Aqualad doing his best "Popeye" impression.

Look at Donna trying to make Garth feel good even though Garth's biceps are nothing compared to Aquaman's. Good ol' Donna.

Dick got his hair cut just for this picture.

Wally looks like he has a dislocated shoulder.

One way to tease Speedy: "Weird Ears"

His being teased that way might explain that look on his face!

Love this picture!

I neve thought Hippolyta would be sexist in this manner.

Wow-- suprisingly inspiring words from Garth...

Hippolyta says "even though you can kick their collective asses, you are just a girl and they are boys and are therefore better than you."

Every mentor except Flash basically tells their sidekick to be careful. Flash just makes fun of teenagers!

Bruce was surprisingly supportive...

See, now I seriously saw it as Barry just busting Wally's chops to have some fun. Kind of reminds me of the back and forths with my dad...quips to see if the other one is on their game today.

Why do I hear Batman delivering his initial line ala William Dozier from the 60's TV series:

"What's This? Telephoning the Teen Titans? A Pint-Sized Passel of Partners? Tune In Next Time..."

Ever notice how Robin is always fixing the Bat-radio, Bat-mobile and just about everything else? Batman is probably thinking "damn, if this kid gets a hobby I better teach Alfred some mechanical engineering!"

BTW: wow, inspiring words by Garth, like Lash said!

And sexist Hippolyta!

Great page to pick, Quis!

Lipstick pellets!

Good ol' Robin: take it like a man and don't hit a girl. Good thing her lipstick bullets aren't soaked with Joker venom.

"Oh, mother, stop babying me!" is the most realistic dialogue on the page.

If this were published today, Duela would have a boob window!

As opposed to the bare midrift?

Boob window, bare midriff, and a thong!

You might as well have Grell's Night Girl costume

Robin LIKES it!!!

Hmm... I wonder what other parts of Duela are fake and shoot off when someone grabs ahold of them?

Duela's hair looks like a green Doris Day

Sorry Karen, but that is one ugly costume. And yet you did alright with your Bumblebee costume.

Mal says "I like it," then Robin, obviously looking at Mals rear end, says "same here."

TRADE THESE ISSUES!!!!!!

Off-topic I know, but does anyone remember the old Japanese cartoon Mazinger Z (a.k.a. Tranzor Z), featuring Aphrodite A, a "female" robot whose breasts were missles?

Little boy blue come blow your horn!

^ Proving once again that Mal is the bravest hero who ever lived!

That's some snazzy set of threads!

LOVE IT

It's amusing that Starfire is the one doing all the hysterical screaming and fist-flailing about WALLY being hot-headed...

I'm still disappointed at the fact that Starfire doesn't once refer to the Titans as "imperialist pigs" or "greedy capitalists" or anything like that in this story!

I actually liked this costume!

I'm going to make it a point to run up to somebody once a day and say, "You hot-headed (or arrogant) American!"

Wonder how long it will take before the cops and/or Homeland Security get called on me.

Seeing Duela Dent up there makes me think that she should totally update her schtick.

She used to pretend to be the daughter's of various villains, and it would be fun to see her go back to that, using a watered-down (and safer) version of venom to pretend to be 'Bane's Daughter' or plant-derived toxic thorns from a special gun as 'Ivy's Daughter' or some cold-based gadgets or fire-based gadgets as 'Freeze's Daughter' or 'Firefly's Daughter.'

Groovy background on that last panel!

The Titans are so busy arguing with Starfire, they completely fail to notice the dimensional warp manifesting itself behind them!

At least he could still run...

I do not have the words...at leastnone that I really want to type.

Toss it already!!

Lord, TITANS has had some BaaaaaaAAAaaaad periods. Lots of people might consider the Duela Dent period bad (I do not, I adore that whole period), but that era was freakin' GENIUS compared to the above era.

And that's years BEFORE the Titans with tinfoil on their heads story...

This was a bad period but I actually liked Danny Chase. I enjoyed the dynamic he brought to the team. And Phantasm had a fantastic look!

I thought Danny was actually a good character with a lot of potential. And I totally agree on Phantasm, great look.

If they hadn't made Phantasm have anything to do with Danny to begin with, he might still be around.

Telekinetics don't get nearly enough play in the comics and I did like the Phantasm outfit. The mask and all-concealing cloak thing is pretty rare for heroes, so it's nice to see a traditionally 'villain' look on a hero.

Waid / Kitson seem to have borrowed that theme for their Wanderer named 'Telekinesis.'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telekinesis_comics

(add parenthesis around 'comics' to make the link work)


Adrian Chase / Vigilante was such an awesome character. Pity his kid was such a chode.

Was this name ever used in the series?

I don't remember them ever actually saying he was related to Adrian...

His name was Chase though.

Not to my knowledge. I believe he was the only one to get a speaking line who wasn't a riff on someone else (not-Polar Boy, not-Chlorophyll Kid and not-White Witch, for instance) or another member of a pre-existing Legion race (Big City Girl and the other Coluan).

I know I read the Danny Chase issues, but I remember nothing about them.

And all teen-agers would use the phrase 'hip language message", fellows.

I thnk Aqualad is more interested in studying Robin's face.

Wally is just thinking about the lack of eyes under robins mask.

Dick shows off the detective skills he learned from Batman. Good thing all teenagers in the '60s talked alike.

Was "jive" ever actually slang for music?

I've been trying to think of an example, but the only one that comes to mind is "Jive Talkin'" by the Bee Gees. They weren't talking about music.

Based on the brief research I've done via google/wikipedia, it looks like it was originally a generic term for swing dancing or the kind of slang associated with swing/jazz culture (hence its later meaning of "black slang").

So, "jive music" seems like a common expression for "dance music", but it seems a bit weird to just use "jive" for "music".

I imagine the "dance" association would also be the root of expressions such as "My plans jived with his", in which it means something like "being in synch".

This concludes EDE's Lessions in Hip Lingo.

I always thought that 'jibe' was the word for plans being in synch.

Then again, jibe and jive sound close enough that it's possible that people use both interchangeably...

According to Merriam-Webster, "jibe" is a variant spelling of "gibe", which means to deride or tease with taunting words or to utter taunting words. However others have "jibe" meaning to agree or fit. There is also a nautical meaning for "jibe". To shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom or to alter course so that a fore-and-aft sail shifts in this manner.


Merriam-Webster and at Dictionary.com have "jive" meaning 1 : swing music or the dancing performed to it or 2 a : glib, deceptive, or foolish talk b : the jargon of hipsters c : a special jargon of difficult or slang terms.

I think having "jive" mean in synch (i.e. his plans jive with mine) is actually meant as "jibe".

Interesting. I would've immediately thought of "jibe" as meaning "taunting", and "jive" sounds so much more natural to me for "being in agreement".

So, basically, in the 1930s or 40s a hipster might've used "jive" to mean music, but a teenage in the early 60s would be unlikely to?

That panel is in the story that was reprinted uin the Super-Team family #2 that I read hundreds of times. Dude gave me nightmares with that outfit.

The Joker has class? How high was Speedy in this panel???

To be fair, Joker was between bouts of homicidal mania at the time.

And can't Wonder Girl use her super-Amazonian legs to kick this douche's lungs in while he's mincing around admiring his ridonkulous outfit?!?!

I try not to be Word Cop, but, oh-- it drives me absolutely bonkers when people get these two confused.



See "eggcorns" for further details.

No, because she's a girl in a 1960s team book.

AT LAST-- on-panel proof of Speedy's bi-curious stage...

"my straight friends and I no longer had anything in common"

... especially in terms of hatwear

Of course, I knew all along...

Introducing --- Lilith!

Love that Cardy art.

"...in Yiddish!"

Donna looks like she's about to cut a bitch in that top panel.

How heroic Lilith was to stay there in the face of that death-stare!

Wow- I wonder if the writers of Tim Drake's debut read this story? I never realized how much Lilith and the third Robin have in common!

I didn't realise Lilith had the power to turn humans into Tamaraneans.

Of course you will, Garth... probably several.

A Frank, a Wally, a Dick, and a Roy.

[sings]
Who wears short shorts?
We wear short shorts!...
[/sings]

Kole's hair is surprisingly monotone.

... I mean ... there should be some shadows in those layers somewhere.

I wonder if crazy grasshopper mom can see through those insect eyes on her head, as well as her regular human eyes.

very good point. I suspect 'Party City'

IYKWIM.

Even in his ad, he's crying. The years haven't diminished the annoyance of his whining.