Watch out! Endangered species comin' through! 
- — Beast Boy src
Garfield Logan, known primarily as Beast Boy but for a time as Changeling, is a green-skinned superhero who has the power to transform into any animal. Originally a member of the Doom Patrol, he joined the Teen Titans after the death of the other Patrollers.
History
Origin
As a child, Garfield Logan contracted a rare illness called Sakutia and was cured by a serum from a green monkey. This serum had the unintended effect of turning his skin and hair green and gave him the ability to change into any animal form.
Doom Patrol and Teen Titans
Originally known as and reusing the alias, Beast Boy, he was adopted by Elasti-Girl and Mento, members of the Doom Patrol.[1] He later joined Titans West, and was part of the New Teen Titans assembled by Raven. Upon joining the latter, took the name Changeling. He remained with various incarnations of the team, forming a close friendship with Cyborg.
He later began using the name Beast Boy again. Following a failed attempt to recreate Titans West as "Titans L.A.," he rejoined the main team.
He had also worked as an actor, playing the role of the alien Tork in the TV series Space Trek: 2022. The series was abruptly canceled when it was sued for plagiarizing other science fiction shows.
The Judas Contract
Whatever team he is part of, he likes to joke around with people and make jokes of the situations the team get themselves into. However, this is only a facade. In reality, Beast Boy has suffered many hardships in his life. Both his real parents passed away, and his foster mother, whom Garfield became very close to, died in battle along with virtually all of the other Doom Patrol members, while Gar was also part of the team. His foster father was driven mad by a helmet he used to fight enemies. He also fell in love with Terra (a member of the Teen Titans) and was heartbroken to discover that she was a traitor working for Deathstroke. Even after her death, he refused to believe for a long time that she was a traitor and blamed Slade for using her, until they eventually sat down and came to an understanding. As a result of all of this, he used his jokes to cover the fact that he was scared of losing anyone else he grew close to. Despite all of his hardships, Garfield was friendly and upbeat.
His best friend was Cyborg. He was also close with Bette "Flamebird" Kane, a former Titan who helped save his life on an adventure in Los Angeles.
One Year Later
After trying to hold together a ragtag band of Titans, once Robin returned, Beast Boy left the team to rejoin the Doom Patrol and aid his adoptive parents. Following attacks on various former Titans, it was determined that the sons of Trigon were trying to destroy the group to establish a name for themselves. The Titans decided to reform to combat the threat. At the same time, Beast Boy tried to reconcile with Raven.
Final Crisis
The newly formed Titans slowly broke apart, with Gar rejoining the Teen Titans in order to polish them up, after seeing their performance under the leadership of Wonder Girl.[2] Raven followed soon after.
Blackest Night
During the events of Blackest Night, Beast Boy and the Titans were forced to fight Terra, who was resurrected from death as a member of the evil Black Lantern Corps [3].
The DC Universe was rebooted in 2011 as part of the Flashpoint event. This was an attempt to simplify continuity, and make DC Comics more accessible to new readers. Prior to this, mainstream comics took place in New Earth continuity since the Crisis on Infinite Earths in 1985. The continuity established following Flashpoint is Prime Earth.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Unique Physiology: As a young boy, Gar Logan contracted with a rare illness called Sakutia and was cured by a serum from a green monkey. This serum had the unintended effect of turning his skin and hair green but gave him the ability to change into any animal form.
- Terrestrial Metamorph: Currently, Beast Boy has the ability to transform into any imagined animal, unlike in his early years where he was supposed to know the species. He can change into extinct animals (dinosaurs), mythical (phoenix, dragon) and even animals from different planets. When he changes, it only takes a couple of seconds. It does not matter how big or small. It does not put strain on him to do this. He can stay in an animal's form indefinitely. The only problem is no matter what form he takes the animal's skin and hair color will always be green. Beast Boy can also change into a hybrid, which has all the animals' powers rolled into one. He cannot control this so he does not turn into a hybrid unless absolutely needed. He has demonstrated the ability to transform into animals many times larger than their actual forms: among others, he has been seen transforming into a human-sized tarantula and a giant snake. [4][5][6][7][8]
- Bio-Fission: He has changed into multiple animals such as a swarm of fireflies and a group of barnacles.
- Animal Mimicry: Beast Boy has the power to mimic the abilities of any animal he knows of while he is in their form. The ability apparently gives him intuitive understanding of the animals and what abilities they have that may be useful in the situation.
- Animal Empathy
- Terrestrial Metamorph: Currently, Beast Boy has the ability to transform into any imagined animal, unlike in his early years where he was supposed to know the species. He can change into extinct animals (dinosaurs), mythical (phoenix, dragon) and even animals from different planets. When he changes, it only takes a couple of seconds. It does not matter how big or small. It does not put strain on him to do this. He can stay in an animal's form indefinitely. The only problem is no matter what form he takes the animal's skin and hair color will always be green. Beast Boy can also change into a hybrid, which has all the animals' powers rolled into one. He cannot control this so he does not turn into a hybrid unless absolutely needed. He has demonstrated the ability to transform into animals many times larger than their actual forms: among others, he has been seen transforming into a human-sized tarantula and a giant snake. [4][5][6][7][8]
Abilities
- Martial Arts
- Acting: As Rita Farr was an actress, he too learned some acting skills. He was a good enough actor to star in several TV shows.
Notes
- Although this character was originally introduced during DC's Earth-One era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985–86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis New Earth continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.
Trivia
- Before being adopted by Steven Dayton (Mento) and Rita Farr (Elasti-Girl), Beast Boy's legal guardian was Arsenal (Nicholas Galtry).[9]
- Beast Boy has had many nicknames over the years including, Craig Logan,[9] Beast-Brat, Green Jeans, Salad-head, Sprout, and Tork.
- Beast Boy has also been shown to shape shift into demonic animals such as the time when Raven implanted Beast Boy with an evil seed of her father.
- Garfield has described his acting career as "like Corey Feldman but with super-powers."[10]
- One of the known home addresses Gar has used is 437 Franklin #202, Hollywood, CA.[11]
- Rocky Davis keeps a Holy Bible in the confessional where he performs religious services with the name "Gar Logan" inscribed. This implies Garfield was at least at one point a practicing Christian.[12]
Related
- 647 Appearances of Garfield Logan (New Earth)
- 134 Images featuring Garfield Logan (New Earth)
- 29 Quotations by or about Garfield Logan (New Earth)
- Character Gallery: Garfield Logan (New Earth)
External Links
Footnotes
- ↑ Doom Patrol #120
- ↑ Titans (Volume 2) #17
- ↑ Blackest Night: Titans #1
- ↑ Teen Titans #51
- ↑ Blackest Night: Titans #2
- ↑ Blackest Night: Titans #3
- ↑ Teen Titans (Volume 3) #1
- ↑ Teen Titans (Volume 3) #2
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Doom Patrol #100
- ↑ Teen Titans (Volume 3) #15
- ↑ Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant #2
- ↑ DCU: Last Will and Testament #1
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