In an attempt to capitalize on youth culture and the burgeoning,previously unknown market of teenagers who had made current comics like Fantastic Four and Spider-Man into overnight successes, DC introduced a hip, and culture-savvy team of its own in the Teen Titans. Kind of. The Teen Titans were created by Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani in 1964,and proved celebrated enough to warrant their own series by 1966.
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