Showcase #59, DC Comics, Nov-Dec 1965

Here's a little known fact: Batman's a square.

In fact, all the Justice Leaguers are, and that, my friends, is what sets the Teen Titans apart.

Before spinning off into their own title, the Titans briefly moved to Showcase from The Brave and the Bold. Doesn't feel like much of a trampoline though. The story features a teen band called The Flips who are accused of theft, but of course, they have to be innocent cuz they're teenagers. Despite the thieves looking just like them, using the same gimmicks (a motorbike that runs on walls, a hovering surfboard, a remote controlled baton, and narrating their every action with a rhyming tune - no singing talent required), and eventually being caught in the act (no pun intended) by the Titans, our heroes STILL won't believe the Flips did it. And of course, they didn't.

I wish I could tell you there were highlights, but the story is only interesting because it shows that they get TV in both Atlantis and Amazon Island. That's like, a happening scene, man!

Groovy Bonus from the previous story:

Here's how the Giant Ear of the Separated Man was finally defeated. The kids raise their hand radios an deafen it with the SHEER POWER OF MONO!Strike another one for the Beatles! I remember them also charming an octopus with that very song in their Saturday Morning Cartoon.

Comments

Mike D. said…
Maybe Batman was kinda square, but he did keep a young boy in a cave. Some big-city clubs charge good money for that kind of thing.