The run of Teen Titans Go as a comic series takes place during and after the TV show. While the issues that take place during the show are fun they don’t particularly have that many important moments to Beastboy’s development. For example in issue two Beastboy falls prey to the old story of the boy who cried wolf. Beastboy lies multiple times as a form of joke, and eventually when Starfire is actually kidnapped by other aliens, no one believes him. Thankfully they get her back and he learns a lesson about what kind of jokes are and are not funny.
…he has to learn this lesson multiple times.
Another more important issue is issue 24, when an accident with a magical item causes the Titans to switch items and more or less walk a mile in each others shoes. Beastboy is saddled with Raven’s emotionally charged magic. Being a highly emotional creature Beastboy almost blows himself and the others sky high before Raven tutors him in the art of meditation. Using meditation he learns to control it somewhat but he never really gets the hang of it and by the end of the issue he’s desperate for his own powers. Unfortunately the last page shows the spell attempting to fix them going wrong and giving him cyborgs powers and body next. Off panel they finally fix the magic mishap.
In issue 26 Beastboy gets cast in a movie and unfortunately finds that while he may have had big dreams of stardom it gets in the way of being a superhero. When being an actor doesn’t live up to his expectations he goes back to the Titans but he also mentions he’s auditioning for a commercial later. So he may not have entirely given up on his dreams of stardom.
In issue 28 we get a series of stories about Beastboy’s past as told by his former superhero team and adopted family The Doom Patrol. The first story reminds us that Beastboy’s relationship with his adopted father Mento was strained by such behavior as Mento sending Beastboy into a bar full of villains and thugs as bait to lure out one of their most dangerous rivals. It worked but Robin was unsettled when he heard the story. The next short story involved a common point in all young boys lives where he went through a phase of building things, followed shortly by taking things apart. Even taking apart fellow team mate Robotman. After that he learned a bit about respecting peoples personal space…though again that is a lesson he would need to be reminded of. There was one more story about Beastboy facing his fears by charging into battle against The Animal-Vegitable-Mineral Man. When he saw his family in trouble he didn’t hesitate or even wait for any commands from Mento. After this there is some more short memories shared, and a short bickering between his parent figures reminding everyone that Mento was too stern on him and Elasti-girl was too soft on him. The issue ends with them celebrating his birthday.
Another important issue is the revelation of his backstory in Issue 45. Beastboy tells the story though he is an unreliable narrator and needs to correct himself multiple times. The true tale is revealed that his parents were biologists studying in the jungle when he was bitten by a monkey who infected him with a disease called Sakutia. Only animals can survive Sakutia so his parents created a chemical cocktail that mutated him to survive. The end result was a green skinned, pointy eared, shape shifting boy. Unfortunately after that a flood took the lives of his parents and he was only able to save himself. After that he sought out the doom patrol and broke into their base to try and join their team. They chased him and struggled to catch him and so decided he had proven himself and adopted him.
The last somewhat important issue is the final one, Issue 55 when the team is attacked by a villainess named Phobia who forces them to experience them to live their worst fears. Beastboy’s worst fear was being cut off from the Doom Patrol, losing his family once more.
Other then the aforementioned issues, the reasons for including the comic canon is because it continues past the TV series it allows for some fallow up scenes that continue where things had gone in the series. The Titans continue to grow as a group recruiting more heroes including Wonder Girl, Cassie Sandmark, Flamebird, and Ravager.
Also the members introduced at the end of the TV series like Argent, Hotspot and Jericho get to spend more time with the Titans. Ultimately the other members of the team start establishing their own bases and teams with help and guidance from the original Titans.
It also introduces things like the Titan’s Go-bot (A giant mech robot that Cyborg designed) that at once point needed to be used to defeat Beastboy who had been transformed into a giant rampaging monster.
Finally it fills in some gaps such as explaining that the Titans start a charity to gather money to repair damage to the city usually caused by their battles against evil. Or an issue that shows former villain Jinx doing an undercover mission for the Titans as a way for her to join the team. Little things that may not entirely relate to Beastboy directly but effect him as a member of the team.
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Date: 2018-08-05 10:46 pm (UTC)…he has to learn this lesson multiple times.
Another more important issue is issue 24, when an accident with a magical item causes the Titans to switch items and more or less walk a mile in each others shoes. Beastboy is saddled with Raven’s emotionally charged magic. Being a highly emotional creature Beastboy almost blows himself and the others sky high before Raven tutors him in the art of meditation. Using meditation he learns to control it somewhat but he never really gets the hang of it and by the end of the issue he’s desperate for his own powers. Unfortunately the last page shows the spell attempting to fix them going wrong and giving him cyborgs powers and body next. Off panel they finally fix the magic mishap.
In issue 26 Beastboy gets cast in a movie and unfortunately finds that while he may have had big dreams of stardom it gets in the way of being a superhero. When being an actor doesn’t live up to his expectations he goes back to the Titans but he also mentions he’s auditioning for a commercial later. So he may not have entirely given up on his dreams of stardom.
In issue 28 we get a series of stories about Beastboy’s past as told by his former superhero team and adopted family The Doom Patrol. The first story reminds us that Beastboy’s relationship with his adopted father Mento was strained by such behavior as Mento sending Beastboy into a bar full of villains and thugs as bait to lure out one of their most dangerous rivals. It worked but Robin was unsettled when he heard the story. The next short story involved a common point in all young boys lives where he went through a phase of building things, followed shortly by taking things apart. Even taking apart fellow team mate Robotman. After that he learned a bit about respecting peoples personal space…though again that is a lesson he would need to be reminded of. There was one more story about Beastboy facing his fears by charging into battle against The Animal-Vegitable-Mineral Man. When he saw his family in trouble he didn’t hesitate or even wait for any commands from Mento. After this there is some more short memories shared, and a short bickering between his parent figures reminding everyone that Mento was too stern on him and Elasti-girl was too soft on him. The issue ends with them celebrating his birthday.
Another important issue is the revelation of his backstory in Issue 45. Beastboy tells the story though he is an unreliable narrator and needs to correct himself multiple times. The true tale is revealed that his parents were biologists studying in the jungle when he was bitten by a monkey who infected him with a disease called Sakutia. Only animals can survive Sakutia so his parents created a chemical cocktail that mutated him to survive. The end result was a green skinned, pointy eared, shape shifting boy. Unfortunately after that a flood took the lives of his parents and he was only able to save himself. After that he sought out the doom patrol and broke into their base to try and join their team. They chased him and struggled to catch him and so decided he had proven himself and adopted him.
The last somewhat important issue is the final one, Issue 55 when the team is attacked by a villainess named Phobia who forces them to experience them to live their worst fears. Beastboy’s worst fear was being cut off from the Doom Patrol, losing his family once more.
Other then the aforementioned issues, the reasons for including the comic canon is because it continues past the TV series it allows for some fallow up scenes that continue where things had gone in the series. The Titans continue to grow as a group recruiting more heroes including Wonder Girl, Cassie Sandmark, Flamebird, and Ravager.
Also the members introduced at the end of the TV series like Argent, Hotspot and Jericho get to spend more time with the Titans. Ultimately the other members of the team start establishing their own bases and teams with help and guidance from the original Titans.
It also introduces things like the Titan’s Go-bot (A giant mech robot that Cyborg designed) that at once point needed to be used to defeat Beastboy who had been transformed into a giant rampaging monster.
Finally it fills in some gaps such as explaining that the Titans start a charity to gather money to repair damage to the city usually caused by their battles against evil. Or an issue that shows former villain Jinx doing an undercover mission for the Titans as a way for her to join the team. Little things that may not entirely relate to Beastboy directly but effect him as a member of the team.