The New Teen Titans #4

Feb 1981 · DC · 0.50 USD

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“Against All Friends!”

★ 1st appearance — Arella

The cover of this 1981 issue says it all with a cheeky "Need We Say More?" — the Justice League of America versus the New Teen Titans, with Wonder Woman, Hawkman, Batman, Green Lantern, and a dark-winged figure clashing head-on against Kid Flash, Robin, Cyborg, Starfire, and Beast Boy in a thrilling wall-to-wall melee. George Pérez's cover pencils and inks pack the image with kinetic energy, every hero locked in dynamic confrontation across the page. With Marv Wolfman and Pérez steering the series, "Against All Friends!" promises exactly the kind of superhero showdown that made this era of DC storytelling so compelling.

writer, artist George Pérez · writer Marv Wolfman · inker Romeo Tanghal · colorist Adrienne Roy · letterer Ben Oda · cover George Pérez

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Cover-titled story: 'Against All Friends!' — written by Marv Wolfman, penciled by George Pérez, inked by Romeo Tanghal, colored by Adrienne Roy, lettered by Ben Oda, edited by Len Wein. Cover date: February 1981.
First actual (in-person) appearance of Arella (Angela Roth), Raven's human mother; she had previously appeared only in flashback during Raven's origin sequence in issue #3.
First full cameo appearance and origin sequence for Trigon the Terrible, Raven's demonic father — depicted here through backstory and his power affecting Earth; his first full physical appearance occurs in New Teen Titans #5.
Raven's use of her empathic powers to emotionally manipulate the Titans is exposed by Zatanna — specifically, Raven had covertly engineered Kid Flash's romantic feelings to secure his membership in the team.
The Fearsome Five (Doctor Light/Dr. Arthur Light, Gizmo/Mikron O'Jeneus, Mammoth/Baran Flinders, Psimon/Simon Jones, Shimmer/Selinda Flinders) appear in this issue, continuing their debut run from issue #3.
Silas Stone (Cyborg's father) appears in a cameo but is not yet identified by name or relation — that identification is withheld until New Teen Titans #7.
The JLA members featured include Batman, Wonder Woman, Hawkman, Green Lantern (John Stewart), The Atom, and Zatanna — an unusually large roster of DC's senior heroes pitted against the teenage team.
Reprinted in the hardcover New Teen Titans Archives, Volume 1 (1999) and in international editions including Germany's Junge Giganten #3 (Egmont Ehapa, 1982) and France's Les Jeunes Titans #2 (Arédit-Artima, 1982).