Warning: Spoilers for Titans #14 ahead!
Summary
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Raven becomes the Dark-Winged Queen, absorbing the power of her demonic brothers and the Spectre.
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Raven manifests as a towering demon with Trigon’s abilities, heralding doom for the Titans.
- Titans #14 Fulfill the prophecy of Raven bringing about the end of the world along with Trigon.
The Titans‘ Greatest fear has come to pass: Possessed by her dark aspect, Raven Has fully come into her own as the harbinger of destruction, the Dark-Winged Queen. Her new form shows the true extent of Raven’s demonic potential…and the depths of the Titan’s deepest nightmares.
Months of machinations have finally reached fulfillment in Titans #14 by Tom Taylor and Lucas Meyer, how Raven absorbs her demonic brothers and takes their power. In an act of divine intervention, the Specter arrives to stop her – only to be absorbed as well, providing the last piece needed to Unlock her full aspect as the Dark-Winged Queen.
Shed thy mortal form, Raven manifests as the Dark-Winged Queen for the first time: A towering demon bearing massive raven wings and Trigon’s four eyes, with her fallen enemies encrusted like gems in a crown across her head.
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The arrival of the Dark-Winged Queen is the culmination of decades of storytelling. like The demon Trigon’s daughter and unwilling heraldIt was prophesied that the raven would bring the end of the world; A version of ​​the dark future was first seen in The New Teen Titans #3 by Marv Wolfman, George Pérez, Romeo Tanghal, Adrienne Roy and Bob Lappan, when Raven becomes the gateway for Trigon to enter the mortal realm. However, this technically does not fulfill the prophecy; While Raven was the vessel that allowed Trigon to arrive on Earth, the destruction that followed was technically his doing, not hers.
Titans #8 gives readers the first foreshadowing of the Dark-Winged Queen, with Trigon showing Raven a vision of her final form; This holds in Titans #10 When Raven learns how to begin forging the crown that will unlock her true potential. Titans #14 is the payoff of the entire arc, with the Dark-Winged Queen finally made real. Unlike her previous demonic forms, this is not Raven channeling Trigon’s power; This is her own strength, her own doing. As the Dark-Winged Queen, Raven brings destructionstanding on equal footing with Trigon rather than merely his lieutenant or herald.
The Dark-Winged Queen spells doom for the Titans
Will the team survive?
When Trigon first took over the earth, it took the combined power of the Titans, the spirit Azar, and the death of Raven to stop him. With Raven now joining Trigon and equaling – or even surpassing – him in strength, there seems to be little chance for victory. Like the dark-winged queen, Raven Is ready to be the agent of destruction finally, no longer just his messenger – and unless a miracle occurs, the Titans will fall from her hands as prophets.
Titans #14 is available now from DC Comics.
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