Comic Title: New Teen Titans #42
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: April 1988
On Sale Date: December 22, 1987 Shipping Date December 22, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #47

Shipping Date December 22, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #132

Copyright Date December 22, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987

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

Title: "Child of Blood"
Pages: 27

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. 14 TPB (2022)

Feature Character(s)

• Teen Titans (last appearance in New Teen Titans #41; next appearance in Flash #12)
• Nightwing (last appearance in New Teen Titans #41; next appearance in Flash #12)
• Wonder Girl (last appearance in New Teen Titans #41; next appearance in New Teen Titans #43)
• Changeling (last appearance in New Teen Titans #41; next appearance in Teen Titans Spotlight #20)
• Cyborg (last appearance in New Teen Titans #41; next appearance in Teen Titans Spotlight #20)
• Raven (last appearance in New Teen Titans #41; next appearance in New Teen Titans #43)
• Starfire (last appearance in New Teen Titans #41; next appearance in New Teen Titans #43)
• Jericho (last appearance in New Teen Titans #41; next appearance in New Teen Titans #43)
• Danny Chase (last appearance in New Teen Titans #41; next appearance in New Teen Titans #43)

Supporting Character(s)

• Arthur Hall (mistakenly called James once in this story; last appearance in Vigilante #50; next appearance in New Titans Annual #5)
• Sarah Charles (last appearance in New Teen Titans #41; next appearance in New Teen Titans #43)

Villain(s)

• Wildebeest (last appearance in New Teen Titans #41; next appearance in New Teen Titans #47)
• Gizmo (last appearance in New Teen Titans #41; no further appearances)
• Mother Mayhem (last appearance in New Teen Titans #41; next appearance in New Teen Titans #43)
• Disruptor (mistakenly called Paul once in this story; last appearance in New Teen Titans #41; no further appearances)
• Trident (last appearance in New Teen Titans #41; no further appearances)
• Leonard Sanders (a small-time crook; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Dolores Hall (Captain Hall's wife; no further appearances)
• Jessica (Mother Mayhew's child; not named in this story; next appearance in New Teen Titans #43)

Comments:
This story is continued from New Teen Titans #41.

This story takes place shortly after Vigilante #50 in which Arthur Hall is shot. It is revealed that Raven helped to save his life.

Synopsis:
The Wildebeest sends the three costumed crooks he broke out of prisoner to rob a jewelry store. Gizmo, Trident, and the Disruptor are met on the streets of New York by Cyborg, Danny, and Changeling. Gizmo is captured, but the other two crooks escape. Nightwing, Wonder Girl, and Starfire visit Arthur Hall in the hospital after he was nearly shot to death. Raven and Jericho question a suspect in police custody for leads to find the Wildebeest.

The Titans reunite. Changeling is assigned to escort Gizmo back to Titans Tower. The others search for the escaped villains. They find them and defeat them. However, Gizmo has escaped. The diminutive crook heads for S.T.A.R. Labs and discovers the Wildebeest working there as Doctor Ellis. Exposed, Ellis shoots Gizmo.

Raven transports the Titans to S.T.A.R. to catch the Wildebeest. They are forced to break off the assault when Changeling is wounded. Danny is able to plant a tracker on Ellis before he flees. They use the tracker to locate Wildebeest's lair. The crook is already gone. They do recover Mother Mayhem who gives birth to a daughter, breaking the curse of Brother Blood which is passed down only to male children.