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| caption    = Cover for ''Titans'' #1 (May 2023), art by [[Nicola Scott]]
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| debut      = ''[[The Brave and the Bold]]'' #54 (July 1964)
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* '''Titans Tower''':
* New York City (1980–1991, 1999–present)
* '''Other''':
* Solar Tower, [[Metropolis (comics)|Metropolis]] (1997–1998)
* USS ''Argus'', [[Earth]] orbit (1994–1995)
* Titans Liberty Island Base, [[New Jersey]] (1991–1994)
* Gabriel's Horn, Farmingdale, Long Island (1976)
* Titans' Lair, [[Gotham City]] (1966–1976)
* [[San Francisco]] (2016–present)
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* [[Roy Harper (character)|Arsenal (Roy Harper)]]
* [[Beast Boy]]
* [[Cyborg (DC Comics)|Cyborg]]
* [[Donna Troy]]
* [[Dick Grayson|Nightwing]]
* [[Raven (DC Comics)|Raven]]
* [[Starfire (Teen Titans)|Starfire]]
* [[Wally West]]
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The '''Teen Titans''' are a [[superhero]] team appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[DC Comics]], frequently in eponymous monthly series. As the group's name indicates, the members are teenage superheroes, many of whom have acted as [[sidekick]]s to DC's premier superheroes in the [[Justice League]]. The original team later becomes known as the '''Titans''' when the members age out of their teenage years, while the Teen Titans name is continued by subsequent generations of young heroes. First appearing in 1964 in ''[[The Brave and the Bold]]'' #54, the team was formed by [[Wally West|Kid Flash (Wally West)]], [[Dick Grayson|Robin (Dick Grayson)]], and [[Garth (comics)|Aqualad (Garth)]] before adopting the name Teen Titans in issue 60 with the addition of [[Donna Troy|Wonder Girl (Donna Troy)]] to their ranks.<ref>{{cite web|title = Bob Haney Interviewed by Michael Catron Part Four (of Five)|url= http://classic.tcj.com/superhero/bob-haney-interviewed-by-michael-catron-part-four-of-five/2/|date= March 23, 1997|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025407/http://classic.tcj.com/superhero/bob-haney-interviewed-by-michael-catron-part-four-of-five/2/|archive-date= November 17, 2015|url-status=live|work=[[The Comics Journal]]|publisher= [[Fantagraphics Books]]|location= Seattle, Washington}}</ref>

Over the decades, DC has cancelled and relaunched ''Teen Titans'' many times, and a variety of characters have been featured heroes in its pages. Significant early additions to the initial quartet of Titans were [[Roy Harper (character)|Speedy (Roy Harper)]], [[Aquagirl (Tula)]], [[Bumblebee (DC Comics)|Bumblebee (Karen Beecher)]], [[Hank Hall|Hawk (Hank Hall)]], [[Hawk and Dove|Dove (Don Hall)]], [[Duela Dent|Harlequin (Duela Dent)]], and three non-costumed heroes: boxer [[Mal Duncan]], psychic [[Lilith Clay|Lilith]], and caveman [[Gnarrk]]. The series would not become a genuine hit until its 1980s revival as ''[[The New Teen Titans]]'' under writer [[Marv Wolfman]] and artist [[George Pérez]].<ref>{{Cite journal| last= MacDonald|first=Heidi D.|author-link= Heidi MacDonald|title=DC's Titanic Success|journal=[[The Comics Journal]]|publisher= [[Fantagraphics Books]]|issue=#76|date=October 1982|pages=46–51}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|quote=[Marv Wolfman and George Pérez] created a title that would be DC's sales leader throughout the 1980s.|author-link= Paul Levitz|last=Levitz|first= Paul|title= 75 Years of DC Comics The Art of Modern Mythmaking|publisher= [[Taschen]]|date=2010|location= Cologne, Germany| isbn= 978-3-8365-1981-6|page= 454}}</ref> This run depicted the original Titans now as young adults and introduced new characters [[Cyborg (DC Comics)|Cyborg (Victor Stone)]], [[Starfire (Teen Titans)|Starfire (Koriand'r)]], and [[Raven (DC Comics)|Raven (Rachel Roth)]], as well as the former [[Doom Patrol]] member [[Beast Boy|Beast Boy (Garfield Logan)]] under his new alias of Changeling, who would all become enduring fan favorites. A high point for the series both critically and commercially was its "[[The Judas Contract]]" storyline, in which the Teen Titans are betrayed by their teammate [[Terra (character)|Terra (Tara Markov)]].

The 1990s featured a Teen Titans team composed entirely of new members before the previous members returned in the series ''Titans'', which ran from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Subsequent stories in the 2000s introduced a radically different Teen Titans team made up of newer DC Comics sidekicks such as [[Tim Drake|Robin III (Tim Drake)]], [[Wonder Girl (Cassie Sandsmark)|Wonder Girl II (Cassie Sandsmark)]], and [[Bart Allen|Impulse / Kid Flash II (Bart Allen)]], as well as [[Superboy (Kon-El)]], some of whom had previously featured in the similar title ''[[Young Justice]]''. Later prominent additions from this era included [[Miss Martian|Miss Martian (M'gann M'orzz)]], [[Rose Wilson|Ravager (Rose Wilson)]], [[Supergirl (Kara Zor-El)]], [[Kid Devil]], [[Jaime Reyes|Blue Beetle III (Jaime Reyes)]], and [[Solstice (character)|Solstice (Kiran Singh)]]. Concurrently, DC also published ''Titans'', which featured some of the original and 1980s members now as adults, led by Dick Grayson in his adult persona of [[Nightwing]]. Important storylines for the 2000s era of Teen Titans included "[[Titans Tomorrow]]" and the company-wide crossover ''[[Infinite Crisis]]''.

In the 2010s, ''[[The New 52]]'' reboot in 2011 added new characters [[Bunker (DC Comics)|Bunker (Miguel Jose Barragan)]] and Skitter (Celine Patterson) to the 2000s roster, although the volume proved commercially and critically disappointing for DC, leading to the return of the original Titans in 2016's ''[[DC Rebirth]]'' era, alongside a new cast of Teen Titans led by [[Damian Wayne|Robin V (Damian Wayne)]] alongside [[Aqualad (Jackson Hyde)|Aqualad II (Jackson Hyde)]] and [[Ace West|Kid Flash III (Wallace "Ace" West)]], later joined by [[Emiko Queen|Red Arrow (Emiko Queen)]]. Later storylines saw the elder Titans establish a Teen Titans Academy for young heroes and serving as the DC Universe's main heroes during ''[[Dark Crisis]]'' when the Justice League were declared dead.

The Teen Titans have been adapted to other media numerous times, such as in the animated television series ''[[Teen Titans (TV Series)|Teen Titans]]'' and ''[[Teen Titans Go!]]'', and the live-action television series ''[[Titans (2018 TV series)|Titans]]''. Within DC Comics, the Teen Titans have been an influential group of characters taking prominent roles in all of the publisher's major company-wide crossover stories. Many villains who face the Titans have since taken on a larger role within the publisher's fictional universe, such as the assassin [[Deathstroke]], the demon [[Trigon (comics)|Trigon]], and the evil organization [[H.I.V.E.]].

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