DC Comics · Tales of the Teen Titans #44 · July 1984 · $0.75 · 32 pages
Grade: VG/F 5.0
Cover by George Perez and Dick Giordano.
“The Judas Contract, Book Three: There Shall Come a Titan!” — written by Marv Wolfman, illustrated by George Perez. This is the issue where Dick Grayson stops being Robin. Having severed ties with Batman, Grayson fashions a new identity — Nightwing — and re-enters the fight against Deathstroke the Terminator just as the Titans are at their most exposed. Terra, embedded in the team as H.I.V.E.'s operative, has already handed Deathstroke everything he needs. The Titans are picked off one by one. Grayson's transformation isn't a costume change with a press release — it's a survival decision made in the middle of a crisis, and Wolfman and Perez treat it with that weight.
The issue also introduces Jericho — Joey Wilson, Deathstroke's son — whose power to possess others by making eye contact immediately complicates the moral geometry of the story. He is not a villain. His debut here, positioned against his father and alongside the Titans, sets up one of the more interesting character arcs the book would run with. Two significant debuts in one issue, neither of them coincidental — Wolfman had been building to both.
“The Judas Contract” ran across New Teen Titans #42–44 and Annual #3. Issue #44 is the keystone of that arc — the issue where the two most consequential character introductions land. Nightwing has sustained his own title, anchored the Bat-family, and driven DC storylines for four decades. This copy is mid-grade — readable, displayable, and genuinely one of the more significant single issues the Copper Age produced.
Condition VG/F 5.0 — .
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DC Comics · Tales of the Teen Titans #44 · July 1984 · $0.75 · 32 pages
Grade: VG/F 5.0
Cover by George Perez and Dick Giordano.
“The Judas Contract, Book Three: There Shall Come a Titan!” — written by Marv Wolfman, illustrated by George Perez. This is the issue where Dick Grayson stops being Robin. Having severed ties with Batman, Grayson fashions a new identity — Nightwing — and re-enters the fight against Deathstroke the Terminator just as the Titans are at their most exposed. Terra, embedded in the team as H.I.V.E.'s operative, has already handed Deathstroke everything he needs. The Titans are picked off one by one. Grayson's transformation isn't a costume change with a press release — it's a survival decision made in the middle of a crisis, and Wolfman and Perez treat it with that weight.
The issue also introduces Jericho — Joey Wilson, Deathstroke's son — whose power to possess others by making eye contact immediately complicates the moral geometry of the story. He is not a villain. His debut here, positioned against his father and alongside the Titans, sets up one of the more interesting character arcs the book would run with. Two significant debuts in one issue, neither of them coincidental — Wolfman had been building to both.
“The Judas Contract” ran across New Teen Titans #42–44 and Annual #3. Issue #44 is the keystone of that arc — the issue where the two most consequential character introductions land. Nightwing has sustained his own title, anchored the Bat-family, and driven DC storylines for four decades. This copy is mid-grade — readable, displayable, and genuinely one of the more significant single issues the Copper Age produced.
Condition VG/F 5.0 — .
We use what the scientists are calling artificial intelligence to research and write our descriptions — it gives us more time to add books to our website and provide you with a wider array of inventory. We think Klaatu would approve. Details are verified but the robot does slip up. We're not infallible. Every book is graded by a human collector who has actually held it. If anything ever looks off, reach on out at robopictocomics@gmail.com.
