Gar Logan (Earth-203)

**Garfield "Gar" Logan**, better known as **Beast Boy** or **BB**, is a metahuman with the ability to shapeshift into any animals. He is the best friend of Victor Stone, Dick Grayson, Koriand'r, and Raven, one of the founding members of the Teen Titans and a former member of Doom Patrol.

## History

### Early Life

Garfield "Gar" Logan was born to Mark and Marie Logan, a duo of geneticists. At one point, Gar went on one of his parents' expeditions to Africa. However, when Gar went exploring on his own, he was bitten by a green monkey and contracted Sakutia, a rare disease that made him deathly ill. Desperate to save their son, Marie and Mark created a serum that would reverse the affects. However, with the monkey's bite and the Serum took affect, the two factors caused Gar's entire genetic makeup to change. His hair, skin and eyes to turn green and gave him the ability to transform into a variety of animals, turning him into a metahuman. Unfortunately, Gar's parents later died in a boating accident, leaving their son an orphan.

Beast Boy eventually wanted to become a member of the Doom Patrol, so he sneaked into their headquarters. However, they treated him like an intruder when he entered. As Beast Boy shape-shifted into a variety of animals and avoided their powers, the team was impressed with his skills. Afterwards, they made Gar an official member of the team before he was eventually adopted by Elasti-Girl and Mento (Steve Dayton) and he began operating under the name **Beast Boy**.

### Fighting the Brotherhood of Evil

He became the youngest member of the Patrol and was eventually adopted by Mento and Elasti-Girl, but had a strained relationship with Mento because of his harsh nature and terrible methods. During a mission against the Brain, Beast Boy had chosen to save his family over completing their mission, which earned chastising from Mento.However, after growing tired of his adoptive father's strict and aggregative behavior, Gar quit the team and made his way to jump City to become his own hero.

### Forming the Teen Titans

Upon Beast Boy's arrival to the city, he noticed trouble happening down town and went to help Robin first. Awestruck at meeting his childhood hero, BB wore a mask to withhold his identity. He later met Cyborg and Raven as they battled Starfire, a princess from another planet. BB and the team decided to split off; however, Beast Boy and his newfound friends learned that the Gordanians were the true threats. He joined Robin, Cyborg and Raven in protecting Starfire and Jump City.

In the aftermath, the future team went on an island, where Titans Tower would eventually be built. He joked to Raven, who admitted he was kind of funny. Taking this complement, it would cause Beast Boy to become a jokester and prankster among the Titans. After being given a Titans communicator by Robin in case they needed each other again, Beast Boy and his four friends founded the Teen Titans. Cyborg built Titans Tower on the island where they stood, and the team went to live there, and set it up as their headquarters. BB got his own room but never explored his past with his friends.

## Powers and abilities

* **Metahuman physiology**: Beast Boy became a metahuman upon being bitten by a green monkey that caused him to grow extremely ill with the Sakutia disease. Both Mark and Marie Logan attempted to cure him by creating a serum to save their son. The two factors resulted in changing Beast Boy's entire genetic make-up, granting him superpowers.
	+ **Animal Transformation:** Due to the incident, Gar was given the ability to shapeshift to any animal he desires, At first, he had trouble transforming into larger animals but learned how to as the series progressed, as he was able to shapeshift into a Tyrannosaurus rex.
	+ **Wisecracking/Sense of Humor:** Beast Boy has a sense of humor he often uses to lighten the mood, but no one really finds him funny.
* **Martial Arts:** Gar has the ability to perform unarmed combat and martial arts. Dick Grayson thought him how to do other forms of hand to hand combat that would prove useful if Gar was powerless one day.
* **Leadership:** Due to his past experiences on Doom Patrol, Beast Boy can become a leader and has been willing to lead when the position is given to him. He was able to lead the survivors of Teen Titans and their allies to a successful infiltration of the Brotherhood of Evil's headquarters.