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Beast Boy (real name Garfield Mark "Gar" Logan) is a shape-shifting superhero in the DC Comics universe.

History

As a child, Garfield contracted a rare illness called Sakutia and was cured by a serum extracted from a green monkey. This serum had the unintended effect of turning his skin and hair green and gave him the ability to morph into any animal of his choice. The colors and appearance of these animals changed depending on the artist using the character at the time.

Before becoming a Teen Titan or Part of the Doom Patrol Garfield was placed in custody of Nicholas Galtry, the Logan Family attorney for the families estate.While the young Logan was in Africa, Galtry had embezzled funds from Gar's inheritance. When Gar was found, Galtry plotted to kill the boy and have all the wealth for himself.

Originally and currently known as Beast Boy, he was adopted by Elasti-Girl and Mento, members of the Doom Patrol. He later joined the West Coast team of the Teen Titans (known as Titans West), and was part of the New Teen Titans assembled by Raven. It was at this time that he 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, under which he got his own mini-series Beast Boy. Following a failed attempt to recreate "Titans West" as "Titans L.A.,", as recounted in Titans Secret Files #2, he rejoined the main team.

He has also worked as an actor, playing the role of an alien in the TV series Space Trek 2022 (which, even in the fictional setting, was a thinly disguised pastiche of Star Trek and Space: 1999, and was cancelled following threats of legal action on the grounds of plagiarism).

Beast Boy is a comic relief character. However, this is only a facade, he uses humor to hide a deep inner pain. Beast Boy has suffered many hardships in his life (both his real parents have died, and his foster mother, whom Garfield became very close to, died in battle along with virtually all of the other Doom Patrol members with whom he was part of the team and his foster father was driven mad by a helmet he used to fight enemies). During his time with The New Teen Titans, Gar fell in love with Terra (a member of the Teen Titans) a young geomancing girl who turned out to be a spy working for Deathtroke. Despite all his hardships, Garfield is friendly and upbeat.

His best friend is Cyborg (also a member of the Teen Titans). He is also close to Bette "Flamebird" Kane, a former Titan who helped clear his name from the crimes committed by an impostor on an adventure in Los Angeles.

In one occasion, he gained an evil rival in the Zookeeper.

While the events of Infinite Crisis unfolds, Beast Boys' life One Year Later... will be recounted in a weekly 52-issue ongoing series. His costume Post-Infinite Crisis resembles the one he wore in the animated series.

Personal life

Garfield Logan's life has been shaped by tragedy. His parents died in a boating accident when he was no more than 10 years old. To this day, he still believes he could have prevented this event. After he was saved from two kidnappers that tried to use his powers to help them in their crimes, he was left under the care of his despised guardian, Nicholas Galtry.

Galtry wasn't happy that Garfield was alive and plotted to kill the boy in order to claim his inheritance. The various villains he hired to kill young Logan were impeded by the Doom Patrol. His hopes of gaining Garfield's money were finally dashed when Rita and Steve Dayton adopted Garfield.

In his days with the Doom Patrol, Garfield held a romantic relationship with a girl from his high-school named Jillain Jackson. After he saved her from Galtry (who was using the alias "Arsenal"), the relationship dissolved.

Garfield felt insecure and inadequate as a Teen Titan. He hid his insecurity by flirting with the female members of the team. He even suggested that Raven reformed the Titans just to meet him (something none of the other Titans would ever believe). However, it is a mystery exactly why Raven chose to recruit Garfield into the New Teen Titans.

Logan devoloped a more serious interest in Tara Markov. He was heartbroken to discover that she was a traitor working for Deathstroke and who hated the Teen Titans. Even after her death, he refused to believe for a long time that she was a traitor and blamed Deathstroke for corrupting her and using her. He, however, came to grips with her true colors when it was revealed that she killed King Tawaba. Despite this, he still blames her betrayal on Deathstroke. As a result of all of this, he uses his jokes to cover the fact that he is scared of losing anyone else he is close to.

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