Name: Teen Titans
Universe: Earth-1
First Appearance: Brave and the Bold #60

History:
When a number of Justice League members began committing crimes, a group of young heroes including Robin, Speedy, Aqualad, Wonder Girl, and Kid Flash went to seek out Superman. Unable to locate the Man of Steel, the teens instead joined forces and were able to free their mentors from the power of an alien known as the Antithesis. Following this success, they decided to join forces as the Teen Titans, though Speedy stipulated he could only be a part-time member.

Following a series of successful adventures, the youths were involved in a tragedy that would alter their careers. At a peace rally, a riot broke out and the Titans, in their civilian identities, tried to stop the violence. Instead, they accidentally brought about the death of the keynote speaker, Dr. Arthur Swenson.

Shaken, the group plus Hawk and Dove, gave up their costumed identities for a time. It was at the urging of financier Loren Jupiter that Kid Flash, Speedy, Wonder Girl, Hawk and Dove joined his program of training teens to utilize their potentials. Also joining the program were the mysterious Lilith and Mal Duncan.

Regaining their confidence, the Titans once again donned their costumes and regrouped. Their adventures were less frequent but remained successful.

Sometime later, Dr. Light tried to use the Titans as a ploy to gain revenge on the JLA but only brought about his own defeat. The group expanded at this point to include virtually every teenage hero in America, including Aquagirl, Bumble Bee (Mal’s girl friend in a short-lived costume identity), and Beast Boy.

Struggling to maintain the large membership, the group eventually broke up—seemingly forever.

It wasn’t until the strange arrival of Raven at the homes of Robin, Kid Flash, and Wonder Girl that the group was reunited. She called the group together to repel an attack by the Gordanians, who were trying to recapture Starfire, a princess from Tamaran.

Also joining the group was Vic Stone, a cyborg, and Beast Boy (now using the name Changeling).

Flush with success, the group decided to remain as the New Teen Titans. After a handful of missions, it became apparent that Raven brought the group together to be readied for an attack by Trigon, Raven’s father and the demonic ruler of another dimension.

After narrowly defeating Trigon, the group remained together and had a successful career. There have been numerous mishaps and tragedies along the way such as when the group was infiltrated by Terra, a super-heroine who was actually working for the Terminator. Mentally unbalanced, Terra brought about her own death although the act deeply shocked Changeling, who thought he loved her.

Robin, at that time, chose to forge a new identity for himself and became Nightwing, remaining the team’s leader.

It was during that adventure that the Titans met Joseph Wilson (son of the Terminator), who had the ability to possess other people. Adopting the name Jericho, he worked alongside the Titans for a time before becoming a full-fledged member.

The group had cases that took place not only around the world but to other planets and dimensions including two forays to Olympus. During this second adventure, they discovered that their old friend Lilith was actually the daughter of Thia, one of the Greek Gods. The team also met Kole, a crystal spinner who was under Thia’s thrall but was ultimately freed when the goddess perished.

Kole joined the Titans in time to fight during the so-called Crisis on Infinite Earths, where she perished saving innocent victims.

Since then, the team has fallen on hard times: Starfire was forced to return home to Tamaran for an arranged marriage; Wonder Girl tried to hold the team together but failed; upon returning to Earth, Nightwing went on a hunt for Raven (who had disappeared months earlier after another confrontation with Trigon), and fell into the hands of the Titans’ deadliest enemy, Brother Blood.

Starfire returned to Earth, forsaking her husband, and has rejoined the group which has managed to pull itself back together with the help of some of the original Titans.

Currently the group is engaged in a battle with Brother Blood which will determine their future plans.