| Team Titans | |
|---|---|
 One of five alternative covers forTeam Titans #1 (September 1992). Art byKevin Maguire and Will Blyberg. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Maxi-series toTeen Titans |
| Publication date | September 1992 – September 1994 |
| No. of issues | 24 + 2 Annuals |
| Main character(s) | Mirage Terra Redwing Nightrider (Dagon) Killowat Prester Jon Battalion |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Marv Wolfman Tom Grummett |
| Written by | Various |
| Artist | Various |
Team Titans is acomic book published byDC Comics that spun out of DC'sNew Titans series. It began in September 1992 and ended in September 1994. The Team Titans were first introduced as a shadowy group stalking the Titans. Their backstory was revealed inNew Titans Annual #7 by writerMarv Wolfman, and were popular enough to merit their own series, which Wolfman also wrote.Phil Jimenez andJeff Jensen took over writing duties with issue #13, and co-wrote the book until its cancellation.
While Wolfman was initially given the title indefinitely, he chose to leave the title to devote more time toNew Titans andDeathstroke.[1] Creative differences between the new writing staff and editorial, combined with low sales, led to the book's cancellation in theZero Hour: Crisis in Time! crossover event, where most of the Titans are killed when the timeline collapses.[2]
The unfortunate part of that was we had no idea that what they wanted was DC Comics'X-Force. They, DC management at the time, saw Team Titans as this answer toRob Liefeld's X-Force, and what we wanted to do was something much more character-driven [and] self-aware, something more likeGrant Morrison'sDoom Patrol. So from literally the first issue, it was a struggle editorially to the point that the book just fell apart on us completely, and a long-term story that we had planned got condensed to four issues. Then Zero Hour came along and undermined everything anyway.[2]
One of several Team Titans teams from the future, they function as a rebellion against the dictator Lord Chaos, the son ofDonna Troy. The Titans travel back in time to prevent Chaos' birth, but instead convince Donna to give up her powers, ensuring that Chaos will be born, but lack powers as well. However, the Titans are trapped in the past and unable to return to the future. Their alternate-futureNightwing comes back in time and briefly joins the team. This version of Nightwing, attacked and corrupted by a dark version ofRaven shortly after his arrival, changes his name to Deathwing and becomes Raven's assistant.
During theZero Hour: Crisis in Time! event,Killowat, Redwing,Nightrider, Prester Jon, andBattalion are revealed to originate from a false timeline created byMonarch, who intended them to act assleeper agents for him during the time crisis. When Monarch is defeated, the timelines he created are destroyed, causing the heroes from those futures to be erased from existence.Mirage,Terra, and Deathwing survive. It is later established that they are from the current timeline and were transported through time and given false memories by theTime Trapper, who wished to use them as sleeper agents against Extant.[3]
