The Titans are officially the world’s premiere super-team, having taken the reins from the disbanded Justice League (see THE LEAP). Having stationed themselves in a new Titans Tower, the team have been investigating Brother Blood’s apparent new direction. Now calling himself ‘Brother Eternity’, the Titans’ long-term foe has made an ally of Tempest and appears to be the host for some dark new god.
Green Arrow has just returned from the timestream following the Justice League’s clash with Pariah (during DARK CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS). Amanda Waller has made a deal with some very powerful people and only Arsenal and Cheshire know what she’s planning. But Waller’s already taken them out (during DAWN OF DC). Now she’s setting her sights on the Titans…
Major Crossover: With a primary mini-series and numerous related tie-ins, Beast World is considered to be a major crossover.
Must-Reads: Issues marked with a ✔are essential to the story.
Anthology Issues: When an issue contains multiple stories, the relevant story is denoted with square brackets. For example, [2/5] refers to the second story of the five stories in that issue.
Spoilers: The issue descriptions and fallout section contain spoilers, so be warned!
Related Events: Every single tie-in also relates to DAWN OF DC, except for Tales of the Titans #4 which is solely connected to OUT OF THE SHADOWS.
Previous events that directly impact this story:
- THE LEAP – The Titans become Earth’s primary super-team
- OUT OF THE SHADOWS – Brother Eternity’s new direction
- KNIGHT TERRORS – The debut of Doctor Hate
Want to keep it simple? Here’s the chronological reading order without story descriptions, or spoilers:
- Tales of the Titans #4 (tie-in)
- Green Arrow #7 (tie-in)
- Green Arrow #8 (tie-in)
- ✔ Titans: Beast World #1
- Titans: Beast World Tour – Central City #1
- ✔ Titans: Beast World #2
- Titans: Beast World Tour – Gotham #1
- Nightwing #109 [2/2]
- ✔ Titans: Beast World – Waller Rising #1
- ✔ Titans: Beast World Tour – Metropolis #1
- Action Comics #1060 [2/3]
- Titans: Beast World Tour – Atlantis #1
- ✔ Titans: Beast World #3
- ✔ Titans #6
- ✔ Titans #7
- Nightwing #110
- Titans: Beast World Tour – Star City #1
- ✔ Titans: Beast World #4
- ✔ Titans: Beast World #5
- ✔ Titans: Beast World #6
| Must Reads | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| Tales of the Titans #4 (tie-in) Beast Boy is still struggling following his recent ordeal with Deathstroke, including the loss of his eye (during DARK CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS), though it’s since returned thanks to his powers. Beast Boy kidnapped by werewolf Anthony Lupus who wants to use his DNA to cure his lycanthropy. But the ‘cure’ mutates Lupus further, just as his Werewolf side has planned. He bounds off to kill Raven, but Raven’s love for Beast Boy inspires him to break free and defeat Lupus in a giant werewolf form. 1st appearance: Nicholas Galtry (hallucination) Also see OUT OF THE SHADOWS | |
| Green Arrow #7 (tie-in) Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) returns to Earth-0 find the Justice League have disbanded. He and Green Lantern take out a band of rogue Khunds who are stealing from Ferris Aircraft. Connor Hawke runs scans on the former-League while Ollie talks to them. They know Amanda Waller is planning something. They decide to start their investigation by looking for the missing Arsenal. But they’re being watched by Onomatopoeia… 1st appearance: Faith (unnamed) Also see FAMILY FIRST | |
| Green Arrow #8 (tie-in) Connor Hawke wants to be the first to let Black Canary know that Onomatopoeia has killed the Green Arrow. Connor tracks the killer down on Brick’s yacht. Onomatopoeia shoots Connor in the head. Brick reveals their connection to Amanda Waller before ‘Onomatopoeia’ unmasks as Green Arrow, having never fallen at his hands in the first place. Brick reveals Waller is giving pardons to anyone who kills a costumed hero (as seen during OUT OF THE SHADOWS). And Arsenal is now working for her… Also see FAMILY FIRST | |
| Titans: Beast World Tour – Metropolis #1 [1/3] (pp.1-11) Dreamer’s powers were recently altered (during LAZARUS PLANET, 2022-2023) and she’s now able to see future visions of Metropolis under attack. She convinces Superman (Jon Kent) to help her evacuate the city to the secret refuge of Parthas… | |
| ✔ | Titans: Beast World #1 Brother Eternity (formerly Brother Blood) announces his Forevernauts’ arrival on Saturn’s moon Titan where a temple awaits. Starfire recognises words he uses as ancient Tamaranean. She Boom Tubes to Titan with Donna Troy, Cyborg and Raven, but the Titans escape back to Earth when a colossal conquering creature called a Necrostar tries to destroy them! Starro is the only thing capable of defeating it. The heroes of Earth gather as the Necrostar approaches Earth. Beast Boy risks his life by transforming into a Starro (calling himself ‘Garro’), tackling the Necrostar and giving Cyborg a chance to banish it to the Boomerang Nebula. Cyborg is taken out by Doctor Hate who then takes control of Garro who unleashes spores all over Earth that turns those it infects into animal-human hybrids. Black Adam is the first… 1st appearance: Beast-People, Necrostar New identity: Beast Boy/Garfield Logan as Garro |
| Titans: Beast World Tour – Central City #1 [1/7] Thunderheart (Irey West) rushes to Barry Allen & Iris West’s home to warn them Godspeed is back! He’s been transformed into a hornet-hybrid and is dragging victims back to Iron Heights. Irey suggests contacting the entire Flash Family… |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| ✔ | Titans: Beast World – Waller Rising #1 (pp.1-10) Amanda Waller calls in Deadeye to retrieve the Phantom Zone Projector that Doctor Hate stole from her. Meanwhile, Hate takes Superman (aka Val-Zod of Earth-2) from the Phantom Zone, leaving Red Tornado (Lois Lane of Earth-2) stranded. Hate takes the Mega-Bomb coded with Beast Boy’s spores from Black Manta and steals his soul. |
| Titans: Beast World Tour – Central City #1 [2/7] Kid Flash (Wallace West) and the Flash of China (Avery Ho) defeat the squirrel-Fadeaway Man. His spore jumps to Avery transforming her into a gecko-hybrid. Wallace shakes her free. They rush off to answer Barry Allen’s call… Also see DAWN OF DC | |
| ✔ | Titans: Beast World #2 The heroes do their utmost to defend Earth from ‘Garro’ in the planet’s upper atmosphere. People all over the world are transformed into beasts, blowing Animal Man’s mind due to his connection to the Red. In Blüdhaven, a spore transforms Batman into a wolf-man who then attacks Nightwing. Amanda Waller expresses concerns to Doctor Hate that this situation was more than she was expecting. She asks the President for the authority to take this out of the Titans’ hands… |
| Titans: Beast World Tour – Gotham #1 [1/5] Wolf-Batman escapes Nightwing. Pursuing him, Nightwing runs into a mutated Killer Croc! Wolf-Batman defeats Croc, saving Nightwing. Though Nightwing electrocutes wolf-Batman to subdue him. | |
| Titans: Beast World Tour – Central City #1 [3/7] Former-Flash Barry Allen used the Cosmic Treadmill to contact the other speedsters. Irey senses Iris West is in danger… | |
| Nightwing #109 [2/2] Robin (Damian Wayne) responds to Commissioner Renee Montoya’s Bat-Signal, defending her from a humanoid owl and telling her Batman is now a wolf. He heads to Gotham Zoo where more animal-human hybrids overpower him. Their master feed him a Garro-spore and he’s transformed into a cat-creature… 1st appearance: Apex Ava (unnamed) | |
| ✔ | Titans: Beast World – Waller Rising #1 (pp.11-19) Amanda Waller explains Doctor Hate’s intentions to Deadeye, assigning him to breaking into the other dimensional Kingdom and severing his ties that plane. Vixen and Batwing find Black Manta and form an uneasy alliance. Val-Zod finds himself trapped in the Kingdom with the Manta Men. |
| Titans: Beast World Tour – Central City #1 [4/7] Surge (Jai West) and Animal Man’s daughter Animal Girl (Maxine Baker) have their awkward date interrupted by Godspeed. He stings them both but they fight back and shoo him away. Irey tracks them down… | |
| Titans: Beast World Tour – Metropolis #1 [1/3] (pp.12-20) Dreamer sees a vision of a mutated Livewire and she soon clashes with the lizard-like Livewire in reality. Jon Kent evacuates Metropolis while Dreamer defeats Livewire. But Amanda Waller now knows where Dreamer is… | |
| Titans: Beast World Tour – Central City #1 [5/7] Barry Allen returns home to find Iris West is now a cuttlefish hybrid. The spore jumps to Barry, seeking a more powerful host. Surge, Animal Girl and Thunderheart arrive and crush it. |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| Action Comics #1060 [2/3] (pp.1-3) Amanda Waller threatens to reveal the existence of Parthas unless Dreamer apprehends rogue agent Afterthought. Dreamer agrees to go with her and encourages Jon Kent to join the fight against Garro. | |
| Titans: Beast World Tour – Atlantis #1 [1/3] Atlantis faces an attack by King Shark – now a hybrid King Tiger Shark – and transformed Atlantean hybrids, all of which is more devastating than the Triumverate assault (during DROWNED EARTH). Aquaman, Mera, Tula Marius and Tempest fight back. Aquaman is infected with a Garro spore, but his connection to the Red slows his transformation with Mera’s help. Tempest departs to find Brother Eternity… | |
| ✔ | Titans: Beast World #3 (pp.1-13) Nightwing takes wolf-Batman to Bridget Clancy for tests. She reveals she knows Nightwing’s secret identity. Detective Chimp reveals Doctor Hate’s true motivation. Power Girl is transformed into a flaming bird-woman. Jon Kent joins the fight. Also see DAWN OF DC |
| ✔ | Titans #6 (pp.1-6) Years ago, Starfire’s home planet Tamaran was attacked by the Citadel. Her parents were killed in the first strike. Her bodyguard Xand’r initially got her to safety, but she was later captured, tortured, experimented on and enslaved. Eventually, she led a rebellion and freed her people. Now, in Kahndaq, Starfire battles lion-Black Adam. |
| ✔ | Titans: Beast World #3 (pp.14-22) Starfire overpowers lion-Black Adam and he flees. In space, Donna Troy uses her Lasso of Persuasion to stay Garro’s attack. Now that Beast Boy has served her purpose, Amanda Waller asks the imprisoned Lex Luthor to help her kill him… |
| ✔ | Titans #6 (pp.7-20) Nightwing is concerned that no one has seen Damian Wayne and comes up with an incredibly risky plan to save Earth. Still under the Necrostar’s influence (see OUT OF THE SHADOWS), Tempest helps Brother Eternity and a legion of hybrids enter Titans Tower. Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) and Nightwing fight the hybrids, but Nightwing swallows a spore. Starfire arrives at the Tower and confronts Brother Eternity who reveals his true identity as her former-bodyguard Xand’r! And he wants the Necrostar back… Identity revealed: Brother Eternity as Xand’r |
| ✔ | Titans #7 Xand’r reveals the deal he made with the Citadel and the Dominators, years earlier. He ensured the deaths of Starfire’s parents and the fall of Tamaran in exchange for the key to restoring his god, the Necrostar. Cyborg and Raven teleport back to Titans Tower. Cyborg proves to be immune to the Necrostar spore and Starfire punches out Xand’r. Elsewhere, Raven defends Batgirl from Tempest and fox-Nightwing. The team dehydrate Tempest to free him of the Necrostar spore. Starfire frees Nightwing of his spore. Raven punishes Xand’r by sending him to the Phantom Zone. |
| Titans: Beast World Tour – Central City #1 [6/7] Pied Piper saves Circuit Breaker from rat-hybrids, they then contain Impulse who’s been turned into a lizard… | |
| Action Comics #1060 [2/3] (pp.4-10) Dreamer defeats Afterthought before he can free Belle Reve’s prisoners, and gets him to safety. Waller now knows how to manipulate Dreamer and explains her findings to Doctor Hate. | |
| Nightwing #110 (pp.1-28) Just after Beast World began, the hunter Apex Ava escaped Arkham Tower after killing a Garro spore. Now, Nightwing and Jon Kent search for the missing Damian Wayne. Addison & Aiden Cobblepot steer them towards the Pit – an underground arena where Apex Ava forces cat-Robin (aka ‘Mr Mittens’) to fight a bear-hybrid. John and Nightwing free Damian from his spore and rip the arena from the ground, but Ava transforms into an eagle and escapes. Identity revealed: Apex Ava New identity: Robin/Damian Wayne as Mr Mittens |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| Titans: Beast World Tour – Metropolis #1 [2/3] Bibbo Bibbowski and Prof Emil Hamilton lure the mutated Power Girl to the gigantic turtle-kaiju Jimmy Olsen to prompt his spore to leave in favour of her and return him to normal. 1st appearance: Professor Emil Hamilton | |
| Titans: Beast World Tour – Central City #1 [7/7] The Flash Family round up the transformed escapees of Iron Heights and clash with hornet-Godspeed. Animal Girl convinces the Family to allow the spores to take them, transforming them into bees and becoming the Swarm. Animal Girl controls them through Iris West as their Queen. They defeat Godspeed and go help other transformed humans… New identity: Flash Family as the Swarm | |
| Nightwing #110 (pp.29-30) Damian, Jon and Nightwing ensure the safety of the beast-people trapped in the arena. | |
| Titans: Beast World Tour – Gotham #1 [3/5] Inside the mind of the hyena-Red Hood, Jason Todd reassesses his role as a vigilante while battling the naked mole rat-Ratcatcher. He doubts he’ll recall these revelations… | |
| ✔ | Titans: Beast World – Waller Rising #1 (pp.20-39) Doctor Hate drags Deadeye into the Kingdom where he’s greeted by Val-Zod, Queen Nubia, Freedom Beast, Doctor Mist and Gallous the Goat. Vixen projects into the Kingdom and returns Nubia and the others back to Earth. Doctor Hate mutates Black Manta and pits him the escaped heroes. Vixen convinces Deadeye to save the Kingdom. He agrees to join Vixen and Batwing’s new group, the Network… 1st appearance: The Kingdom, the Network, Tower of Hate |
| Titans: Beast World Tour – Star City #1 [1/4] Green Arrow and Connor Hawke have been searching for Roy Harper for the last few days. They discover the Resurrection Twins experimenting on the effect of the Garro spores on corpses. Green Arrow is overpowered by the zombie hybrids… Also see FAMILY FIRST | |
| Titans: Beast World Tour – Star City #1 [4/4] Connor Hawke uses the Sonic Adaption Earbuds he got from Robin (see SECRETS & SHADOWS) to create Sonar Pulse Arrows to humanely despatch the zombie-hybrids. He saves Green Arrow from the undead mob. The two of them begin to talk more openly and find a way to contain the hybrids by working together. Also see FAMILY FIRST | |
| Titans: Beast World Tour – Metropolis #1 [3/3] The Fortress of Solitude comes under attack from hybrids. Against Lois Lane’s wishes, Superman (Clark Kent) comes to her aid. He fends off the spores while Brainiac monitors their actions… | |
| Titans: Beast World Tour – Atlantis #1 [2/3] The Network recruit Captain Boomerang when Black Manta is transformed into a giant stingray. Deadeye retrieves the spore from directly inside him, causing Black Manta to return to human form. Captain Boomerang slyly reports in to Waller, telling her about the Network. Elsewhere, Waller holds Dolphin prisoner and infects her with a Garro spore… | |
| Titans: Beast World Tour – Gotham #1 [2/5] Having been mutated into a monstrous rabbit form, Harley Quinn stalks a gang member until she can steal his phone. | |
| Titans: Beast World Tour – Star City #1 [2/4] Back from her mission with the Birds of Prey, Black Canary teams with Red Canary who struggles to make quick decisions. When a second wave of hybrids attack, Red Canary makes a tough call, though Black Canary swallows a spore and turns into a giant raven-hybrid. Red Canary convinces her to fly away. | |
| Titans: Beast World Tour – Gotham #1 [4/5] Huntress (Helena Bertinelli) confronts a corrupt city counsellor, but then tries to kill him when she’s transformed into a panther hybrid. Batgirl (Cassandra Cain) distracts her with a laser-pointer. |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| Titans: Beast World Tour – Atlantis #1 [3/3] The new Aquaman (Jackson Hyde) defies Mera’s orders and breaks through the ‘Crown of Thorns’ barrier that protects Atlantis from further hybrid attacks. He frees a hybrid shark-Amazonian from her spore, but it leaps to Mera and turns her into a sea-serpent. The infant Andy Curry orders Mera back before she can eat him. | |
| Titans: Beast World Tour – Gotham #1 [5/5] Killer Moth has turned into a human-cockroach. Batgirl (Stephanie Brown) defeats him. | |
| Titans: Beast World Tour – Star City #1 [3/4] Red Arrow meets the Justice Society’s Stargirl and the new Huntress (Helena Wayne, future daughter of Batman and Catwoman) as they deal with the crocodile-Boom and the frog-Green Lantern (Alan Scott). | |
| ✔ | Titans: Beast World #4 In Ivy Town, Giganta’s attempt to squish the hybrids backfires when she swallows a spore and becomes a colossal bear! The Titans, Jon Kent and the new Swamp Thing defeat her and fry her spores. The President orders Sarge Steel to head up the Bureau of Sovereignty. Steel calls out the Titans on national TV and promises to kill Beast Boy if the Titans won’t. All Earth’s heroes decide to block the Bureau’s attack. Doctor Hate occupies Raven. Peacemaker kidnaps Chester P Runk for Waller. She forces Lex Luthor to teleport Runk inside Beast Boy and open a black hole, killing them both… 1st appearance: Bureau of Sovereignty |
| ✔ | Titans: Beast World #5 With Garro/Beast Boy dead, Amanda Waller is brought forward by the President as the hero of the hour. She announces the plan to herd the 1,000,000 hybrids together for extermination, despite the President’s wishes. Raven contains her urge to unleash the dark side of herself contained in the gem on her forehead and kill Waller. Instead, she teleports Nightwing and the Flash to the ‘secret’ Bureau of Sovereignty base. Nightwing heads in, defeats Peacemaker and confronts to Waller. He orders Cyborg to shut down all military drones when she refuses to listen. Raven almost unleashes her demon side, but Waller reveals her gem is empty and has been for some time (as implied by Blaze during OUT OF THE SHADOWS). Doctor Hate teleports in and removes their helmet, revealing Raven’s demonic half personified… Dark Raven! |
| ✔ | Titans: Beast World #6 Raven teleports Nightwing away before ‘Doctor Hate’ attacks her. Jon Kent lures out Batman’s spore. The heroes are used as bait to draw the spores from the rounded-up hybrids. Nightwing approaches the President directly to heal their trust issues. Donna Troy is given special armour to combat the spores, but Raven quickly alerts them that Beast Boy’s consciousness is in the spores. Starfire steals the Helmet of Hate and Flash throws it into a volcano. Raven returns to Titans Tower having absorbed Dark Raven into the gem. Amanda Waller claims the Hall of Justice for the Bureau of Sovereignty, renaming it the Hall of Order. The gathered spores reform Beast Boy’s body. Raven grabs the arm/tentacle he lost in space and use its neurons to restart Beast Boy, bringing him back to life. The Titans are unaware that the real Raven is trapped in the Soul Gem and Dark Raven is posing as her… 1st appearance: Amor Armor New identity: Hall of Justice as Hall of Order |
See how this story fits into the wider DC Universe with these reading orders:
- PEACEMAKER, 2019-Present – Giving Peace a Bad Name
| Must Reads | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| Titans: Beast World – Evolution #1 Reprints stories that link to the Beast World event from throughout DC history: Teen Titans (1966) #6 Tales of the New Teen Titans (1982) #2 Action Comics (2016) #1051 [3/3] |
| Must Reads | Issue & Fallout | Event/ Crossover |
| ✔ | Green Arrow #9 (2024) The Bureau of Sovereignty go through the items in the former-Hall of Justice they’ve laid claim to; Green Arrow’s attempt to confront Amanda Waller over the disappearance of Arsenal leads to his capture. | DAWN OF DC FAMILY FIRST |
| The Flash #4 (2024) Days after Beast World, the Flash Family are revealed to have been fully restored to normal. | DAWN OF DC STRANGE ATTRACTOR | |
| Nightwing #112 (2024) Beast Boy turns to Batman for reassurance due to the public’s negative perspective on him following Beast World. | DAWN OF DC | |
| ✔ | Green Arrow #9-10 (2024) Green Arrow learns Arsenal was sent to Sanctuary to steal files for Amanda Waller, but has disappeared; Red Canary continues to work alongside Black Canary, joining Team Arrow. | DAWN OF DC FAMILY FIRST |
| ✔ | Titans #8-12 (2024) A week after Beast World, public opinion is divided on the Titans; Tempest officially rejoins the Titans; the Bureau of Sovereignty question the Titans’ new role; Amanda Waller makes a deal with Triton to despatch Raven; Dark Raven disrupts the Titans from within their ranks; the broken Red Tornado of Earth 2 is revealed to be in Amanda Waller’s possession. | DAWN OF DC |
| The Flash #8 (2024) Circuit Breaker continues to work with the Flash Family | DAWN OF DC | |
| Action Comics #1064 (2024) Brainiac and the Brainiacs of the Omniverse make their move against Superman. | HOUSE OF BRAINIAC | |
| ✔ | Suicide Squad: Dream Team #1-4 (2024) Amanda Waller coerces Dreamer and Deadeye into joining the Suicide Squad on a mission to the Dream Realm; Dreamer discovers Waller’s true intentions. | ABSOLUTE POWER DAWN OF DC |
| Collected Edition Title | Collects… |
| Titans: Beast World | Titans: Beast World #1-6 |
| Titans: Beast World Tour | Titans: Beast World Tour – Atlantis #1 Titans: Beast World Tour – Central City #1 Titans: Beast World Tour – Gotham #1 Titans: Beast World Tour – Metropolis #1 Titans: Beast World Tour – Star City #1 |
| Collected Edition Title | Includes… |
| Green Arrow vol.2: Family First | Green Arrow #7-8 |
| Tales of the Titans | Tales of the Titans #4 |
Reading Order ©OmniverseComicsGuide 2024
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