Thread:N8THGR852/@comment-28096636-20180515192036/@comment-27892537-20180628121708

Ray Palmer's tenure with the Titans was during Teen Titans Vol 2, which ran from 1996-1998 and produced 24 issues and 1 annual. Atom was de-aged into a teenager during Zero Hour in 1994, and he appeared as a teenager in a few stories before Teen Titans Vol 2. But his joining the Teen Titans in that incarnation is the point where he was more significantly featured. As a member of the Teen Titans, Atom was a little different from his adult self. He still had knowledge of his life as an adult -- to an extent -- but he had more of a teenager's attitude at times. He would show attitude and excess pride. "I'm Justice League!" became his catch-phrase. He simultaneously would feel that he was not getting his due credit while also feeling inadequate because he wasn't necessarily on the same level as his adult self, both in intelligence and in ability. Anyway, he had some internal conflicts, but he still got along with and cared for his teammates, considering them friends. When he returned to his proper age and the team disbanded, his maturity returned as well. He treated his former teammates a bit different than he did when he was their peer (not worse or better, per se, but different). While most Titans have a huge sense of camaraderie that persists beyond their tenures of membership, in JLA/Titans, when the two groups faced off against each other, Atom decided to fight on the side of the Leagers, against the Titans. Note that both groups were trying to do what they believed to be the right thing, so I don't especially fault Atom for wanting to save the world. He still has amicable relations with Titans members when he sees them elsewhere, but it is usually in the same polite sense that he had with the younger generation of heroes when he was an adult the first time around. I mean, Dick Grayson and his cohorts grew up with Ray as a member of the Justice League and as one of their role models, so that disconnect makes some sense, I suppose.

While Atom does not appear in literally every issue that his incarnation of Teen Titans appears in, reading the whole of that incarnation is likely best when it comes to best understanding Ray's place as a Titan. Here is a reading order for that incarnation. This list is in chronological order. + Teen Titans Vol 2 1-11

+ Teen Titans Annual Vol 2 1

+ Teen Titans Annual Vol 2 12-16

+ Supergirl/Prysm: Double-Shot Vol 1 1

+ Robin/Argent: Double-Shot Vol 1 1

+ Superboy/Risk: Double-Shot Vol 1 1

+ Impulse/Atom: Double-Shot Vol 1 1

+ Teen Titans Vol 2 17-18Superman: Man of Steel #78

+ The "Behold! The Millennium Giants!" crossover storyline **The Teen Titans don't enter the story until Teen Titans Vol 2 19, but the three issues before that issue are still important to understand the overall story.**

- Aquaman Vol 5 43

- Challengers of the Unknown Vol 3 15

- Superman Vol 2 134

- Teen Titans Vol 2 19

- Supergirl Vol 4 20

- Adventures of Superman Vol 1 557

- Steel Vol 2 50

- Action Comics Vol 1 744

- Superman: Man of Steel Vol 1 79

- Superman Vol 2 135

+ Teen Titans Vol 2 20-24

The above list was for that second incarnation of "Teen Titans," but Atom still has a Titans connection in the JLA/Titans story, so I recommend reading that as well when it comes to Atom's Titans relationship.