The New Teen Titans #37 [Direct]
(December 1983)

DC, 1980 Series
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Volume
4
Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.25 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-08-23
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Len Wein (credited) (editor); Nicola Cuti (credited) (assistant editor); Dick Giordano (credited) (executive editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Teen Titans / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez (signed as George Perez)
Inks
George Pérez (signed as George Perez)
Colors
Anthony Tollin (sourced)
Job Number
C-498
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Fearsome Five: Doctor Light [Dr. Arthur Light]; Mammoth [Baran Flinders]; Shimmer [Selinda Flinders]
Outsiders: Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]; Halo [Violet Harper]; Metamorpho [Rex Mason]
Teen Titans: Robin [Dick Grayson]
Teen Titans: Cyborg [Victor Stone]; Raven [Rachel Roth]
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Indexer Notes

Cover is the left side of an image shared with the cover to Batman and the Outsiders (DC, 1983 series) #5.

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Light's Out, Everyone! (Table of Contents: 1)

Teen Titans / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Mike W. Barr (credited) (plot); Marv Wolfman (credited) (plot, script)
Pencils
George Pérez (credited) (layouts); Romeo Tanghal (credited) (finished art)
Inks
Romeo Tanghal (credited)
Colors
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Job Number
J-8929
First Line of Dialogue or Text
And this happy-go-lucky individual is a weapons maker whose brilliance shines in proportional contrast to his height.
Feature Logo
The New Teen Titans [3-D effect]
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Fearsome Five: Doctor Light [Dr. Arthur Light]; Gizmo [Mikron O'Jeneus]; Mammoth [Baran Flinders]; Psimon [Simon Jones]; Shimmer [Selinda Flinders]
Outsiders: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]; Geo-Force [Brion Markov]; Halo [Violet Harper]; Katana [Tatsu Yamashiro]; Metamorpho [Rex Mason]
Teen Titans: Robin [Dick Grayson] (featured)
Teen Titans: Changeling [Garfield Logan] (featured); Cyborg [Victor Stone] (featured); Kid Flash [Wally West] (featured); Raven [Rachel Roth] (featured); Starfire [Koriand'r] (featured); Terra [Tara Markov] (featured); Wonder Girl (featured)
Arthur Hall; Dr. Helga Jace; Alfred Pennyworth (cameo); Jason Todd (cameo); Donna Troy
Synopsis
The Fearsome Five escape from prison and capture Dr. Jace to force her to help create an army of Earth Creatures. The Titans and the Outsiders join forces to battle them.
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Keywords
Australia; Bio-Tron Ltd.; Donna Troy's Lasso; East River; George Washington Bridge; Gotham Bay; Gotham City; Manhattan; New Jersey; New York City; Soul-Self; Soultaker Sword; The Bowery; The Palisades; Titans Tower; Tri-State Penitentiary; Wayne Manor

Indexer Notes

Story continues in Batman and the Outsiders (DC, 1983 series) #5.

Star Frontiers (Table of Contents: 2)

TSR Hobbies / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Larry Elmore (signed)
Inks
Larry Elmore (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Ad for the Star Frontiers role playing game by TSR.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Remco Toys; Sgt. Rock / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

Ad for Sgt. Rock action figures and playsets. Letters credit from Todd Klein.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Giordano (signed as Dick)
Letters
typeset
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Teen Titans
  2. 1. Light's Out, Everyone!
    Teen Titans
  3. 2. Star Frontiers
    TSR Hobbies
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Remco Toys; Sgt. Rock
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
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  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
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  • Mike Nielsen
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Steven Tice
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