Donna Troy
Donna Troy is a female comic superhero who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Pre-Crisis
Donna Troy
Post-Crisis
Teen Titans
During her early career, one villain encountered by the Teen Titans was the Bogeyman whose power to feed off the negative emotions from children were used against them. He managed to defeat the young heroes but Donna's strong will allowed her to break free from his control. Eventually, the villains actions led to the death of three kids in an orphanage with him being imprisoned for life. (Justice League of America v2 #49)
Darkstar
Donna Troy was in Gateway City and got a surprise when she met up with her ex Green Lantern Kyle Rayner. (Green Lantern v3 #73) At Coast City, Donna was among the heroes who attended a memorial service for Green Lantern Hal Jordan. (Green Lantern v3 #81) John Stewart told Donna that Kyle Rayner was off-planet trying to recover his power battery from Fatality. Donna was pessimistic about Kyle still being alive, but was pleasantly surprised when Kyle returned to Earth to greet Donna and John. (Green Lantern v3 #85) Troia attended Oliver Queen's funeral in her civilian identity. (Green Arrow v3 #16)
Return of Donna Troy
Cyborg’s new body was finally finished, and Arsenal, Flash and Troia were present to support him. Beast Boy told the Titans that the Sons of Trigon had taken Raven, and that she had been recruited to her father’s cause. Troia told the Titans that Raven had always planned for the worst, and given her a Ramat Stone that could locate magic-users. Beast Boy wanted to know why Troia was chosen to keep Raven’s secrets, and she replied that in addition to being the most magically adept Titan, she’d also proved that she’d never judge Raven. The Titans concentrated on the stone and Raven, and were transported to Trigon’s dimension. They met the rest of the Sons of Trigon, Greed, Gluttony, and Sloth, and were defeated. Raven turned against her brothers, proclaiming herself Pride, the sin from which all others sprung. She wanted to rule the Earth, but with the Titans at her side, and began imbuing them with the powers of the Seven Deadly Sins. This activated the Ramat Stone, Raven had given it a sliver of her pure essence, and the Raven that was loyal to the Titans emerged and merged herself with her demonic counterpart and returned the team to Titan’s Tower. Raven was starting to feel more like herself and told the Titans that the Ramat Stone would not work twice, and that she might me evil to the core. She presented her teammates with a set of magic talismans capable of ending her life if she wet to the dark side, and demanded that they learn to master them if she was to be comfortable on the team. Titan’s Tower security was breached, and the team responded, only to find that Superboy’s clone Match had broken in. The villain revealed that he was Jericho, trapped inside Match’s body. (Titans v2 #6)
She came to learn that Duela Dent was killed and came to the former Titan's grave to mourn her. In that time, she was approached by Jason Todd who revealed that Duela's killer had been hunting individuals that he believed were not native to that universe. Thus, he concluded that both himself and Donna Troy were potential targets of this alien being. (Countdown v1 #48)
The three were transported to Keystone City where they attended the funeral of Bart Allen who had died whilst being the Flash. During this time, Donna had to settle various arguments between the Monitor and Jason Todd as the former had recruited the two into finding Ray Palmer who was missing within the Nanoverse. (Countdown v1 #43) They went to Ivy Town to the university in order to recruit the aid of Ryan Choi who agreed to take them into the microscopipc Palmerverse. (Countdown v1 #42) The new Atom shrunk his comrades and guided them into the microscopic reality until they arrived on a world. (Countdown v1 #41) They were beset upon by humanoid alien natives who were allies to Palmer and had mistakenly believed Donna along with her comrades were his enemies. (Countdown v1 #40)
Justice League
The build-up to Donna's recruitment begins when she volunteers to help Mikaal Tomas and Congorilla track down the supervillain Prometheus. She accompanies them to the JLA Watchtower alongside Starfire and Animal Man, only to discover that Red Arrow has been mutilated by Prometheus. (Justice League: Cry For Justice v1 #5) During the ensuing battle, Donna is impaled through the wrists, but frees herself. Prometheus projects a hologram around her, causing Green Arrow to shoot her in the leg, which somehow penetrates her super-tough skin and causes her to fall unconscious. She takes down Prometheus after he defeats the rest of the team, rips off his helmet, and starts beating him brutally, but the Shade stops her. Unfortunately, the villain destroys Star City via a teleportation device. (Justice League: Cry For Justice v1 #6)
Donna, along with Superboy, Kid Flash, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) and several other resurrected heroes, began to be targeted by Nekron, the being responsible for the Black Lanterns. Donna's previous status as a deceased allowed for her to be transformed into a Black Lantern. However, unlike the other heroes, Donna was converted by being infected with the Black Lantern's power rather than having a ring forced on her. (Blackest Night v1 #5) Donna came to be freed by the power of white light. (Blackest Night v1 #8)
Afterwards, Donna simply wanted to get more control over her life and had little interest in being a superhero. This was until she helped stop a criminal at Mercy Hospital and came to be convinced by Wonder Woman to continue being a hero. (Justice League of America v2 #41) She joined others in battling Doctor Impossible who along with his minions was gathered mysterious relics from around the world. Though unable to apprehend him, the heroes gathered together to form a new incarnation of the Justice of America. (Justice League of America v2 #43) She aided the new formed Justice League in battling the threat of the Starheart that had taken over Alan Scotts body and caused various magically linked to run amok around the world. The heroes teamed up with the Justice Society along with the newly returned Jade in attacking the lunar based fortress. Together, they managed to help Jade free her father from the Starheart's control thus ending the threat. (Justice League of America v2 #48) She responded to a call from Alcatraz when the Bogeyman wanted to see her where his enhanced powers allowed him to invade Donna and Jade's mind until Troy had them working together to defeat the villain. Afterwards, she asked Jade if they would like to share an accommodation and work together as photographers. (Justice League of America v2 #49)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Donna Troy was created by Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani where she made her first appearance in Brave and the Bold v1 #60 (July, 1965).
- In Back Issue! v1 #17 (2006), Marv Wolfman recounted:
- "I wrote the original Donna Troy origin story back in the first Titans run. She had never had one and was, in fact, not a "real" character (if you can call any of them real). She was a computer simulation of Wonder Woman as a girl. That story also named her Donna Troy and set up everything that followed. Unfortunately, after Crisis on Infinite Earths and the Wonder Woman revamp, we had to go back and redo it again as a brand new Wonder Woman being born on Earth could not have rescued the girl from the burning building. I wish we had been able to keep it as I think it's gone insane now. I just wanted a simple origin story. I came up with the original, and then [in "Who is Donna Troy?"] George [Pérez] and I simply elaborated on what had been done, giving her real knowledge of who she was. I would love to say that everything after "Who is Donna Troy?" should be forgotten, but that's not the way continuity works, sadly."
Alternate Versions
- In Countdown v1 #30 (2007), an alternate version of Donna Troy appeared in the reality that was designated as Earth-15 in the Multiverse. Donna on this world came to inherit the mantle of Wonder Woman and replaced her mentor in the role.
In other media
Television
- In Titans, Donna Troy appeared in the live-action television series starting in the episode "Donna Troy" where she was portrayed by actress Conor Leslie. At a very young age, Donna's father was killed in a fire set in the landing of their apartment building by an arsonist neighbor, an experience that left her deeply traumatized. She was eventually found and taken in by Diana Prince, also known as Wonder Woman, and taken to Themyscira, capital of the Amazons, where she was trained to become her sidekick. Sometimes, Diana would attend Justice League business at the Wayne Manor and would bring Donna to accompany her. At some point, she met Dick Grayson and the two formed a sibling-like bond. She would often offer him advice whenever things seemed too complicated or stressful for him. During the many JL-related encounters, Donna also met Garth, a young Atlantean boy and Aquaman's foster son and sidekick with whom she forms a close friendship; they sneaked out of the Justice Hall together on 2003 New Year's Eve drinking ginger ale since their mentors said they were too young to drink alcohol. As the girl was diving in the cold water determined to "find Nemo", Garth, having a crush on her, secretly used his powers to make a clownfish come to her. Over the years, Donna eventually stopped training under Diana and followed her path as a superhero then, wanting to explore her independence outside her foster mother and mentor, she asked to spent some time alone in the men's world. In 2014, she joined the Titans together with Dick, Hank Hall/Hawk, Dawn Granger/Dove and later Garth himself, now known as Aqualad. During his time with the Titans, Garth's romantic feelings for her intensified and Donna started to reciprocate him. However, getting scared of what she felt, after helping the team in defeating Dr. Light and spending one night of passion with the Atlantean, she contacted fellow-Amazon Jillian asking to be taken back to Themyscira. Garth confronted her at the airport and they both admitted their love to each other. Shortly after though, Deathstroke ambushed them, firing a bullet at the both of them and Garth took the hit dead-on in the chest, protecting Donna at the cost of his own life. A heartbroken Donna and the remaining Titans vow to bring down Deathstroke no matter what, leading to a massive battle that ultimately put the Titans to an end. Sometimes after this, Donna became a photographer to do things her way, such as expose poachers.
- In Young Justice, Troia appeared in the setting of the animated television series third season in the episode "Royal We" where she was voiced by actress Grey DeLisle. She was shown as the Amazonian ambassador from Themyscira who represented her people at the United Nations.
Film
- In Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, Donna Troy appeared in a non-speaking cameo appearance in the end credit sequence of the animated film. She was shown as the newest member of the Teen Titans who had replaced the recently deceased Terra.
Video games
- In DC Universe Online, Donna Troy appeared in the setting of the MMORPG where she was voiced by actor Deena Hyatt.
- In Injustice: Gods Among Us, Donna Troy was referenced in the setting of the video game where her name was listed on a hit list during Deathstroke's outro sequence.
- In DC: Legends, Donna Troy appeared as a playable character in the mobile video game.
Appearances
- Brave and the Bold v1: (1965)
- Teen Titans v1:
- Wonder Woman v2:
- Darkstars v1:
- Green Lantern v3:
- DC Special: The Return of Donna Troy v1:
- Countdown v1:
- Justice League of America v2:
- Wonder Woman:
- Titan Hunt v1:
- Titans v3:
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