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ROBIN: After witnessing the death of the Flying Graysons as a child, Tim Drake followed the adventures of Batman and Robin. At the age of nine, he deduced their secret identities after viewing them on a security tape. After the death of Jason Todd, Tim tried to convince Dick Grayson to take up the mantle of Robin once more. Dick refused and with the help of Alfred, Tim took on the mantle himself. At first reluctant, Batman eventually accepted Tim as his partner and sent him through intensive training. Tim has since gone through numerous trials since becoming Robin, including the death of his parents and his girlfriend, Stephanie Brown. |
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SUPERBOY: Following Superman's death at the hands of Doomsday, Cadmus Labs instituted Project: Man of Tomorrow, an attempt to clone Superman. Kryptonian DNA proved too unstable to clone, however, so the human DNA of Lex Luthor was added and the result was Superboy. Superman gave him the Kryptonian name of Kon-El and told him he considers him family. Now, he lives with Jonathan and Martha Kent in the civillian identity of Conner Kent, their nephew. Since he isn't a direct clone, Superboy possesses similar abilities to Superman, including flight, superhuman strength, invulnerability, x-ray vision, heat vision, superhuman hearing, as well as tactile telekinesis. |
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WONDER GIRL: Cassie Sandsmark is the daughter of Helena Sandsmark, an archaeologist who worked with Wonder Woman and the Greek god Zeus. After using mystical artifacts and a costume to aid Wonder Woman, Cassie asked Zeus to grant her real powers. Zeus granted her wish and Cassie gained flight, superhuman strength, speed, agility, and durability but gave Helena the ability to deactivate these powers. She was also given a lasso by Ares which can expel the lightning of Zeus when used in anger. |
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SPEEDY: After being abused by her father, teenaged Mia Dearden ran away and ended up turning to a life of prostitution. She was rescued from this profession by Oliver Queen, who had recently been resurrected. Under Ollie's tutelage, Mia began to train as an archer and constantly tried to convince Ollie to let her become his sidekick. At first, Ollie refused, until Mia discovered she was HIV-positive. This knowledge caused her to redouble her efforts and Ollie finally decided to grant her this wish, allowing her to become the new Speedy. |
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KID FLASH: Bart Allen is the future grandson of Barry Allen, the second Flash, and Iris West. Raised in a virtual reality machine and suffering from accelerated aging, Bart was taken back in time by his grandmother. In the present, Bart met Wally West, the current Flash and was taken under the wing of Max Mercury and later, Jay Garrick (the original Flash). Originally calling himself Impulse, Bart was injured in battle with Deathstroke. While recovering, Bart read every book in the San Francisco Public Library and reinvented himself as the new Kid Flash. |
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RAVEN: The half-breed daughter of human woman and a demon, Raven grew up in a pacifist dimension called Azarath. She reformed the Teen Titans when she discovered her father planned to destroy her dimension. Although her original body was destroyed, Raven was resurrected by the Church of Blood in the body of a seventeen-year-old girl. After being rescued by the new Teen Titans, Raven joined them and enrolled in high school under the name of Rachel Roth. Raven possesses empathic abilities, limited precognition and can project her Soul-Self. |
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CYBORG: Vic Stone is the son of scientists who used him as a test subject in intelligence-enhancing experiments. Resenting their treatment of him, Vic led a troubled young life and frequently found himself at odds with the law. When his parents' experiments brought over a monster through a portal, Vic's mother was killed and he was horribly disfigured. Vic's father outfitted his son's body with cybernetic enhancements that granted Vic superhuman strength as well as numerous weapons and sensors. A longtime member of the Teen Titans, Vic now mentors the new team with Beast Boy. |
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BEAST BOY: When Gar Logan was a child, he contracted a rare disease called Sakutia and was cured from a serum extracted from a green monkey. The serum not only cured Gar, but also turned his skin and hair green and also gave him the ability to transform into any animal of his choice. Gar was adopted by Elasti-Girl and Mento of the Doom Patrol and later joined the Titans West and eventually the Teen Titans. Calling himself Beast Boy, Gar developed a close friendship with Cyborg and was also an actor for a time. Currently, he and Cyborg serve as mentors to the new Teen Titans. |
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