Teen Titans Vol 1 44

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Appearing in "The Man Who Toppled the Titans"

Featured Characters:

• Teen Titans

• Guardian
• Kid Flash
• Robin
• Speedy
• Wonder Girl

Supporting Characters:

• Bumblebee (First appearance)

Villains:

• Doctor Light

Other Characters:

• Flash (Barry Allen)
• Iris West Allen

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Synopsis for "The Man Who Toppled the Titans"

After a two-year hiatus, during which Mr. Jupiter has closed down his training program and Mal has been left in charge of the Teen Titans base and equipment while the team formally broke up so that its super-hero members could pursue their individual careers, the members receive an emergency signal which rallies Robin, Kid Flash, Wonder Girl, Speedy, and Mal to their former headquarters.

This turns out to be a trap set by Doctor Light, who intends to use the Titans as bait to trap the Justice League. He defeats the team in battle and captures Robin and Wonder Girl, then stops Kid Flash and Speedy before they can warn their adult counterparts of his plans. Mal appropriates an exo-skeleton (used against Robin in Batman #192) and the Guardian's costume (left in the keeping of Speedy, who is revealed as the Guardian's nephew in Superman Family #191-194) from the Titans' storeroom to become the new Guardian, in which identity he is able to free his captive fellow members. Together, the revived Titans defeat Doctor Light and stop his plan to take over the JLA satellite.

Notes

• First issue of the restarted Teen Titans. The last issue was published in February of 1973. The Teen Titans reform in this issue after a "two-year" hiatus.

• First appearance of Karen Beecher, aka, Bumblebee.

• First appearance of Mal Duncan as the Guardian.

• Doctor Light appeared last in [[Justice League of America Vol 1 136|Justice League of America #136]]. He appears next in Action Comics #474.

• Robin appeared last in Batman Family #7. He appears next in Batman Family #8.

• Kid Flash appeared last in Flash #240. He appears next in DC Super Stars #10.

• Speedy appeared last in Action Comics #246. He appears next in Teen Titans #45.

• Wonder Girl appeared last in Teen Titans #43. She appears next in Teen Titans #45.

Trivia

• It is revealed in this issue that Roy Harper is the nephew of Golden Age super-hero Jim Harper, the original Guardian.

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See Also

• Discuss Teen Titans Vol 1 44 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Teen Titans series

Recommended Reading

• Titans

• New Teen Titans (Volume 1)
• New Teen Titans (Volume 2)
• Tales of the New Teen Titans
• Teen Titans (Volume 1)
• Teen Titans (Volume 2)
• Teen Titans (Volume 3)
• Team Titans
• Titans (Volume 1)
• Titans (Volume 2)

Links and References

• Teen Titans article at Wikipedia
• Teen Titans series index at the Grand Comics Database
• Teen Titans series index at Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics
• Teen Titans series index at Comicbookdb.com