Teen Titans Snowblind (2003–2006) Online

Teen Titans Snowblind (2003–2006) Online

The Titans get a distress call from Russia. They encounter Red Star, a super powered outcast and a creature that thrives on radiation.

Starfire is the first Titan to meet Red Star. In the comics, Red Star's original code name was Starfire; he changed it after meeting the Tamaranian Titan.

In this series, Red Star's origins are very similar to Marvels' Captain America. Frail enlisted man Steve Rogers was given the super-soldier formula and became the legendary hero, Captain America, who fought on behalf of his country. The creative team did read up a little about Red Star, but ultimately, they wanted to create their own take on that character. Other than his name, his costume, being from Russia and a bit of his backstory, this version of Red Star is very much a new take on the character.

One of the scientists that helped create Red Star was Professor Chang - the evil inventor who appeared in Teen Titans: X (2004) and Teen Titans: Titans East: Part 2 (2005).

Leonid Kovar first appeared in "Teen Titans" (vol. 1) #18. Leonid's exposure to a meteorite gave him powers - enabling him to become Russia's first young hero as Starfire. Starfire team up with the Titans several times and changed his name to Red Star (no doubt to avoid confusion with a certain alien female hero). Leonid later joined the Titans as Red Star and developed fiery new abilities in "The New Titans" #77.

General Raskov is based on Red Star's surrogate father in the Teen Titans comic book series. Red Star's father, Konstantin, seemingly perished under the service of the Soviet Union. Through much of his adult life, Russian scientist Pyotr Raskov looked after Leonid and became his surrogate father.