Anyway, at some point Wolfman and Perez decided to let the characters gradually age into their early twenties...which wasn't the greatest idea, as it has led to a bunch of other problems, not the least of which was the breakdown of exactly what made the Titans different from every other super-team.
Marv Wolfman's reponse to this problem was to introduce Danny Chase, in an attempt to put the "Teen" back in Teen Titans...it didn't go so well. Why, you ask? First, let's look at his origin story from New Titans Annual #3 (1987)
A thirteen year-old who's some sort of secret agent for the government? Are you fucking kidding me?
But wait, there's more, because Danny Chase also has super-secret powers:
And how did he get his super-powers? Radiation, World War II and genetics, why choose one when you can have them all:
And, for the hell of it, why not add some parental abandonment:
And since his parents apparently have to go somewhere for some...reason, the Titans decide to adopt Secret Agent Danny Chase, because...well, they do anyway. (And by the way, I'm pretty sure Danny Chase's parents hate him as much as I do)
Thus, Danny Chase joined the Titans, and was given the chance to show his charming personality on a monthly basis:
And that one page basically sums up the character; an asshole with superpowers, and not the lovable kind.
He's also afraid of blood:
So, there you go, Danny Chase, the lamest Titan of all of Wolfman's run.
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The last great character they introduced pre-Crisis was Kole. After they killed her off, none of her "replacements" afterward, like Chase, worked.
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