TITANS
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
THINGS ARE GETTING DISTINCTLY DARK INTITANS SEASON FOUR, AS SHOWRUNNER GREG WALKER TELLS SFX ABOUT A PSYCHO CULT LEADER AND “MAGICK WITH A K”
WOR DS: BRYAN CAIRNS
THE TITANS ARE BACK IN ACTION, BUT THE fourth season of the superhero drama will explore new territory, namely the supernatural corner of this universe. The season three finale found the team claiming victory over Scarecrow and embarking on an RV road trip back to San Francisco. In this year’s premiere, the remaining members – Dick/Nightwing, Gar/Beast Boy, Kory/Starfire, Conner/Superboy, Rachel/Raven and Tim Drake – make an unscheduled pitstop in Metropolis. It’s on Superman’s home turf that they experience their first brush with malevolent forces… and they don’t like it one bit.
“With the new villains Brother Blood and Mother Mayhem, we are dealing with the occult,” showrunner Greg Walker tells SFX. “With the occult comes magic, dark magic, or magick with a ‘k’ as our writer Bryan Hill would say. We know that Superboy and Superman struggle with magic, that those dark forces are something the Titans have dealt with, but not a great deal.
“When that is thrown at them, it answers the question that we have every year,” he continues. “If you have a bunch of people with superpowers – Kory, Superboy, Raven – you can’t have bank heists going on. Those are not formidable villains. You need to have someone who has a power that is confusing to them, intimidating, takes a while longer to get your head around and evokes things in you that are troubling, scary and disturbing. Brother Blood and Mother Mayhem both have those powers.”