I thought having public tryouts for the team would be killer... I never thought we'd actually get killed! 
- — Argent
Teen Titans (Volume 2) #17 is an issue of the series Teen Titans (Volume 2) with a cover date of February, 1998. It was published on January 2, 1998.
Synopsis for "New Life"
Cody Driscoll decides to turn himself in for breaking into NORAD all those months ago. He is taken to Slabside Penitentiary where he encounters villains such as Axis and Mammoth.
Meanwhile, the remaining Teen Titans decide to hold a recruitment drive for new members on the roof of a popular Metropolis arcade called The Stain. People who show up for the event include Captain Marvel, Jr., Arsenal, Fringe, Superboy, Supergirl, Robin and many others. In the middle of the auditions, the Veil attacks the building and a huge fight breaks out. The assembled heroes manage to drive the The Veil away and the Titans acquire two new members - Captain Marvel, Jr. and Fringe.
After everything settles down, Superboy alerts the other Titans that Cody Driscoll is at the Slab.
Appearing in "New Life"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Arsenal
- Damage
- Impulse
- Inferno
- Jimmy Olsen
- Kid Emotion (First appearance)
- Robin
- Scorn
- Solution (First appearance)
- Superboy
- Supergirl
- Sweet Sixteen (First appearance)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Ashbury Armstrong
- Dan Turpin
- Lex Luthor
- Lena Luthor
- Max Mercury
- Misa
- Spoiler
- Steve Lombard
- Blaine T. Randall (First appearance)
Locations:
- Slabside Penitentiary
- Metropolis
- The Stain
Items:
Vehicles:
- Veil's hovercraft
Notes
- This issue was originally scheduled for December 24, 1997, but was delayed.[1]
- The tagline to this issue is, "The New Order!"
- The Atom appeared last in Impulse/Atom: Double Shot #1.
- Argent appeared last in Robin/Argent: Double Shot #1.
- Prysm appeared last in Supergirl/Prysm: Double Shot #1.
- Risk appeared last in Superboy/Risk: Double Shot #1.
- Pylon and the The Veil appeared last in Teen Titans (Volume 2) #8.
- Steve Lombard is shown broadcasting the regular news in this issue even though he is strictly a sports columnist.
- Risk broke into NORAD in Teen Titans (Volume 2) #1.
Trivia
- The character next to Dan Turpin on page 8 is named Blaine T. Randall. Blaine is from Vancouver and was the winner of the Titans Beat contest in which contestants had to be born on the same date and year that the Titans members were born on.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Teen Titans Recommended Reading
- Teen Titans (Volume 1)
- New Teen Titans (Volume 1)
- Tales of the Teen Titans (Volume 1): #41-58
- New Teen Titans (Volume 2)/New Titans (Volume 1)
- Team Titans (Volume 1)
- Teen Titans (Volume 2)
- JLA/Titans (Volume 1)
- Titans (Volume 1)
- Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day (Volume 1)
- Teen Titans (Volume 3)
- Titans (Volume 2)
- Blackest Night: Titans (Volume 1)
- Teen Titans (Volume 4)
- Teen Titans (Volume 5)
- Convergence: New Teen Titans (Volume 1)
- Convergence: Titans (Volume 1)
- Titans (Volume 3)
- Teen Titans (Volume 6)
- Teen Titans Academy (Volume 1)
- Titans (Volume 4)
- World's Finest: Teen Titans (Volume 1)
- Teen Titans: Year One (Volume 1)
- Teen Titans Go! (Volume 1)
- The New Teen Titans: Games (Volume )