Tiny Titans is an Eisner Award

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-winning comic book

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 series

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 by Art Baltazar

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 and Franco Aureliani. It is published by DC Comics

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, beginning publication in February 2008

2008 in comics

-January:*January 9: Teen Titans: The Lost Annual, delayed since 2003, is published.*January 23: Hellblazer #240, marking the 20th anniversary of the series, is released.-February:...

. The first issue was also released as part of the annual Free Comic Book Day

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 promotion in May 2008.

Tiny Titans stars alternate versions of DC Universe

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 characters, primarily those from the Teen Titans series. It is set in a kid-friendly, elementary school

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 environment. Issues typically consist of several individual stories as opposed to one cohesive storyline.

Recurring characters and jokes

Although the comical nature of the stories feature a wide variety of characters, several are part of recurring jokes.

• Robin
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   is one of the more featured characters and is generally considered the leader, though no one seems to take him seriously. In one attempt to prove his character, Robin briefly changes his name and costume to Nightwing
  Nightwing
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  , but still fails to garner any respect.
• Beast Boy
  Beast Boy
  Garfield Mark "Gar" Logan, known as Beast Boy or Changeling, is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics...
  
   and Terra
  Terra (comics)
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   appear as part of a very one-sided relationship, in which Terra responds to Beast Boy's silly romantic advances by throwing rocks at him.
• Deathstroke (Slade)
  Deathstroke
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   is the principal of the kids' school, Sidekick City Elementary. The kids tend to think of Principal Slade as a mean guy, and they are usually right.
• Psimon
  Psimon
  Psimon is a fictional comic book supervillain from DC Comics created by George Pérez and Marv Wolfman. He first appeared in New Teen Titans #3 as one of the founding members of the Fearsome Five, which became a frequent enemy of the Teen Titans, Superman, and the Outsiders.-Fictional character...
  
   is often called Brainiac
  Brainiac (comics)
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   because of his exposed brain, and he always has to remind Wonder Girl what his name is, but she does not listen.

The team catch phrase is "Aw yeah, Titans", which everyone eventually says, except Miss Martian

Miss Martian

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 and Kid Devil

Kid Devil

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, who are infants. The catchphrase has been referenced by many other mainstream comic books.

Popular culture references

• Due to Ted Kord
  Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)
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   being dead, Blue Beetle
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  's guardians are shown to be The Beatles
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  , who quote the titles of their songs.
• In issue #3, Robin and his friends discover penguins with helmets and rockets in the Batcave
  Batcave
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  . It is revealed that they are from "that penguin movie
  Batman Returns
  Batman Returns is a 1992 American superhero film directed by Tim Burton. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, it is the sequel to Burton's Batman , and features Michael Keaton reprising the title role, with Danny DeVito as the Penguin and Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman.Burton originally did not...
  
  ", and the Tiny Titans later suggest they should watch the film to learn how Batman dealt with them.
• In issue #17, Robin again makes a movie reference when he complains about a rubber costume he got for his birthday, saying it feels like he is in a movie.
• In issue #18, when Robin ends up in detention, his continuous talking results in him receiving more detention
  The Breakfast Club
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  . Talon then states that one more day
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   would turn his brain to mush.
• The Tiny Titans often have Pet Club meetings with their various pets (e.g., Ace the Bat-Hound
  Ace the Bat-Hound
  The comic book character Ace the Bat-Hound was the canine crime-fighting partner of Batman and Robin in DC Comics of the 1950s and 1960s. Ace debuted in Batman #92...
  
   or Krypto the Superdog
  Krypto the Superdog
  Krypto the Superdog is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation, based on the DC Comics character Krypto. The show premiered on Cartoon Network on March 25, 2005 and aired on Kids' WB! in September 2006...
  
  ). The first rule of Pet Club is, "We don't talk about Pet Club," a reference to the movie Fight Club
  Fight Club (film)
  Fight Club is a 1999 American film based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk. The film was directed by David Fincher and stars Edward Norton, Brad Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter. Norton plays the unnamed protagonist, an "everyman" who is discontented with his white-collar job...
  
  .

Collected editions

Vol. #	Title	Material collected	Pages	ISBN
1	Welcome to the Treehouse	Tiny Titans #1-6	144
2	Adventures in Awesomeness	Tiny Titans #7-12	144
3	Sidekickin' It	Tiny Titans #13-18	144
4	The First Rule of Pet Club...	Tiny Titans #19-25	160
5	Field Trippin	Tiny Titans #26-32	160
6	The Treehouse and Beyond!		144