History

  The son of two brilliant research scientists, Vic earned their anger by devoting his own passion to sports rather than science. However, his sporting career came to an end when his mother accidentally allowed a creature from another reality into this one; the creature killed her and disintegrated much of Vic's body. He was saved by the efforts of his father, who replaced the missing parts of his body with metal and plastic. Now gifted with abilities beyond the norm, Vic also found himself an outcast and, until persuaded to join the Titans (where he met lifelong friend Changeling), wanted little more than to die. His life since then has been far from ideal, as he went through a number of changes which made him less and less human. Recently, however, he has regained a partially-human body and after a brief period of residence in Keystone City, he headed out to San Francisco to found the latest group of Teen Titans, where he helps to train the new heroic generation.