Red Star (Teen Titans)

Leonid Constantinovitch Kovar, also known as Red Star, is a character from the Teen Titans series.
== Charactah Account ==
Red Star is a Russian super-soldier with powerful radioactive abilities, which he can't control.
Red Star isolates himself in a remote, abandoned nuclear facility out of fear of harming others with his powers, and is regarded with fear and hate by those who know him for the damage he's caused before and who believe him to be the monster who ravages the village.
Despite that reputation, in person Red Star is a polite, kind young man who wants desperately to help in spite of what he's become, but whose fear of his own power keeps him in self-imposed exile. 
== Appearance ==
=== Cartoons ===
* New Teen Titans
* Teen Titans Season 5
=== Comics ===
* Teen Titans Go!
== Trivia ==
* The "Perfect Soldier" experiments were run by Professor Chang, as seen in the flashback.
* Red Star debuted in the comics in 1968, going by the name of Starfire. He is not seen again until nearly 20 years later, which, by then, the Titans had already met Starfire from Tamaran, which is when Red Star got his current name. This may explain the close friendship the two share in the TV series.
* His powers and to a lesser extent his appearance differ from his original comic book counterpart. These changes include making his hair red, eyes green, and giving him the ability to fly and fire energy beams. This was likely done to make him more similar to Starfire to highlight their shared comic book history.
* Despite their similar abilities, Red Star's powers are more unstable than Starfire's. This is likely another reference to their development history, portraying Red Star's powers like older/less refined versions of Starfire's.
* In the comics, Red Star had a close relationship with Pantha and Baby Wildebeest, though this was never brought up in the show.
* His show costume resembles his first and third costumes from the comics.
* The power he releases into jars appears to be the basis for Zynothium. It is likely a precursor to Zynothium was used in the experiments that gave him his powers.
* He is one of the few Titans in the show whose true comic book name is known. He is addressed as Captain Kovar by Raskov. His original first and patronymic name, which are unmentioned, is Leonid Konstantinovitch.
* Andre Le Blanc is Red Star's enemy in the DC mainstream.
* In the comics, Red Star gained his powers after being exposed to the energy core of a space ship he found. His animated series origin is similar to the origin of Marvel Comics superhero Captain America from Marvel Comics.
* Likewise, his uniform looks similar to Marvel Comic's Bucky Barne's WWII uniform with Captain America's emblem and heavy USSR influences. When his powers are going critical, his visor also looks like Bucky's WWII era Domino Mask.
* When the H.I.V.E. Five were scrolling though Titans trying to match Kid Flash (who they were defeated by earlier), Red Star was seen on their screen, but in his radioactive form.
* Red Star's all green eyes may be a reference to Starfire's mainstream comic appearance.
* As shown in "Calling All Titans!", Red Star can speak fluent Russian.
* His design resembles green lantern's red son design.
* At the end of the episode "Snowblind", Starfire says in regard to Red Star "I believe he will return our kindness, someday" after Robin says she did a good job helping Red Star. He returned the kindness in "Titans Together".
== Gallery ==
File:Red Star (Teen Titans) Render 01.png
File:Red Star (Teen Titans) 01.png
File:Red Star (Teen Titans) 02.png
File:Red Star (Teen Titans) 03.png
File:Red Star (Teen Titans) 04.png
File:Red Star (Teen Titans) 05.png
== External Links ==
* Red Star at Teen Titans Wiki
Category:Characters
Category:Males
Category:Teen Titans