Teen Titans #26
Soul Searching
- "Conner Kent. Kon-El. Superboy. I don't deserve to be called any of them."
- --Superboy
Summary
Volume: 3
Issue: 26
Month: September
Year: 2005
Credits
Head Writer: Geoff Johns
Cover Artists: Tony Daniel and Marlo Alquiza
Pencilers: Tony Daniel
Inkers: Marlo Alquiza
Colourists: Jeromy Cox
Editors: Jeanine Schaefer and Eddie Berganza
Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
- Beast Boy (in flashback only)
- Cyborg (in flashback only)
- Kid Flash (Bart Allen) (in flashback only)
- Raven
- Robin (Tim Drake) (in flashback only)
- Speedy (Mia Dearden) (in flashback only)
- Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark) (in flashback only)
- Batman (in flashback only)
- Brother Blood (Sebastian)
- Superboy (Kon-El)
- Superman (Kal-El/Clark Kent) (in flashback only)
- Superman (future version) (in flashback only)
- Jonathan Kent
- Krypto
- Lex Luthor (in flashback only)
- Martha Kent
- Paul Westfield (in flashback only)
Locations:
- Gotham City (in flashback only)
- Metropolis (in flashback only)
- San Francisco (in flashback only)
Items:
- None
First Appearances: No first appearances
Final Appearances: No final appearances
Synopsis:
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It has been one month since Superboy suffered under the brainwashing of Lex Luthor. Since that time, he has taken leave of the Teen Titans and placed himself into secret quarantine at the Kent farm. Currently he wanders the wheat fields reflecting on all of the terrible deeds he committed while under Luthor’s control.
Raven arrives and suddenly engulfs Superboy inside of her soul self. His mind is cast backwards towards the day he first emerged from the cloning tanks at Project: Cadmus. He then envisions himself in the Batcave consulting with Superman and Batman. He further reflects on the older version of himself that he encountered while traveling ten years into the future.
After a seeming eternity, he emerges from Raven’s soul self. She recalls when Superboy asked her if he had a soul. Raven tells him that he does indeed have a soul, and that it is young, new and growing. She asks him to come back to the Titans in San Francisco, but Superboy tells her that he is not yet ready.
Meanwhile, in a nether-dimension, Brother Blood prepares to return to Earth and reclaim Raven in the name of the Church of Blood.
Notes
- Superboy takes a leave of absence from the Teen Titans as per this issue.
- This issue contains flashbacks to the Insiders story-arc from issues numbers 24 and 25.
Trivia
- This issue establishes that Lex Luthor's father's name is Lionel. Lionel is the name of Lex's father on the WB television series, Smallville.
- The cover to this issue features Superboy in all of the various costumes he has worn since his first appearance.
Recommended Readings
- Superboy (Volume 4)
- Teen Titans (Volume 1)
- New Teen Titans (Volume 1)
- New Teen Titans (Volume 2)
- Titans
- Young Justice
Related Articles
- Teen Titans cover art gallery
- Church of Blood
- Trigon
External Links
- Teen Titans #26 entry at the Grand Comics Database
- Teen Titans #26 entry at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
- Teen Titans (Volume 3) index at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
- Teen Titans article at Wikipedia
- Teen Titans (animated series) index at TV.com
- Titans Tower
References
- Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files and Origins (2003)
- Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files and Origins (2005)
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