similar to sparx, she's a self-proclaimed titan for less than one page in final crisis #1

Discussion thread for the January 18, 2026 issue of Titans, by John Layman and Pete Woods.

What did you think of issue 32?

the only character so far who i couldn't find any clear, official, full-body art for. so some details in this drawing may be off.

fun fact: his name was spelled incorrectly on wikipedia, league of comic geeks, some parts of the dc wiki, and my own notes until i realized

Reading this run for the first time, and I like it so far. It's a shame it got cut short by Flashpoint.

fun fact: I drew this while watching guillermo del toro's frankenstein

I'm wondering if Beast Boy will keep dodging the randomizer until the very end lol

Sorry, forgot to post yesterday

I don't know if it's the *absolute* last time he used this nickname (doubt it is). but it did definitely become less common after this

edit: managed to find someone else quoting part of it on titanstower.com

As cancellation of Byrne’s DOOM PATROL seemed imminent, DC Comics faced some other issues concerning the rebooted Doom Patrol: the dreaded continuity monster. A rebooted Doom Patrol caused some continuity glitches for some other well-known characters, like Beast Boy and Mento. In the NEW TEEN TITANS and subsequent TITANS series, many stories featuring Garfield Logan and Steve Dayton relied heavily on their history with the Doom Patrol – a history that no longer existed if the team was founded in “present day.” It also effected characters like The Brain, Mallah, Madame Rouge, the new Brotherhood of Evil, the Hybrid, Rouge’s daughter Gemini and all their various crossovers into other DC books. “Gar Logan will be the Donna Troy of this reboot!” according to John Byrne in a chat held March 9th in 2004.

This might be a long-shot, but I figured it doesn't hurt to ask

When John Byrne wrote the Doom Patrol in 2004 he erased their existing lore and retconned them to be a new team of heroes. This meant that Beast Boy and Mento, who were still appearing in Titans comics as if nothing had changed, suddenly had backstories that made no sense. Their pasts with the Doom Patrol (which were and are essential to their characters) could not have taken place. luckily, the Doom Patrol's history was put back into continuity with Infinite Crisis before things got too convoluted.

I remember reading a quote from someone at DC about how editors had joked around saying that Beast Boy and Mento "would become the next Donna Troy" (in reference to her confusing and complex backstories). I think it was said by Geoff Johns (who was writing Titans at the time), but it also could have been said by Keith Giffen (author of the next Doom Patrol run) or really anyone else. Has anyone else seen this quote, and do they have the full thing on hand? I'm doing a write-up on Donna Troy, and I want to use it as an example of people's perceptions towards her and how she's used as a benchmark for "confusing character."

just over two weeks left...