[Dr Kain]

Well after the amount of male character I have listed, I feel it is time to take a moment to look at my favorite female character of the DC universe. Many people consider their favorite to be Wonder Woman, and while I love Greek mythology, I find the following character to be far more interesting because of the mythos surrounding her:



I was actually introduced to Raven through a series of cards DC brought out back in 1991. In fact, for the most part, that was where my interest in the entire DC universe began. As I said above, I love the mythos about Raven. Being the child of a human mother and a demonic father is just down right awesome. It brings in some interesting characteristics to Raven’s character, especially when she is well written. Being that I was introduced to her in 1991, she donned the white costume, but I definitely feel the blue/black one goes best with her.

In fact, while I did not start out a fan of the series originally, Raven was the main reason I would watch the Teen Titans cartoon from the early 2000s as they did a great job with her. I loved that they adapted so much of her character from the New Teen Titans comics into that show, as the fourth season was truly incredible due to showing the torment Trigon’s arrival had on her. It also helped that because of this, the season was heavily focused on Raven.

Speaking of Trigon, WOW, what a villain!! While some of the characters I have already covered do not have the most impressive list of rogues, Trigon is in a whole league of his own. The dude killed everyone around him during his birth for cry out loud. That is just down right evil as far as being a villain goes. :-p So how bad do you think your family is? Probably not as bad as Raven’s!

Overall, there is not too much I really have to say about Raven. I love her origins, I love the stories that surround her origins as they make her stand out from a robot man, an acrobat that was adopted by a psycho, a boy with the ability to transform into animals, an alien, an Amazon, and a kid that can run really fast. I also love the powers she has with such as telekinesis, the ability to teleport, heal others, and making demon-like creatures out of shadows. She is like the ultimate RPG character in one.

Finally, unlike Swamp Thing, the New 52 has not been kind to her. Her costume looks down right dreadful, and from what I have read about her, she has very little of the personality that made her stand out during the New Teen Titans era of comics.