The New Teen Titans #27 [Newsstand]
(January 1983)

DC, 1980 Series
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Volume
4
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-10-14
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893122101
Editing
Dick Giordano (managing editor); Len Wein (editor); Nicola Cuti (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #205.
This issue is a variant of The New Teen Titans (DC, 1980 series) #27 [Direct]. There exist further 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-217
Genre
superhero
Characters
Teen Titans: Robin [Dick Grayson]
Teen Titans: Cyborg [Victor Stone]; Raven [Rachel Roth]; Starfire [Koriand'r]; Wonder Girl
Donna Troy; unnamed runaways
Reprints

Runaways, Part 2 (Table of Contents: 1)

Teen Titans / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (credited)
Pencils
George Pérez (credited)
Inks
Romeo Tanghal (credited)
Colors
Adrienne Roy (credited as Adrienne)
Letters
Todd Klein (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
New York City: Her name is Angeline Carow and she is from St. Louis, MO...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Teen Titans: Changeling [Garfield Logan]; Cyborg [Victor Stone]; Raven [Rachel Roth]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Starfire [Koriand'r]; Wonder Girl
Teen Titans: Robin [Dick Grayson]
Adrian Chase; Arthur Hall; Anthony Scarapelli (villain); Donna Troy; Paul Taylor; Lizzie Angelo; Mr. Angelo; Ellie Corben; Angeline Carow (first appearance); Sylvester Johnson (first appearance; death); Steven Brown (first appearance); T. C. Beane (first appearance, death); Jeanmarie Robbins (first appearance); Arnie Petowski (first appearance); Mr. Taylor (first appearance); Mrs. Taylor (first appearance); Rondo (first appearance, villain); Gobel (villain)
Synopsis
The Titans break up a drug deal and rescue some runaways, but see some of the other runaways murdered.
Reprints
Keywords
Bracelets of Submission; Donna Troy's Lasso; East River; Grand Rapids; Illinois; Langley; Manhattan; Minnesota; New York City; Runaway Center; Skokie; Soul-Self; T-Jet; Titans Tower; Trick Arrows; Victor Stone's apartment; Virginia

The Case of the Snake Shapes (Table of Contents: 2)

Magic Snake Puzzle; Superman / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
On the trail of the Toyman, Superman arrives at K-Mart's fabulous toy department...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Toyman [Winslow Schott]

Indexer Notes

Comics ad for the Magic Snake puzzle/toy from Hirshco, Inc., sold at K-Mart.

Freedom or Death (Table of Contents: 3)

Atari Force / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils
Ross Andru (credited)
Inks
Dick Giordano (credited)
Colors
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Editing
Dick Giordano (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Pull back!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Martin Champion; David Marcus; Li San O'Rourke; Lucas Orion; Bob Marcus; Lydia Perez
Reprints
Keywords
Northcal

Indexer Notes

Preview insert between pages 13 & 14 of main story.

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The battle action continues with Sgt. Rock playsets!
Genre
war
Characters
Sgt. Rock

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Titans' Tower / letters page / 1.4 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-1204
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Marv, George and Len; As promised, Brother Blood will be a force to be reckoned with.
Feature Logo
Titans' Tower

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers Alicia Wu, Anthony R. Cardno, William Jay, and Mark Waldman; responses from Marv Wolfman.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

DC Coming Comics / in-house column / 0.6 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
On sale October 14th
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Teen Titans
  2. 1. Runaways, Part 2
    Teen Titans
  3. 2. The Case of the Snake Shapes
    Magic Snake Puzzle; Superman
  4. 3. Freedom or Death
    Atari Force
  5. 4. ["The battle action continues with Sgt. Rock playsets!"]
    Remco Toys; Sgt. Rock
  6. 5. ["Dear Marv, George and Len; As promised, Brother Blood will be a force to be reckoned with."]
    Titans' Tower
  7. 6. ["On sale October 14th"]
    DC Coming Comics
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  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore