RAVAGER

Real Name: Rose Wilson

Class: Human mutate

Occupation: Superhero, formerly supervillain

Group Affiliation: Teen Titans III

Known Relatives: Wade La Farge (Ravager IV, half-uncle, deceased), Grant Wilson (Ravager I, half-brother, deceased), Joseph Wilson (Jericho, half-brother), Slade Wilson (Deathstroke, father), Lillian Worth (mother, deceased)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Titans Tower, San Francisco, California, formerly NYC, NY

First Appearance: (Rose Wilson) Deathstroke The Terminator #15 (October, 1992), (Ravager) Teen Titans III #8 (April, 2004)

Powers: Ravager possessed superhuman intellect, agility, and strength, and had limited precognitive abilities. She was a masterful fighter in armed and unarmed combat, and wielded a sword.

History: 

(Batgirl I #63, 64) - When Batgirl foiled Penguin’s arms deal with the Brotherhood of Evil she damaged his standing in The Society. Penguin met with Luthor, Dr. Psycho and Calculator demanding they help him take down Batgirl once and for all. He said Deathstroke was clearly the man for the job, and Deathstroke considered his proposal. Batgirl was the protector of Bludhaven, so Deathstroke started a fire at a business owned by neighborhood couple the Braunsteins. Batgirl investigated and Deathstroke snapped Mrs. Braunstein’s neck in front of her. Deathstroke and Batgirl fought across Bludhaven, and Batgirl could sense he was toying with her. Deathstroke admitted as much, and introduced his daughter Ravager to Batgirl, saying he was saving-the killing blow for her. Ravager was incredibly skilled, but during their fight Batgirl realized how inexperienced she was and temporarily knocked her out. Batgirl saw a lot of herself in Ravager, since both their fathers raised them to be killers. Deathstroke hadn’t interfered in the fight and didn’t retaliate when Batgirl called him pathetic for what he’d done to his daughter. Ravager recovered, promised her father she wouldn’t fail him, and pursued Batgirl, who truly felt for her because it was obvious everything she did was to win her father’s approval. Batgirl fled to an underground tunnel system, not wanting any onlookers to get hurt when Ravager caught up to her. Ravager soon found her, with Deathstroke still observing. During the fight Batgirl staid on the defensive and waited for ravager to look to her father for approval and took the opportunity to disarm her. Batgirl used Ravager’s own sword to stab her in the throat, forcing Deathstroke to save his daughter and get her emergency medical treatment. Batgirl knew their fight was far from over, and that Deathstroke would force Ravager to complete her test and go after Batgirl again one day.

(Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime #1) - An army of Earth's heroes, including Ravager and the Teen Titans, appeared to take Superboy-Prime down during the Sinestro Corps invasion of Earth. The heroes focused on wrecking his armor, because after a year on Oa, and away from a yellow sun his Kryptonian body still wasn't at full strength, and his armor collected sunlight. Superboy bragged that once the sun rose on Earth he'd be at full power. Superboy was battered by Wonder Girl and Wonder Woman, who blamed him for Superboy's death, as well as Supergirl and Power Girl, who blamed him for the death of the Superman of Earth-2. As the fight went against him, Superboy broke down in tears. He tried to wipe them away, saying that it was impossible for boys to cry, and then whining that no one ever thanked him for sacrificing his Earth to save the multiverse. The battle lasted until dawn, and he flew into the sunrise. As he achieved full power he declared himself the one, true Superman. The Guardians arrived with Sodam Yat, the new Ion, and pitted him against Superboy-Prime.

(Titans II #1) - The Teen Titans were attacked by Trigon s demons. Trigon was determined to destroy every last Titan, past and present.

(Faces of Evil: Deathstroke #1) - Deathstroke was being detained at Belle Reve and the medical machines monitoring Deathstroke indicated that his body was no longer healing itself, and that the injury he sustained to his heart would kill him. As a favor to a supposed dying man who'd lost the will to live, they brought in Ravager so he could say goodbye to her and apologize. Ravager knew there was no way her father'd given up the will to live, and she would never accept apologies from him, so she tried to strangle him with plastic wire. Deathstroke fought back, and revealed that he'd fooled the medical machines using his total control over his entire body. He defeated his daughter and told her their cycle of violence was at an end. He escaped Belle Reve on a helicopter sent to contain him, and proceeded to blow up every trace of his past life, including bank deposit boxes and safe houses. He hated what he'd done to Rose, but he wanted her to hate him, so she'd never be like him.

(Teen Titans III #70) - Jericho called up the Teen Titans aboard their T-Wing to tell them he was going to kill the Titans and use them to do it. They kept him on the phone to trace his call, and this allowed him to infect the wing  s computer system with a worm that gave him control over it. Jericho flew the wing to NYC and used it to attack the Titans. The Titans and Teen Titans managed to disable the T-Wing and crash it into the East River without anyone getting injured. Ravager was stowed away on the T-Wing, and told the Titans she waned to help them stop her brother without him getting killed. She also argued with Wonder Girl when she saw Bombshell on the team. Ravager wanted to know why she caught hell for being a former traitor if they d let other ex-villains on the team. Jericho possessed Raven and spirited away his sister. He told her he was trying to kill he Titans, but only because of the voices in his head. He asked for her help, and she turned him down. Jericho was disappointed in her, he thought she would always be on his side, and pointed out that she was working with heroes associated with Vigilante, who was trying to kill him. He returned her to the Titans and fled to Time Square. The Titans spotted Vigilante, who was following them, and subdued him, though Ravager wanted to keep beating him for trying to kill Jericho. Vigilante promised to not kill Jericho if they promised that Jericho s killing days were over.

(Titans II #13) - Jericho entered the Hamilton Grande, prepared for a slaughter. He announced that he had rigged explosives throughout the restaurant, and every wealthy patron was his hostage. Using a cellphone video, he recorded himself shooting the hotel manager in the head, and promised to kill a patron every two minutes, unless the Titans arrived to stop him. The Titans confronted Jericho, and tried to reason with him, but he as having none of it, telling them he'd succeed in killing them here his father failed, finally allowing him to overshadow his dad. He'd strapped explosives to his hostages, and held the trigger, guaranteeing that the Titans would die trying to save them. He offered Ravager a chance to escape, but she wasn't abandoning her teammates. They tussled, and Jericho set off the detonator, and escaped. News crews filmed what appeared to be the dead Titans.

(Vigilante III #6) - Raven had actually created the illusion of the Titans  death, and Miss Martian disguised herself as Deathstroke to confront and confuse Jericho. The Titans reached out to Jericho, and Raven tried to enter his mind to heal him, but all she found was darkness. They defeated him, but Vigilante made his presence known, and drew his guns, saying Jericho would kill again if not stopped. Ravager reminded him of his promise, and he slipped away. He later ambushed Jericho's police convoy, and cut out his eyes so he could never use his power again. The Titans realized too late what Vigilante was up to, and they found Jericho in the back of his transport, bleeding and babbling that he was cured. The heroes were all horrified, Ravager in particular.

(Blackest Night: Titans #1) - Beast Boy gave Ravager and the Titans some time off to deal with their grief over Red Devil's death. Ravager dealth with her pain by taking a random man home, and kicking him out after they made love.

Comments: Created by Marv Wolfman & Art Nichols

Ravager had a cameo in Titans II #12, 38.