The New Teen Titans #16 [Newsstand]

(February 1982)

Starfire Unleashed! (Table of Contents: 1)

Teen Titans / comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script

Marv Wolfman (credited) (plot, script); George Pérez (credited) (plot)

Pencils

George Pérez (credited)

Inks

Romeo Tanghal (credited)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

J-7864

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Super-heroes are people, too!

Feature Logo

The New Teen Titans [3-D effect]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Teen Titans: Robin [Dick Grayson] (featured)
Teen Titans: Cyborg [Victor Stone] (featured); Kid Flash [Wally West] (featured); Raven [Rachel Roth] (featured); Starfire [Koriand'r] (featured); Wonder Girl (featured)
Sergio De Levi; Terry Long; Donna Troy; Carl Woods; Franklin Crandall (introduction, death); Professor Hollis; H.I.V.E. [Number Seven [Willis Darrow]; unnamed members]; Jason Silver; Big Phil Cerullo; Angela Dove

Synopsis

When a rogue H.I.V.E. agent kills Starfire's boyfriend Starfire plans to exact vengeance by killing the murderer. Wonder Girl convinces her that she must follow the laws of Earth and can not kill the murderer.

Reprints

• in Junge Giganten (Egmont Ehapa, 1981 series) #8 (1984)
• in Les Jeunes Titans (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #8 - La Confrérie du Mal (juillet 1984)
• in Serietidningen (Semic, 1984 series) #1/1985 (januari 1985)
• in Tenårings-titanene (Semic, 1984 series) #1/1985 ([januar] 1985)
• in Superamigos (Editora Abril, 1985 series) #10 (Fevereiro 1986)
• in New Teen Titans Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2 ([July] 2004)
• in Clásicos DC: Nuevos Titanes (Planeta DeAgostini, 2010 series) #1 (Septiembre 2010)
• in The New Teen Titans Omnibus (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([October] 2011)
• in The New Teen Titans (DC, 2014 series) #2 ([June] 2015)
• in The New Teen Titans Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([October] 2017)
• in Novos Titãs: Lendas do Universo DC – George Pérez (Panini Brasil, 2018 series) #3 (novembro de 2018) [traduzida]

Keywords

Aurora Photo Studio; Batrope; Bronx; Connecticut; Donna Troy's Lasso; East River; Greenwich; Harlem; Manhattan; Manhattan College; New York City; Robin's Sky Cycle; Titans Island; Titans Tower

Marathon Madman (Table of Contents: 2)

The Flash; Hostess Cup Cakes / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

Vince Colletta ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I expect to see you running your fastest in the police department's marathon tomorrow, Barry!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen]; Dr. Sorcery

Synopsis

The Flash distracts Dr. Sorcery with Hostess Cup Cakes so that the villain does not disrupt the Central City Police Department Marathon.

This Bunny Unbound! (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Carrot / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (see notes)

Pencils

Scott Shaw; Ross Andru (Superman sequences)

Inks

Bob Smith

Colors

Adrienne Roy (uncredited)

Letters

Gaspar Saladino ("cover," uncredited); Todd Klein (feature logo design and story)

Job Number

C-819

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I must smash through this space barrier--

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

Characters

Captain Carrot (intro, origin); Zoo Crew [Alley-Kat-Abra (intro); Fastback (intro); Pig-Iron [Peter Porkchops] (intro as Pig-Iron); Rubberduck (intro); Yankee Poodle (intro)]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Super-Squirrel; Wonder Wabbit; Batmouse; Green Lambkin; Aquaduck; Just'a Lotta Animals; Mary

Synopsis

When people in Metropolis start acting like monkeys, Superman tracks the source of the problem to a ray coming from Pluto. Attempting to go to Pluto, Superman ends up in a dimension populated by talking animals where he meets Rodney Rabbit. Rodney tells Superman that on his world citizens are oddly acting like animals too. Charged by mysteriously glowing carrots and wearing a Halloween costume, Rodney joins Superman's investigation as Captain Carrot.

Reprints

• in Captain Carrot and the Final Ark (DC, 2008 series) ([June] 2008)
• in Showcase Presents: Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew (DC, 2014 series) ([November] 2014)
• in DC Through the '80s: The Experiments (DC, 2021 series) ([August] 2021)

Keywords

Bel-Airedale; Follywood; Gnu York; Metropolis; Mew Orleans; Piggsburgh; Wombat Communications

Indexer Notes

Preview insert between pages #14 and 15 of main story.

Roy Thomas confirmed he was the sole writer of this story. Roy Thomas, Scott Shaw, and Gerry Conway credited as co-creators. Per Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway had the original idea for a funny animal version of the Justice League of America which became later "Just'a Lotta Animals" in Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! (DC, 1982 series) #14. Scott Shaw did the art of the Zoo Crew portion of the story and created Pig-Iron. All other characters were created by Roy Thomas and Dann Thomas (all per email exchange, October 14, 2014).

Klein letters credits from http://kleinletters.com/.

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

Titans' Tower / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Marv Wolfman

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-950

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Len, Marv & George; I have never been stirred into writing to any other comic magazine before...

Feature Logo

Titans' Tower

Indexer Notes

Letters from Richard Locuson, Andrew MacLaney, Linda Mann, and Michael Burkhalter.