Tiny Titans #17 - First Appearance of Bat-Cow, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Tiny Titans (DC, 2008 series)
Issue: #17
Publication date: August 2009
Key date: August 2009
On-sale date: June 17, 2009
Indicia publisher: DC Comics
Price: $2.50
Pages: 36
Barcode: 76194126494301711
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Bat-Cow - 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	Raven's Book of Magic Spells	cover	1	script: Art Baltazar, Franco; pencils: Art Baltazar; inks: Art Baltazar; colors: Art Baltazar; letters: Art Baltazar	Beast Boy, Cyborg, Dick Grayson, Koriand'r, Garfield Logan, Raven, Robin, Rachel Roth, Starfire, Victor Stone
1	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Art Baltazar, Franco; pencils: Art Baltazar; inks: Art Baltazar; colors: Art Baltazar; letters: Art Baltazar	Batgirl, Batman, Duela Dent, Barbara Gordon, Dick Grayson, Joker, Robin, Bruce Wayne
2	Mixin' It Up	comic story	7	script: Art Baltazar, Franco; pencils: Art Baltazar; inks: Art Baltazar; colors: Art Baltazar; letters: Art Baltazar	Bat-Mite, Beast Boy, Cyborg, Dick Grayson, Koriand'r, Garfield Logan, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Raven, Robin, Rachel Roth, Starfire, Victor Stone
3	Battle for the Cow	comic story	4	script: Art Baltazar, Franco; pencils: Art Baltazar; inks: Art Baltazar; colors: Art Baltazar; letters: Art Baltazar	Beast Boy, Karen Beecher, Bumblebee, Cyborg, Dick Grayson, Koriand'r, Garfield Logan, Robin, Starfire, Victor Stone, Bat-Cow First
4	Happy Birthday to Robin!	comic story	4	script: Art Baltazar, Franco; pencils: Art Baltazar; inks: Art Baltazar; colors: Art Baltazar; letters: Art Baltazar	Bat-Mite, Batgirl, Beast Boy, Karen Beecher, Blue Beetle, Bumblebee, Cyborg, Barbara Gordon, Dick Grayson, Koriand'r, Leonid Kovar, Garfield Logan, Alfred Pennyworth, Red Star
5	Shop Shrinking	comic story	1	script: Art Baltazar, Franco; pencils: Art Baltazar; inks: Art Baltazar; colors: Art Baltazar; letters: Art Baltazar	Crumb Atom, Dot Atom, Mrs. Atom
6	-	comic story	2	script: Art Baltazar, Franco; pencils: Art Baltazar; inks: Art Baltazar; colors: Art Baltazar; letters: Art Baltazar	Cyborg, Dick Grayson, Kid Flash, Robin, Victor Stone, Donna Troy, Wally West, Wonder Girl
7	Walking in the Rain	comic story	1	script: Art Baltazar, Franco; pencils: Art Baltazar; inks: Art Baltazar; colors: Art Baltazar; letters: Art Baltazar	Alfred Pennyworth
8	Tiny Titans Fan Letters	letters page	1	script: Art Baltazar, Franco; pencils: Art Baltazar; inks: Art Baltazar; colors: Art Baltazar; letters: Art Baltazar	Enigma, Dick Grayson, Roy Harper, Robin, Speedy
9	The Return of the Bat-Cow!	illustration	1	script: Art Baltazar, Franco; pencils: Art Baltazar; inks: Art Baltazar; colors: Art Baltazar; letters: Art Baltazar	Ace the Bat-Hound, Bat-Mite, Batgirl, Barbara Gordon, Dick Grayson, Robin, Bat-Cow First

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Tiny Titans: Sidekickin' It #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-2653-4	2010	On eBay ›
Tiny Titans: Beast Boy & Raven #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77950-717-4	2021	On eBay ›
Tiny Titans: Pet Club! #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77950-930-7	2021	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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