Followers have had loads to course of throughout the pages of DC’s Future State, because the two-month line-wide occasion has revolutionized lots of what followers thought they knew in regards to the writer’s canon. This has particularly been the case throughout the pages of Future State: Teen Titans, which reimagined varied rosters and facets of the workforce in some visceral and emotional methods. The collection’ second difficulty, which made its debut earlier this month, laid the groundwork for that fairly pivotally — whereas additionally turning some stunning faces right into a formidable menace. Spoilers for Future State: Teen Titans #2 by Tim Sheridan, Rafa Sandoval, Julio Ferreira, Alejandro Sanchez and Rob Leigh under! Solely look if you wish to know!
The problem noticed the members of the Teen Titans waging a battle towards the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse, who’ve been unleashed upon the world and left quite a bit of their wake. After Wally West was beforehand revealed to be one of many Horsemen, being possessed by Famine to utterly destroy a few of the DC universe’s different speedsters, followers had been curious to see precisely who the remaining members of the quartet could be. Within the pages of Future State: Teen Titans #2, readers bought their reply — Battle, Dying, the aforementioned Famine, and former Teen Titans member Roundhouse as Pestilence.
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The idea of the 4 Horsemen has been used sporadically all through the DC universe, starting with a collection of being modeled by The Adjudicator within the Bronze Age, who went up towards a menagerie of feminine heroes within the DC Universe. There additionally was a 4 Horsemen miniseries printed as a part of DC’s Y2K-themed V2K occasion, in addition to the 4 Horsemen of Apokolips within the pages of 52.
The reveal that two former Teen Titans members have been corrupted into changing into a part of the 4 Horsemen is unquestionably surprising, and provides a heartbreaking through-line that emotionally connects a number of generations of Titans to the menace at hand. Granted, it would not seem to imply that Wally or Roundhouse are completely merged with their evil hosts, because the spirits of each make an look later within the difficulty when Red X summons them to battle. Plus, the problem brings a big escalation to the 4 Horsemen’s look within the collection, as Raven finally ends up bonding herself with the essences of the quartet, and duties Shazam! with locking her away within the Rock of Eternity.
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