Raven Timeline
This timeline is designed to detail the exploits of Raven throughout different eras of comic book history. These summaries are here to help make reading about Raven easier. For more information regarding our timeline project, see our about page here.
This timeline is heavily based on our “Raven Reading Order“. Non-indented sections correspond with Raven’s “Essential” storyline while indented sections correspond with her “Extra” storyline. Make sure to check out our reading order here for more information.
New 52
With the beginning of the New 52, the DC Universe’s continuity was restarted. Raven is reintroduced as the daughter of Trigon who soon goes on to be a key member of the Teen Titans. Her actions are directly tied to this team throughout this era.
Also be sure to view the New 52 era of our “Raven Reading Order“.
Phantom Stranger: When You’re A Stranger
Rachael Roth, otherwise known as Raven, is the daughter of a normal woman named Arella, and the demon overlord Trigon. She spent most of her life living with her mother in the peaceful world of Azarath. However, she was forced to flee this realm when her father invaded. Now, she spends her time on Earth, using her empathic abilities to help as many people as possible.
One day, she runs into the Phantom Stranger, who promises her that he will introduce her to someone who will teach her more about her abilities. However, the Stranger turns her over to her father, who brings her back to his realm. The Stranger was commanded by the Voice to do this but doesn’t understand how this will help the greater good.
This story is told in issue #1 of Phantom Stranger Vol. 4. This issue is collected in Trinity of Sin- The Phantom Stranger Vol. 1: A Stranger Among Us (Review).
Teen Titans: Death of the Family
Raven now lives in Trigon’s realm, where she appears to be under his control. He states that she will play an integral role in the fight for Earth, which he plans to conquer next.
Raven’s role in this storyline extends through issues #16-17 of Teen Titans Vol. 6. These issues are collected in Teen Titans Vol. 3: Death of the Family (Review).
Ravagers: The Man Who Killed The Ravagers
After a violent confrontation with Deathstroke, Beast Boy (Timeline) is left dying in the ruins of his team’s base. However, before he is able to die, Raven visits him and states that he will soon play a part in her plan.
This story is told in issue #12 of The Ravagers Vol. 1. This issues is collected in Ravagers Vol. 2: Heavenly Destruction (Review).
Teen Titans: Light and Dark
Years ago, the demonic overlord Trigon grew tired of conquering countless worlds and began having children. Raven was his first daughter and he planned to use her to continue conquering all of reality. However, her mother took her and ran away. Eventually, Trigon found her and started bending her to his influence. However, she still craved companionship and looked toward Earth with hope.
In the present, Trigon arrives on Earth and is immediately opposed by the Teen Titans. They fight the demonic overlord for a while but do not have much success. He then disappears when Raven show up alongside Beast Boy (Timeline). She claims to be working against her father and offers the Teen Titans help in the fight against him. The heroes are skeptical but accept her help when the sons of Trigon appear. Her help proves to be invaluable and, together, they are able to defeat Trigon’s sons.
Immediately after this, Trigon appears and takes over the minds of everyone except Raven, Red Robin, and Beast Boy. These three heroes are able to hold off their mind-controlled teammates and deal a critical blow to Trigon himself. He leaves Earth and releases the Teen Titans from his control.
In the fight’s aftermath, Raven and Beast Boy join the Teen Titans. At this time, Raven “accidentally” reveals a few secrets that the team members were keeping from one another. Later on, it is revealed that Raven is still secretly working for her father, attempting to infiltrate and disrupt the Teen Titans.
Raven’s role in this storyline extends through issues #19-22 of Teen Titans Vol. 6. These issues are collected in Teen Titans Vol. 4: Light and Dark (Review).
Teen Titans: Hello, I Must Be Going!
Kid Flash (Timeline) is nearly pulled into the future by unknown assailants but, with the help of Raven and the rest of the Teen Titans, he is able to break free.
After this, Raven and Red Robin have a nice conversation. Red Robin reveals how much he believes in her and how she has the potential to do great things.
At the end of the day, all of the Titans are brought together for an announcement from Bunker. His boyfriend just woke up out of his coma and Bunker has decided to temporarily leave the Titans to go see him. Beast Boy also leaves, to make sure that Bunker is able to make it home alright.
This story is told in issue #23 of Teen Titans Vol. 4. This issue is collected in Teen Titans Vol. 4: Light and Dark (Review).
Forever Evil
The Justice League (Timeline) is gone and, in their place, an evil version of the League has risen. This evil League has revealed the identity of Nightwing and has effectively declared war on superheroes.
In response, the Teen Titans try to fight them. However, the evil version of the Flash uses his connection to the Speed Force to destabilize Kid Flash’s (Timeline) connection to the present. This opens up a vortex that absorbs all of the Titans.
Kid Flash’s role in this storyline extends through issues #1-2 of Forever Evil Vol. 1. These issues are collected in Forever Evil (Review).
Caught Up In Circles
As a result of their battle in Forever Evil (Review), the Teen Titans are sent hurtling through the timestream. Raven, Red Robin, and Wonder Girl spend an unknown amount of time jumping from one era of history to the next, never staying in one place for too long. Eventually, Red Robin realizes that Raven should be able to stabilize them by using her power to latch onto their souls. She does so and the group is able to chart a course to find Kid Flash (Timeline) and Solstice (Timeline).
Raven delights at this idea, because it means that she’ll have captured the Teen Titans’ souls for her father, Trigon. However, when she tries to telepathically reach out to him, she does not receive an answer.
This storyline extends through issue #24 and annual #2 of Teen Tians Vol. 4. These issues are collected in Teen Titans Vol. 5: The Trial of Kid Flash (Review).
The Trial of Kid Flash
Raven’s power allows all of the Teen Titans to end up at the same point in the future. However, using her power in this way drains Raven and leaves her weak.
Soon after arriving, the police of the future show up and take Kid Flash into custody. They explain that Kid Flash (Timeline) is actually Bar Torr, a deadly criminal. He lead a huge rebellion against the government until he chose to abandon his cause and turn against his fellow rebels. As part of the case against him, the government had wiped his mind and sent him into the past.
Now, with his memories back, Bar reveals that this was all a part of his rebellion. The high-profile hearing brought a number of government leaders together, giving Bar’s rebels the perfect opportunity to attack. A massive battle erupts and the Teen Titans try to save as many people as they can. While they do that, Bar leads his rebels in battle, until his sister arrives and begins to talk to him. She convinces him to truly abandon his cause, which he does.
In the aftermath, Bar is given a life sentence on a prison planet. Before he is able to leave, Solstice (Timeline) declares her love for him and decides to join him in his sentencing. The two say goodbye to their friends and are condemned to a life in prison.
With their adventures in the future at an end, Raven, Red Robin, and Wonder Girl are able to return home. However, immediately after arriving at their base, they find it under siege by villains.
This storyline extends through issues #25-29 of Teen Titans Vol. 4. These issues are collected in Teen Titans Vol. 5: The Trial of Kid Flash (Review).
Teen Titans: And Now… The End Is Near
Raven, Red Robin, and Wonder Girl arrive at their headquarters to find Bunker (Timeline) and Beast Boy (Timeline) fighting off a couple of villains. Together, they are able to defeat these villains but their headquarters is destroyed in the process.
In addition, Raven celebrates because she realizes that the trip through time finally severed her connection with her father, Trigon. She is now free to do what she wants and is no longer Trigon’s pawn.
This story is told in issue #30 of Teen Tians Vol. 4. This issue is collected in Teen Titans Vol. 5: The Trial of Kid Flash (Review).
Teen Titans: Be Careful What You Wish For
In the aftermath of their base’s destruction, the Teen Titans find a piece of equipment that alerts them that Harvest, one of the team’s old enemies, is up to his old tricks. Harvest has started another Colony. They teleport to his new base and are able to defeat him, though it is unclear if Harvest survives the encounter.
With Harvest taken care of, the Teen Titans all go their separate ways for a while. Raven moves in with Wonder Girl and appears to be making an attempt at a normal life.
This story is told in annual #3 of Teen Titans Vol. 4. This issue is collected in Teen Titans Vol. 5: The Trial of Kid Flash (Review).
Teen Titans: Blinded by the Light
At some point in time, Raven, Wonder Girl, Red Robin, Bunker (Timeline), and Beast Boy (Timeline) reform the Teen Titans. Together, they stop a bomber from attacking a S.T.A.R. Labs base. This gives them a lot of media attention, which leads to Raven discovering that a local band is using her as their inspiration. She goes out to watch the band and ends up liking their music and even making friends with them.
Then, Bunker and Beast Boy are attacked by an advanced robot. They defeat it, but it goes on to attack the other Titans as well. It turns out that a S.T.A.R. Labs employee, named Manchester Black, is controlling this robot in order to manipulate the Titans.
His plan comes to fruition when Robin “saves” him from the robot. He uses this opportunity to officially offer the Teen Titans a partnership with S.T.A.R. Labs, which Robin accepts.
This storyline extends through issues #1-4 of Teen Titans Vol. 5. These issues are collected in Teen Titans Vol. 1: Blinded by the Light (Review).
Teen Titans: Human Resources
The Teen Titans debate the offer to partner with S.T.A.R. Labs, as they are suspicious of Manchester Black’s motives. However, their debate is interrupted when a group of teenagers starts rampaging through the city. The Teen Titans go in to stop them, where they are randomly joined by Tanya Spears. Tanya is a young girl who has recently received superpowers from Power Girl. Together, they are able to stop the teenaged villains.
After the fight, the new Power Girl tells the Titans that they are not being proactive enough against the villains in the city. Wonder Girl agrees and the two go off on their own for a bit. While on their own, Manchester Black approaches them and says that disaster is on the horizon. As he says this, a massive break-in occurs at S.T.A.R. Labs.
This storyline extends through issues #5-7 of Teen Titans Vol. 5. These issues are collected in Teen Titans Vol. 1: Blinded by the Light (Review).
Teen Titans: One Brief, Shining Moment
The Teen Titans and Manchester Black meet at S.T.A.R. Labs, where a massive break-in has just occurred. Manchester explains that the thieves are after a device that will allow them to “erase” an entire city and that they also have a device that can allow them to slow time. Suddenly, time stops for everyone but Raven and Beast Boy (Timeline), since Raven’s magic kept her safe and Beast Boy was able to change into a mayfly (an animal with a faster perception of time).
Raven and Beast Boy begin attacking the criminals. Raven is even able to use her magic to speed up the rest of the Teen Titans. Together, they stop the villains from erasing New York City.
In the aftermath, Robin express his fear that more weapons from S.T.A.R. Labs will be targeted by criminals, but Manchester Black tells him not to worry about it. Meanwhile, the rest of the Titans continue to deal with the effects of their newfound fame. This includes Raven discovering that her tribute band is now more famous than before.
This storyline extends through issues #8-9 of Teen Titans Vol. 5. Issue #8 is collected in Teen Titans Vol. 1: Blinded by the Light (Review) and issue #9 is collected in Teen Titans Vol. 2: Rogue Targets (Review).
Teen Titans: Rogue Targets
Superboy has mysteriously returned to the present and killed all of the people in a small town. While being interrogated for his crime, he states that he remembers nothing about the incident. It turns out that the people were alien refugees and the one of them, named Chimera, managed to survive the incident. She breaks him out of prison because she claims that he is innocent.
The Teen Titans are upset when they hear this news and even more upset when they discover that Superboy has taken refuge at their headquarters. Wonder Girl and Power Girl want to turn Superboy in to the police but the rest of the Titans want to protect him. The protective Titans leave the city and decide to prove Superboy’s innocence.
Meanwhile, Wonder Girl and Power Girl are recruited by the Elite, a group of young metahumans working for S.T.A.R. Labs under the direction of Manchester Black. This new group’s goal is to bring the Teen Titans to justice.
The two teams clash a few times, but the Titans refuse to give up Superboy. Eventually, they all meet in a metahuman prison, where the Titans believe they can find more answers. There, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, Red Robin, and Superboy reconcile, but Superboy is lost to Harvest, who reappears here.
After this happens, Kid Flash (Timeline) and Wonder Girl discover that Manchester Black was using everyone in the Elite, so they turn against him. After making this discovery, it seems that they informally rejoin the Titans. Everything seems fine until a mysterious being, going by the name Alpha Centurion, shows up and proclaims that the Titans are all under arrest.
This storyline extends through DC Sneak Peek: Teen Titans #1, annual #1, and issues #9-13 of Teen Titans Vol. 5. These issues are collected in Teen Titans Vol. 2: Rogue Targets (Review).
Teen Titans: The Sum of Its Parts
Shortly after being taken into custody, Raven and the rest of the Teen Titans escape. After this happens, the Teen Titans head to Gotham City, where Red Robin deals with the events of Robin War (Review) (Reading Order). While he does this, the rest of the Teen Titans are captured by Professor Pyg. Bunker is able to break them out, but Pyg manages to steal some of Beast Boy’s blood, which he delivers to Brother Blood.
After leaving Gotham, the Teen Titans are attacked by a squad of aliens. They convince Chimera to return to her home planet. The event also inspires Kid Flash (Timeline) to go find Solstice (Timeline) again.
This storyline extends through issues #14-16 of Teen Titans Vol. 5. These issues are collected in Teen Titans Vol. 3: The Sum of Its Parts (Review).
Teen Titans: Who is Wonder Girl?
Raven and the rest of the Teen Titans are still outlaws, after escaping custody in “The Sum of Its Parts”. They are trying to lay low but are unable to after Wonder Girl’s armor draws her to London. There, they meet Cassandra, Wonder Girl’s aunt. Cassandra tells Wonder Girl she is Zeus’s granddaughter and offers to help resurrect Wonder Girl’s father.
Cassandra’s offer turns out to be a lie. It turns out that she was only using Wonder Girl to gain an incredible power, which she plans to use for evil. However, with some help from Wonder Woman, Wonder Girl and the rest of the Teen Titans are able to defeat Cassandra and stop her plans.
This storyline extends through issues #17-19 of Teen Titans Vol. 5. These issues are collected in Teen Titans Vol. 3: The Sum of Its Parts (Review).
Teen Titans: When Titans Fall
Raven and the rest of the Teen Titans are still outlaws but they are also still trying to do good throughout the world. This leads them to fight The Brain and Monsieur Mallah, who they are able to easily defeat. However, this battle gets Amanda Waller’s attention, and she kidnaps Red Robin in the aftermath of the fight.
Raven and the rest of the Teen Titans quickly rescue Red Robin, which impresses Waller. In response, she wipes out their criminal records.
The Titans go on to fight and defeat the mind-controlling H.I.V.E. Queen and the villainous Sister Blood, who uses Beast Boy’s blood from “The Sum of Its Parts” to cause havoc.
This storyline extends through issues #20-23 and annual #2 of Teen Titans Vol. 5. These issues are collected in Teen Titans Vol. 4: When Titans Fall (Review).
Teen Titans: Red Robin: Remembrance
After Red Robin is presumed dead, the Teen Titans gather to remember him. They all share a heartwarming story about his life; Raven tells them about the time Red Robin allowed her to vent about her father and encouraged her that everything would be ok. They then decide to disband the Teen Titans and go their separate ways. Raven leaves to go visit her family in San Francisco.
This story is told in issue #24 of Teen Titans Vol. 5. This issue is collected in Teen Titans Vol. 4: When Titans Fall (Review).
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