{"id":624,"date":"2007-08-15T11:45:48","date_gmt":"2007-08-15T18:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alertnerd.com\/blog\/?p=624"},"modified":"2007-08-15T11:45:48","modified_gmt":"2007-08-15T18:45:48","slug":"hey-dan-didio-put-out-this-awesome-teen-titans-special-already","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/?p=624","title":{"rendered":"Hey Dan DiDio: PUT OUT THIS AWESOME TEEN TITANS SPECIAL ALREADY."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As faithful readers of Alert Nerd know, we are regarded globally as TASTEMAKERS and INFLUENTIAL VISIONARIES OF POP CULTURE AND MEDIA.<\/p>\n<p>So it should not be taken lightly when we ask&#8211;nay, when we DEMAND&#8211;that a major comic book publisher heed our words and take action on a long-dormant project.<\/p>\n<p>Way back in 2003, a 48-page Teen Titans &#8220;retro&#8221; special was commissioned with a script by Bob Haney, his last work before his death. Also working on the special were Jay Stephens and Mike Allred. It is, by all accounts, one hell of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.titanstower.com\/source\/libearly\/elseworlds.html\" target=\"_blank\">trippy thing.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, this special has rotted in the DC vaults since 2003, and has been solicited but never released.<\/p>\n<p>Tell your friends, and your enemies, and especially your hairdresser: WE WANT THIS SPECIAL.<\/p>\n<p>Then Dan DiDio will do exactly as we say, and there&#8230;shall&#8230;be&#8230;peace.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/alertnerd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/palpatine-1.jpg' alt='palpatine-1.jpg' \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As faithful readers of Alert Nerd know, we are regarded globally as TASTEMAKERS and INFLUENTIAL VISIONARIES OF POP CULTURE AND MEDIA. So it should not be taken lightly when we ask&#8211;nay, when we DEMAND&#8211;that a major comic book publisher heed our words and take action on a long-dormant project. Way back in 2003, a 48-page [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}