 2003 – August 2003) *''Teen Titans: Year One'' #1–6 (January 2008 – June 2008) * ''Terror Titans'' #1–6 (December 2008 – May 2009) * ''

Blackest Night "Blackest Night" is a 2009–10 American comic book Fictional crossover, crossover storyline published by DC Comics, consisting of an eponymous central miniseries, written by Geoff Johns and penciled by Ivan Reis, along with a number of tie-in i ...

: Titans'' #1–3 (October 2009 – December 2009) * ''Tity Titans/ Little Archie and his Pals'' #1–3 (December 2010 – February 2011) * ''Tiny Titans: Return to the Treehouse'' #1–6 (August 2014 – January 2015) * '' Teen Titans: Earth One'' vol. 1–2 (January 2015, October 2016) * ''

Convergence Convergence may refer to: Arts and media Literature *''Convergence'' (book series), edited by Ruth Nanda Anshen *Convergence (comics), "Convergence" (comics), two separate story lines published by DC Comics: **A four-part crossover storyline that ...

: New Teen Titans'' #1–2 (June 2015 – July 2015) * ''Convergence: Titans'' #1–2 (June 2015 – July 2015) *''Titans: Hunt'' #1–8 (October 2015 – May 2016) *''Titans: Burning Rage'' #1–7 (October 2019 – April 2020) *''

Future State "Future State" is a comic book storyline published by DC Comics in January and February 2021, consisting of multiple limited series released in place of DC's regular ongoing series during those months. The event is set in the aftermath of the " ...

: Teen Titans'' #1–2 (March 2021 – April 2021) *''Titans United'' #1–7 (November 2021 – May 2022) *''

Multiversity ''The Multiversity'' is a two-issue Limited series (comics), limited series combined with seven interrelated one-shot (comics), one-shots set in the Multiverse (DC Comics), DC Multiverse in The New 52, a collection of universes seen in publicatio ...

: Teen Justice'' #1–6 (August 2022 – January 2023) *''Titans United: Bloodpact'' #1–6 (November 2022 – April 2023) *''World's Finest: Teen Titans'' #1–present (September 2023 – present) *''Tales of the Titans'' #1–4 (September 2023 – December 2023) *'' Knight Terrors: Titans'' #1–2 (September 2023 – October 2023) *''Titans: Beast World'' #1–present (January 2024 – present)

One-shots and original graphic novels

*''Marvel and DC Present: The

Uncanny X-Men ''Uncanny X-Men'', originally published as ''The X-Men'', is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics since 1963, and is the longest-running series in the List of X-Men comics, X-Men comics franchise. It features a team of super ...

and the New Teen Titans'' #1 (DC Comics/

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is a New York City–based comic book publishing, publisher, a property of the Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Marvel was founded in 1939 by Martin G ...

; January 1982) *''Titans $ell-Out! Special'' #1 (November 1992) *Titan Beat (1996) *''Titans: Scissors, Paper, Stone'' (January 1997) *''New Year's Evil: Dark Nemesis'' (February 1998) *''Silver Age: Teen Titans'' #1 (July 2000) *''Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files and Origins 2003'' (June 2003) *''Teen Titans/The Legion Special'' (November 2004) *''Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files and Origins 2005'' (August 2005) * ''Teen Titans'''': Jam-Packed Action!'' (December 2005) *'' Titans East Special'' #1 (January 2008) *''Teen Titans Lost Annual'' #1 (March 2008) *''Titans: Villains For Hire Special'' #1 (July 2010) *''Teen Titans: Cold Case'' #1 (February 2011) *''The New Teen Titans: Games'' (September 2011) *''DC Comics Presents: Teen Titans 100-Page Spectacular'' #1 (October 2011) *''Teen Titans: Futures End'' #1 (November 2014) *''Titans:

Rebirth Rebirth may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Film * ''Rebirth'' (2011 film), a 2011 Japanese drama film * ''Rebirth'' (2016 film), a 2016 American thriller film * ''Rebirth'', a 2011 documentary film produced by Project Rebirth * '' ...

'' #1 (August 2016) *''

: Teeny Titans'' #1 (August 2016) *''Teen Titans: Rebirth'' #1 (November 2016) *''Teen Titans: The Lazarus Contract Special'' #1 (July 2017) * ''Titans Special'' #1 (August 2018) * ''Teen Titans Special'' #1 (August 2018) * ''Teen Titans: Raven'' (August 2019) * ''

Giant'' #1 (December 2019) * ''

Tales from the Dark Multiverse ''Tales from the Dark Multiverse'' is an American superhero/anthology comic book limited series published by DC Comics, beginning on October 16, 2019. The series takes some of the most famous events in the DC Universe and puts a twist on them. Pl ...

: Teen Titans: The Judas Contract'' #1 (February 2020) * ''Teen Titans Go!/

DC Super Hero Girls ''DC Super Hero Girls'', also released as ''DC Superhero Girls'', is an American animated superhero web series produced by Warner Bros. Animation for Cartoon Network based on characters from DC Entertainment that launched in the third quarter ...

Giant'' #1 (July 2020) * ''Teen Titans: Beast Boy'' (November 2020) * ''Teen Titans: Endless Winter Special'' #1 (February 2021) * ''

: Teen Titans - Ruins'' #1 (May 2021) * ''Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven'' (November 2021) * ''Teen Titans Go!/DC Super Hero Girls: Exchange Students!'' (March 2022) * ''Teen Titans Go!: Undead?!'' (August 2022) * ''Teen Titans: Robin'' (May 2023) * ''Titans: Beast World Evolution'' #1 (January 2024) * ''Titans: Beast World - Waller Rising'' #1 (February 2024) * ''Titans: Beast World Tour - Metropolis'' #1 (February 2024) * ''Titans: Beast World Tour - Gotham'' #1 (February 2024)

Reprint series

*''Tales of the Teen Titans'' #59–91 (November 1985 – July 1988) *''Teen Titans Giant'' #1–7 (August 2018 – January 2019) *''Titans Giant'' #1–7 (February 2019 – October 2019)

Collected editions

Silver Age ''Teen Titans''

''New Teen Titans''

''The New Titans''

''The Titans''

''Teen Titans'' (2003–2011)

Note: Issues #27–28, penciled by artist

Rob Liefeld Robert Liefeld (; born October 3, 1967) is an American comic book creator. A prominent writer and artist in the 1990s, he is known for co-creating the character Cable (comics), Cable with writer Louise Simonson and the character Deadpool with wri ...

and written by

Gail Simone Gail Simone (born July 29, 1974) is an American writer best known for her work in comics on DC Comics, DC's ''Birds of Prey (comics), Birds of Prey'', ''Batgirl'', Dynamite Entertainment's Red Sonja, and for being the longest running female write ...

, are not collected in any of the trade paperbacks and were reprinted in ''

Brightest Day ''Brightest Day'' is a 2010–2011 Crossover (comics), crossover storyline published by DC Comics, consisting of a year-long comic book Limited series (comics), maxiseries that began in April 2010, and a number of tie-in books. The story is a dir ...

'' #3 (Feb. 2011), which also included ''Legends of the DC Universe'' #26–27 (tying in with characters spotlighted in ''

''). Issues #48–49, which tie in with the "Amazons Attack"

story, are likewise not collected in a trade paperback.

''Titans'' (2008–2011)

''The New 52 Teen Titans'' (2011–2014)

''The New 52 Teen Titans'' re-launch (2014–2016)

''DC Rebirth Titans'', ''Teen Titans'' (2016–2020)

''Infinite Frontier'', ''Dawn of DC'' (2021–present)

Notes

References

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