“Can’t Cross Over” is a feature where we look at instances when comic book writers had to adjust their stories to deal with crossovers. Today, we look at how the epic New Titans storyline, Titans Hunt, had two different crossovers smash into it at once, both Armageddon 2001 and War of the Gods!As soon as the very first “true” mainstream crossover launched (Secret Wars II and Crisis on Infinite Earths were out of the model of “One miniseries and a bunch of tie-ins,” so it wasn’t until the X-Men comic books of the late 1980s that the true modern “Part 1 is in Comic Book X, Part 2 is in Comic Book Y, etc.” crossover began), comic book companies were shocked at just how successful they were in raising sales on not just the lower-selling titles, but ALL of the comics involved, as it gave the comic books a sense of importance, and so soon, all sorts of crossovers became a constant at Marvel and DC, to the point where Alan Davis even poked fun at the concept in an issue of Excalibur.Marv Wolfman and George Perez had worked together at Marvel Comics before Wolfman left Marvel for DC, and they paired up again in 1980 to launch a new version of the Teen Titans called, appropriately enough, The New Teen Titans. While original Teen Titan members Nightwing, Wonder Girl and Kid Flash were part of this new team, Wolfman and Perez also created three major NEW heroes in Cyborg, Starfire and Raven, and also turned a minor character, Beast Boy, who had briefly been a member of a Teen Titans West Coast team into a full member, with a new name (Changeling) and costume. The comic book was an instant sensation, and soon became one of DC’s most popular comic books (if not THE most popular DC comic book). Wolfman and Perez kept the momentum going for four years, through to the launch of a new New Teen Titans series, a new member of the team, Jericho, and a new costumed identity for Dick Grayson – Nightwing.
“Can’t Cross Over” is a feature where we look at instances when comic book writers had to adjust their stories to deal with crossovers. Today, we look at how the epic New Titans storyline, Titans Hunt, had two different crossovers smash into it at once, both Armageddon 2001 and War of the Gods!
As soon as the very first “true” mainstream crossover launched (Secret Wars II and Crisis on Infinite Earths were out of the model of “One miniseries and a bunch of tie-ins,” so it wasn’t until the X-Men comic books of the late 1980s that the true modern “Part 1 is in Comic Book X, Part 2 is in Comic Book Y, etc.” crossover began), comic book companies were shocked at just how successful they were in raising sales on not just the lower-selling titles, but ALL of the comics involved, as it gave the comic books a sense of importance, and so soon, all sorts of crossovers became a constant at Marvel and DC, to the point where Alan Davis even poked fun at the concept in an issue of Excalibur.
Marv Wolfman and George Perez had worked together at Marvel Comics before Wolfman left Marvel for DC, and they paired up again in 1980 to launch a new version of the Teen Titans called, appropriately enough, The New Teen Titans. While original Teen Titan members Nightwing, Wonder Girl and Kid Flash were part of this new team, Wolfman and Perez also created three major NEW heroes in Cyborg, Starfire and Raven, and also turned a minor character, Beast Boy, who had briefly been a member of a Teen Titans West Coast team into a full member, with a new name (Changeling) and costume. The comic book was an instant sensation, and soon became one of DC’s most popular comic books (if not THE most popular DC comic book). Wolfman and Perez kept the momentum going for four years, through to the launch of a new New Teen Titans series, a new member of the team, Jericho, and a new costumed identity for Dick Grayson – Nightwing.
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