RED STAR (Leonid Kovar)	BIOGRAPHY
Created by Len Wein, Marv Wolfman and Bill Draut (Starfire); Marv Wolfman, George Pérez and Romeo Tanghal (Red Star)

Red Star (Leonid Kovar)

PERSONAL DATA

Real Name: Leonid Kovar
Aliases: Starfire I
Place of Birth: Russia
Citizenship: Russian
Known Relatives: Konstantin Kovar (father)
Base of Operation: Moscow, Russia
Group Affiliation(s): Teen Titans
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Eyes: Gold
Hair: Reddish blond
First Appearance: (as Starfire I): Teen Titans Vol. 1 #18 (November-December 1968)
(as Red Star): New Teen Titans Vol. 1 #18 (April 1982)
Creators: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman and Bill Draut (Starfire); Marv Wolfman, George Pérez and Romeo Tanghal (Red Star)

HISTORY

Years ago, the Soviet archaeologist Konstantin Kovar and his son Leonid discovered a spacecraft that had crashed into the Yenesi River. The ship exploded and imbued young Leonid with an unknown energy, giving him a variety of super-powers (among them super-strength and flaming powers). Leonid offered his services to his home country, and became Starfire (later Red Star), Russia's first official superhero. He cooperated with his American counterparts in the Teen Titans a few times, and following Glasnost, he even joined the team. Although still a convinced Socialist, he has realized that the Sovietism he once believed in was a failure.

Red Star lived with his 'family', Pantha and Wildebeest, in Russia's Science City for a time, before their deaths at the hands of Superboy-Prime.

[With the 'relative timeline' of the DCU, the status of historical facts such as the fall of the Soviet Union are now dubious. Possibly, the Cold War lasted longer in the DCU than in the real world, until approximately an eternal "three years ago".]

CHRONOLOGY

For a definitive list of appearances of Red Star in chronological order click here

PROFILE REFERENCES

Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #19 (September 1986)

Who's Who in the DC Universe #11 (July 1991)