Titan Vol. 3

### Characters

Titan Smasher Jill Apin Sam Der Bains The Fox Kiri-Sen Reptoid Revolutionary Soldier Max Mirakel Condor Tangent Consumption Cartonnage II BSA (team) The Sumo Gònghé Nánzî Commandant Justik

Titan Vol. 3 is a 2033 comic book. It was first published in January of that year. It continued the Titan comics that had been cancelled after Volume 2 in 2027, and the character had become a regular in United Heroes books. The first issues of the book were simply titled 'Titan', but following his taking on of his daughter, Smasher, as a protégé, some of the issues were retitled 'Titan and Smasher'. Several of the issues in the middle of the book were also retitled to 'Titan: World Tour' due to the tendency of Titan to to be travelling to different countries.

Much of the book followed a team-up structure, with Titan allying with other heroes from the World of Ember, in order to fight different villains, as well as sometimes advancing the book's overarching plot-lines.

## Plot

There are two major overarching plots within the volume. The first involves Titan's family and him coming to terms with his daughter beginning a career in superheroics, and his agreeing to train her. The other major plot-line features Titan investigating and battling against a new villainous organisation created by his long-time villain Consumption. A more minor recurring plot-line shows Titan interacting with his former arch-enemy, Commandant Justik, who now holds a high ranking position within Russian intelligence.

## Team-ups

**Smasher** - This volume features Smasher throughout, with her journey to become a superhero being one of the primary overarching stories in the book. A large number of the issues feature her, and several near the start of the volume (beginning with Issue #6) are even retitled 'Titan and Smasher'. Smasher however was not featured in several of the issues towards the middle of the book, as she was acting as a junior member of the United Heroes.

**The Fox** - At the start of the team-up issues, in Issues #14 and #15, this volume crossed over with The Fox Vol. 6, with Titan teaming-up once again with his old ally the Fox to defeat a large monster in the North Atlantic Ocean.

**Kiri-Sen** - A new, Japanese hero introduced in this book, Titan spends Issues #17, #18 and #19, investigating criminal ties in Japan, where he stumbles upon Kiri-Sen's investigation into similar criminal elements. The two eventually team-up to fight Japanese supervillain the Sumo.

**Gònghé Nánzî** - Following these events, in Issue #20 Titan continues following his trail into China, were he must keep a low profile, due to tense diplomatic relations. He attempts to raid a drug mill in Shanghai, only to be interrupted by local hero Gònghé Nánzî, whom Titan had fought in the past. The two clash briefly before agreeing to work together to shut down the remaining network of mills in the city. At the end of the issue, he is confronted by Major Yaling Hsu along with Chinese authorities, who escort him out of the country.

**Revolutionary Soldier** - Another new hero, Revolutionary Soldier, this time from Ethiopia. In Issue #23, she travelled to South Africa, tracking a corrupt General and his posse, who escaped her country. She has a brawl with some of his henchmen, which garners the attention of the South African authorities and Titan. He followed intelligence given to him and tracked her to a hiding place. The two fight, though it is clear Titan has the upper hand over the non-superhuman Revolutionary Soldier. She bargains with him, and he agrees to look into the General presences, though he cannot prevent her from being taken into custody. Titan remains true to his word and locates the General, who is hiding out with some corrupt police officers. He then discovers that the same police officers have been tasked with transporting Revolutionary Soldier later that day. While being moved in a truck, the goons attempt to kill Revolutionary Soldier, though she fights back, and escapes her restraints, she is almost killed, when Titan interrupts the convoy and assists her, allowing the pair to escape. They then follow the convoy to their hideout, which they raid and take the General into custody. Titan then helps Revolutionary Soldier to escape the country.

**Tangent** - The

**Reptoid** -