Issue | #5 |
Published | November 2008 |
Cover Price | 2.99 USD; 2.99 CAD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Elizabeth Gehrlein (co-editor); Dan Didio (co-editor); Rex Ogle (assistant) |
Notes | This issue was first solicited with a different cover, of Nightwing kissing Starfire. Original solicitation copy: "In the stand-alone story 'Date Night', four Titans face the fact that love is a battlefield. Meanwhile, a mysterious figure is making his way to Titans Tower. Who is this ominous stranger and how does he or she know the Titans? On sale August 13." New solicitation copy: "When Raven's half-brothers return to claim her and unite Trigon's bloodline, Raven must choose which ties are stronger: the family she was born to, or the new family she has made. On sale September 24." |
Characters | Raven; Beast Boy |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Joe Benitez (signed) |
Inks | Oliver Nome (signed) |
Colors | Edgar Delgado (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | This issue was first solicited with a different cover, of Nightwing kissing Starfire. Original solicitation copy: "In the stand-alone story 'Date Night', four Titans face the fact that love is a battlefield. Meanwhile, a mysterious figure is making his way to Titans Tower. Who is this ominous stranger and how does he or she know the Titans? On sale August 13." New solicitation copy: "When Raven's half-brothers return to claim her and unite Trigon's bloodline, Raven must choose which ties are stronger: the family she was born to, or the new family she has made. On sale September 24." |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Colors | ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside front cover. Ad for the AST Dew Tour featuring a cyclist upside-down in midair, sponsored by Mountain Dew, Panasonic, Right Guard, Wendy's, Toyota, PlayStation, Ball Park, Mongoose, Nike, Verizon Wireless, and DC. |
Characters | The Titans [Raven [Rachel Roth]; Gar Logan [Beast Boy]; The Flash [Wally West]; Red Arrow [Roy Harper]; Troia [Donna Troy]; Cyborg [Vic Stone]; Dick Grayson [Nightwing]; Koriand'r [Starfire]]; Sons of Trigon [Jacob; Jared; Jesse]; Trigon (brief image) |
Synopsis | Vic shows off his new look; Dick and Kory have a meaningful chat in the pool; Raven tells Gar that she fears her true nature. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Judd Winick |
Pencils | Julian Lopez |
Inks | Prentis Rollins; Bit; Rodney Ramos |
Colors | Edgar Delgado |
Letters | Rob Clark Jr. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Pg. 7. Ad for the videogame TNA Impact! from Midway Studios, also promoting TNA [Total Nonstop Action] Wrestling on the television channel Spike. |
Characters | Cameron |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Colors | ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Pg. 11. Ad for the Fox television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, featuring Summer Glau as Cameron. |
Characters | Olivia Dunham |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Colors | ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Pg. 13. Ad for the Fox television series Fringe, featuring Anna Torv in close-up, floating, as Agt. Olivia Dunham. |
Notes | Pg. 17. Ad for the website Above the Influence, from The Office of National Drug-Control Policy / Partnership for a Drug-Free America. |
Characters | Superman; Nightwing; Flamebird; Krypto the Superdog; Supergirl |
Pencils | Alex Ross (painting) |
Inks | Alex Ross (painting) |
Colors | Alex Ross (painting) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Top half of Pgs. 20-21. House ad for New Krypton storyline. Artwork is triptych of covers to Superman (DC, 2006 series) #681, Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #871, and Supergirl (DC, 2006 series) #35. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Bottom half of Pgs. 20-21. Ad for the DVD collection of Dragon Ball Z Season Six and the double-feature DVD of Tree of Might and Lord Slug from Toei Animation and Funimation Productions. |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Colors | ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Pg. 25. Ad for the U.S. Navy featuring robot mine locator; issue also has reply-card insert. |
Characters | Superman |
Pencils | Jim Lee |
Inks | Scott Williams ? |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Pg. 27. Ad for the Baltimore Comic-Con on April 27 & 28, 2008. Artwork is homage to the cover of Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1 and may be from Superman: For Tomorrow. |
Characters | Doctor Light |
Pencils | Philip Tan |
Inks | ? [see notes] |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Pg. 30. House ad for Final Crisis (DC, 2008 series) and related titles, with July 2008 checklist. Recolored artwork from Final Crisis: Revelations (DC, 2008 series) #1, which had three credited inkers. |
Characters | Batman (sort of); various (cover reproductions) |
Synopsis | Sattler talks about the upcoming Batman: Cacophony, written by Kevin Smith. Page also includes the indicia; DC Comics masthead; cover to next issue; and in The Hot List This Week the covers to DC Universe: Decisions (DC, 2008 series) #1, Final Crisis: Revelations (DC, 2008 series) #2, and Trinity (DC, 2008 series) #15. |
Script | Ian Sattler |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Colors | ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Pg. 32. Headline depicts action figure of Batman in lab coat with manuscripts for Batman: Cacophony (DC, 2009 series). |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Colors | ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside back cover. Ad from America's Milk Processors featuring the band All-American Rejects. |
Characters | Clark Kent [Bizarro] |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Colors | ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Back cover. Ad for the DVD release of Smallville: The Complete Seventh Season from Warner Bros. Entertainment, featuring Tom Welling as Bizarro Clark Kent, also promoting the new season of Smallville on the CW network. |