Comic Title: New Teen Titans #40
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: February 1988
On Sale Date: October 27, 1987 Shipping Date October 27, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #45

Shipping Date October 27, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #128

Copyright Date October 27, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987

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

Title: "Round Holes & Square Pegs"
Pages: 28

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

Writer: Marv Wolfman
Penciller: Eduardo Barreto
Inker: Romeo Tanghal
Letterer: Albert Tobias De Guzman
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted In:
New Teen Titans Omnibus Vol. 5 HC (2021)
New Teen Titans Vol. 13 TPB (2022)

Feature Character(s)

• Teen Titans (last appearance in New Teen Titans #39; next appearance in New Teen Titans #41)
• Nightwing (last appearance in New Teen Titans #39; next appearance in New Teen Titans #41)
• Wonder Girl (last appearance in New Teen Titans #39; next appearance in New Teen Titans #41)
• Changeling (last appearance in New Teen Titans #39; next appearance in New Teen Titans #41)
• Cyborg (last appearance in New Teen Titans #39; next appearance in Flash #9)
• Starfire (last appearance in New Teen Titans #39; next appearance in Teen Titans Spotlight #19)
• Raven (last appearance in New Teen Titans #39; next appearance in New Teen Titans #41)
• Jericho (last appearance in New Teen Titans #39; next appearance in New Teen Titans #41)
• Danny Chase (last appearance in New Teen Titans Annual #3; next appearance in New Teen Titans #41)

Supporting Character(s)

• Arthur Hall (last appearance in New Teen Titans #36; next appearance in Vigilante #48)

Villain(s)

• Gentleman Ghost (last appearance in Hawkman #17; next appearance in Spectre #11)
• I.Q. (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Power of the Atom #4)
• Silver Fog (Edward Arling; the assistant of the original Silver Fog; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Sam Toth (the original Silver Fog; no further appearances)
• Toth's girlfriend (no further appearances)
• Archie Davidson (a security guard; no further appearances)
• Theodore M. Ford (a millionaire; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story must take place prior to Vigilante #50 in which Arthur Hall was shot.

Synopsis:
The Titans are called in to help solve three mysterious crimes involving the theft of valuable items from the homes of millionaires. When three more robberies are reported simultaneously, the Titans split up to catch the crooks. Danny Chase joins Nightwing against the Silver Fog. Cyborg, Changeling, and Wonder Girl tangle with the Gentleman Ghost. Starfire, Raven, and Jericho encounter I.Q., Ira Quimby.

While the heroes fail to capture the villains, they stop the crimes. Nightwing and the others are confused by these three villains working together. Despite his feeling that he is missing something, Nightwing agrees to set a trap for the villains.

The three villains strike at a museum to steal a gold chalice. The Titans are hiding in the museum waiting for them to strike. It then becomes apparent that the crooks are not working together, the timing of the crimes was coincidence. Danny suggests letting them fight one another.

The Ghost, I.Q., and the Fog fight in the museum while the Titans watch. When the Titans finally move in, they easily capture I.Q., but the other two disappear without a trace.