Overview
Victor Stone, or Cyborg as he calls himself, is incredibly strong, easily able to heft several tons. Cyborg's speed, enhanced through solar-powered generators, has been increased several fold, and he can leap great distances. Built into his body-armor is an infrared eye, computer generator, sound amplifier, and special programming adaptors which allow him to interface with other body extensions. Cyborg's arsenal includes a finger laser attachment, telescopic eyepiece, sonic dis ruptor, electronic shockers, grappling hooks, and winches. Other parts are under research and development.
Silas and Elinore Stone, research scientists working with S.T.A.R. Labs (see Scientific and Technological Advanced Research), were working on two simultaneous research projects: overseeing a fellow S.T.A.R. scientist's long-range inter-dimensional study and observation project, while competing their own work on cybernetic body parts for physically disabled soldiers. While they were observing an unknown dimension, a creature from that dimension somehow managed to slip through the dimensional barrier, instantly killing Elinor Stone and wounding Silas. Their son Victor, an Olympic hopeful, was caught by the creature as well, and parts of his body were destroyed before a half-conscious Silas Stone forced the creature back through the dimensional portal.
About Cyborg
Victor was rushed into the S.T.A.R. laboratory where Silas began the painful process of removing individual body parts and replacing them with enforced molybdenum steel, special polymers and plastics. The morose young athlete was virtually rebuilt from scratch and given a body far more powerful than that of any normal human being. After taking several months to recuperate and learn how to control his new cyborg (cybernetic organism) body, an angry Victor Stone, blaming his mother's death and his own disfigurement on his father's incompetence, left home and moved to Hell's Kitchen in New York City. Victor tried to continue with school and his athletic program but found himself the victim of frightened stares and the rejection of former friends.
Victor was also removed from the school's athletic program since his cyborg body gave him an unfair advantage over any and all competitors. Angry, self-defaming, unsure of where to turn, this loner soon met with others of his kind... and Victor Stone, Cyborg, became a charter member of The New Teen Titans.
