Red Star
Leonid Kovar
| Fighting |
Good |
| Agility |
Remarkable |
| Strength |
Remarkable |
| Endurance |
Excellent |
| Reason |
Good |
| Intuition |
Good |
| Psyche |
Typical |
| Health |
90 |
| Karma |
36 |
| Resources |
Not Applicable |
| Popularity |
0 |
Powers
- Superhuman strength, speed and stamina, Pyrokinesis
Talents
None
Contacts
None
History
Leonid's father, Konstantin, was an archealogist, and when the two investigated a spaceship that had crashed into the Yenesi River, the ship exploded. It imbued Leonid with energy, and gave him powers of superstrength, speed, flight, and pyrokinesis. Being a Russian patriot who believed in socialism, he offered his services to his country and became the first official Russian superhero in the DC universe, taking the name Starfire. He would not reappear until New Teen Titans #18 in 1982. A new character named Starfire was on the team at this point, and so Leonid changed his codename to Red Star.
In New Titans #76 (1991), Red Star joined the Teen Titans. After two years, Red Star left the Titans with Pantha and Baby Wildebeest, forming a unique and somewhat dysfunctional family unit (New Titans #114, 1994). He was not seen again until the JLA/Titans miniseries in 1999. He made a few minor appearances over the next few years and was mosty recently seen in Infinite Crisis #4, in which he was frozen solid by Superboy-Prime after witnessing the brutal murder of Pantha and Baby Wildebeest. He was last seen weeping over the dead bodies of his "family" in the issue of Teen Titans dealing with the Superboy event.
Although some writers such as Marv Wolfman had plans for him, he never reached the spotlight, and fell back to become a rarely-used reserve member of the Titans.
The Titans will be working with him in a future issue while they search for Raven.
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