The Ravagers (comics)
| Ravager | |
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Cover to New Teen Titans #2, the original Ravager's first appearance. Art by George Pérez
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance |
(Grant) New Teen Titans vol. 1 #1 (November 1980) (unknown) Batman #440 (October 1989) (Walsh) Tales of the Teen Titans #44 (July 1984) (as Ravager) Deathstroke the Terminator #1 (August 1991) (LaFarge) Deathstroke, the Hunted #0 (October 1994) |
| Created by |
(Grant) George Pérez, Marv Wolfman, Romeo Tanghal (Walsh) Marv Wolfman, George Pérez (LaFarge) Marv Wolfman, Sergio Cariello |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego |
Grant Wilson Bill Walsh Wade DeFarge Rose Wilson |
| Team affiliations |
(Grant and Walsh) H.I.V.E. Black Lantern Corps |
| Supporting character of |
(unknown) Two-Face |
| Notable aliases |
(LaFarge) The Jackal |
| Abilities |
(Grant) Enhanced strength and reflexes |
| The Ravagers | |
| Series publication information | |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | July 2012 – July 2013 |
| Number of issues | 13 (including issue #0) |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Howard Mackie (#1-7, 0), Michael Alan Nelson (#8-12), Tony Bedard (#10-12) |
| Artist(s) | Eduardo Pansica and Daniel HDR (#7), Geraldo Borges (#7, 11) |
| Penciller(s) | Ian Churchill (#1-3, 5-7, 0), Daniel Sampere and Stefano Martino (#4), Julius Gopez (#5), Tyler Kirkham (#6), Ig Guara (#8-10), Diogene Neves (#10-12) |
| Inker(s) | Norm Rapmund (#1-6, 0, 8-10) Vicente Cifuentes (#10-12) |
| Collected editions | |
| Vol. 1 The Kids From N.O.W.H.E.R.E | ISBN |
| Vol. 2 | ISBN |
Ravager is the name of five fictional comic book characters in the DC Universe, four villains and one hero. Four have appeared in series featuring the Teen Titans and have a connection to the villain Deathstroke, Slade Wilson.
The first Ravager is Deathstroke's older son Grant Wilson, who dies attempting to assassinate the Teen Titans under a contract from the H.I.V.E., causing Deathstroke to hold the Titans responsible for his death. Because of a serum procedure the H.I.V.E. undertook to imitate his father's abilities, he gains enhanced strength and reflexes.
In Teen Titans, vol.3, #31 (February 2006), Grant was temporarily resurrected by Brother Blood to guard Kid Eternity. In the Teen Titans tie-in to the Blackest Night crossover, Grant Wilson was reanimated as a member of the Black Lantern Corps, attacking his father and half-sister, Rose Wilson.
After the events of Flashpoint, Grant's history was changed. He appears to have been beaten and killed in an explosion by Midnighter, but returned after a few years trying to kill his father. Grant surreptitiously manipulates Deathstroke, by allying himself with the fathers of one of Slade's victims and sending a number of villains called Legacy to weaken the mercenary before really facing him. In the aftermath, even having a chance to kill Deathstroke, Grant hesitated and simply walked away. Grant later appeared being mind-controlled by Jericho. He was later killed off by Deathstroke in his try to kill Jericho.
Grant's backstory is later expanded upon in the Deathstroke: Rebirth universe. In his younger years as a child, he had a strained relationship with his father Slade, who was hard on him, and was distant from his younger brother Joe. His strained family life provokes him to running away as a teenager, unknowingly encountering young members of H.I.V.E who have been spying on his family and took the chance to recruit him. Grant established a relationship with one of the young women and came to join H.I.V.E in his adult life. In the "Lazarus Contract" storyline, Deathstroke try to revive Grant by stealing Wally West and Wally West II's superspeed to time travel and change the past, but was unsuccessful.
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