The New Teen Titans #11 - First Appearance of Theia, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: The New Teen Titans (DC, 1980 series)
Issue: #11
Publication date: September 1981
Key date: September 1981
On-sale date: May 12, 1981
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $0.50
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Theia - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Cronus - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Rhea - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Themis - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance (cover) of Hyperion - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance of Iapetus - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Oceanus - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Tethys - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Phoebe - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Coeus - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Mnemosyne - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Crius - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Gaea - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Hecatonchires - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Leda - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Titans of Myth Return!	cover	1	pencils: George Pérez; inks: George Pérez; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Cyborg, Dick Grayson, Kid Flash, Koriand'r, Robin, Starfire, Victor Stone, Wally West, Wonder Girl, Hyperion First, Donna Troy
1	When Titans Clash	comic story	25	script: George Pérez, Marv Wolfman; pencils: George Pérez, Romeo Tanghal; inks: Romeo Tanghal; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Costanza	Changeling, Cyborg, Dick Grayson, Hippolyta, Kid Flash, Koriand'r, Garfield Logan, Raven, Robin, Starfire, Victor Stone, Paula von Gunther, Wally West, Wonder Girl
3	-	letters page	0.5	script: Marv Wolfman

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0709893122109
British	price 0.15 GBP

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Official Teen Titans Index #3	1985	On eBay ›
New Teen Titans Archives #2 ISBN 1-56389-951-5	2004	On eBay ›
The New Teen Titans Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-3108-8	2011	On eBay ›
The New Teen Titans #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-5532-9	2015	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

‹ #1011 of 40#12 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q106858253 (Rhea), first-appearance property (CC0)

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