The Titans, “Donna Troy”, Review!

Young Dick Grayson walks into a bedroom in the Wayne Mansion and throws his wing ding.  It is caught by a young girl, Donna Troy (Andi Hubick), on a bed.  She mentions the 

Justice League and Diana.  Dick says his mission was dealing with the Joker.  He went on 

the mission against Batman and dead victims were part of the Joker’s crimes.  Dick wants to 

quit and the girl asks him if the Joker will quit.  She says Bruce and Dick will stop the Joker.  

The girl throws back the wing ding which Dick catches.  She says, “After all, us sidekicks 

have to stick together.”  The partnership of Donna and Dick is like the early Teen Titans 

comics (with Kid Flash and Aqualad).  The character of Wonder Girl first appeared with the 

Teen Titans in Brave and Bold #60 (1965).  Strangely, there was a Wonder Girl played by 

Debra Winger in the Wonder Woman tv show, but she went by the name Drusilla. 

Chicago, Rachel is busy cooking eggs, when Garfield surprises her.  He makes coffee and 

brings up Dick and Kory.  Rachel’s mother isthere in a bathrobe and hugs her.  Then, she 

says that Garfield cares for her daughter, then offers a hug with Garfield. He awkwardly 

stands by her.  Kory is startled awake in bed next to Dick.  He says she was talking in her 

sleep, but in a confusing language.  Dick says he can’t be Robin.  Kory ends their 

relationship until they can find their identities.  At breakfast with everyone, Angela offers a 

place in Ohio, Garfield calls it a secret base. 

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Dick goes on his way and Rachel hugs him. He goes to knock on an apartment, a 

woman, Donna Troy (Conor Leslie) answers, and he says he quit.  She says she’s late and

Dick walks with her.  He says he quit and burned the suit.  She left her costume in the 

closet.  The woman leaps over a garbage truck, Dick follows, a bit slower, but with style.  A 

train takes Kory and Garfield to Ohio, she flashes back to her torture, and gets some 

bourbon.  Garfield gets a text from Rachel and Kory says they should give some time to

mother and daughter.  A gallery has some photographs of Donna’s work.  She tells him to 

go mingle.  Angela tells her daughter that she never wanted her taken away.  Rachel brings 

up Melissa, her adopted mother, and Angela says she was a friend.  She brings up her 

father, whom Angela says built a “cult of personality” and that her powers come from her 

father.  Angela cries saying they are safe.  Rachel looks at the train window and only sees 

her reflection.  Garfield says he is confused over the killing he did as a tiger and that it may 

have control over him.  He drinks one of the bourbon in a glass and Kory goes to check on 

a man who was at the bar.  Kory walks the train cars, finds the man, Jerry Ridley (James

Hawksley) and slams him against the wall to ask if the people from the asylum are after 

them.  He wheezes out, “I can’t breathe” and Kory spares him.  A man starts talking with 

Dick who goes on about technical matters.  The man excuses himself.  

Donna gets a text for a meeting and tells Dick that she has to leave and will be back in an hour. In the train, the man makes a call, Jerry Ridley, makes a call to agent about the wanted woman, Kory!  Donna sees a jeep that takes her away, Dick watches this, staring out in a nearby car.  The train stop and Kory is worried. At the meeting, Graham Norris (Damian Walshe-Howling), talks with Donna, he doesn’t want his picture taken.  He decided to go against her boss for making personnel changes, she takes pictures inside a truck with exotic animal skins.  Donna hears an animal growling in the next truck, a bear., Graham leaves and then Dick drops in with his staff. Donna is angry for Dick knocking down Graham and she gives him a fist that sends him back down.  She wants her pictures to take down the entire operation to Cape Town.  Donna wants Dick to take a picture with his cell phone of her unconscious next to Graham.  At her apartment, she gets some beers, angry that Dick stepped in when she had the situation under control.  Donna mentions that Diana took her in after the fire.  This is part of her original origin that was revealed in Teen Titans #22 (1969).  She left behind being Wonder Girl.  It could be Donna takes the identity of Troia with armor or an all black uniform which she became in New Titans #55 (1989).  Donna Troy was always the voice of reason in the New Teen Titans comic book.  She was always the sister to Dick Grayson and the same applies here.  Donna asks for Dick’s cell phone and sees the pictures he took of Kory’s storage room.  She says the letters are an “off shoot” of Sumerian that she learned in Themyscira.  I really love Donna Troy connected to Wonder Woman.  It seems like this Titans could be an off shoot of the DC Extended Universe from the films. 

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Kory hears that the train is coming to a stop.  She wakes up Garfield to go find the others.  Kory finds Angela who says Rachel went to the bathroom.  Agents approach from the next train car and Kory uses her power to burn the door. FBI agents fire at her.  She unleashes her power making the train car explode. The passengers leave along with Garfield, Rachel, and Angela.  A green tiger growls at a maintenance worker who runs.  Angela pulls his truck over to see Kory on the road.  Day, Killdeer, Ohio, the truck pulls up to a lone house by a tree.  Angela finds a key to open the door.  Kory gets flashes of vision.  Rachel offers to heal her and possibly restore her memory.  In the house, Kory and Rachel sit, as Garfield and Angela watch.  Dick drives with Donna who tells him that Kory is called Starfire.  We finally get Starfire as a Tamaranean.  She hasn’t flown as part of her powers.  Deciphering the writing, Donna says “Her mission is to secure the Raven.”  Rachel uses her power and Kory can see visions of her in a starship.  Donna says it could read different ways, but she fears that Kory was sent to kill Rachel.  Kory’s eyes flare green and she grabs Rachel’s throat.  Dick drives his mini-van down the road.   I love Conor Leslie’s portrayal of Donna Troy, on her own, I hope she joins the team or makes several cameos helping out the team in the next season.  I absolutely love the old Titans with the new Titans, getting close to the comic characters, and that the show might be a spin-off from the films.  

Five Wing Dings out of Five! 

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