([Spring] 1983)
DC,
1983 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 0.00 FREE
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1983
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Editing
- Dave Manak (credited) (editor); Len Wein (credited) (consulting editor)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- one-shot; giveaway
Issue Notes
Cover title: Keebler Company Presents DC Comics' The New Teen Titans.
First of three giveaway comics produced in cooperation with The President's Drug Awareness Campaign, this one sponsored by the Keebler Company. A slightly different version of the comic was sold through comic shops, see The New Teen Titans [DC Comics] (DC, 1983 series).
DC didn't realize it couldn't use the character of Robin until after the material for this issue was completed (Robin was licensed by Keebler's rival Nabisco) and Dick Giordano had to re-do all the Robin figures as the Protector, though the character is still directing the team and acting as if he were Robin (Note added by Anthony Durrant via the GCD Error Tracker, May 2010).
Though the 1984 Library of Congress copyright records (cocatalog.loc.gov) give a publication date for one version of this as 1983-11-01 (though it is not clear whether the record it is for the giveaway or the sold version), it had been distributed in the spring of 1983 (as documented in The Comic Reader #211) and re-issued for sale in comic shops in July 1983 well before the recorded publication date in the copyright records.
First of three giveaway comics produced in cooperation with The President's Drug Awareness Campaign, this one sponsored by the Keebler Company. A slightly different version of the comic was sold through comic shops, see The New Teen Titans [DC Comics] (DC, 1983 series).
DC didn't realize it couldn't use the character of Robin until after the material for this issue was completed (Robin was licensed by Keebler's rival Nabisco) and Dick Giordano had to re-do all the Robin figures as the Protector, though the character is still directing the team and acting as if he were Robin (Note added by Anthony Durrant via the GCD Error Tracker, May 2010).
Though the 1984 Library of Congress copyright records (cocatalog.loc.gov) give a publication date for one version of this as 1983-11-01 (though it is not clear whether the record it is for the giveaway or the sold version), it had been distributed in the spring of 1983 (as documented in The Comic Reader #211) and re-issued for sale in comic shops in July 1983 well before the recorded publication date in the copyright records.
Keebler Company Presents DC Comics'
Teen Titans / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Teen Titans: Speedy [Roy Harper]
Teen Titans: Changeling [Garfield Logan]; Cyborg [Victor Stone]; Raven; Starfire [Koriand'r]; Wonder Girl
The Protector; Donna Troy - Reprints
- in The Official Teen Titans Index (Independent Comics Group, 1985 series) #4 (November 1985)
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![Cover Thumbnail for The New Teen Titans [Keebler Company] (DC, 1983 series) #[1]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/84/w200/84956.jpg?-4861955715019402603)
The White House
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Nancy Reagan (signed)
- Pencils
- ? (photograph)
- Inks
- ? (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy
Indexer Notes
Letter from Nancy Reagan on White House letterhead about the battle against drugs.
Plague!
Teen Titans / comic story / 28 pages
- Script
- Marv Wolfman (credited)
- Pencils
- George Pérez (credited as Geo. Perez)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (credited)
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy (credited)
- Letters
- Ben Oda (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My name's Debbie O'Hara, and I'm 13 years old.
- Feature Logo
The New Teen Titans [3-D effect]- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Teen Titans: Changeling [Garfield Logan]; Cyborg [Victor Stone]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Raven; Starfire [Koriand'r]; Wonder Girl
Teen Titans: Speedy [Roy Harper]
Ron Evers (flashback); The Protector (guest); Donna Troy; Juan Juarez (child drug victim, death); Anna Juarez (Juan's brother, child drug victim); Mr. Juarez (Juan and Anna's father); Maria Juarez (Juan and Anna's mother); Debbie O'Hara; Barry O'Hara (Debbie's father); Sylvia O'Hara (Debbie's mother); Teddy O'Hara (Debbie's brother); Joseph Cummings (child drug victim); Joseph Cummings (child drug victim); Henry Catlin (child drug victim); Roger Levine (child drug victim); Betty Simpson (child drug victim); drug dealers (villains) - Synopsis
- The Titans and Protector help a group of kids overcome their drug problem. Speedy talks about his addictions.
- Keywords
- Donna Troy's Lasso; drug dealers; drugs; T-Jet; Trick Arrows; United States of America
Indexer Notes
Special thanks to David Mishur and Stephen Jacobs in the credits.
What Things Are Most Important to You?
activity / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Pérez (see notes); ? (see notes)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (see notes); ? (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At this point in her life, drugs were more important to Anna than anything else.
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Anna Juarez
Indexer Notes
Drawing of Anna taken from page 9 of the main story. Artists for the rest of the feature is unknown.
Anti-Drug priority poll.
The Choice Is Yours!
activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Debbie, Anna; Joseph, 'Cat' and Roger finally made the choice to keep drugs out of their lives for good.
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
Indexer Notes
Anti-drug fill-in the blanks.
Alone and Together
activity / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Pérez (see notes); ? (see notes)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (see notes); ? (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Speedy's saying that most of us depend on our friends for things.
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Speedy
Indexer Notes
Drawing of Speedy taken from page 5 of the main story. Artists for the rest of the feature are unknown.
Anti-drug art project.
Decisions, Decisions
activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Decisions are always hard to make.
- Genre
- advocacy
Indexer Notes
Anti-drug finish the story.
[no title indexed]
Teen Titans / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We want you to be a hero... stay drug free!
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Teen Titans: Changeling [Garfield Logan]; Cyborg [Victor Stone]; Raven; Starfire [Koriand'r]; Wonder Girl
Teen Titans: Speedy [Roy Harper]
The Protector; Donna Troy - Reprints
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Speedy is replaced by Kid Flash in the reprints.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
Keebler Company Presents DC Comics'
Teen Titans -
1.
The White House
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2.
Plague!
Teen Titans -
3.
What Things Are Most Important to You?
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4.
The Choice Is Yours!
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5.
Alone and Together
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6.
Decisions, Decisions
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7.
Declaration
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8.
["We want you to be a hero... stay drug free!"]
Teen Titans
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Henry Andrews
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- John Censullo
- Michael Hoskin
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Antonio Pontes Junior
- Paul Robinson
- Steven Tice
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