History
Titans Tower is a ten-story glass and steel structure that served as the headquarters for the second incarnation of the Teen Titans, commonly referred to as the New Teen Titans. The original tower was designed and constructed by Silas Stone as a gift for his son, Victor. Silas harbored great guilt and personal responsibility over the fact that he had turned his son into a Cyborg. Recognizing the great depression that Victor had succumbed to, Silas built the tower as a leverage tool in the hopes that Cyborg would become a super-hero and join the New Teen Titans.
The Tower was located on a small island off the East River in Manhattan, New York. Access to the tower required a special identi-card possessed by all members of the Teen Titans. Some former team members such as Aqualad, were also provided with an identi-card, even though the tower didn't exist during the time in which they served as a Titan. Access from the mainland was gained by way of a small raft that traveled back and forth between the island and the mainland daily.
During the second Battle of Trigon, Titans Island, the tower and a significant portion of Manhattan were transformed into a rock-hewn wasteland by the demonic Trigon. Trigon used the roof of the tower as his personal throne. Though the Titans proved victorious in this campaign, Titans Tower was all but destroyed and had to be completely redesigned from the ground up. [1]
Though often attacked by various villains such as the Fearsome Five and Deathstroke the Terminator, the tower remained intact for several years. When Titans member Jericho betrayed the team and revealed himself as the leader of the Wildebeest Society, he led an attack against the Titans that completely destroyed the tower. [2]
Titans Compound
When the Titans reformed shortly before the Final Crisis, they took up residence in a new structure called the Titans Compound. Though the building maintained its traditional "T" shape, it was not a tower like its predecessors, and served as more of a bunker. The compound was equipped with the same state of the art technology as its precursors, almost all of which were designed by Victor Stone. [3]
Points of Interest
- Great Hall
- The Great Hall was the central meeting room of the Titans. It was located on the fourth floor and was decorated with life-size graphic representations of each team member which hung side by side along the wall.
- Laboratories
- The Labs were located on the second floor. Cyborg spent a lof of his spare time here, upgrading and repairing his systems.
- Sub-Pen
- Located in one of the lower sub-levels, this was where the Titans moored the T-Sub. The Sub-Pen was also equipped with emergency escape tunnels that ran beneath the East River.
Residents
New Earth
- Changeling
- Cyborg
- Hawk (Hank Hall)
- Jericho
- Kid Flash (Wally West)
- Kole
- Pantha
- Phantasm/Danny Chase
- Raven
- Robin (Dick Grayson) (later as Nightwing)
- Robin (Jason Todd)
- Speedy (Roy Harper)
- Starfire
- Terra (Tara Markov)
- Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) (later as Troia)
Prime Earth
Notes
- Although Titans Tower was first seen in DC Comics Presents #26, this was actually just a prophetic dream that Robin had. The tower didn't make its actual first appearance until New Teen Titans #1.
- A blueprint of the original Titans Tower was featured in New Teen Titans (Volume 1) #7.
See Also
- Appearances of Titans Tower
- Location Gallery: Titans Tower
- Catalogued images related to Titans Tower