Ted Grant (DC)
Ted Grant is a male comic superhero who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Pre-Crisis
Ted Grant
Ted Grant's father Henry pledged that Ted would never be afraid of life, so he had the boy train in sports and self-defense from infancy. After Ted's parents died he was left penniless due to their debts. He sought work without success until he helped heavyweight boxer "Socker" Smith fight off a pair of holdup men. Socker made Ted his sparring partner, and Ted soon had a blossoming career as a pro boxer. Socker and Ted shared the same managers, men named Flint and Skinner. During a championship fight between Ted and Socker the managers attempted to fix the fight by poisoning Socker. They overdid it, and Socker died during the bout. Ted was accused of murder, and his managers were attempting to have him rubbed out so that he would not put the blame on them. Inspired by the career of Green Lantern I, Ted became the mysteryman Wildcat in order to bring Socker's killers to justice. He forced Flint and Skinner to confess, clearing his own name. (Sensation Comics v1 #1)
The boxing world demanded a title fight between champion Wildcat and number one contender Ted Grant. In order to preserve his secret identity Ted agreed to have a special bout with Wildcat in a locked room with only the referee as the witness. "Fancy" Fuston, a sports writer for the Daily Sun was chosen as ref, and once he and Ted were alone Ted slugged him, and whispered the details of a stunning fight between Ted and Wildcat in his ear. In Ted's story the fight ended in a draw with Wildcat relinquishing the title to Ted. In his delirious state Fuston believed he actually had witnessed the fight, and reported to the boxing commission that Ted was once again champ. (Sensation Comics v1 #14)
Post-Crisis
Following the Crisis On Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
One day, he fought the Gambler where he saved a teller named Marilyn Bronson leading to Wildcat going out with her for some drinks afterwards as the two slept with one another. She became pregnant with his son but kept this development a secret as Ted Grant his own path in life. (Justice Society of America v3 #2)
He attended the funeral of his comrade Wesley Dodds at the Valhalla Cemetery when the proceedings were interrupted by the arrival of a mortally wounded Jared Stevens who warned of a great danger from the Dark Lord. After he died, the undead Sons of Anubis arrived looking to claim the artefacts of Fate with Wildcat along with his Justice Society comrades battling the mummies who were defeated. (JSA v1 #1)
Scott and Garrick later took him to meet Tom Bronson who was his son. (Justice Society of America v3 #2) The two spoke with one another with the teenage Tom stating that his mother had died the year before and that he had no expectations from his father. Their meeting was interrupted by the arrival of Vandal Savage who had embarked on a plan to eliminate the bloodlines of the Golden Age Justice Society superheroes with him personally taking care of the Wildcat family. (Justice Society of America v3 #3) The young Bronson revealed that he was a Metahuman who could transform into a were-cat form with him battling Savage alongside his father Ted Grant. This led to the two delayed the fight with the immortal long enough for the Justice Society to arrive to help defeat Savage. (Justice Society of America v3 #4)
Post-Flashpoint
Overview
Personality and attributes
Unknown to him initially, he had a son with Marilyn Bronson with the boy being named Tom Bronson. (Justice Society of America v3 #2)
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Wildcat was created by Bill Finger and Irwin Hasen where he made his first appearance in Sensation Comics v1 #1 (January, 1942).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Justice League Unlimited, the character would make an appearance in the episode "The Cat and the Canary" where he was voiced by actor Dennis Farina. He was shown as being a skilled fighter who would train Black Canary and treat her as a surrogate daughter. After joining the Justice League, he would be among an elderly member and be assigned fewer missions. This led to him suffering a mid-life crisis where he began secretly participating in Roulette's Meta-Brawl where he would be pitted in caged matches against various superhuman characters. Black Canary would worry for him and enlist the aid of Green Arrow where they found Wildcat having beating Sportsmaster with him in a new fighter against the Atomic Skull that was interrupted by the two heroes. Grant was determined to continue this life with Black Canary making a deal with Roulette where she would fight her mentor and if she won then he would no longer be allowed in the Meta-Brawl but if Wildcat won then he would be allowed to continue. Before the fight, Green Arrow would use knockout gas to render Black Canary unconscious and instead become Wildcat's opponent. During the fight, Oliver Queen secretly used an unseen stunner himself in order to render himself into a metabolic stasis state to make it appear that Wildcat had killed him which horrified himself over his actions whereupon he quit the fights in the Meta-Brawl. This would see him abandoning the life of a cage fighter and instead seek therapy with the Martian Manhunter. He would make appearances in came supporting roles in "Dark Heart" and "Panic in the Sky" where he was among the League's front line heroes.
- In Arrow, the character made an appearance in the third season of the show starting with episode "The Calm" where he was portrayed by actor J.R. Ramirez. His backstory was shown in the episode "Guilty" where he was a boxer who six years ago operated as a vigilante that patrolled the Glades in Starling City. He would take Isaac as his sidekick and on one occasion the pair tracked down a criminal to a closed nightclub. Isaac would reach there first and beat the person to death which shocked Grant who decided to sever any ties with his crime fighting partner. He would retire from being a vigilante and operate as the head of a gym where he would meet Laurel Lance. She was emotionally hurt after the murder of Sara Lance and asked Ted to help train her where he began focusing her training when he found out that she as trying to avenge her sister. By this point, Isaac had secretly returned and intended to frame Ted Grant but he was cleared with the help of the Vigilante known as the Arrow. Laurel Lance would later help get Grant cleared from any persecution as his previous vigilante career was revealed but the fact that it occurred so many years ago made it statute barred. She would, however, ask Grant to train her to operate as a vigilante after the Arrow refused to mentor Lance.
Video games
Appearances
- Sensation Comics v1: (1942)
- JSA v1:
- Justice Society of America v3:
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