That's some outfit. Now my burgeoning headache's increased fivefold.

Only because shaxper commanded it. I live to serve!

Bruce is half right, but he's not making the important distinction between dance bands and pop or rock 'n' roll bands.

By the 1950s, many dance bands were still hanging on to the earlier big band format of a rhythm section, trombones, saxophones, and piano, while playing light jazz and popular hits of the day. These bands did play instrumentally, but they would still sometimes have a microphone on stage that the band leader would use to introduce the songs and communicate with the audience, as can be seen from this 1950s photograph...




As the big band era began to wane in the late 1940s and early 1950s, many former big bands introduced a vocalist in a nod to the popularity of crooners. Interestingly, for a Hollywood movie, Back to the Future (set in 1955) got this absolutely right: Marvin Berry & the Starlighters' instrumentation is that of a small dance band, but they have a microphone, so that vocal pop hits of the day could be performed alongside the instrumental fare...




I'm not sure when the Superman story in question is set, but if it's early-to-mid-50s, then the high school dance band could very well have a vocalist with a microphone.

By the late 50s and early 60s, rock 'n' roll was beginning to be more in demand at high school dances, especially since the more "tamed" variety of "pop rock 'n' roll", by the likes of Frankie Avalon, Fabian, Bobby Rydell etc had come to prominence. So, during this era it was not uncommon to find young rock 'n' roll bands, with a guitar/bass/drums format and vocal mics, playing rock 'n' roll numbers at high school dances...






And here's a U.S. school band playing at a school in the early 60s...




So, rock 'n' roll bands absolutely were playing at school dances with microphones years before the Beatles exploded Stateside in early 1964. Hell, even the Beatles themselves were playing rock 'n' roll with vocal microphones at school dances and youth clubs in the north of England before they were famous.

A caption in the story specifically says it’s in the late 1950s, which was unwise to specify.

Forgive me shaxper for commenting on  New Teen Titans #13-15 , as I'm still playing catchup.

For me, this three issue arc is the best Titans tale of the series before the Judas Contract is written years later. 
I enjoyed that the Doom Patrol and their history was used and I felt Wolfman honored them in wrapping up the story of their demise. I though Wolfman did a decent enough job of recapping their history enough where the reader could understand most of the story. Yeah, I didn't know all of the intricacies of Madam Rouges origins and love for Niles Calder, but you can sort of catch on as the three issue story concludes. 

Just some points:

The Brotherhood of Evil has the 4 new members and they bother me because , while  they are wholly overpowered, they are ill suited to take on the Army fighting for Rouge and Zahl. The pages seem to indicate that they could only take on a few soldiers at a time. Warp can transport people into space? Plasma can melt anyone ?  These are definitely rated R type powers. 

This skirmish seemed to be a mini war where there were plenty of casualties. It looks like Cyborg kills a few that are attacking him when he's hanging from the city. And Kory is letting loose against an army that looks to outnumber them 20 to 1. 

 
Raven never actually says that she loves Wally. She uses the friend zone language when she says that she "Cares for him". Almost like she's still letting him down easy while apologizing to him for manipulating him at the start of the series.

I like that Gar kills Rouge in his rage and owns up to it. He DID cause her death although she certainly had it coming. 

I also agree that Zandia was created to be canon fodder and it's unrealistic to assume that the population was 100% criminal. ( Didn't I see a kid or two in the attack ? )


Great art and storytelling but one panel In issue # 14 looked un- Perez like. 



Could it be diverse hands?

I don't think Gar and Donna got over it that quickly. It would be tedious for them to mention their internal struggle every issue, just as people complained that Captain America whined about Bucky every appearance he made when he came out of the ice.