Teen Titans Academy is nearing the top of its run, and its story is encompassing an ever-growing variety of younger heroes inside the DC universe. The title has adopted the tales of the unique founders, the youthful upperclassmen, and a crop of recent recruits — just for a climactic battle to make lots of their tales intersect. A few of that climax was partially forecast within the occasions of 2021’s Future State storyline, which teed up a darkish and shocking potential future for the group. Because the occasions of this week’s Teen Titans Academy #14 reveal, a type of Future State components has now been made canon, and it has main ramifications for 2 members of the group. Spoilers for Teen Titans Academy #14 from Tim Sheridan, Tom Derenick, Peter Pantazis, and Rob Leigh beneath! Solely look if you wish to know!

As Teen Titans Academy carries out its first commencement ceremony, Raven periodically checked in on Beast Boy and Cyborg, who weren’t bodily current on the festivities. Afterward within the situation, it’s confirmed that the 2 have been merged right into a single being for his or her security after the lethal destruction of Titans Tower — and that they disagree with among the realities of that. 

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This traces up with one of many weirdest components launched in Future State’s Teen Titans story, as Cyborg and Beast Boy have been merged collectively into “Cybeast.” The Future State narrative indicated that the pair had been merged collectively for a stretch of time, taking their finest good friend dynamic into a complete new route.

“That got here from Mike Cotton,” Sheridan advised CBR again in 2021. “One of many first issues he mentioned to me was that he wished to have a merged model of Beast Boy and Cyborg. I instantly mentioned ‘Sure!'”

“The form of factor that I attempt to do on this ebook and in addition in Academy is to discover the dynamic of the connection between Vic and Gar,” Sheridan continued. “I feel I’ve taken just a few liberties in increasing upon their relationship and what occurs when they’re merged into one. The true horror of engaged on a two-part occasion like Future State is that I might have written at the least 12 points on Cybeast! However there’s much more story now we have to discover.”

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