Teen Titans Vol 3 12

Raven Rising (Part III of III)


 * "Y’know Jericho, you really need to put some clothes on. But not that old pirate shirt. Totally sends the wrong message."
 * --Kid Flash

Summary
Volume: 3 Issue: 12 Month: August Year: 2004

Credits
Head Writer: Geoff Johns Cover Artists: Mike McKone and Marlo Alquiza Pencilers: Mike McKone Inkers: Marlo Alquiza Colourists: Jeremy Cox Editors: Tom Palmer Jr and Eddie Berganza

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Teen Titans
 * Beast Boy
 * Cyborg
 * Kid Flash (Bart Allen)
 * Raven
 * Robin (Tim Drake)
 * Starfire
 * Superboy (Kon-El)
 * Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark)


 * Brother Blood (Sebastian)
 * Deathstroke
 * Jericho
 * Ravager (Rose Wilson)

Locations:
 * Raven’s soulself
 * San Francisco
 * Church of Blood
 * Titans Tower

Items:
 * Lasso of Ares
 * Raven's Chakra
 * Robin’s battle staff

First Appearances: No first appearances Final Appearances: No final appearances

Synopsis: Deathstroke, Ravager and the Teen Titans are trapped within the dimensional confines of Raven’s soul self. Jericho emerges and begins attacking them. He jumps from one body to the next in an effort to kill his father, Deathstroke. Suddenly, Raven expels the heroes and villains from her soul and everyone is dumped out into the middle of the forest. Brother Blood and his followers surround them. Blood summons a plague of Trigon-esque demons to begin attacking everyone who does not have true faith. Unfortunately, this also includes many of his own cultists.

Jericho tries to jump into Cyborg’s electronic eye, but Vic traps him and downloads his essence onto a computer disk. For the time being, Jericho is no longer a threat.

The only way to stop him is to get Raven back up to full power. In order to do so, they must retrieve her chakra gem which Blood has eaten. Beast Boy transforms into a worm and goes into Blood’s mouth. He eventually grabs a hold of the gem and forces Blood to regurgitate him onto the ground.

With Raven’s full strength returned, she spreads her soul self wide and engulfs Brother Blood and his followers. She transports them all into an infernal Hell dimension.

Deathstroke and Ravager take off and the Titans return to Titans Tower. Raven is back and she’s one of the gang again (albeit bald).

Later, Deathstroke has a private conversation with Rose. He expresses his disappointment in her inability to kill Jericho. He goes on to say that she is nothing like him at all. To prove that she is certainly her father’s daughter, Rose takes Deathstroke’s sword and gouges her own eye out with it.

Trivia

 * This comic book features advertisements for the following products:
 * &mdash;Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP
 * &mdash;Magic the Gathering customizable card game
 * &mdash;Teen Titans animated series action figures and accessories
 * &mdash;Zapzyt facial cleanser
 * &mdash;Mario vs. Donkey Kong video game for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP
 * &mdash;Nintendo – Slammin’ Summer Sweepstakes
 * &mdash;Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban multi-platform video game
 * &mdash;DC Comics – Identity Crisis comic book limited series
 * &mdash;Shrek 2 multi-platform video game

Recommended Readings

 * Beast Boy
 * Deathstroke
 * Impulse
 * Robin (Volume 4)
 * Superboy (Volume 4)
 * Teen Titans (Volume 1)
 * New Teen Titans (Volume 1)
 * New Teen Titans (Volume 2)
 * Titans
 * Young Justice

Related Articles

 * Church of Blood
 * Ravager (Grant Wilson)
 * Trigon
 * Wintergreen