Unfortunate Revelations from Showcase Presents: Teen Titans Volume 2

[Czarcasm]

Wow..
can you give us context here?

Please don't-it would only spoil the image in my head.

[Thequeerjock]

Yup althought Lilith is similar to Raven as I said and Mal Duncan ironically wound up becoming a cyborg in 52.

So there you go.

I see. I just Wiki'ed that era, and it sounds interesting. Did you get any of the issues with the Titans West?

[OzBat!]

Were there enough issues of Titans West to make a Showcase out of them?

[Thequeerjock]

Were there enough issues of Titans West to make a Showcase out of them?

Did they even have their own series? I had just thought they were recurring characters within the actual Teen Titans book.

[Tobias M]

I see. I just Wiki'ed that era, and it sounds interesting. Did you get any of the issues with the Titans West?

I think the pre-cancellation era might be in the next volume.

The issues are deceptive, because the Silver Age attracts a degree of smug condescension - oh Lilith possessed by the spirit of Shakespeare's Juliet, what wacky 70s shennanigans - and then you have a villain named Sylvester Sepastopol (bring him back someone, ohpleaseohpleaseohplease!) distracting the Titans by inciting an anti-semitic riot on a college campus.

Whereas today, we have 'hard-hitting' realistic villains named Rapey McRaperape, who cackle evilly while rubbing their hands.....wait I thought the 70s was the absurd era, not today!

[JKCarrier]

Joshua! Not only does he have a terrible superhero name, costume, wears spectacles beneath his mask....but he gained his powers from his career as an electrician.

An interesting thing (probably the ONLY interesting thing) about Joshua is that he was originally going to be black. But the editors chickened out at the last minute and had the story re-done to make him a white guy.

[Shurato2099]

Did they even have their own series? I had just thought they were recurring characters within the actual Teen Titans book.

Bob Rozakis apparently had plans for a second Titans book and this arc was partially there to introduce them. He made mention at one point of planning to have a romantic triangle between Robin, Harlequin and Bat-Girl (now Flamebird, of course) amongst other things. But the book was canceled not long after the Titans West arc was over (as in one or two, if I recall correctly) and the Titans weren't seen again as a group until Wolfman and Perez worked their magic on them.

[Tobias M]

An interesting thing (probably the ONLY interesting thing) about Joshua is that he was originally going to be black. But the editors chickened out at the last minute and had the story re-done to make him a white guy.

I have a perverse desire to see Joshua return....and NOT DIE! (as that seems to be de facto these days for obscure characters).

Just have him show up and everyone says 'oh hey Josh'. And that's that.

[Cam63]

What... they don't offer him a drink ?

[Tobias M]

What... they don't offer him a drink ?

Gratuitous violence and sexual threats are fine, as long as no one on panel smokes and/or drinks. For god's sake kids read these things!