Raven is a fictional character and superhero in the DC Comics. She is known specifically for her role in Teen Titans comics. She first appeared in DC Comics Presents #26 (October 1980), created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez. A hummingbird Female Mallard Duck in midflight A dragonfly in flight Flight is the process by which an object achieves sustained movement either through the air by aerodynamically generating lift or aerostatically using buoyancy, or movement beyond earths atmosphere, in the case of spaceflight. ... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... For the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode, see Super Hero (Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode). ... DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... The Teen Titans, also known as “The New Teen Titans”, “New Titans”, or “The Titans”, a DC Comics superhero team. ... DC Comics Presents. ... Cover to Crisis on Infinite Earths #1, which was written by Wolfman. ... New Teen Titans #1. ...

Raven has been a prominent member of The New Teen Titans, and is currently a member of the modern Teen Titans. She is an empath who can teleport and control her "Soul Self", which can fight physically as well as act as Raven's eyes and ears away from her body. The Teen Titans, also known as “The New Teen Titans”, “New Titans”, or “The Titans”, a DC Comics superhero team. ... Not to be confused with Pity, Sympathy, or Compassion. ... The astral body refers to the concept of a subtle body which exists alongside the physical body, as a vehicle of the soul or consciousness. ...

Raven's chronology is typically separated into three lives; her first life, 20 years, was spent in the Temple Azarath and creating The New Teen Titans. Her second life began once she started wearing the garb of White Raven, and lasted under two years. Her third life, which started in issue #3 of Teen Titans vol. 3, is her current form. Unlike the transition between her first and second lives, with her third life came a new body, that of a 17-year-old. Azarath is a fictional dimension featured in the Teen Titans comic book series and animated series. ... The Teen Titans, also known as “The New Teen Titans”, “New Titans”, or “The Titans”, a DC Comics superhero team. ...

Fictional character biography

Origin and Raven's first life

Evil Raven makes her appearance in the "Terror of Trigon" storyline, which began The New Teen Titans v2,. Art by George Pérez.

A character with morbid past and origins, Raven is the half-breed daughter of a human mother named Arella and the interdimensional demon Trigon. She grew up in an alternate dimension called Azarath, with pacifistic inhabitants whose spiritual leader was the mystic Azar. In her homeland, she was taught to "control her emotions" by Azar, in order to suppress her inherited demonic powers. Essentially, if Raven was allowed to feel any emotion, her father would recreate her in his vision. Image File history File links EvilRavenToT.jpg‎ Evil Raven makes her appearance in the Terror of Trigon storyline, which began The New Teen Titans volume 2. ... Image File history File links EvilRavenToT.jpg‎ Evil Raven makes her appearance in the Terror of Trigon storyline, which began The New Teen Titans volume 2. ... New Teen Titans #1. ... In the Teen Titans comics and animated universe, Angela Roth, commonly called Arella, is the pacifist mother of the superhero psychic Raven. ... “Fiend” redirects here. ... Trigon (also known as Trigon the Terrible) is a fictional villain who appears in Teen Titans comics published by DC Comics. ... Azarath is a fictional dimension featured in the Teen Titans comic book series and animated series. ... Pacifism is the opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes or gaining advantage. ...

During this time, Raven rarely saw her mother and grew detached from her. Upon Azar's death, Raven's demonic heritage was revealed, as she met her father face to face for the first time. Soon after her 16th birthday, Raven learned that Trigon planned to come to her dimension, and she vowed to stop him.

Raven initially approached the Justice League, but they refused her on the advice of Zatanna, who sensed her demonic parentage. In desperation, she reformed the Titans as the New Teen Titans to fight her father. The team consisted of Robin, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, Starfire, Cyborg, and Beast Boy. The Justice League, sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short, is a fictional DC Universe superhero team. ... Zatanna Zatara is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Three fictional characters named Wonder Girl have appeared as superheroines in DC Comics. ... Wally West is a fictional character, a superhero in the DC Comics Universe, the first Kid Flash and the third Flash. ... Starfire is the name of three superheroes who have appeared in comic books published by DC Comics. ... as a Vic Stone was the son of a pair of scientists who decided to use him as a test subject for various intelligence enhancement projects. ... Beast Boy (real name Garfield Mark Gar Logan) is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe, a shapeshifting superhero who is a former member of the Doom Patrol and member of the Teen Titans. ...

Raven in her classic costume, from the cover of Tales of the New Teen Titans #2. Art by George Perez

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Kid Flash only agreed to be a member after Raven used her powers to coerce him into loving her. On another meeting with the Justice League, Zatanna revealed this information, which caused the other Titans to turn away and mistrust Raven. This separation didn't last long when Trigon kidnapped Raven to his home dimension.

The team defeated Trigon and sealed him in an interdimensional prison with the help of Arella, who stayed at the interdimensional door as Trigon's Guardian. However, Raven continued to fight her father's influence as he wasn't completely destroyed. For a period of time, Raven lost control several times in high-stress situations, but managed to regain control before Trigon could assert himself.

Popular storylines such as "The Judas Contract" took place during this period. Eventually, however, Trigon escaped his prison, came to Earth and took control of Raven, destroying Azarath in the process.

The Titans came together and were forced to kill Raven, thereby allowing the souls of Azarath to possess her and guided by the spirit of Azar, who was acting through the body of the Titans' ally Lilith, used her as a channel to kill Trigon. After this battle, Raven rose again from the ashes, purged of Trigon's evil, and vanished. Lilith Clay is a young superheroine who occasionally appears in DC Comics Teen Titans titles. ...

The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans Crossover

Some more hints about Raven's psyche were revealed in the intercompany crossover The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans. When Raven failed to incapacitate Dark Phoenix with her Soul Self, Dark Phoenix mocked that their origins were too similar, stating, "We could be sisters." Professor Xavier used Raven to defeat Dark Phoenix with this new knowledge, using love to defeat her. In doing so, Raven become more aware of her need for love and became more comfortable with her dark origins as a result. In comic books, an intercompany crossover (also called cross-company or company crossover) is a comic or series of comics where characters published by one company meet those published by another (for example, DC Comics Superman meeting Marvels Spider-Man). ... The Phoenix Force. ... Professor X Professor X (full name Charles Francis Xavier) is a comic book character in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

Absent during Crisis on Infinite Earths

Between the periods that we know to be Raven's first and second lives, Raven's whereabouts were unknown even to The Monitor, a character who has knowledge of all beings in all parallel dimensions that contain Earth. This suggests that during this period, Raven transcended Earth for a non-parallel dimension. Raven was briefly mentioned in one frame (issue #2, page 22), suggested as an alternative to Psycho-Pirate as an empath in the Monitor's plans. She was also mentioned as an alternative for the Anti-Monitor in issue #5, page 2. The Monitor was a character created by comic book writer Marv Wolfman and comics artist George Pérez as one of the main characters of DC Comics Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series. ... The Psycho-Pirate was the name of two DC comics supervillains. ... The Monitor was a character created by comic book writer Marv Wolfman and comics artist George Pérez as one of the main characters of DC Comics Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series. ... The Anti-Monitor is a fictional comic book supervillain, the antagonist of the 1985 DC Comics miniseries Crisis on Infinite Earths. ...

Raven's second life (White Raven)

Later on, the minions of the Titan's enemy, Brother Blood, captured Raven to control Nightwing (the former Robin) as part of Blood's plans of resurrection. The Titans rescued them both and prevented Brother Blood from returning. Raven then donned a white cloak to represent freedom from her father's influence. Brother Blood is the name of two fictional comicbook characters in the DC Universe. ... Dick Grayson is a fictional character, a superhero in the DC Comics Universe. ...

Raven, as she looked pre-Infinite Crisis. Art by Ed Benes.

Some time later after being free to feel, Raven found she was able to not only sense, but control others' emotions; a power she learned to handle only after unintentionally forcing Dick Grayson/Nightwing to love her for a brief time. It was during this incident Starfire and Raven became close friends. Raven also fostered a relationship with technopath Erik Forrester, who was using the life force of women he seduced to regain some of his lost humanity, a result of interfacing with computers. Forrester knew that Raven's soul-self could help him to permanently retain his humanity. This attempt was cut short by the intervention of Joseph Wilson (Jericho), who helped Raven overcome her love for Forrester by destroying him and saving herself. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1046x1500, 184 KB) Summary Raven. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1046x1500, 184 KB) Summary Raven. ... Infinite Crisis was a seven-issue limited series of comic books published by DC Comics, beginning in October of 2005. ... José Edilbenes Bezerra (born in 1972 in Alto Santo, Ceara Brazil) is a Brazilian comic book artist, better known as his pen name Ed Benes. ... Jericho (Joseph William Wilson) is a fictional character, a superhero who was a member of the Teen Titans in the acclaimed 1980s period of New Teen Titans by Marv Wolfman and George Perez, published by DC Comics. ...

Raven's life went on without change until she was kidnapped by the Wildebeest Society during the Titans Hunt storyline. The Wildebeest, lead by the Trigon-possessed souls of Azarath, were going to use several Titans to bring about the return of Trigon. During a massive battle in the remains of Azarath, Raven was possessed by the evil souls and once again became the evil doppelgänger of her father. Arella, along with Danny Chase, used the power of Azar's soul to cleanse Raven; however, through the battle, her body was destroyed, and Arella and Danny joined the cleansed souls of Azarath to become Phantasm. Wildebeest is a name used by many characters in DC Comics New Titans series. ... Wildebeest is a name used by many characters in DC Comics New Titans series. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Phantasm Danny Chase For the Phantasm character that first appeared in Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, see Andrea Beaumont. ... Phantasm Danny Chase For the Phantasm character that first appeared in Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, see Andrea Beaumont. ...

Now free of its bodily prison, the evil energy that was Trigon's in Raven's soul took on sentience and possessed a meta-human with a resemblance to Raven. Raven appeared possessed by her evil conscience, and attempted to implant Trigon's seed into new bodies. She arrived at Nightwing and Starfire's wedding, and implanted a seed into Starfire. Instead of corrupting her, she actually implanted the soul of the good Raven. This caused Starfire to leave Earth in order to escape from the evil Raven, who implanted seeds into several other superheroes. The Titans were able to defeat her with the help of Phantasm. Starfire is the name of three superheroes who have appeared in comic books published by DC Comics. ...

Raven returned later, still evil, in order to destroy the good version of herself implanted in Starfire. The Titans defeated her once again, for the last time. The good Raven became a being of golden energy without a physical body.

Raven's third life

In this spirit form, Raven wandered Earth looking for her place in the world when Brother Blood came to claim her. Her spirit was reincarnated in the body of a teenage girl by the Church of Blood. A new incarnation of the Teen Titans discovered that the Church of Blood were worshippers of Raven's father, Trigon. They also found a prophecy which told of the marriage between Brother Blood and Raven that would result in armageddon. The team interrupted the wedding, and Raven forced the cult to escape. She then joined the Teen Titans and enrolled at a high school as Rachel Roth (in honor of her mother's birth name. Brother Blood is the name of two fictional comicbook characters in the DC Universe. ... The evangelist John of Patmos writes the Book of Revelation. ...

After her rebirth, Raven began developing romantic feelings for Gar Logan (a.k.a. Beast Boy), and the two recently became romantically attached. Despite speculation to the contrary by the shipper community, writer Geoff Johns confirmed that this relationship had long been intended by him before the animated series began. Beast Boy (real name Garfield Mark Gar Logan) is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe, a shapeshifting superhero who is a former member of the Doom Patrol and member of the Teen Titans. ... Shipping, derived from the word relationship, is a general term for fans emotional and/or intellectual involvement with the ongoing development of romance in a work of fiction. ... Geoff Johns (born 25 January 1973 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American comic book writer, best known for his work for DC Comics. ...

Infinite Crisis and "52"

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Due to the effects of the Spectre's destruction of magic during the Day of Vengeance storyline, Raven's magical powers weaken and slip out of her control. She continues to fight, helping the Titans both in evacuating the shattered city of Blüdhaven and battling Superboy-Prime. Infinite Crisis was a seven-issue limited series of comic books published by DC Comics, beginning in October of 2005. ... 52 is the title of a comic book limited series published by DC Comics, which debuted on May 10, 2006, one week after the conclusion of the seven-issue Infinite Crisis. ... The Spectre is a fictional cosmic entity and superhero who has appeared in numerous comic books published by DC Comics. ... Day of Vengeance #1; cover by Walter Simonson. ... Blüdhaven is a fictional city in the DC Universe. ... Superboy-Prime is a fictional superhero turned supervillain in the DC Universe. ...

During the missing year, Raven assists Steel in launching an attack on Lexcorp when Natasha was captured by Luthor. The Titans (consisting of Beast Boy, Raven, Young Frankenstein, Hawk, Dove, and Terra) fight Black Adam in Greece and the Himalayas. Raven attempts to stop Black Adam, but he shatters her soul-self, and causes her to experience psychic backlash from the deaths of Young Frankenstein and Terra.^[1] 52 is the title of a comic book limited series published by DC Comics, which debuted on May 10, 2006, one week after the conclusion of the seven-issue Infinite Crisis. ... John Henry Irons is the third hero known as Steel, a fictional superhero in the DC Universe. ... Natasha Irons aka the fourth Steel is a fictional character in the DC Universe, who first appeared in Steel #1 in February, 1994. ... Lex Luthor is a fictional character owned by DC Comics. ... Black Adam is a fictional comic book character whose morally ambiguous nature has his character fall between the lines of heroism and villainy; as a result, he has associated himself with both superheroes and supervillains in the past. ... Young Frankenstein is a fictional DC Comics superhero, created by Geoff Johns and Tony Daniel. ...

Raven quits the team after she and Beast Boy end their relationship. She tells the unconscious Cyborg that Beast Boy was stressed by being team leader, and even compares him with Nightwing.^[2] Letting the others think she's leaving because of Gar, Raven actually leaves because she's uncovered a secret of one of the other Titans. Beast Boy (real name Garfield Mark Gar Logan) is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe, a shapeshifting superhero who is a former member of the Doom Patrol and member of the Teen Titans. ... as a Vic Stone was the son of a pair of scientists who decided to use him as a test subject for various intelligence enhancement projects. ... Dick Grayson is a fictional character, a superhero in the DC Comics Universe. ...

"One Year Later"

Raven's new look in one year later

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After teleporting a whole night long, Raven runs from unseen pursuers, with a book of unclear significance.^[3] Raven has a diskette containing Jericho's soul. She performs a cleansing ritual over his soul and transfers it into a new body ^[4] before returning to the team as a full member.^[5] Image File history File links Ravenoyl. ... Image File history File links Ravenoyl. ... One Year Later event logo. ... Jericho (Joseph William Wilson) is a fictional character, a superhero who was a member of the Teen Titans in the acclaimed 1980s period of New Teen Titans by Marv Wolfman and George Perez, published by DC Comics. ...

Raven is later approached by Robin and Wonder Girl, in the hopes that she could resurrect Superboy like she did Jericho.^[6] Unfortunately, Raven declares that impossible since Superboy's soul had moved on to the afterlife, while Jericho's soul was kept on a computer disk. Without warning, the Titans are captured by the villainous Titans East and transported to the original Titans Island in New York, where Raven is placed in the "care" of Enigma and Duela Dent, who took to torturing her psychologically. Raven manages her escape by offering Duela membership into the true Titans group. After knocking Enigma and Risk unconscious, Raven, Duela, and Cyborg get reinforcements in the form of Nightwing, Troia, Beast Boy, and Flash (Bart Allen). Titans East is the name of several DC Comics teams. ...

Raven will also star in a five-issue mini-series. Marv Wolfman will write the series with art by Damion Scott. In the Wizard #177 magazine, Wolfman briefly described the series: Cover to Crisis on Infinite Earths #1, which was written by Wolfman. ... Cover to Solo #10 (2006). ... Wizard or Wizard: The Magazine of Comics, Entertainment and Pop Culture (originally titled Wizard: The Guide to Comics and Wizard: The Comics Magazine) is a magazine about comic books, published monthly in the United States by Wizard Entertainment. ...

It will take place during the missing year. According to Wolfman and Dan DiDio, the series is scheduled to start shipping in late 2007 or early 2008.

Teen Titans animated series

Appearance

In the Teen Titans animated series (2003-2006), Raven (voiced by Tara Strong) appears much younger than in the comic book variants (as do all the other characters), though her costume is relatively unchanged. Her skirt was, however, changed to a leotard (which revealed most of her legs) by the animators to avoid several animation complications; she wears a chain belt around her waist as well. Instead of having normal human coloration, Raven is depicted with light grey skin, violet eyes and shoulder-length violet hair. She also appears to be, at least partially, of Asian ancestry. Teen Titans is an American Animated television series created by Sam Register and Glen Murakami and produced by Warner Bros. ... . ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tara Strong (born Tara Lyn Charendoff, February 12, 1973) is a voice actress originally from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... A leotard is a skin-tight one-piece garment that covers the torso and body but leaves the legs free. ... A belt is a flexible band, typically made of leather or heavy cloth, and worn around the waist. ...

Fictional character biography

Raven in Red and White, as seen in "Nevermore". She is usually, however, in her trademark dark blue costume.

Raven in her standard outfit.

In "Nevermore", episode 6 of the first season, Raven is angered by the villainous Dr. Light. She then transforms into a demonic version of herself with glowing red eyes, grabs the villain with tentacles apparently made of her cloak's shadows and drags him under her cloak; he is seen to be dramatically traumatized by the darkness when he reemerges. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (640x960, 104 KB) Summary I took this series of screenshots from the episode of Teen Titans Nevermore in order to show the various colored versions of Raven described in the Wikipedia article about her. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (640x960, 104 KB) Summary I took this series of screenshots from the episode of Teen Titans Nevermore in order to show the various colored versions of Raven described in the Wikipedia article about her. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Arthur Light is a DC Comics fictional character and supervillain. ...

Later, Beast Boy and Cyborg find a mirror in her room, which accidentally transports them into her subconscious. There, they encountered the personified aspects of Raven herself. Each aspect is represented as wearing a different colored robe: green (brave), gray (timid), pink (happy), red (rage), orange (rude), yellow (knowledge), purple (love), brown (fear), and white which represents having full control over all emotions. Beast Boy (real name Garfield Mark Gar Logan) is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe, a shapeshifting superhero who is a former member of the Doom Patrol and member of the Teen Titans. ... as a Vic Stone was the son of a pair of scientists who decided to use him as a test subject for various intelligence enhancement projects. ...

When Raven went after them, she tells them that her dark side (the red-eyed tentacled transformation that traumatized Dr. Light) was let out by accident and had taken over her other sides. Red Raven (complete with four glowing red eyes) soon gathers herself and transforms into a huge hulking red beast, at which point Raven comments "Let's just say I have issues with my father", a hint in the animated series that the beast represents Trigon, her father. Trigon (also known as Trigon the Terrible) is a fictional villain who appears in Teen Titans comics published by DC Comics. ...

Raven was again angered into undergoing a demonic transformation (with four glowing red eyes visible through her cloak's shadow's) during Raven's battle with Terra (season 2, "Aftershock Part 1"). However, since enraging Raven was apparently Slade's plan all along, it is probable that Raven's anger made her lose the control of her powers needed for a fight against her foe. This quandary aside, Raven lost the fight (although she fared much better the next time the Titans faced Terra). Terra is a fictional character in the DC Universe. ...

The white cloak, boots, and leotard from that episode are seen in at least one episode of the series' seasons. In "Nevermore", her cloak turns white after she absorbs her other aspects (except red) to defeat her mind's view of Trigon (Red Raven).

The cloak was next seen in the first episode of season two, "How Long is Forever?", where Raven's future self dons the white cloak after losing control of her powers and sanity due to the loss of her friend, Starfire.

In season three's episode "Spellbound", Raven dons her white attire as a result of her being attracted to the dragon Malchior, disguised as the handsome wizard Rorek that originally sealed him in his book. This page contains a list of the minor characters made specifically for Teen Titans. ...

In season four's episode "Birthmark", it was revealed that Slade had made an alliance with Trigon, who spared him from being destroyed after being tossed into lava by Terra ("Aftershock Part 2"). The demon also empowered Slade in order to accomplish his task. Deathstroke the Terminator (Slade Wilson), also called simply Deathstroke (and originally simply the Terminator) is a fictional character, a supervillain in the DC Comics Universe. ...

In a scene of Raven's birthday "Birthmark", Slade comes to deliver her the "news" that she is going to bring her father to Earth and end the world and in "The Prophecy" that Raven was going to bring Trigon to the Earth. In "The End Part 2", she gets regressed back to her childhood form by her father, so that he may succeed in his plans of world domination. Alexander the Great Philip II of Spain Napoleon Bonaparte For other uses, see World domination (disambiguation). ...

In her final confrontation with Trigon, Raven's robes changed to white. She overcame Trigon's spell and reverted back to her former teen self. She then continually attacked Trigon while renouncing him as her father. Then, by reclaiming the energies that she had left behind in her friends, Raven transformed into her soul self, which took on the form of a gigantic white raven, banishing Trigon from the world. Though her uniform and power were white when this happened and her hair long, by the end of the episode, Raven had once again donned her standard black and blue outfit and cut her hair to its usual length.

Raven in her blue attire in the episode "Titan Rising".

In season 5, Raven baby-sits three heroes called Melvin, Timmy, and Teether so the Brotherhood of Evil will not get to them. Raven is not happy about this and soon discovers that the other Titans are on other missions. They end up being chased by Monsieur Mallah , a member of the Brotherhood of Evil. She delivers them to safety but soon discovers that they are being captured by Mallah. She goes back and tries to save them. Bobby, Melvin's imaginary friend, ends up saving all of them. After Monseuir Mallah leaves, Raven gives the four heroes a communicator so if they were in trouble, they can contact her. They later appear in the episode, "Titans Together", with her fighting the Brotherhood of Evil and their allies. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This page contains a list of the minor characters made specifically for the American animated television series Teen Titans. ... The Brotherhood of Evil is a group of DC Comics supervillains, arch-enemies of the original Doom Patrol and the Teen Titans. ... Monsieur Mallah is the name of a DC Comics supervillain. ... This page contains a list of the minor characters made specifically for the American animated television series Teen Titans. ...

The only romance Raven has been given in the animated series is the dragon Malchior (Spellbound), though she is seen once in "Sisters," episode 2 of season 1, and in several volumes of "Teen Titans Go!" with an unnamed "emo kid," though this appears to be entirely for comedic purposes.

Raven seems to have a strong bond with Robin and a friendly relationship with the other Titan members. She is often portrayed as the smartest member of the group, often giving sage advice to the others about various subjects. She is often easily annoyed with Starfire, as the other titan's personality differs drastically from her own. In one episode, Raven and Starfire accidentally switch bodies and powers, and Starfire, not knowing how to control Raven's powers, momentarily leaves a trail of destruction wherever she walks. Raven explains that her powers are closely tied to her emotions, and that she has to keep them in control. Despite this, she seems to be more emotionally fragile then is shown, as she seems to lose her sanity after the Titans disband in How Long is Forever?.

Powers and abilities

The animated version of Raven often says the phrase "Azarath Metrion Zinthos" to help her focus her powers. She even uses this as her attack phrase as well. These words are her mantra. As previously mentioned, Azarath is the dimension in which she was born and raised, and where she learned her powers from the monks. The words "Metrion" and "Zinthos" were created by Glen Murakami for the spell, and do not have any meaning. Raven sometimes uses the mantra to aid her in her daily meditations, which she performs to keep her emotions in check so they do not clash with her conscious self control. In Tibet, many Buddhists carve mantras into rocks as a form of devotion. ... Azarath is a fictional dimension featured in the Teen Titans comic book series and animated series. ... Glen Murakami has worked on several television programs, most notably for the DC Animated Universe, especially the animated series of the Teen Titans. ...

The animated Raven also possesses a large number of limited powers used only under special circumstances. These include teleportation (both of people and objects), telepathy, time manipulation, precognition, rapid healing, extremely powerful magic spells, and the (unwilling) creation of various monsters under the denial of fear.

In addition to an affinity for magic and spell casting, Raven possesses powerful telekinetic abilities which manifest in the form of Dark Energy (possibly an extension of her Soul-Self,) serving as her primary means of attack and defense. She can use her abilities to levitate objects (and also herself), project concussive blasts, and form simple shapes like grappling hands and razor sharp plates to use as barriers and/or restricting binds. Raven can use her Dark Energy to create portals to phase through solid barriers like floors and walls. In episode "Car Trouble", after Cyborg's newly built T-Car was stolen, and he's lamenting about how the loss hurts him emotionally as he had put his own circuits into it, Raven admits she sympathizes: "When I use my powers, I have to put a little of my soul into whatever I'm moving. I become a part of it, and it becomes a part of me". The Sorceress by John William Waterhouse Magic and sorcery are the influencing of events, objects, people and physical phenomena by mystical, paranormal or supernatural means. ... The Sorceress by John William Waterhouse Magic and sorcery are the influencing of events, objects, people and physical phenomena by mystical, paranormal or supernatural means. ... The term psychokinesis (from the Greek ψυχή, psyche, meaning mind, soul, or breath; and κίνησις, kinesis, meaning motion; literally movement from the mind)[1][2] or PK, also known as telekinesis[3] (Greek + , literally distant-movement referring to telekinesis) or TK, denotes the paranormal ability of the mind to influence matter, time... as a Vic Stone was the son of a pair of scientists who decided to use him as a test subject for various intelligence enhancement projects. ... The soul, according to many religious and philosophical traditions, is the self-aware essence unique to a particular living being. ...

When Raven is highly upset, her soul-self can also transform her half-demon body's physiology to alter her appearance to a variety of demonic forms and sizes. When she cannot control her anger, she transforms into a demonic Raven, usually with four glowing, red eyes and sprouting black tentacles from under her cloak. The four eyes seem to symbolize her demon father, Trigon — when Cyborg was infected with a virus, she threatened Gizmo into helping by lifting and then pulling down her hood. The face was not shown, but it appeared to be a dragon's head with tentacles. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Trigon (also known as Trigon the Terrible) is a fictional villain who appears in Teen Titans comics published by DC Comics. ... Gizmo, from Outsiders #13, (August 2004). ... It has been suggested that European dragon be merged into this article or section. ...

Powers

Raven has the psionic ability of empathy, the power to absorb emotions, enabling her to feel the feelings of others. She can also use her empathy to steal emotions from others, rendering them emotionally "numb". She can absorb the pain of injured people to ease their suffering, and induce rapid healing. Psionics is a term used mostly in fiction and games to denote a variety of paranormal psychic abilities. ... Not to be confused with Pity, Sympathy, or Compassion. ...

There is some ambiguity as to what happens to the pains Raven takes in after she has healed another person. In some sources (New Titans #50) it is stated that Raven feels these pains for the rest of her life and merely accepts it. Opposing sources (Who's Who Vol 1) state that once Raven takes others' pains into her body, they are then expunged.

Raven can manifest her "Soul-Self" through astral projection. It normally takes the form of either her human shape or a giant raven. Through the use of her soul-self, Raven can project her consciousness into the mind, for therapeutic purposes (to aid in her own meditation, or to help calm an agitated ally), or for offensive attacks, rendering her enemies unconscious (yet otherwise unharmed). It also serves as a way to travel into other dimensions. In many instances, her soul-self has also functioned as a "shield," although it seems to absorb attackers and projectiles rather than repel them. In The New Teen Titans #17 (1982), she used this ability a few times to absorb the objects that Francis Kane (Magenta) had uncontrollably drawn towards herself. These objects included all manner of household appliances, eventually progressing to other objects such as road signs and steel bars. However, Raven admitted during the issue that she could not sustain her soul self long under such conditions. Her soul self also 'regurgitated' the objects after the danger. Astral projection (or astral travel) is an interpretation of an out-of-body experience achieved either awake or via lucid dreaming or deep meditation. ...

Using her soul-self, she can convert her physical body into her 'soul-self' (see Birthmark) and carry/teleport (or rather, use portals to move between dimensions) herself and others over vast distances. Teleportation is the movement of objects or elementary particles from one place to another, more or less instantaneously, without traveling through space. ...

In The New Teen Titans foundation storyline, Raven explained she was able to predict Trigon's invasion of the Earth-2 dimension. She was unable to control or consciously activate it, but happens occasionally. It is unknown whether she still possesses this ability in her current body. In the animated series, during the episode "Titan Rising", when Terra runs and brushes past Raven, images past and foreign of Terra and Slade flash through Raven's mind, possibly a small precognition of Terra's eventual betrayal.

With her rebirth^[7], Raven gained the ability to fly. This power previously had only manifested when Raven gave herself completely to her father's evil power, or when she was under an evil influence such as during the Titan Plague storyline in New Titans #62-65.

In a number of instances, Raven has also displayed sorcerous abilities. In New Titans #65, the last issue of the Titan Plague arc, an infected Raven forces unconsciousness upon a then-neophyte Tim Drake (Robin) with a touch of her finger, and was able to slam Nightwing aside and suspend him upside-down with imperious gestures.

In New Teen Titans Annual #4 (1988), a villain called Muse forced the Titans into individual murderous nightmares. In her dream, Raven retaliated by flying out of his reach and then releasing energies from "within the folds of her cape" that caused him to be consumed by fire. Though these abilities could be dismissed as being part only of her nightmare, it should be noted that none of the other Titans displayed abilities out of their normal powers in their nightmares.

In the Family Lost storyline of current Teen Titans continuity (Teen Titans #8-12), shortly after being resurrected by Brother Blood (Sebastian), a captive Raven tries to summon the Titans though ominous signs, such as possessing several psychics and Beast Boy with her soul-self, by turning a river into blood, animating the skeletal remains of her demon father, Trigon and drawing swarms of migratory birds to her location.

Former Abilities

Before her second death, Raven had the ability to force outside emotions into other people, consciously or otherwise. She has used this ability many times, first notably on Wally West, in order to save his life.^[8] Later, after being freed from her father's powers and starting her second life, she unintentionally forced a short-lived romance with Nightwing, induced by Raven experiencing her own emotions for the first time, and being unable to tell the difference between romantic love and "sibling" love. She has not demonstrated this ability since before Infinite Crisis. Dick Grayson is a fictional character, a superhero in the DC Comics Universe. ... Infinite Crisis was a seven-issue limited series of comic books published by DC Comics, beginning in October of 2005. ...

Quality Comics Raven

A male character known as "The Raven" was introduced in 1942 by publisher Quality Comics. This hero was more based on the bird and didn't have magical powers. Aside from assisting the heroine Spider Widow in a few cases, no further details have as yet been revealed of this character, although a subtle romantic subtext is evident in his chronicled adventures. From front page of Spider Widow story in Feature Comics #60—She weaves a web of justice to trap the insects of corruption! Spider Widow was a superhero published by Quality Comics during the Golden Age of Comic Books. ...

Trivia

• After rejoining the Teen Titans, and wanting to find ways to express herself, Raven gets a lower back tattoo featuring her bird symbol (Teen Titans vol. 3, #13).
• Raven is a playable character in the Teen Titans (video game) for Game Boy Advance and the Teen Titans (console game) for PlayStation 2, Gamecube, and Xbox.
• Raven is a playable character in the computer game 'Teen Titans One on One' for the Cartoon Network website.
• In the Teen Titans movie "Trouble in Tokyo," Raven says she knows "English, German, Latin, Romanian, Ancient Sumerian, and Sanskrit" languages.
• Also in Trouble in Tokyo, Raven becomes a mascot for gum.

A lower back tattoo at an outdoor concert. ... Two video games were made based off of the Teen Titans animated series. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The second Teen Titans video game based on the Teen Titans animated series made for the Playstation 2, GameCube, and Xbox. ... “PS2” redirects here. ... The Nintendo GameCube (Japanese: ゲームキューブ; originally code-named Dolphin during development; abbreviated as GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the 128-bit era; the same generation as Segas Dreamcast, Sonys PlayStation 2, and Microsofts Xbox. ... The Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... Sumerian ( native tongue) was the language of ancient Sumer, spoken in Southern Mesopotamia from at least the 4th millennium BCE. It was gradually replaced by Akkadian as a spoken language in the beginning of the 2nd millenium BCE, but continued to be used as a sacred, ceremonial, literary and scientific... The Sanskrit language ( , for short ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ...

See also

• Raveniya, an Amalgam Comics
• List of fictional characters who can manipulate darkness or shadow

Raveniya (sometimes Raveniya the Healer) is a mysterious member of the X-Patrol and a character from Amalgam Comics. ... Amalgam Comics was a metafictional American comic book publisher, and part of a collaboration between Marvel Comics and DC Comics, in which the two comic book publishers merged their characters to create new ones (e. ... This list encompasses fictional characters with the paranormal or superhuman ability to manipulate darkness. ...

Notes and references

This article is about the DC Comics sagas of the same name. ...

External links

• DCDP: Raven - DC Database Project
• Titans Tower Biography
• Overview of Raven
• Raven's description on the animated series