RAVAGER I
Real Name: Grant Wilson
Class: Altered human
Occupation: Mercenary
Group Affiliation: H.I.V.E.
Known Relatives: Adeline Kane Wilson (mother), Joseph Wilson (brother), Slade Wilson (father)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: NYC, New York.
First Appearance: (as Grant Wilson) New Teen Titans I #1 (November, 1980), (as Ravager I) New Teen Titans vol. 1 #2 (December, 1980)
Powers: Ravager uses nearly 100% of his brain capacity, making him a master tactician. He possesses superhuman reflexes, agility, strength and endurance. Ravager's powers feed off his body's energy, and excessive use of them can prove fatal. Ravager is armed with a sword, conventional firearms and a gas-gun.History: (New Teen Titans I #1, 2)-Grant Wilson grew up idolizing Deathstroke, although he was unaware that the mercenary was his father, because his parents had been separated. Grant attended military school and later moved to NYC, at which point he began falling in with members of H.I.V.E. His new friends and his constant infidelity threatened his relationship with girlfriend Carol Sladky. The final straw came when Starfire II crashed into his apartment, and his living space was destroyed by Gordanians who were hunting the alien princess. The New Teen Titans fended off the Gordanians, but Grant blamed them for both destroying his apartment and convincing Carol to leave him. In a bid for revenge he allowed H.I.V.E. scientists to give him powers that were identical to those of Deathstroke. Now known as Ravager he promised to assassinate the Titans. Deathstroke warned his son that his powers were unstable and slowly killing him, but Ravager refused to listen. Ravager burned himself out fighting the Titans, dying in his fathers' arms, and Deathstroke swore revenge.
(Teen Titans III #31) - In the afterlife Brother Blood siphoned Kid Eternity's powers over life and death and chained him to the opening of the door between life and death. Blood resurrected Ravager, Gizmo and Madame Rouge and set them to guard Eternity. Beast Boy and Raven of the Titans fought off the resurrected villains and freed Eternity. Eternity closed the door, returning the villains to the afterlife.
Comments: Created by George Perez & Marv Wolfman
Ravager had a cameo in Faces of Evil: Deathstroke #1.
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