Champions...of Digression!

You know what's a great idea? Giving blood and then having some bourbon. What else is a great idea? A costumed superhero who is a pacifist. Hawk and Dove show up in this issue. Dove sounds like Zoidberg and I get to say robo-spidertrain a bunch of times, because it's that kind of issue. We introduce a new segment called "What's Aqualad Probably Up To?".

Kind of a weird episode in which we talk about the controversial Teen Titans #20. We end up talking more about the issue it almost was more than the actual issue. Confused? Us too. Also, I decide that during his hiatus from the team Aqualad gets a pelican sidekick named Beaky. Oh, and that Robin is actually Tom Cruise. He really is.

In which the Titans run afoul of a precocious puppet fetishist. Hub is recovering from pneumonia and has decided to use that as an excuse for not making a ton of sense. Wuss. Points of discussion: rural nightclubs, comedia dell'arte, Lanny Poffo, and four geese standing on each other's shoulders wearing a trench coat. Chalk that one up to the pneumonia.

Kind of a lame issue, so we talk about Skateman, the benefits and drawbacks of having a pelican sidekick, the Swedish Chef and his short-lived "Kroonchy Stars" breakfast cereal and the fact that werewolves may have had purple urine. Y'know, typical Teen Titans stuff.

The Mad Mod Returns! The gang heads to England, Cory doesn't understand how notes work, Aqualad and the Loch Ness Monster have a special relationship, and we discuss the plot to Halloween III: Season of the Witch. Oh, and Robin pretty much sits out this adventure. Hooray!

We're all loopy on tryptophan and Bob Haney's writing, so this one is a little hard to follow. We spend way too much time talking about the movie 'Torque' and the Hardy Boys books, and I think there's a Teen Titans story about extra-dimensional travel in there somewhere. But seriously, check out 'Torque'. It's a goddamn delight!

My favorite era of Teen Titans comics is underway! The gang heads to Hippieville USA and goes undercover as a bunch of counterculture types, which seems like it would have been the perfect opportunity to bring up the fact that Cory used to have dreadlocks, but somehow I forgot. Dang it!

Everybody hates Robin. The Boy Wonder runs afoul of the Gargoyle and pretty much everyone else as the Titans see the return of an old foe…sort of. Join us as we learn the benefits of narcissism, sociopathy, and having a magic ring shaped like your own head.

It's a Christmas/Halloween Spooktacular! The Titans give us their take on 'A Christmas Carol', so naturally we talk about Cory's ongoing battle with the animal kingdom and Hub's misremembered Wyclef Jean lyrics.

We join the Titans as they travel into the deep dark void of…South Dakota! Oh, and also space. It's one of the Titans' least coherent and most fun issues yet. Enjoy! Enjoy!