Mal Duncan

Earth-One / Post-Crisis / New Earth
Both Karen and Mal remained members of the Teen Titans until the book’s end (#53).They were married off-panel, and later attended Donna Troy's wedding together. (Tales of the Teen Titans #50, 1984). Living in semi-retirement, Mal and Karen relocated to the West Coast.
 * 1)  Karen Beecher / Bumblebee - This pair of Teen Titans were apparently already a couple by the time of her first apparance. In that issue, Karen tries to counter her boyfriend Mal’s feeling of inferiority (Teen Titans #45, 1977). In an effort to bolster his reputation on the team, Karen became the Bumblebee to make Mal look good in front of his teammates, attacking them before being revealed as Karen Beecher (Teen Titans #48).

The happy couple returned to aid the Titans on various occasions (Secret Origins Annual #3 & New Titans #56-59, both1989], Hawk & Dove Annual, vol. 2, # 1 [1990], JLA/Titans #1-3, 1998, and Titans Secret Files #2, 2000), but remained content with their more mundane lifestyle. The pair ran a West Coast version of Gabriel’s Horn for a time, and later opened up a small restaurant and coffee house called The Buzz.

Thing began to unravel when Donna Troy led a space mission during the Infinite Crisis, recruiting both Herald and Bumblebee. Transformed by strange energies, Bumblebee became trapped at insect size while Mal’s Gabriel Horn was fused to his chest (Teen Titans #35-37, 2006). The couple found refuge with the bizarre Doom Patrol, but these new mutations eventually drove a wedge between the two lovers.Karen later revealed she and Mal had separated. (Doom Patrol #2, 2009)