Comic Title: New Titans Annual #5
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1989
On Sale Date: June 13, 1989 Shipping Date June 13, 1989
Source: Previews, #4

Direct Market Date June 15, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #102, Page 2

Shipping Date June 13, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #166

Direct Market Date June 15, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #102, #104

Copyright Date June 13, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Cover Price: $3.50
Page Count: 64
Editor: Barbara J. Kesel (Randall)

Title: "When the Sun Goes Black"
Pages: 43

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

Writer: Marv Wolfman
Penciller: Chris Wozniak
Inker: Carlos Garzon
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Feature Character(s)

• Titans (last appearance in Secret Origins Annual #3; next appearance in New Titans #57)
• Changeling (last appearance in Secret Origins Annual #3; next appearance in New Titans #59)
• Cyborg (last appearance in Secret Origins Annual #3; next appearance in New Titans #57)
• Jericho (last appearance in Secret Origins Annual #3; next appearance in New Titans #57)
• Nightwing (last appearance in Batman #439; next appearance in New Titans #57)
• Raven (last appearance in Secret Origins Annual #3; next appearance in New Titans #57)
• Starfire (last appearance in Secret Origins Annual #3; next appearance in New Titans #57)
• Troia (last appearance in Secret Origins Annual #3; next appearance in New Titans #57)

Supporting Character(s)

• Sarah Simms (last appearance in New Teen Titans #43; next appearance in New Titans #59)
• Silas Stone (in flashback; no further appearances)
• Elinore Stone (in flashback; tombstone incorrectly gives name as Elizabeth; no further appearances)
• Arthur Hall (last appearance in New Teen Titans #42; next appearance in New Titans #64)

Villain(s)

• Children of the Sun (die in this story; last appearance in New Teen Titans Annual #4; no further appearances)
• Raymond Dark (dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Various kidnap victims turned into agents of the Children of the Sun (Ed, Thia, and Hyperion named; die in this story; no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Clark Kent (last appearance in Superman #34; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #457)
• Justice League (last appearance in Justice League Annual #3; next appearance in Justice League Europe #5)
• Animal Man (last appearance in Justice League Annual #3; next appearance in Animal Man #14)
• Captain Atom (last appearance in Captain Atom #31; next appearance in Justice League Europe #5)
• Elongated Man (last appearance in Justice League Annual #3; next appearance in Justice League Europe #5)
• Flash (last appearance in Flash #29; next appearance in Flash #30)
• Power Girl (last appearance in Justice League Annual #3; next appearance in Flash #30)
• Rocket Red (last appearance in Captain Atom #31; next appearance in Animal Man #16)
• Wonder Woman (last appearance in Wonder Woman #35; next appearance in Wonder Woman Annual #2)
• Green Lantern (behind-the-scenes; last appearance in Green Arrow #20; next appearance in Green Lantern Special #2)
• Green Arrow (behind-the-scenes; last appearance in Green Arrow Annual #2; next appearance in Green Arrow #21)
• Black Canary (behind-the-scenes; last appearance in Green Arrow Annual #2; next appearance in Green Arrow #21)
• Booster Gold (behind-the-scenes; last appearance in Justice League Annual #3; next appearance in Mister Miracle #10)

Other Character(s)

• The crew of a fishing vessel (no further appearances)
• Several Russian soldiers (Nikita Parazkoff and Boris Borzya named; no further appearances)
• Mary (Hall's assistant; no further appearances)
• The Board of Directors at Westchester (in flashback; no further appearances)
• Maddy (Silas Stone's secretary; in flashback; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Victor Stone (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Action Comics #584)

Synopsis:
Agents of the Children of the Sun attack the Titans at a cemetery where Victor is visiting the graves of his parents. The Children are defeated, but the Titans do not know the reason for the attack. More agents of the Children begin taking over nuclear plants around the world. The Titans stop them in New York. Nightwing calls in Superman and the Justice League to help guard other facilities.

The Titans then head to Russia where the Children have taken over another plant. The Children are actually kidnap victims given super powers. Each one is set to self destruct, taking the plants with them. The Titans stop this group as well, then trace the Children to Raymond Dark, an old business rival of Silas Stone.

The Titans next head to San Francisco to confront Dark and the other Children. Dark is killed by his own people, while the others try to flee. In trying to escape, the remaining Children of the Sun perish.