History ComicBook / WhoIsDonnaTroy

* StatusQuoIsGod: One of the mysteries of Donna's past was her birth name, as she was named "Donna" by the Amazons. Guess what, her original name ''was'' Donna after all.

'''''Who is Donna Troy?''''' is a 1984 story of the Comicbook/TeenTitans, in their issue #38. It is one of the most remembered stories by Marv Wolfman and George Perez with the Titans.

At this point, Donna Troy knew very little about her origins. As a young child, she was in an apartment fire and was rescued by Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman took Donna to Paradise Island, where Donna was adopted as Wonder Woman's sister and received similar powers with the Amazon science. However, her life before the fire was a complete mystery. In fact, Wonder Woman could not identify her parents because the apartment was not even rented, and nobody was supposed to be there.

Not yet. Dick Grayson wants to know who died in that apartment fire, and why. Dick and Donna eventually find Donna's adoptive mother, Fay Stacey (now Fay Evans) -- the Staceys were not the ones who died in the fire. Mr. Stacey had died and Fay declared bankruptcy and could not keep Donna. It turns out that the people who died in the fire had not adopted Donna at all. They were in that apartment waiting to illegally sell Donna to someone else when the explosion and fire occurred. Now Donna Troy know everything about her past... at least until the next crisis crossover.

* CanonDiscontinuity: Unfortunately, this story became obsolete in the aftermath of ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''. Wonder Woman was reimagined as a rookie who had just discovered the world of men. And so, Donna's origin had to be changed as well. Wonder Woman was removed from the fire flashback and replaced by a common firefighter, and she was never raised by the Amazons. She was raised by benevolent aliens instead, and returned to Earth with fake memories.
* {{Determinator}}: Dick Grayson. There were FIVE times in the story when he could had stopped, think that they know enough details, and nobody would criticize him at all. And yet, he continued. In fact, Donna Troy had already given up at the first difficulty.

* PlatonicLifePartners: That's how Robin described his relation with Wonder Girl.
* QuestForIdentity: It had been an ongoing issue for Donna since a long time.

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At this point, Donna Troy knew very little about her origins. Sometime in her infancy she was in an apartment that caught fire, she was rescued by Wonder Woman, taken to Paradise Island, adopted as Wonder Woman's sister, and received similar powers with the Amazon science. But her lfe before the fire was a complete mistery. In fact, Wonder Woman could not identify her parents because the apartment was not even rented, nobody was supposed to be there.

In modern day, Terry Long proposed marriage to her, but she's unsure, because she does not know yet about her past. So, Terry asked Robin, the best detective he knew, to investigate it. Checking around the burned house, Robin found an old doll. It had something written, that he carefully restored: "From uncle Max from Mystic Mt. Newport news". Grayson located this "Uncle Max", who used to repair toys for an orphanage using that alias. The orphanage is now closed, but he found the woman who ran it, Elmira Cassiday. This elder woman recognized Donna on sight. Donna's mother had put her on adoption because she was dying of cancer, she gave her the doll, and Donna was adopted by the Stacey family. Happy ending?

Not yet. Dick Grayson wanted to know why did they die in an apartment that was not being rented. They eventually found Fay Stacey (now Fay Evans); they were not the parents who had died. Mr. Stacey had died and Fay go to bankruptcy and could not keep Donna. Those who died had not adopted her, they were just in that apartment waiting for someone else to ilegally sell Donna; and then the explosion. That's it, now Donna Troy know everything about her past... at least until the next crisis crossover.

* PlatonicLifePartners: That's how Robin described his relation with Wonder Girl

* {{Determinator}}: Dick Grayson. There were FIVE times in the story when he could had stopped, think that they know enough details, and nobody would criticize him at all. And yet, he continued.