Teen Titans #17
Teen Titans #17 cover
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Date:

 February 1998

Title:

 “Newlife”
(Cover Title: “The New Order!”)

Plot:

 Dan Jurgens (Story & Art [Writer, Penciller]) • Phil Jiminez (Guest Finisher [Inker]) • Gregory Wright (Colorist) • Comicraft (Letters) • Dana Kurtin (Associate Editor) • Eddie Berganza (Editor) • Dan Jurgens / Phil Jiminez / Patrick Martin (Cover)

Credits:

 Attempting to revive the Teen Titans, Argent and the Atom put out an audition announcement, to which a myriad of teen heroes respond.  Inferno shows up but promptly leaves when Impulse arrives.

Only scenes in which Legion of Super-Heroes characters appear are dealt with here.

CHANGE HISTORY
Date of Change
Content of Change
10/22/98
 Posted
12/01/99
 Unified to a single file
Writing style change to Notes
05/04/00
 Tracking correction
07/28/00
 Notes update to 8:3-5
08/01/00
 Typo fix
08/16/01
 Tracking correction
Tracking format updates
Added Appearance Counts

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Character and Object Tracking

 

Name

Previous Appearance

Next Appearance

Heroes
Inferno (Sandy Anderson (footnote #1)) Legion of Super-Heroes v4 #96 Superboy v3 #49
 
Atom II (Ray Palmer) None in Legion books None in Legion books
Impulse II (Bart Allen) Previous Legion appearance:
     Legion of Super-Heroes v4 #100 (1st story)		 Next Legion appearance:
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Locations
Stain nightclub, New York City None in Legion books None in Legion books
1. Name unrevealed, but “Sandy Anderson” was given as her name in the first timeslip story (Legion of Super-Heroes v4 #92) and all the characters’ names were close to their real ones, so that will be used until a better name is supplied.
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Analysis Notes
General Only 8:3-5 are dealt with here.
8:3-5 While it at first appears that Inferno is being her usual snotty self — and thus bringing up the question of why the heck she bothered to attend the audition if she was just going to ditch out — the scene reads better if Inferno’s comment occurs after the Atom’s in 8:5.  In short, she has encountered Impulse before (see Legion of Super-Heroes v4 #88), and having little tolerance (like this is a surprise?) for his antics, declines to audition for the Titans due to the belief that Impulse will be part of the team.  She then leaves immediately, before Max Mercury vetoes Impulse’s membership.
8:4 Impulse’s comment is a reference to the Humberto Ramos (I think) artwork on Impulse/Atom Double-Shot.  Ramos has a tendency to make everyone look like a kid.
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Appearance Counts

Character Name

Cover

Panels / Speaking
Heroes
Inferno (Sandy Anderson) X 1 / 1
 
Atom II (Ray Palmer) X 1 / 1
Impulse II (Bart Allen)
X
 1 / 1
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