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Donna Troy's Family & Friends |
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| Terry & Robert Long |
| Marcia & Jennifer Long |
| Dorothy Hinckley |
| Elmira Cassiday |
| Fay Evans & Family |
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Sharon Tracy's first appearance as Donna's new roommate in
TEEN TITANS #22 [1969] |
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Sharon Tracy and Donna Troy
as art majors - as detailed in
NEW TITANS #50 [1989] |
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Sharon the flirt - from TALES OF THE TEEN TITANS #49 [1984] |
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Initially living at Titans Lair headquarters when she wasn’t with her sisters on Paradise Island, Wonder Girl found herself truly without a home when the Amazons left earth for a time. The teen Amazon eventually searched for an apartment of her own in the civilian guise of Donna Troy. She answered an ad for a Greenwich Village apartment placed by an ebullient young woman named Sharon Tracy. Upon meeting, the two teenagers sparked an instant friendship as Donna found a new home.
Donna initially concealed her Wonder Girl identity from Sharon in an attempt to carve out a “normal” life, and Sharon remained oblivious to Donna's dual life as a Teen Titan. Although she never used a mask or Amazon magic to disguise her features while fighting crime, few connected Donna Troy to Wonder Girl.
After the dissolution of the second group of Teen Titans, both Sharon and Donna attended college at NYU. Sharon, like Donna, was an art major. While Donna studied photography, Sharon wanted to be a painter. She eventually learned of Donna’s identity as Wonder Girl and the teen Amazon later abandoned any pretense of a secret identity.
Sharon’s passion for painting (and available men) eventually led her outside of New York City, but she and Donna remained close friends. At Donna's wedding to Terry Long, Sharon returned to New York City to serve as one of Donna's bridesmaids. Extremely vivacious and outrageously flirtatious, Sharon serves as a counterpoint to a more reserved Donna.
Teen Titans #22 [1969]: Upon the Titans' return to Earth, Wonder Girl unexpectedly collapses, the result of a recently recurring series of fainting spells. In explanation, she tells the other Titans her origin for the first time. She takes the name Donna Troy as a civilian identity and moves into an apartment in Greenwich Village with new girlfriend Sharon Tracy. Sharon Tracy's first appearance; becomes Donna Troy's roommate.
Teen Titans #28-29 [1970]: Aqualad tries to find Wonder Girl at the apartment she shares with Sharon Tracy, but instead finds himself battling thugs who are after Sharon because of something she accidentally witnessed in the park, but which she cannot remember due to selective amnesia.
Tales of the Teen Titans #49 [1984]: While the Titans prepare for the wedding of Donna Troy and Terry Long, Dr. Light attacks Central City, only to be stopped by Wally West and Frances Kane in their public identities.
Tales of the Teen Titans #50 [1985]: Donna Troy and Terry Long are married on the Dayton Estate. The ceremony begins as Dick Grayson leads the bride-to-be to the altar. Terry and Donna recite their vows and are officially joined in wedlock. Later, Sharon Tracy and Joe Wilson catch the thrown bridal bouquet and garter, respectively, and as the reception breaks up, the Titans present Gar Logan with a special medal in honor of his catering services. Finally, Terry and Donna leave on Steve Dayton's private jet for their honeymoon in Greece. Donna Troy and Terry Long wed this issue. Appearances by just about every Titan, past and present.
New Titans #50 [1989]: The Titans of Myth return to Earth to collect Wonder Girl so that she might help the gods defeat Sparta, a renegade Titan. Donna's history retold in issue #50; Sharon Tracy's first post-Crisis appearance reveals she was Donna's roommate in college, after Donna left the Titans [between Teen Titans #53 and New Teen Titans #1].
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Donna introduces Kory to Terry Long, her boyfriend in NEW TEEN TITANS #8 [1981] |
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Terry comforts Donna in
NEW TEEN TITANS #12 [1982]. |
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Donna Troy weds
Terry Long in TALES
OF THE TEEN
TITANS #50 [1984] |
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Terry, Jennifer and Robert meet with a fatal accident
in WONDER WOMAN #121 [1997] |
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Wonder Guy
Not much is known about Terry Long before his association with Donna Troy. At an early age, Terry met and married a difficult woman named Marcia. Soon after getting married, the couple produced a daughter, Jennifer. After a few years of marriage, Terry and Marcia divorced.
After Terry became a professor of history and sociology at Manhattan University, he met and fell in love with fashion photographer Donna Troy. Their relationship flourished although Terry was was ten years her senior.
Shortly into their relationship, Terry discovered that Donna was also the super-heroine known as Wonder Girl. Despite the stresses this sometimes put on their relationship, and despite Marcia Long's disapproval of their union (Donna was too young, in her opinion), the couple remained together. Soon, Terry proposed marriage.
After some thought, Donna accepted. Terry and Donna wed in a ceremony at Dayton Estates. Terry's brother stood as best man, while Donna's sister Diana served as maid of honor. Terry's young daughter Jennifer Long - who adored Donna - performed duties as flower girl. Terry and Donna enjoyed a healthy marriage even as Donna remained a full-time member of the Titans, as both Wonder Girl and Troia.
In that time, Terry was unable to finish a paper required to keep his tenure at the University. He lost his job, but began freelance writing.
Total Chaos
Donna and Terry soon discovered they were expecting their first child. As Donna's accelerated pregnancy entered its third trimester, a group called the Team Titans emerged from the future. Their mission: kill Donna Troy before she would give birth to the man who, in their future, becomes the evil Lord Chaos.
Lord Chaos also arrived in the present, determined to insure his own future, even if it meant killing his own mother in the process. Troia eventually gave birth to Robert Long, under the combined protection of the New Titans and the Team Titans. The two teams ultimately defeated Lord Chaos, whose evil essence was absorbed by the Titans of Myth. In the wake of this encounter, Donna decided to give up her Troia identity, and raise her son as a normal woman. The Titans of Myth granted this wish, and relinquished Troia's godlike abilities.
Donna and Terry relocated to a farm in New Jersey, where they intended to live a normal life. That plan failed to come to fruition, as the farmhouse soon became home to the time-lost Team Titans. As villains and disasters struck their new home, Donna reconsidered her decision to forsake her abilities. She petitioned the Titans of Myth to restore her powers, but was rejected by the capricious gods.
Undaunted, Donna Troy found her new calling as part of a galactic police force known as the Darkstars. But unknown to Donna, her recent choices had created tension in her once-happy marriage. After their New Jersey farmhouse was destroyed by super-powered enemies, Terry divorced Donna and was granted custody of their young son. Although their divorce was initially bitter, Terry allowed Donna to visit Robert on weekends, and she made the most of that time.
Then, tragedy struck. While traveling along the New England Coast, Terry, Robert and Jennifer Long drove through a raging storm. Unable to see, their car plunged off a cliff, killing all three of them.
George Pérez on the Terry Long/Donna Troy Relationship: "Everything's become a little lighter. I was determined, as was Marv, actually, that Donna's wedding was going to be ideal, as far as her relationship with Terry. Not idealistic, in the sense that they never had arguments, but in the fact that they understand each other. He's not Steve Trevor, God forbid, he's not Lois Lane, you know, that type of relationship. They're two adult people who understand each other, respect each other, and genuinely love each other. And that whole thing has become a big thing in the stuff I tend to do. I tend to do a lot of happy stuff. [...] Terry and Donna have a nice, adult relationship, thank God! I think there are still some in the world. "
Marv Wolfman on Donna/Terry break-up: "The break up happened in Team Titans after I left it. I disagreed with it and said so, but the writer did it anyway. It was wrong in my mind to do it--Donna and Terry would not suddenly split up that way. They may have split up if we saw a real problem between them but I just had them occasionally have Donna's power come between them--something they would have gotten through. Once the divorce was done though, and I got the character back, I could not simply undo what was done. Hence my following up on it etc. It was an editorial decision that led Donna to Kyle... which I also don't feel was right, but had no real reason to argue. IF Donna split with Terry and Dick was splitting with Kory, I would have very slowly had Dick and Donna get together... which I did suggest in an overview memo. "
New Teen Titans #8 [1981]: Donna introduces Kory to Terry Long, her boyfriend. Kory becomes a model for Donna's fashion shoot. First appearance of Sarah Simms and Terry Long.
New Teen Titans #28 [1983]: Donna Troy meets Terry Long's ex-wife, Marcia, and his daughter, Jennifer; Terra and the Titans confront her parents' supposed captors.
New Teen Titans #30 [1983]: Terry Long proposes to Donna Troy. Terra joins the Titans.
New Teen Titans #38 [1984]: Dick Grayson works to help Donna Troy discover the truth about her past..
Tales of the Teen Titans #49 [1984]: While the Titans prepare for the wedding of Donna Troy and Terry Long, Dr. Light attacks Central City, only to be stopped by Wally West and Frances Kane in their public identities.
Tales of the Teen Titans #50 [1985]: Donna Troy and Terry Long are married on the Dayton Estate. The ceremony begins as Dick Grayson leads the bride-to-be to the altar. Terry and Donna recite their vows and are officially joined in wedlock. Later, Sharon Tracy and Joe Wilson catch the thrown bridal bouquet and garter, respectively, and as the reception breaks up, the Titans present Gar Logan with a special medal in honor of his catering services. Finally, Terry and Donna leave on Steve Dayton's private jet for their honeymoon in Greece. Donna Troy and Terry Long wed this issue. Appearances by just about every Titan, past and present.
Total Chaos: New Titans #90-92, Team Titans #1-3, Deathstroke #14-16 [1992]: The Team Titans have been sent to the past to kill the pregnant Troia before she gives birth to her son, who could become a god-powered dictator named Lord Chaos in the future. The Team is defeated, and Troia, having lost her powers, gives birth to a normal baby boy. Mirage of the Team Titans kidnaps Starfire and impersonates her so that she can date Nightwing. Birth of Robert Troy Long.
Team Titans #21 [1994]: Dozens of Team Titans are stranded in the past and ponder their futures. Donna Troy petitions the Titans of Myth to grant her powers again, but they reject her. Donna searches to reunite with Terry, only to find he has left her and is living with his ex-wife, Marcia. This issue guest stars Wonder Woman. Chronologically, Titans #25 [2001] follows up on these events with a flashback sequence wherein Terry asks Donna for a divorce.
Wonder Woman #121 [1997]: While driving along the New England Coast, Terry, Robert and Jennifer Long try to drive through a raging storm. Unable to see, their car plunges off a cliff, killing all three of them. Death of Terry, Robert and Jennifer Long.
Titans #25 [2001]: Part 3 of the "Who's Troia?" trilogy. The evil Dark Angel is erasing Donna from existence throughout Hypertime. The Titans are joined by the Titanic team from The Kingdom -- traveling through different points in Donna's history before the evil Dark Angel can erase them. A flashback reveals Terry Long asking Donna for a divorce.
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Lord Chaos seeks to insure his own future in NEW TITANS #91 [1992]. |
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Robert Long was the son of Donna Troy and Terry Long. Destined to be born sentient with godlike powers, Robert had the potential to become a power-mad despot known as Lord Chaos.
The Titans of Myth helped take away these powers the instant Robert was born, thus preventing the child's destructive future. Robert's parents divorced when he was an infant, but he never lacked love or attention from either of them.
Tragically, at the age of three, Robert was killed alongside his father and half-sister, Jennifer, in a car accident.
Also see the entry for Lord Chaos for more on Robert Long.
New Titans Annual #7 and New Titans #80 [1991]: Waverider leaves an unconscious Nightwing to meet Joe Wilson, while in the future, the Team Titans the mysterious leader details his plans to them on how they will go back in time to eliminate Donna Troy before she can give birth to her son, who will turn out to be Lord Chaos. Lord Chaos vows to follow them to the past and insure his future. First appearance of Lord Chaos in New Titans Annual #7.
Total Chaos: New Titans #90-92, Team Titans #1-3, Deathstroke #14-16 [1992]: The Team Titans have been sent to the past to kill the pregnant Troia before she gives birth to her son, who could become a god-powered dictator named Lord Chaos in the future. The Team is defeated, and Troia, having lost her powers, gives birth to a normal baby boy. Mirage of the Team Titans kidnaps Starfire and impersonates her so that she can date Nightwing. Birth of Robert Troy Long.
Team Titans #21 [1994]: Dozens of Team Titans are stranded in the past and ponder their futures. Donna Troy petitions the Titans of Myth to grant her powers again, but they reject her. Donna searches to reunite with Terry, only to find he has left her and is living with his ex-wife, Marcia. This issue guest stars Wonder Woman. Chronologically, Titans #25 [2001] follows up on these events with a flashback sequence wherein Terry asks Donna for a divorce.
Green Lantern #82: As Donna and Kyle Rayner continue their relationship, their bond strengthened as Kyle bonds with Donna's son, Robert on a trip to the zoo.
Wonder Woman #121 [1997]: While driving along the New England Coast, Terry, Robert and Jennifer Long try to drive through a raging storm. Unable to see, their car plunges off a cliff, killing all three of them. Death of Terry, Robert and Jennifer Long.
Titans #25 [2001]: Part 3 of the "Who's Troia?" trilogy. The evil Dark Angel is erasing Donna from existence throughout Hypertime. The Titans are joined by the Titanic team from The Kingdom -- traveling through different points in Donna's history before the evil Dark Angel can erase them. A flashback reveals Terry Long asking Donna for a divorce and Robert's funeral.
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Marcia Long makes trouble in
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Marcia married Terry Long at a very young age. Soon after settling down, the young couple welcomed a daughter, Jennifer. After a few years of marriage, Terry and Marcia divorced.
Years later, Terry began to date Donna Troy, who was also the super-heroine known as Wonder Girl. Marcia never approved of Donna, mostly due to her age and unconventional lifestyle as a super-hero. She was often snide and rude to Donna as a result. When Terry left Donna and took his son Robert with him, Marcia was more than happy to provide a temporary home for her ex-husband.
Marcia's bitterness towards Donna - and the superhero community - increased upon the deaths of Terry, Jennifer and Robert Long.
New Teen Titans #28 [1983]: Donna Troy meets Terry Long's ex-wife, Marcia, and his daughter, Jennifer; Terra and the Titans confront her parents' supposed captors. First appearance of Marcia and Jennifer Long.
New Titans #55 [1989]: Donna returns from New Chronus as Troia; Marcia Long has been spending time with Terry while she was away.
Team Titans #21 [1994]: Dozens of Team Titans are stranded in the past and ponder their futures. Donna Troy petitions the Titans of Myth to grant her powers again, but they reject her. Donna searches to reunite with Terry, only to find he has left her and is living with his ex-wife, Marcia. This issue guest stars Wonder Woman. Chronologically, Titans #25 [2001] follows up on these events with a flashback sequence wherein Terry asks Donna for a divorce.
Wonder Woman #121 [1997]: While driving along the New England Coast, Terry, Robert and Jennifer Long try to drive through a raging storm. Unable to see, their car plunges off a cliff, killing all three of them. Death of Terry, Robert and Jennifer Long.
Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files #1 [2003]: At Donna's funeral service, Marcia Long appears and rails against the super-hero community.
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Donna meets Jenny and Marcia Long in
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Jennifer Long was the daughter of Terry and Marcia Long. When Terry remarried Donna Troy, Jennifer gained a caring stepmother who was also a super-hero. Jennifer adored Donna and served a flower girl in her wedding.
Tragically, Jennifer was killed along with her father and half-brother, Robert, in a car accident.
New Teen Titans #28 [1983]: Donna Troy meets Terry Long's ex-wife, Marcia, and his daughter, Jennifer; Terra and the Titans confront her parents' supposed captors. First appearance of Marcia and Jennifer Long.
Tales of the Teen Titans #50 [1985]: Donna Troy and Terry Long are married on the Dayton Estate. Jennifer serves as flower girl.
New Teen Titans (second series) Annual #2 [1987]:Donna tells Jenny a bedtime story relating one of her Titans adventures. The main story features the origin of Brother Blood.
Wonder Woman #121 [1997]: While driving along the New England Coast, Terry, Robert and Jennifer Long try to drive through a raging storm. Unable to see, their car plunges off a cliff, killing all three of them. Death of Terry, Robert and Jennifer Long.
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Dorothy Hinckley
Donna Troy's biological mother |
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Elmira Cassiday recalls the day Donna's mother gave her away in the classic
"Who Is Donna Troy?" in NEW TEEN TITANS #38 [1984] |
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Dorothy Hinckley had a tough life for someone so young. As a pregnant teenager, her life became even more complicated when she was diagnosed with cancer.
Having nowhere else to turn, she decided to give her child up for adoption. Dorothy met with Elmira Cassiday of Willowbrook Orphanage in Virginia, who agreed to help the lost and lonely young woman. Dorothy eventually gave birth to a daughter, who she named Donna.
Dorothy, knowing she would soon die, gave her infant daughter a remembrance. It was a hand-made doll from 'Uncle Max,' a kind gentleman who crafted toys for local poor children. The doll had an inscription that read, "Hello, my name is Donna."
Donna was later adopted by Fay and Carl Stacey. Dorothy was taken to a hospital and died shortly afterward. Donna's doll later became a vital clue when Dick Grayson helped to unravel Donna Troy's past.
New Teen Titans #38 [1984]: Dick Grayson works to help Donna Troy discover the truth about her past; Donna meets Elmira Cassiday - the woman who ran the orphanage where she once temporarily resided - and learns that her real mother, Dorothy Hinckley, left her with Elmira because she was dying.
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Elmira Cassiday
Caretaker of Willowbrook Orphanage
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Elmira Cassiday helps Donna unlock the secrets
of her past in the classic "Who Is Donna Troy?" in
NEW TEEN TITANS #38 [1984] |
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Kindly Elmira Cassiday worked as caretaker of the Willowbrook Orphanage in Virginia. It was there she met Dorothy Hinckley, a lonely pregnant young woman who was also battling cancer. Empathetic to the young woman's plight, Elmira agreed to help Dorothy put her child up for adoption. Dorothy eventually gave birth to a daughter, who she named Donna.
Dorothy gave Donna a doll to remember her by. The doll was made by ‘Uncle Max,' who made toys for local poor children. The doll had an inscription ‘Hello, my name is Donna.'
Elmira placed Donna in the care of Fay and Carl Stacey - just before cancer claimed the life of Dorothy Hinckley.
Donna Troy later became the super-heroine known as Wonder Girl, although the details of her early life remained a mystery to her. When Dick Grayson helped unravel Donna's past, he found Donna's doll - which led him to Elmira Cassiday, who was alone in a home for the elderly. Elmira hadn't spoken in 10 years, but when she saw Donna with her doll, she broke her silence and helped Donna connect with the Evanses - her newfound step-family.
Donna befriended the kind old woman and invited her to her wedding with Terry Long.
New Teen Titans #38 [1984]: Dick Grayson works to help Donna Troy discover the truth about her past; Donna meets Elmira Cassiday - the woman who ran the orphanage where she once temporarily resided - and learns that her real mother, Dorothy Hinckley, left her with Elmira because she was dying.
Tales of the Teen Titans #50 [1985]: Elmira Cassiday, Fay, Hank, Cindy and Jerry Evans attend Donna Troy's wedding.
Titans #25 [2001]: Part 3 of the "Who's Troia?" trilogy. The evil Dark Angel is erasing Donna from existence throughout Hypertime. The Titans are joined by the Titanic team from The Kingdom -- traveling through different points in Donna's history before the evil Dark Angel can erase them. Elmira Cassiday attends Donna's 'rebirthday' party.
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Fay and Carl Stacey
Donna Troy's adoptive parents
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Elmira Cassiday recalls the day
Donna was adopted by the Staceys
in the classic "Who Is Donna Troy?" in
NEW TEEN TITANS #38 [1984] |
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Fay and Carl Stacey married right out of high school. The young couple didn't have much money, but still yearned for a family of their own. They soon adopted a beautiful newborn girl named Donna from the Willowbrook Orphanage. Although money was tight, the couple took very good care of their adopted daughter. Two years after the adoption, Carl was killed in a job related accident. Fay had little money and was barely able to pay for the funeral. Sadly, she was forced to give up Donna for re-adoption.
Another couple ‘adopted' Donna, but were actually go- betweens for a child selling scheme run by a crooked lawyer. Before the deal was made, a fire erupted. During the fire, two year old Donna Troy was taken by Rhea to New Chronus to be trained by the Titans of Myth.
New Teen Titans #38 [1984]: Dick Grayson works to help Donna Troy discover the truth about her past; Donna was adopted by Carl and Fay Stacey, but when Carl died in a work-related accident, Fay also had to give up Donna, who was given to a child-selling operation; Two people who were posing as Donna's new parents died in the fire that Donna remembers; Donna is reconciled with her adopted mother, Fay Stacey Evans, and then visits the grave of her real mother. First appearances of Elmira Cassiday, Dorothy Hinckley, Carl and Fay Stacey, Fay, Hank, Cindy and Jerry Evans. Elmira Cassiday, Fay, Hank, Cindy and Jerry Evans attend Donna Troy's wedding in Tales of the Teen Titans #50.
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The Evans Family
Fay, Hank, Cindy & Jerry
Donna Troy's adoptive family
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The Evanses: from left to right:
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Donna is reunited with her family - the Evanses -
in the classic "Who Is Donna Troy?" in
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The Evanses from TITANS #25 [2001] |
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Fay and Carl Stacey married right out of high school. The young couple didn't have much money, but still yearned for a family of their own. They soon adopted a beautiful newborn girl named Donna from the Willowbrook Orphanage. Although money was tight, the couple took very good care of their adopted daughter. Two years after the adoption, Carl was killed in a job related accident. Fay had little money and was barely able to pay for the funeral. Sadly, she was forced to give up Donna for re-adoption.
Another couple ‘adopted' Donna, but were actually go- betweens for a child selling scheme run by a crooked lawyer. Before the deal was made, a fire erupted. During the fire, two year old Donna Troy was taken by Rhea to New Chronus to be trained by the Titans of Myth.
Fay later met and fell in love with Hank Evans. They married and produced two children, Cindy and Jerry.
Years passed, and Donna Troy grew up to become the super-heroine known as Wonder Girl, although the details of her early life still remained a mystery to her. When Dick Grayson helped unravel Donna's past, he found Donna's doll - which led him to Elmira Cassiday, who was alone in a home for the elderly. Elmira hadn't spoken in 10 years, but when she saw Donna with her doll, she broke her silence and helped Donna connect with the Evanses - who still lived in Virginia.
Upon being reunited, the Evanses welcomed Donna into their family.
New Teen Titans #38 [1984]: Dick Grayson works to help Donna Troy discover the truth about her past; Donna meets Elmira Cassiday - the woman who ran the orphanage where she once temporarily resided - and learns that her real mother, Dorothy Hinckley, left her with Elmira because she was dying; Donna was adopted by Carl and Fay Stacey, but when Carl died in a work-related accident, Fay also had to give up Donna, who was given to a child-selling operation; Two people who were posing as Donna's new parents died in the fire that Donna remembers; Donna is reconciled with her adopted mother, Fay Stacey Evans, and then visits the grave of her real mother. First appearances of Elmira Cassiday, Dorothy Hinckley, Carl and Fay Stacey, Fay, Hank, Cindy and Jerry Evans.
Tales of the Teen Titans #50 [1985]: Elmira Cassiday, Fay, Hank, Cindy and Jerry Evans attend Donna Troy's wedding.
New Titans #50 [1989]: The Titans of Myth return to Earth to collect Wonder Girl so that she might help the gods defeat Sparta, a renegade Titan. Donna's history retold in issue #50; A Titan of Myth visits the Evanses in search of Donna
Titans #25 [2001]: Part 3 of the "Who's Troia?" trilogy. The evil Dark Angel is erasing Donna from existence throughout Hypertime. The Titans are joined by the Titanic team from The Kingdom -- traveling through different points in Donna's history before the evil Dark Angel can erase them. The Evanses attend Donna's 'rebirthday' party.
Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files #1 [2003]: At Donna's funeral service, her friends and family mourn her death.
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