Who Is Red Star? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Red Star is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Leonid Konstantinovitch Kovar, with over 217 comic issue appearances. Leonid Kovar was exposed to a space ship which gave him his powers. He would later join the Teen Titans and take the name "Red Star".

Who is Red Star?

Origin Kovar getting his powers Leonid Kovar and his father were investigating an alien ship that had crashed in the Yenesi River, Leonid's father, Konstantin, was an archeologist. While the two where investigating the ship, Leonid touched the controls in a certain way and the ship exploded. The explosion imbued Leonid with several super powers, including super strength, flight, speed, and pyrokinesis. Leonid, being a patriotic Russian that believed in socialism, offered himself to Russia as their first super-hero. Leonid faithfully, loyally served the Communist party. He took on the name Starfire at first. However, a member of the Teen Titans had already chosen this name, so Leonid changed his name to Red Star. Red's father died while working for the Soviet Union, so Russian scientist Pyotr Raskov looked after him until adulthood.

Key facts

Red Star is of human origin and first appeared in "Eye of the Beholder". The character is published by DC Comics. With 217 recorded issue appearances, Red Star ranks among the most featured characters in comics.