Warning! Spoilers ahead for Teen Titans Academy #11

While the Teen Titans may have escaped their fate, revealed in Future State in the latest issue of Teen Titans Academy, the result is Shazam getting a crucial new role in the DC Universe. Rather than the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse being unleashed to ravage the world to begin the end times, the Teen Titans found a way to keep the danger contained. This is largely thanks to Billy Batson and a future variant of Black Adam who've partnered together to keep the world safe.

In previous issues of Teen Titans Academy, it's been revealed that the dark future Raven and Shazam have seen is about to come to pass. Through Dane (the mortal vessel of the demon Nevermore) the Four Riders are threatening to be unleashed, marking the beginning of the end times, a literal apocalypse of biblical proportions. Destined his whole life for this very moment, it seems as though there's very little Dane can do to stop the Riders from coming, let alone the Titans and their students at the academy. However, the teachers had been considering killing Dane to prevent the apocalypse, something the mysterious Red X refuses to let them do in the new Teen Titans Academy #11 from Tim Sheridan, Rafa Sandoval, Jordi Tarragona, and Brent Peeples.

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Thankfully, the Titans don't have to do anything unspeakably dark like killing one of their students due to the arrival of Billy Batson's Shazam. He's also teamed up with a future and more mellow version of Black Adam who goes by the name Teddy (he's also millions of years old with the body of a teenager). Arriving with the kickstarted Rock of Eternity, which had been trapped in Hell, Shazam reveals that the Rock is the one prison that can hold the Four Riders so long as he and Teddy stand guard to make sure they stay contained, thereby rewriting the dark future. As a result, Billy has graduated from the Teen Titans Academy for his new job in the DC Universe, leaving his teachers with a critical piece of encouragement before he leaves.

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While Shazam's words are certainly positive and helpful considering the doubts the original Titans have been having about opening the school in the first place, they're going to have a lot of rebuilding to do either way seeing as how the iconic Titans Tower has been destroyed by the issue's end. Regardless, Billy Batson's new role is extremely important, one that will see him and Teddy helping Dane throughout the process of unleashing the Four Riders. However, so long as the three of them remain in the Rock to keep them contained, the DC Universe will be protected from the apocalypse.

Thankfully, the interior of the Rock of Eternity is an infinite space that comically has a café. Combined with his new friends and allies, it doesn't seem as though Billy will be all that bored or lonely in his new position guarding the Four Riders. That being said, it will be interesting to see what the future holds for Billy Batson's Shazam and his new role in the DC Universe beyond the Teen Titans.

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