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The New Teen Titans #17

DC · Series began 1980 · March 1982

first appearance of Frances Kane

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WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

Frances Kane (DC, Magenta) — introduction, misspelled as Francis in this story

Dates

Cover date: March 1982
On sale: November 17, 1981
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #17 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0709893122103
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Creators

pencils: George Pérez, Romeo Tanghal, Jack Davis, Curt Swaninks: Romeo Tanghal, Jack Davis, Vince Collettaletters: Gaspar Saladino, John Costanzascript: George Pérez, Marv Wolfman, Bob Rozakiscolors: Adrienne Roy

Stories

The Possessing of Francis Kane! · 26 pages
Unknown to the Teen Titans, Dr. Polaris is manipulating Frances Kane, trying to use her to break him out of the dimension where he was trapped by Green Lantern.

Publisher’s description

After an automobile accident that killed her father and brother but which she survived, Frances Kane, a long-time friend of Wally West, seemingly becomes a focus of destructive supernatural energies.

Characters

Dick GraysonRobinWally WestDonna TroyVictor StoneCyborgGarfield LoganKoriand'rStarfireWonder GirlKid FlashChangelingRavenNeal EmersonDoctor PolarisFrances Kane

Reprinted in

The New Teen Titans (1983), New Teen Titans Archives (1999), The New Teen Titans Omnibus (2011), The New Teen Titans (2014), The New Teen Titans Omnibus (2017)