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Isaiah Crockett
Isaiah as Slager/Joto
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceTeen Titans (vol. 2) #1 (October 1996)
Created byDan Jurgens
In-story information
Alter egoIsaiah Crockett
SpeciesHuman/H'San Natall hybrid
Team affiliationsTeen Titans
Notable aliasesSlager, Joto, Hot Spot
Abilities
  • Flight
  • Heat generation
  • Burning aura

Isaiah Crockett (currently known as Hot Spot, formerly Joto, and originally named Slager) is a character appearing in media published by DC Comics. The character is a superhero and a member of the Teen Titans. Along with fellow Titans members Argent, Risk, and Prysm, Crockett is a hybrid of the alien species H'San Natall, giving him the ability to generate heat. In later appearances, Crockett's abilities evolved, allowing him to create fire.

Publication history

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Isaiah Crockett first appeared in Teen Titans (vol. 2) #1, and was created by Dan Jurgens.[1] The character was originally known as Slager and later as Joto, the Swahili word for heat. When Isaiah was adapted for the animated series Teen Titans (2003), the producers learned that Joto was also a derogatory Spanish term for homosexuals and renamed him Hot Spot to avoid controversy. This change carried over to the comics, with Isaiah first appearing as Hot Spot in the 2006 series 52.[citation needed]

Fictional character biography

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Isaiah Crockett is one of several human-H'San Natall hybrids who were created as sleeper agents for the H'San Natall. On his first day attending Ivy University, Isaiah is abducted by the H'San Natall alongside Toni Monetti and Cody Driscoll, with all three learning of their nature as hybrids.[2][3][4] The three, alongside Prysm, form a new version of the Teen Titans. Isaiah is initially known as Slager,[5] but takes the codename Joto at his father's suggestion.[6]

During a battle with Haze, Joto is badly burned and transfers his life force into Prysm before dying.[7] The H'San Natall repair Joto's body, leaving him a mindless killing machine.[8] When Prysm comes close to Joto, his essence returns to his body. Together, the Titans and Superman talk the H'San Natall out of further aggression.

During the one-year gap depicted in 52, Isaiah briefly joins the newest incarnation of the Teen Titans as Hot Spot.[9] Shortly before the events of Final Crisis, Hot Spot is considered for the Titans membership drive, but is passed over in favor of Static, Aquagirl, and Kid Eternity.

During the Heroes in Crisis storyline, Hot Spot is among the heroes killed in an energy blast at the Sanctuary therapy center.[10][1] In The Flash, it is revealed that the hero Gold Beetle replaced all of the dead heroes with clones from the 31st century and that they are all alive.[11]

Powers and abilities

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Hot Spot was originally able to increase the temperature of any object he touched, and he could sense heat via infrared vision. As Joto, he used a wrist-mounted cannon, with which he could fire heated projectiles.[1] During One Year Later, Hot Spot gained the ability to fly and generate fire using his temperature abilities.

In other media

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 Johnston, Rich (September 4, 2018). "One Confirmed Heroes In Crisis #1 Death (SPOILERS)". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on August 15, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2025. That's Isaiah Crockett, formerly Joto, and Slager, former member of the Teen Titans, created by Dan Jurgens for the second volume of Teen Titans. Half-alien, part Human and part H'San Natall, with powers over heat, initially increasing the temperature of anything he touches and using infrared vision.
  2. ↑ Jurgens, Dan (w), Jurgens, Dan (p), Pérez, George (i), Wright, Gregory; Digital Chameleon (col). "Titan's Children (Part I of III)" Teen Titans, vol. 2, no. 1 (October 1996). DC Comics.
  3. ↑ Jurgens, Dan (w), Jurgens, Dan (p), Pérez, George (i), Wright, Gregory; Digital Chameleon (col). "Titan's Children (Part II of III)" Teen Titans, vol. 2, no. 2 (November 1996). DC Comics.
  4. ↑ Misiroglu, Gina (2012). The Superhero Book: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Comic-Book Icons and Hollywood Heroes. Visible Ink Press. p. 367. ISBN 9781578593972.
  5. ↑ Jurgens, Dan (w), Jurgens, Dan (p), Pérez, George (i), Wright, Gregory; Digital Chameleon (col). "Titans Children, Part 3 of 3" Teen Titans, vol. 2, no. 3 (December 1996). DC Comics.
  6. ↑ Jurgens, Dan (w), Jurgens, Dan (p), Pérez, George (i), Wright, Gregory; Digital Chameleon (col). "Coming Out, Part 1 of 2" Teen Titans, vol. 2, no. 4 (January 1997). DC Comics.
  7. ↑ Jurgens, Dan (w), Jurgens, Dan (p), Pérez, George (i), Wright, Gregory; Digital Chameleon (col). "The Lost World of Skartaris (Part III of III)" Teen Titans, vol. 2, no. 11 (August 1997). DC Comics.
  8. ↑ Jurgens, Dan (w), Jurgens, Dan (p), Rapmund, Norm (i), Wright, Gregory; Digital Chameleon (col). "To Save a Country" Teen Titans, vol. 2, no. 19 (April 1998). DC Comics.
  9. ↑ "Teambuilding Exercises" 52, no. 21 (November 2006). DC Comics.
  10. ↑ King, Tom (w), Mann, Clay (p), Mann, Clay (i), Morey, Tomeu (col). "Part 1: I'm Just Warming Up" Heroes in Crisis, vol. 1, no. 1 (November 2018). DC Comics.
  11. ↑ Adams, Jeremy (w), Cruz, Roger; Kambadais, George; Pasarin, Fernando (p), Diaz, Wellington; Kambadais, George; Albert, Oclair (i), Guerrero, Luis; Herms, Matt; Pantazis, Pete (col). "The One-Minute War, Finale: One More Minute" The Flash, vol. 1, no. 796 (June 2023). DC Comics.
  12. 1 2 "Hot Spot Voices (Teen Titans)". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on July 18, 2024. Retrieved July 18, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  13. ↑ Eisen, Andrew (October 2, 2013). "DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide". IGN. Archived from the original on December 21, 2025. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Teen Titans Go! #17 - Anger Management (Issue)". Comic Vine. Archived from the original on December 4, 2024. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
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