Titans East is the name of several

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teams. The teams appear in the ''

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s and

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. The comic book incarnation of Titans East first appeared in ''Teen Titans'' (vol. 3) #18 (2005) during the "

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" storyline, which is set in the future. A present-day incarnation appeared in ''Teen Titans'' (vol. 3) #43 (2007), as a group of villains led by

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, a team of lesser-known teenage heroes including

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, and

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. Currently, the "main" Titans team is based in

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, on the West Coast.

Titans Tomorrow

The original Titans East first appeared in the "Titans Tomorrow" storyline in which the Teen Titans meet their villainous older selves in the future. This incarnation of Titans East is a group of former Titans rebelling against the future Titans' rule over the Western United States: *

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(

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): Formerly Flamebird and ex-lover of Tim Drake. *

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(Karen Beecher-Duncan): Co-leader of Titans East. * Captain Marvel (Freddy Freeman): Formerly Captain Marvel Jr. and successor to the power of the wizard Shazam. *

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(

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): Works with Titans West as an agent for Titans East. * Ravager (

Rose Wilson Rose Wilson is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She was created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Art Nichols, first appearing in a 1992 issue of ''Deathstroke the Terminator'' #15. She is usually por ...

): Daughter of Deathstroke. *

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(Tara Markov): Geo-elemental

Deathstroke's Titans

Deathstroke created a group that he called "Titans East" specifically to take down the Teen Titans.DC Nation: #30
At the conclusion of the arc, Deathstroke mused to himself that he only created the Titans East to drive his own children, current Teen Titan members Ravager and

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, into staying with the Teen Titans. Deathstroke believed that since he could not be a proper father to them, he would manipulate them into fully accepting the Titans as their family, thus fulfilling his twisted sense of being a good father in the end. This version of characters disbanded after the storyline ended: *

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(

Cassandra Cain Cassandra Cain (also known as Cassandra Wayne and Cassandra Wu-San) is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Batman. Created by Kelley Puckett and Damion Scott, Cassandr ...

): The new leader of the

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, and more importantly, the only fighter to completely dominate Ravager. Deathstroke believes that Batgirl's skills and past with

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and the other Gotham Knights will give them an edge against the Boy Wonder. It has been revealed that Deathstroke is using the same serum he used on Rose on Cassandra. Given an antiserum, she allies with Robin and the Titans before disappearing. * Bombshell: Sent by Deathstroke to spy on the Titans and get a disc containing the soul of his son, Jericho. After the Titans discovered she was a traitor and put her in prison,

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went to interrogate her. When Bombshell refused to say anything, Miss Martian tried reading her mind and discovered she was a member of Titans East. Before she could learn anything else, Risk broke in and Batgirl slit her throat. *

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(also known as the Joker's Daughter): Completely insane, but also a former Titan. Deathstroke believes dealing with her insanity is worth the information Duela has. She had joined Robin's Titans team when

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offered her membership in exchange for aid against the Titans East. *

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: A late add-on to the team and was not mentioned until the solicit for ''Teen Titans'' vol. 3, #43, was released. Originally referred to as Riddler's Daughter, future solicits for ''Teen Titans'' refer to her as Enigma. *

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: A genetic clone of former Titan Bart Allen. Inertia was once a natural speedster, but lost his ability when the

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was isolated in Bart, and now relies on a speed-inducing chemical created by Deathstroke. *

Kid Crusader Titans East is the name of several DC Comics superhero teams. The teams appear in the ''Teen Titans'' comic books and animated series. The comic book incarnation of Titans East first appeared in ''Teen Titans'' (vol. 3) #18 (2005) during the "Tit ...

: A "demon hunter" and the only person Deathstroke could find who has both heard of

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and wants to eliminate him. Originally, the character was named "Choir Boy", as stated by

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in ''DC Nation'', while a solicitation for ''Teen Titans'' #43 referred to the character by the name of "Alter Boy". *

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: Clone of

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. While his Superman-level strength is a bonus for the team, Deathstroke thinks Match also gives the team a psychological advantage. Deathstroke is counting on his appearance to throw

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, the Titans' most physically powerful member, off balance, as she was Superboy's girlfriend. Match's outfit is altered to resemble Superboy's last costume before his death, although he has come to look more like a

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duplicate of him, complete with a reverse "S" shield on his black T-shirt. It also appears that his intellect, like his body, is rotting away. *

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: Lost an arm fighting with the Titans against

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and is "furious at the world" over it. Deathstroke believes he can manipulate Risk and thinks the Titans will hesitate in battle out of guilt. * Sun Girl (Deborah Morgna): She can harnesses the power of the sun. She is also a master manipulator, much like the original Terra. Later joined

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Titans East Special

In November 2007, DC released a one-shot special called ''Titans East Special'', written by

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with art by

Ian Churchill Ian Churchill (born 1969) is a British comic book artist, who has mostly worked in the American comic book industry. Career Churchill's early work included stints on ''Supergirl (comic book), Supergirl'', ''Uncanny X-Men'' as well as the ''Deadp ...

and

Norm Rapmund Norm Rapmund is an American comic book inker. Career Image Comics and Marvel Rapmund's career began with Image Comics' ''Brigade'' #1 in 1992. He worked on the series concurrently with Image titles '' Bloodstrike'' and '' Team Youngblood'' until ...

. In the special,

Cyborg A cyborg (, a portmanteau of ''cybernetics, cybernetic'' and ''organism'') is a being with both Organic matter, organic and biomechatronic body parts. The term was coined in 1960 by Manfred Clynes and Nathan S. Kline.Anima Anima may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Fictional entities * Anima, in the Spira world in ''Final Fantasy'' games * Anima, in the ''Fire Emblem'' game series * Anima (comics), a DC Comics character Film * '' Anima – Symphonie pha ...

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* Little Barda * Power Boy - a native of

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. *

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However, during an early training mission they were attacked and seriously injured or killed by an unknown assailant. In ''Titans'' (vol. 2) #1, it was revealed that all but Power Boy survived. Anima, Son of Vulcan, and Lagoon Boy are comatose; Little Barda is in critical condition; Cyborg is unconscious, but in stable condition; and Hawk and Dove are in stable condition. The source of the attack is believed to be the demon Trigon, a former Titans foe. Cyborg later wakes up, but, waiting for new replacement limbs, is left strapped to a hoverchair. In such diminished form, he disbands the Titans East to join the new

Titans In Greek mythology, the Titans ( ; ) were the pre-Twelve Olympians, Olympian gods. According to the ''Theogony'' of Hesiod, they were the twelve children of the primordial parents Uranus (mythology), Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth). The six male ...

group upon discovering that Trigon's offspring may be responsible for the events.''Titans'' (vol. 2) #2 (July 2008)

In other media

Titans East appears in ''

'', led by

and consisting of

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, and

Más y Menos Más y Menos are superhero, superheroes appearing in media published by DC Comics. They originated in the ''Teen Titans (TV series), Teen Titans'' animated series, voiced by Freddy Rodriguez (actor), Freddy Rodriguez, before being incorporated int ...

. This version of the group serves as a sister group to the original Teen Titans, are based in their own version of Titans Tower, and was formed by

Cyborg A cyborg (, a portmanteau of ''cybernetics, cybernetic'' and ''organism'') is a being with both Organic matter, organic and biomechatronic body parts. The term was coined in 1960 by Manfred Clynes and Nathan S. Kline.Brother Blood Sebastian Blood VIII, known by his alias, Brother Blood, is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is a power-hungry priest and head of the Church of Blood, as well as the eighth person in the DC Unive ...

's activities in Steel City.

References

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