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Titans Member
Joined: New Titans #122 [1995] |
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| Ravager Quick Bio: As daughter to Deathstroke the Terminator, Rose Wilson's ninja-like reflexes were enhanced by flashes of precognition. After mourning her mother's death, Rose was befriended by the Titans. Seeking to reclaim his daughter, Deathstroke brainwashed Rose to become a lethal killer as the new Ravager. After losing her left eye, Ravager broke free from her father and now dispenses her own brand of hard justice. |
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ROSE WILSON
originally joined the Titans when Arsenal led the team. |
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ROSE debuts as RAVAGER in
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Rose
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Rose's Father
DEATHSTROKE |
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Rose's Mother
SWEET LILI |
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Wintergreen |
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Rose as
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Daughter of
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ROSE as RAVAGER |
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Daughter of Deathstroke
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Deathstroke rescues Lili,
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Her father’s father was third brother to the king. But Princess Lillian "Sweet Lili" Worth’s life fell in ruins after her kingdom was destroyed by a war in the Far East. This left her people as little more than slaves to the Khmer Rouge.
A few years after his divorce from Adeline Kane, Slade Wilson accepted a search and rescue freelance job in the Orient. The mission was simple enough to Slade: The Khmer Rouge were holding prisoner a Cambodian princess in the Siem Pang Wat. The plan was to bring her from war-torn Cambodia across the border into Thailand, where she would be free from her oppressive captors. Slade successfully freed "Sweet Lili" and her girls, and the group headed into the jungle to avoid the patrols.
Expecting Lili to be a woman of privilege, Slade was both surprised and impressed by her resilience. The Khmer Rouge later gunned down the entire rescue team, killing Lili’s girls in the crossfire. Slade himself was injured and feverish from a gunshot wound, which Lili helped heal with local herbs. In the week it took for Slade’s fever to break, Lili defended them from snakes and insects - and even stray Rogue soldiers. During their intense journey to Thailand, Slade and Lili became lovers.
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Wintergreen vows to protect Rose Wilson
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| Rose feels the pain of losing her mother in NEW TITANS #126 [1996]. |
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| Impulse tries to reach out to Rose in NEW TITANS #126 [1996]. It doesn't go well. |
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Slade and Lili remained in contact through the years, embarking an an on/off love affair whenever their paths crossed. During one of their trysts, Slade impregnated Lili, who later gave birth to Rose Worth. Lili kept Rose a secret from Slade, rationalizing it was in the child's best interest to do so.
Lili eventually settled outside New York City, where she established a brothel and lived in luxury. Protected from the outside world, their lavish living space could only be accessed through an intricate system of underground tunnels beneath the city. Lili took good care of the girls in her employ, and raised Rose there as well. Despite the environment, Rose was raised with other children her age and was schooled by private tutors. She not only received a exemplary upbringing, but was also taught by her mother how to defend herself.
Secrets Revealed
When Slade was injured and on the lam from the law, Lili took him in and nursed his wounds. It was at this time that Wintergreen first met fourteen year old Rose Wilson and suspected Slade was her father.
Meanwhile, Slade Wilson’s murderous half-brother, Wade DeFarge, co-opted the Ravager identity and began to hunt Slade's friends and loved ones. Ravager abducted Rose Worth when he discovered her connection to Slade. As DeFarge tortured Rose, he also revealed to her that Slade Wilson was her father.
Wintergreen and Lili launched a rescue attempt to extract Rose from DeFarge’s capture. Eventually, Lili and Wintergreen reached their quarry in the snow-covered wilderness of the Adirondack Mountains. . To save her daughter, Lili attempted to run over Ravager – causing her jeep to careen off a cliff and explode. Lili was presumed dead, but her body was never recovered. Rose still wears her mother's Cambodian necklace as a reminder of their bond.
Now realizing that Slade Wilson was her father, Rose reached out to him. Slade, however, coldly rebuffed her. Slade believed it would be best if Rose had nothing to do with him, since he felt he brought about the death of both his sons. Fearing he would not be a good father, he left Rose primarily in the care of Wintergreen, who was prepared to adopt the girl. Slade, however, had already made arrangements with Sarge Steel to place her in protective custody with the Titans. Sarge Steel - who oversaw the group during this stage - saw potential in the young girl, although he also found her to be prone to violence and instability.
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LEFT: Rose's meta-human powers kick in,
as shown in DEATHSTROKE #51 [1995].
BOTTOM: Rose confronts Big Barda in JLA/TITANS #2 [1999]. |
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Titan Teammate
During her brief time on the team, Rose befriended some of the younger members of the team. During a training exercise with Damage, Rose was injured and almost fell into a coma. As Damage brought her to the hospital, her meta-gene powers kicked in. Rose had an extensive precognitive vision where she saw her father's future. She appeared as an astral form, witnessing Deathstroke's future unfold – a future where he was caught in a never-ending drudge match with Hawkman. During this jaunt, Rose was able to project her astral form and inhabit the body of someone in the future, similar to her brother Jericho's ability. Before Rose could explore these abilities further, she recovered at the hospital – thus ending her dream vision.
Still reeling over the death of her mother, Rose became sullen and somewhat reckless. Fellow Titan Donna Troy tried to reach out to her, but Rose rejected her attentions. Fellow Titan Impulse developed a crush on Rose, but she remained oblivious to his affections. Rose was not a Titan for very long, as she eventually left the team and stayed with a friend of her mother.
Super Nanny
Rose Wilson later aided the Titans again during the Technis Imperative conflict, which involved the Justice League as well as all Titans, past and present. The two teams eventually worked together to save the earth and former Titans teammate, Victor Stone, who was driven mad by alien influence.
When the Titans later threw a surprise party for Donna Troy, Rose Wilson was in attendance. Roy Harper offered Rose a job as nanny to his daughter Lian. She accepted and served as Lian's caretaker and protector for a time.
Super Nanny:
Rose Wilson protects Lian in TITANS #27 [2001]. |
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Rise of the Ravager: Rose Wilson begins
a destructive new path in TEEN TITANS #1/2 [2004]. |
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Daddy's Daughter: Rose as Ravager in
TEEN TITANS (third series) #11 [2004]. |
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Rose The Ravager: An Eye For An Eye
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An eye for detail: Driven crazy by the Deathstroke serum, Rose gouges out her own eye in
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Sometime later, Rose found a home with foster parents, Margaret and Mark Madison in Chicago. Her happiness was shattered when the third Ravager - Wade DeFarge - arrived and murdered the Madisons - then set his sights on Rose.
Deathstroke conveniently arrived to save his estranged daughter. Awakening later in his lair, Slade offered Rose a chance to erase their bad memories and replace them with better ones. To become his new apprentice as well as re-forge their father-daughter bond. Rose's first act as his new student is to slay the former Ravager, so she could become the new one.
Rose was unaware that Slade hired Wade DeFarge in the first place, in an attempt to push Rose towards him. Slade also pumped Rose full of the same serum that made him Deathstroke - inducing her into a state of psychosis. Formerly estranged from her father, Rose became his eager new student - and adopted the identity of The Ravager.
Rose's psychosis reached dangerous new levels as time passed. When she failed her father by hesitating to kill her brother, Jericho, Slade doubted her readiness. To show her loyalty, Rose gouged out her left eye to prove she is just like her father.
Ravager Redeemed
Rose began to break free of her father's control during an encounter with Nightwing. After the serum ran its course, Rose returned to sanity and was granted membership in the Teen Titans at the request of Nightwing. Once a dangerous and unstable adversary, it would be some time before all her teammates fully trusted her. But while Rose initially clashed with Wonder Girl, she also found a unlikely friend in new member, Kid Devil.
Jericho eventually left the team when he began to have trouble containing the possessed clone of Superboy.
After a deadly encounter with the Terror Titans, Ravager questioned her role on the Titans. Feeling her teammates continual mistrust, Rose abruptly quit and left Titans Tower, leaving a sullen Kid Devil behind. Ravager successfully dismantled the Clock King's Terror Titans, as she explored the depths of her precognitive powers with the adrenaline-inducing drug, epinephrine.
Ravager later aided the Titans and Teen Titans when Jericho's fractured psyche drove him to insanity. Under this psychosis, the once gentle hero planned a bizarre deathtrap for his former friends. Meanwhile, the mysterious new Vigilante hunted Jericho, intending to kill him for his crimes. After promising Rose Wilson that he would spare Jericho's life, Vigilante stopped the threat without resorting to murder: He cut out both of Jericho's eyes. Unable to make eye contact, this left Joseph Wilson powerless. Tragically, this did nothing to cure Jericho's deep psychosis, leaving the once-hero in a world of utter darkness.
Rose considered rejoining the Teen Titans in the wake of her brother's tragic breakdown. But after clashing with Bombshell, Rose left before the team could decide whether or not to vote her back in.
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ABOVE: Ravager and Kid Devil - the unwanted Titans - in TEEN TITANS (third series) #34 [2007]. Since joining, Eddie and Rose have developed a unique friendship.
LEFT: Ravager is revealed as a 'missing year' member in TEEN TITANS (third series) #34 [2007]. |
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Rose's powers include limited precognitive abilities which may blossom into much more. She is sometimes able to use her precognitive abilities to 'see' her opponent's next moves, although her visions come and go. Rose is a skilled martial arts expert, with enhanced agility, speed, strength and endurance. She is also very skilled in the use of a bo staff.
In one instance, was able to have an extensive precognitive vision where she saw her father's (Deathstroke's) future. During this jaunt, Rose was able to project her astral form and inhabit the body of someone in the future (similar to her brother Jericho's ability).
DC Secret Files, supplemented by titanstower.com
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Deathstroke #15 [1992]: Part of the 9-part TOTAL CHAOS storyline. When Slade is injured and on the lam from the law, Sweet Lili takes him in and nurses his wounds. Sweet Lili relates her turbulent life story. It is at this time that Wintergreen meets Rose Wilson and suspects Slade is her father. First appearance of Rose Wilson. First appearance and history of Sweet Lili.
Deathstroke: The Hunted #42-45 [1994-1995]: THE HUNTED STORYLINE. Deathstroke has been implicated in a presidential assassination attempt, making him a wanted man. Crimelord plots against Slade. Addie Kane begins a vengeance campaign against Pat Trayce. Bronze Tiger and Deadshot hunt Deathstroke, seemingly killing him. Slade awakens in the morgue [the first hints of his immortality] and battles Guy Gardner, Warrior. Meanwhile, a mystery assailant murders Slade's friends Maurice, Frannie and Squirrel and attacks Wintergreen. Slade encounters Sweet Lili and during the confusion, discovers her daughter, Rose, has been kidnapped by the mystery assailant [now calling himself the Ravager]. The Ravager holds Rose hostage & reveals Slade is her father. Sweet Lili and Wintergreen mount a rescue attempt. As Slade once again awakens from death, he is attacked by Crimelord's agents as well as Hawkman. The Titans hunt and capture Deathstroke; Wintergreen rescues Rose Wilson but Sweet Lili [Rose's mother] dies. Hunted storyline concludes with issue #45. First appearance of Ravager III in issue #41. Death of Sweet Lili in issue #45.
Deathstroke #46 [1995]: Sarge Steel offers Deathstroke a deal. Addie Kane plots
with the Crimelord, who has captured Pat Trayce. Rose mourns her
mother's death and Wintergreen comforts her.
Deathstroke #47 [1995]: Deathstroke is forced to work for Sarge Steel. Addie Kane
and Crimelord plot against Slade. Sarge Steel meets up with Rose Wilson and
Wintergreen. The Ravager continues to stalk Slade and his friends.
Deathstroke #48 [1995]: The Crimelord threatens the government with nuclear weapons, leading Sarge
Steel to send Deathstroke and the Titans to a stronghold in Dallas. Rose Wilson confronts
Slade and blames him for her mother's death; Slade
is intentionally cruel to Rose because he feels distancing himself from her
is in her best interest. Later,
Wintergreen petitions to adopt her, but Slade has already made arrangements
with Sarge Steel to place her into the Titans' custody.
New Titans #122 [1995]: Part one of The Crimelord/Syndicate War. The Titans find themselves embroiled in a conflict with the evil Syndicate and the Crimelord. Story continued in Darkstars #32 and Deathstroke #49. Sarge Steel introduces Rose Wilson as a reluctant Titan. Rose Wilson joins the Titans.
Deathstroke Annual #4 [1995]: A back-up story features Rose Wilson: Sarge Steel wonders about the hellion he has assumed custody of; Rose sneaks out against orders and runs into some street thugs.
Deathstroke #51 [1995]: As Damage brings Rose Wilson to the hospital, her meta-gene powers kicked in. Rose has an extensive precognitive vision where she sees her father's (Deathstroke's) future, caught in a grudge match with Hawkman.
New Titans #126 [1995]: A great downtime issue featuring Arsenal's Titans team and art by Rick Mays. Arsenal assesses his new role as leader. The Titans play wargames. Fellow Titan Donna Troy tries to reach out to her, but Rose rejects her, still reeling over the death of her mother. Fellow Titan Impulse confesses a crush on her but she is oblivious to his affections. Mirage continues to exhibit new abilities.
Deathstroke #55 [1996]: Slade awakes in the hospital as a man some 20 years younger than he had been, with no recollection of his past life. Rose visits Slade in the hospital to inform him she is leaving him and the Titans to live with a friend of her mother's; Sarge Steel objects, but Rose nonetheless leaves the Titans and her father. Deathstroke gets a new black and blue costume. Rose quits the Titans.
JLA/Titans: the Technis Imperative #1-3 [December 1998 to February 1999]: Former Titan Vic Stone threatened to carry out his Technis Imperative and turn the earth's moon into a new Technis world.
Titans #26 [2001]: Rose Wilson begins as Lian's nanny.
Teen Titans [third series] #7 [2004]: Rose is revealed as Deathstroke's new ally against the Titans.
Teen Titans [third series] #8 [2004]: Rose appears as the new Ravager. First appearance of The Ravager IV.
Teen Titans #1/2 [2004]: Deathstroke orchestrates events to bring Rose back into his life. Hiring Ravager III [Wade DeFarge] to hunt Rose so he can save her, he pushes her down a destructive path as his new apprentice. Rose's first act as his new student is to slay the former Ravager, so she can become the new one. Origin of Rose Wilson as Ravager. Death of Wade DeFarge [Ravager III].
Teen Titans #10-12 [2004]: Deathstroke and Ravager hunt Raven and encounter the Titans and Brother Blood. Deathstroke doubts Rose's loyalties when she hesitates to kill her half-brother, Jericho. To prove she is just like her father, she gouges out her own eye [#12]. Cyborg believes Slade has pumped Rose full of the same chemicals that made him Deathstroke [#12].
Teen Titans #34-37 [2006]: One Year Later, it's "The New Teen Titans!" A new year of exciting adventures begins with the "new" Teen Titans, the bizarre Doom Patrol and the mysterious and secretive Titans East! Rose is reformed and a member of the team in Teen Titans #34.
Teen Titans #40-41 [2006]:
Teen Titans #71 [2009]: "Deathtrap" aftermath! The team picks up the pieces following their crossover with TITANS and VIGILANTE as Ravager returns. But is she friend or foe?
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The Premise
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A 2003 commission of Rose Wilson by
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The Titans were pressured to place themselves under the government's watchful eye, due to increased public scrutiny [NEW TITANS #93-114]. Sarge Steel was their chief liaison, and Nightwing stepped down as leader and allowed Arsenal to take command. Arsenal led this new group of Titans [NEW TITANS #114], and was consistently challenged by the burdens of leadership. Many members left, but new faces emerged as well. Arsenal's team consisted of Darkstar (Donna Troy), Green Lantern, Supergirl, Damage, Mirage, Terra II, Minion, Impulse and Rose Wilson. Eventually, each members' dedication to the team began to waver, and the team disbanded.
The series lacked some focus, as team members were introduced, then not used, then reintroduced into the series.
"The Titans have had a series of problems in the past year," says Titans writer Marv Wolfman. 'They lost a number of members. They were sued by the government and people generally hated them. Finally, their leader Dick Grayson - Nightwing - left them."
Left in such disarray, the road to rebirth has been a long one. "Even before Zero Hour, Ray Harper, once known as Speedy and more recently known as Arsenal, was approached by Checkmate's leader, Sarge Steel, to align the Titans with the government," Wolfman says. "It seems that the JLA has broken ties with the government and Checkmate wanted a new superhero team to replace them. After going over the problems and being assured [his team] will have complete autonomy, Roy agreed to sign with Checkmate.
"Trouble is, he had no members to go with him. On his own and with Sarge Steel, new members are found recruited and a brand new Titans is formed." Wolfman reports that this new group will have a slightly different focus than past Titans teams. "Long ago, when the Titans were first created, the team featured already-existent heroes. In many ways we are going back to that original premise," be maintains. "Arsenal leads a group consisting of Damage, Green Lantern and Impulse, characters who either have their own titles, or in Impulse's case, is featured in Flash. Also in the New Titans are Mirage and Terra from the now-defunct Team Titans. Finally, rounding out the title is Donna Troy, now a Darkstar. So we're bringing in characters from other books as well as several already-known Titans.
"Interestingly, all the heroes mentioned are in one way or another orphans whose past lives are shrouded in mystery," he continues. "Where the last Titans team came together to fight Raven's demonical father, Trigon, the new team comes and stays together because they are all in a similar situation. The Titans is a place for these people to get together, to find themselves, to be with others like themselves. They are not coming together to fight some great battle, but to understand themselves and to grow. This common need will allow them to become close and eventually became friends.
"So the role of the New Titans is a club for the young DC heroes, a way of getting together with their peers, a place where they can be with their own kind and learn from each other as they grow."
"The book has gone under a lot of changes in the past few years, but all were evolutionary," Wolfman says. "Heroes died, new heroes replaced them, tempers flared and, because they were young, mistakes were often made. That is the way life is. But now we begin with a new group. A revolution, so to speak. New heroes, all with their own lives, hopes and desires. This allows us to create a very different kind of Titans book."
The Commentary
The Arsenal-led Titans didn't last too long [from NEW TITANS #115-130]. Sales on the book had slid, and many readers had already left the book. When the series was canceled in 1995 with #130, the Titans team was still active, although with some members having left. It wasn't until TITANS SECRET FILES #1 that we saw the final dissolution of the team.
The team had potential. Check out NEW TITANS #126 and NEW TITANS ANNUAL #11 to see what the team might have been.
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Rose's Role in Arsenal's Team
The Set-Up
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Rose Wilson has one of the shortest Titans' memberships on record. She was officially a member of the group from only New Titans #122-126. Not only that, but in New Titans #124-125 the Titans had an adventure in space that didn't include Rose. The only interaction Rose has with her Titans team mates is seen in New Titans #122 [Green Lantern and Minion], Deathstroke Annual #4 [Arsenal], Deathstroke #51 [Damage] and New Titans #126 [where the team held a surprise training exercise].
Rose's Titans Membership:
Deathstroke #48
New Titans #122
Deathstroke Annual #4
Deathstroke #51
New Titans #123-126
Deathstroke #55
The prelude to her membership could be seen in Deathstroke #42-47. Ravager abducted Rose Worth when he discovered her connection to Slade. As Ravager tortured Rose, he also revealed to her that Slade Wilson was her father. Wintergreen and Rose's mother, Lili, launched a rescue attempt. Eventually, Lili and Wintergreen reached their quarry in the snow-covered wilderness. To save her daughter, Lili attempted to run over Ravager in a jeep – and her jeep careened off a cliff and exploded. Lili was presumed dead, but her body was never recovered. Wintergreen and Rose were able to elude Ravager and escaped.
The Membership
In Deathstroke #48, Rose Wilson confronts Slade and blames him for her mother's death. Slade, however, coldly rebuffed her; he thought it would be best if Rose had nothing to do with him, since he felt he brought about the death of both his sons. Fearing he would not be a good father, he eventually left Rose primarily in the care of Wintergreen, who was prepared to adopt the girl. Slade, however, had already made arrangements with Sarge Steel to place her in protective custody with the Titans. Sarge Steel (who oversaw the group during this stage) saw potential in the young girl, although he also found her to be quite a little hellion.
In New Titans #122, Sarge Steel introduces Rose to her new Titans team mates, Green Lantern and Minion. Her response: "I told you before you pompous jerk, i don't wanna be here! I don't like heroes and I ain't about to stick around to become their official mascot either."
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Rose's next appearance as a Titan is in Deathstroke Annual #4, in a back-up story. Rose is still unhappy with her situation. Arsenal tells her she can't leave and must stay at Titans Headquarters. Rose is infuriated, so much so, she can't sleep. She sneaks out and runs across some street thugs. They tease her and she beats the living crap out of them [Lili's friends taught her how to protect herself]. The story ends with Sarge Steel wondering: Would the Titans be protecting Rose or protecting others FROM Rose?
In New Titans #123, Rose doesn't appear at all, as Minion recounts his origin.
Deathstroke #51 gave a glimpse of Rose's meta-human abilities. During her brief time on the team, Rose befriended some of the younger members of the team. During a training exercise with Damage, Rose was injured and almost fell into a coma. As Damage brought her to the hospital, her meta-gene powers kicked in. Rose had an extensive precognitive vision where she saw her father's (Deathstroke's) future. She appeared as an astral form, witnessing her father's future unfold – a future where Deathstroke was caught in a never-ending drudge match with Hawkman. During this jaunt, Rose was able to project her astral form and inhabit the body of someone in the future (similar to her brother Jericho's ability). Before she could explore these abilities further, she recovered at the hospital – thus ending her dream vision.
In New Titans #124, Rose is seen briefly. Donna Troy's Darkstar coordinator, Annie Bonelli, and her two sons are staying at the Titans headquarters as Donna's guests. Rose is seen playing a video game with the two boys. Meanwhile, the Titans embark on a space mission, "the Siege of Zi Charram."
In New Titans #125, the Titans are still in space. In the opening page [in a story thread continued from DARKSTARS], Annie Bonelli's kids are threatened by her abusive ex-husband. Rose gets the drop on him and holds him at gunpoint. Annie worries about the girl's emotional stability and wishes the Titans would come back.
New Titans #126 features Rose's best issue as a Titans member, and the only issue where she interacts with the team! A great character issue, the Titans play some fun wargames. Impulse confides in Arsenal that he has a crush on Rose, but she doesn't even notice him. During the war games, Rose expresses a physical attraction to Kyle Rayner ["Oh, the things I could do to him" she muses]. When Donna over-reacts concerning Rose's safety, Rose rebuffs her, crying: "I had a mother, you aren't her. And no one can replace her." She storms off, as Impulse unsuccessfully tries to comfort her.
The end of Rose's membership is detailed in Deathstroke #55. Slade has now been reborn as a young man with no memories; Rose visits Slade in the hospital to inform him she is leaving him and the Titans to live with a friend of her mother's; Sarge Steel objects, but Rose nonetheless leaves the Titans and her father.
The Missed Opportunities
By the time Deathstroke #55 was written, the last arc of the New Titans [#127-130] was being crafted. Rose might have been written out of the Titans to use her elsewhere.
From 1995: "Also the character that we call the Daughter of Deathstroke, who has been in the background for about a year and a half now, will really come to play at the end of 'The Hunted' story line. It's pretty much about her. We're also doing three issues that will feature a back-up story that stars Wintergreen and the Daughter of Deathstroke."
Titans and Deathstroke editor Pat Garrahy saw potential in Rose Wilson. At a New York convention in 1995, he expressed an interest in spinning off Rose into her own series as the Daughter of Deathstroke. He also detailed the nature of her powers was based on adrenaline. The more adrenaline, the more enhanced her meta-human powers would manifest. So in Deathstroke #51, her fever dream was a result of the increased adrenaline of the shock she was in. He envisioned her as an expert fighter, able to use her precognitive abilities to 'see' her opponent's next moves.
The Detailed List of Appearances: New Titans & Deathstroke
Deathstroke #15 : Total Chaos Titans crossover - part 7 of 9; first Rose Wilson; Wintergreen notices Rose and wonders is she could be Slade's daughter
Deathstroke #0 : 'Hunted' storyline begins and Rose Wilson appears, her second appearance
Deathstroke #42: The third Ravager kidnaps Rose Wilson
Deathstroke #43: The Ravager holds Rose hostage & reveals Slade is her father
Deathstroke #44: Sweet Lili & Wintergreen try to rescue Rose Wilson
Deathstroke #45: The Titans hunt Deathstroke; Wintergreen rescues Rose Wilson but Sweet Lili [Rose's mother] dies
Deathstroke #46: Rose mourns her mother's death and Wintergreen comforts her
Deathstroke #47: Sarge Steel meets up with Rose Wilson & Wintergreen
Deathstroke #48:New Titans appear; Rose Wilson confronts Slade and blames him for her mother's death; Wintergreen petitions to adopt her, but Slade has already made arrangements with Sarge Steel to place her into his custody
New Titans #122: Sarge Steel introduces Rose to Green Lantern and Minion as their newest member; she expresses her displeasure at being there
Deathstroke Annual #4: A back-up story features Rose Wilson, as Sarge Steel wonders about the hellion he has assumed custody of
Deathstroke #51: As Damage brings Rose Wilson to the hospital, her meta-gene powers kicked in. Rose has an extensive precognitive vision where she sees her father's (Deathstroke's) future.
New Titans #124-125: Rose appears in Titans HQ as they have a space adventure
Deathstroke #52: Rose appears for one panel, worrying the grudge match with Hawkman and her father is beginning
New Titans #126: The Titans play wargames
Deathstroke #55: Slade has now been reborn as a young man with no memories; Rose visits Slade in the hospital to inform him she is leaving him and the Titans to live with a friend of her mother's; Sarge Steel objects, but Rose nonetheless leaves the Titans and her father
JLA/Titans #1-3 [Rose returns to aid the Titans]
Titans #25-50: Rose has recurring role as Lian Harper's nanny.
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The One Year Gap Titans
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RAVAGER v KID FLASH
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"You call this the Titans? Since Superboy died, the Titans have gone through over twenty new members. But no one wanted to stay very long. No one got along."
- Wonder Girl (Teen Titans (third series) #36 [2006])
DC's "One Year Later" event occurred March of 2006. In Teen Titans #33, Superboy and Nightwing are in the thick of the Infinite Crisis world-shattering event. With Teen Titans #34, a full year has passed since the Crisis. A comatose Cyborg awakens to discover the only active Titans: Robin, Ravager and Kid Devil. Cyborg is told that the Titans had quite a few membership shake-ups during his "missing year."
Readers shared in Cyborg's confusion. Following the limited series, Infinite Crisis, every DC comic series jumped ahead by one year between February 2006 and March 2006. With DC's March books, the characters' histories resumed "one year later." During the "missing year" between Teen Titans #33 and #34, over 20 new or returning members joined the team. They would come and go, most only being on the team a few weeks before quitting or getting kicked out or simply disappearing. One team was glimpsed at in Teen Titans #34. Teen Titans #38 revealed all the "One Year Gap Titans" in a double page spread.
The "One Year Gap" New Titans include:
1. Kid Devil: Revealed as member in Teen Titans #34.
2. Aquagirl II: Revealed as member in Teen Titans #34.
3. Dove II: Revealed as member in Teen Titans #34.
4. Hawk III: Revealed as member in Teen Titans #34.
5. Miss Martian: Revealed as member in Teen Titans #34.
6. Zatara: Revealed as member in Teen Titans #34.
7. Offspring: Revealed as member in Teen Titans #34.
8. Talon: Revealed as member in Teen Titans #38.
9. Power Boy: Revealed as member in Teen Titans #38.
10. Little Barda: Revealed as member in Teen Titans #38.
11. Molecule: Revealed as member in Teen Titans #38.
12. Mas: Revealed as member in Teen Titans #38.
13. Menos: Revealed as member in Teen Titans #38.
14. Bombshell: Revealed as member in Teen Titans #38.
15. Young Frankenstein: Revealed as member in Teen Titans #38.
16. Riddler's Daughter: Revealed as member in Teen Titans #38.
17. Osiris: Revealed as member in Teen Titans #38.
The "One Year Gap" Returning Titans include:
18. Ravager: Revealed as member in Teen Titans #34.
19. Joker's Daughter : Revealed as member in Teen Titans #38.
20. Argent [with new costume]: Revealed as member in Teen Titans #38.
21. Mirage: Revealed as member in Teen Titans #38.
22. Flamebird: Revealed as member in Teen Titans #38.
23. Red Star: Revealed as member in Teen Titans #38.
24. Hotspot [formerly Joto]: Revealed as member in Teen Titans #38.
25. Captain Marvel Jr.: Revealed as member in Teen Titans #38.
Ravager Timeline: Closing the “One Year Later” Gap
Here’s a list of major events revealed during the “Missing Year:”
 Before the Infinite Crisis: Deathstroke recruits Nightwing to train his daughter. Nightwing, now calling himself Renegade, begins to show Rose Deathstroke's manipulations. When Deatshtroke endangers Rose's life by replacing her eye with a kryptonite shard, she begins to see the truth. At this point, Rose flees her father and begins to recover from the psychosis induced by the "Deatshtroke serum." [NW #112-117]
The Titans aid the heroes during the Infinite Crisis. While saving the universe from Superboy-Prime and Alexander Luthor, Superboy is killed in battle. [IC #1-7] With Superboy, Wonder Girl, Robin, Kid Flash, Starfire and Cyborg gone, Raven and Beast Boy try to keep the Teen Titans together. [TT #34]
Black Adam ignites World War III. [52w49]
Ravager joins the team at the request of Nightwing. [TT #34]
Miss Martian and Ravager become uneasy roommates for two days. Miss Martian's attempt at humor backfires when she hits Ravager in the face with a pie. [TT #39]
A large group of heroes - including a powerless Bart Allen, Donna Troy (as Wonder Woman), Wonder Girl, Robin, Ravager and Kid Devil - gather to mourn Superboy, Terra and Young Frankenstein. Donna comforts Wonder Girl. Ravager meets Kid Devil for the first time. Kid Devil is anxious to meet Robin. [52w51]
"One Year Later" begins. A rebuilt Cyborg awakens. The only active Titans members are Robin, Ravager and Kid Devil. Wendy and Marvin have become caretakers of Titans Tower. The team encounters the new Brotherhood of Evil. Wonder Girl is angered at Robin for abandoning his friends after Superboy’s death. [TT #34]
Note: Ravager joined the Teen Titans shortly after the events in 52: WEEK FIFTY. For a complete timeline of the "one year gap," click here.
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Rose Wilson Sketch Gallery
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Ravager Preliminary Designs
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DC Direct
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Ravager & Kid Flash
"Titans Tomorrow"
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Rose Wilson
by Sergio Cariello
Wizard World
Philadelphia 2003 |
Ravager
by Mike McKone
San Diego
ComiCon 2004 |
Rose as Ravager
by Sergio Cariello
Florida MegaCon 2005 |
Ravager
by Andy MacDonald
New York Comic-Con
February 2006 |
Ravager
by Khary Randolph
New York Comic-Con
February 2006 |
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Ravager
by Mike Huddelson
New York Comic-Con
February 2006 |
Ravager
by George Pérez
San Diego
ComiCon 2006 |
Ravager
by Sergio Cariello
San Diego
ComiCon 2006 |
Ravager
by Ivan Reis
San Diego
ComiCon 2006 |
Deathstroke vs. Ravager
Commission
by Mike McKone
2006 |
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Ravager
by Ale Garza
San Diego
ComiCon 2007 |
Ravager
by Michael Avon Oeming
New York
ComiCon 2008 |
Ravager
by Oliver Hume
San Diego
ComiCon 2008 |
Ravager
by Georges Jeanty
New York
ComiCon 2009 |
Ravager
by Eddy Barrows
New York
ComiCon 2009 |
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Ravager
by Eddy Barrows
New York
ComiCon 2009 |
Ravager
by Josh Middleston
San Diego
ComiCon 2009 |
Ravager
by Eddy Barrows
from the collection of
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The Wilson Family
by Steve Erwin
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Ravager
by George Perez
from the collection of
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Ravager
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