Comic Title: New Titans #56
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: July 1989
On Sale Date: May 30, 1989 Direct Market Date June 1, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #102

Copyright Date May 30, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Shipping Date March 28, 1989
Source: Previews, #1

Shipping Date March 30, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #161

Direct Market Date March 30, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #91

Cover Price: $1.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Barbara J. Kesel (Randall)

Title: "More Than Human"
Pages: 27

Feature(s):
Teen Titans (Post-Crisis)

Plotter: George Perez
Scripter: Marv Wolfman
Penciller: Mark D. Bright
Inker: Romeo Tanghal
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted In:
New Teen Titans Omnibus Vol. 3 HC (2013)

Feature Character(s)

• Teen Titans (in flashback; last appearance in Teen Titans Spotlight #21; next appearance in Secret Origins #13)
• Robin (in flashback; last appearance in Teen Titans Spotlight #21; next appearance in Batman #408)
• Kid Flash (in flashback; last appearance in Teen Titans Spotlight #21; next appearance in Secret Origins Annual #2)
• Aqualad (in flashback; last appearance in Teen Titans Spotlight #21; next appearance in Teen Titans Spotlight #9)
• Wonder Girl (in flashback; last appearance in Teen Titans Spotlight #21; next appearance in Action Comics #584)
• Speedy (in flashback; last appearance in Secret Origins #13; next appearance in Action Comics Weekly #614)
• Beast Boy (in flashback; last appearance in Teen Titans Spotlight #9; next appearance in Action Comics #584)
• Lilith (in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Secret Origins Annual #3)
• Golden Eagle (in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Hawk and Dove Annual #1)
• Hawk (in flashback; last appearance in Secret Origins #43; next appearance in Fury of Firestorm #55)
• Dove (in flashback; last appearance in Secret Origins #43; no further appearances)
• Flamebird (in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Hawk and Dove Annual #1)

Supporting Character(s)

• Mal Duncan (last appearance in Secret Origins Annual #3; next appearance in New Titans #59)
• Karen Duncan (last appearance in Secret Origins Annual #3; next appearance in New Titans #58)
• Sarah Charles (last appearance in New Teen Titans #49; next appearance in New Titans #58)

Villain(s)

• Dr. Roderick Buckminster (a scientist at S.T.A.R. Labs; in flashback; no further appearances)
• Buckminster's assistants (Jack named; in flashback; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Gnaark (dies in flashback; first post-Crisis appearance; no further appearances)
• Dr. Henry Messner (a scientist at S.T.A.R. Labs; in flashback; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• The Herald (in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Secret Origins Annual #3)
• Bumblebee (in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Secret Origins Annual #3)

Comments:
This story takes place mostly in flashback to the days of the original Teen Titans.

Synopsis:
Mal and Karen Duncan meet Sarah Charles. They proceed to tell her about a case involving the original Teen Titans.

During the time when there was a west coast branch of the Titans, Lilith received a psychic call while touring S.T.A.R. Labs with Karen. She called in both groups of Titans for a trip to Southeast Asia where the call led her. A team from S.T.A.R. Labs led by Dr. Roderick Buckminster was already on the scene and begins fighting the Titans. After the battle is quickly won, the Titans unearth a prehistoric humanoid trapped in a block of ice. Lilith believes he is still alive, and is the source of the psychic call.

The prehistoric man is taken back to S.T.A.R. Labs. They claim jurisdiction and force the Titans to leave. Lilith stays after forming a psychic connection to the caveman known as Gnaark. Embedded in Gnaark's chest is a meteor fragment with incredible energy. It has sustained his life over the millennia, but he is now dying.

When a dispute breaks out between the scientists, Lilith is put in danger, and Gnaark begins fighting. The Titans return, but they misunderstand the situation. They fight Gnaark. While Gnaark is engaged with the Titans, he is shot by security. Lilith stays with him until he dies. The fragment in his chest, which the scientists hoped to profit from, turns out to be ordinary material after Gnaark's death.