Titans of Justice West Secret Files
Written & edited by: Power Guy & Darth_Ennis
Art by: Darth_Ennis


The freshly rebuilt Metrotower...

<BUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRPPPP!!!> “This just plain sucks!” huffed Gold Bug as he stared up at the monitor screen with annoyance. “Couldn’t he have given this job to someone who actually cares?” he asked himself, not caring that others in the room knew he was talking to himself. “Oh, but Aaron, it has to be you. You’re the one who’s most proficient with computers after myself, Nucleus told me. I swear if anyone else would have asked me to do this gig, I would have told them to stick it where Space Man’s rod don’t shine. I mean, I don’t even have anything nice to say about most of these people and yet, I’m supposed to update their data files? <SIGH> Good thing I grabbed an Vente Frappaccino on the way in today....”



Gold Bug is none other than the infamous Aaron Kidd. Yup, that’s me. The highly intelligent, multiple skilled superhero from the future, come back to the past to save the day. A few years ago, I was a member of the first Titans of Justice West, at least the first in the timeline. This Titans West was lead by Donna Troy and Kyle Rayner’s son Christophe Rayner aka Wonder Warrior. He, myself, Queen Bee, Kid Comet, and Palome’ all came back to the present from five years in the future to prevent our dark future from coming to pass. You see, during the recent Crisis, Power Guy wasn’t supposed to come back to life. Couple this with Dr. Light’s brutal raping of former Titan Trickshot, and that was enough to send Flash, Green Lantern, Knightvision, Supergirl, and Wonder Man off the deep end. The five of them began practicing a more strict form of justice. Rather than just beating down super-criminals and locking them away, they began crippling and killing them when they saw fit. They changed the name of the team to the Titans of Vengeance and became a bit power-hungry. They eliminated all resistance, even some of their former teammates. When things started getting ugly, Wonder Warrior and the rest of my team came back to the present to throw a wrench in their plans - which we did but not without making some major waves with some of our current friends. Anyways, here I am. Initially I was simply the current inheritor of the Blue Beetle legacy, having the scarab implant itself in my body while helping out Booster Gold and the Martian Manhunter but then after Booster Gold killed himself in his latest and final scheme to make himself rich and famous once again, I was asked by Skeets to carry on for my uncle Ted’s best friend. Now I carry on the legacy of the Blue and the Gold. I have super-strength, I can fly, generate force-fields, fire energy blasts, and emit my oh so cool “Beetle Bite”. That’s where I will these eerie fangs to sprout from my head-gear and sink them into my opponent’s flesh. Then this weird sort of shock shoots through their body. It’s like a swift kick in the groin - times ten!



Venus is the mysterious enigma formerly known as Black Orchid. This babe has been fighting crime since my Uncle Ted’s days as the Blue Beetle. She’s always kept to herself and hasn’t shared much with anyone. The rumor is that not even Batman knows her secret identity or where she came from. The good news is, she’s one of the good guys(not counting the time when she was possessed by the Floronic Man and killed several superheroes during what the press called “The Black Orchid Massacre”). Venus is a master of disguise with her shape-changing abilities. She has super-strength almost on par with a Kryptonian, she can fly, and is nearly invulnerable. With the new Titans West up and running, she decided to drop the Black Orchid moniker and make a fresh start for herself under the name Venus. She can be fun at times but is mostly a serious babe. I still can’t believe this lady used to be a pole dancer in Vegas...



Illumina(formerly Lady Light) aka Imako Hoshi is the daughter of the female Dr. Light. She can absorb light, emit energy blasts, fly, and can create constructs out of hard-light. She’s recently been trained in martial arts and samurai sword fighting, hence the new hard-light swords she’s been carrying around lately. When I said Venus was serious, she doesn’t hold a candle to this broad. It’s like someone pee’d in Imako’s Cheerios EVERY day. She struts around here like she’s better than everyone else and we’re all a bunch of imbeciles compared to her.......that is, except for Nucleus with whom she’s been spending a lot of time with lately. PS: Don’t bother asking how her day is as she considers that to be trivial conversation not worthy of her time. Her idea of fun is waking up before dawn and practicing Tai Chi on the beach for crissakes.



Speaking of Nuclues.....His real name is Jason Hardwick. He’s a former pupil of Ray Palmer, the second Atom. One day, Chronos busted into Professor Palmer’s classroom, having figured out his secret identity and just about killed the mighty might. Jason was the only student to stick around in hopes of helping the tiny titan - which he did. He had used some chronal device he had built to block Chronos’ time “vision” and sneak attack the clown-faced crook, taking him down for the count before he knew what hit him. The Atom was so grateful that he gave Jason one of his old size-changing belts and thus began Nucleus’ career as a shrinking hero. Later, during a trip to the Universe of Evil, something in that universe caused his belt to allow him to shrink AND grow. He keeps referring to his " Shrink-Fu" though I have no idea what it is, he has been spending a lot of time with Illumina lately so maybe she's teaching him a few things. Whether his a quarter of an inch tall or fifty feet tall, Nuclues is always ready to fight the good fight. He’s making an excellent deputy leader of the newest Titans West team I must say.



Let’s see, who’s next on the list? Ah, yes.....Phantom Lady aka Sandra Knight. She annoys the heck out of me. I remember when she and I first met. I was piling up my plate at the buffet table during the last Titans of Justice regrouping. I was kinda embarrassed about how much I put on my plate that I made it seem like some of the food was for Spaceman. That coupled with some stupid rumor that I think Sargona or Power Lad started, gave her the impression that Spaceman and I were more than friends. After several months of her harassing me about my supposed gay lifestyle, Spaceman finally set her straight(no pun intended), though sometimes she still looks at me like I’m hiding something. Anyways, this lady is the original bearer of the Phantom Lady name. Yup, the same chick that fought the Nazis in World War II alongside Uncle Sam, Liberty Belle, and Hawkman. Apparently that black-light ray she wears on her wrist had a side-effect on her body every time she used it. She hasn’t aged a day since she began her career. There was a time where she wore make-up and a gray wig to make herself look old but eventually, she embraced her apparently eternal youth and ditched the disguise. Her black-light ray allows her to darken an area, turn invisible, teleport, and fire laser-beams. Her goggles allow her to see in pure darkness. She’s also a great fighter. Nowhere near Knightvision or the Huntress but don’t take her for granted in a dark alley. Oh, and did I mention, she’s Spaceman’s aunt?



On to Spaceman, er, um I mean Starman aka Scott Stone. Scott is the son of Prince Gavyn, the former Starman. He’s also the nephew by marriage of Jack Knight, another former Starman. Scotty boy here was born with the powers of flight, super-stength, and superhuman durability. He carries with him the uber cool Cosmic Rod which increases his flight speed, can absorb stellar energy, and fire beams of the same kind of energy along with giving him control over gravity. He also wears these wrist-bands that allow him to better harness his abilities. I must also add to this file that Spaceman is a pure BUTTHEAD! He stinks, has bad breath, doesn’t shave regularly, and hasn’t clipped his toenails since last Christmas but he’s a hell of a guy to play video games with. But with all seriousness he's done a lot of growing up in the last year and I think his relationship with Jenna has a lot to do with that. It was his idea to reform Titans West and also his idea to take over the training of the Superfriends. I have no idea what kinda strings he pulled to get this place rebuilt, and I never asked and I probably don't wanna know. And since he started taking lessons from Illumina he's learned to kick some serious @$$ with that staff of his. He's turning out to be a great leader. Heck with Jason and your truly as advisors how can he go wrong?



Next up is Supergirl aka Jenna Kent. No, she’s not the original Supergirl but she sure looks a lot like her but that’s most likely because the original is her aunt. Yup, she’s Superman and Lois Lane-Kent’s daughter. Jenna here has all of the classic Kryptonian superpowers such as super-stength, super-speed, a wide array of vision powers, super-hearing, invulnerability, freeze-breath, and flight. She’s not quite at her dad’s level yet which could be because she’s still young or the fact that she’s half-human. Jenna’s somewhat of a tom-boy. She’s right there with Spaceman and I when we wanna play video games, go fishing, or wrestle around in the dirt. Don’t get me wrong, she’s still a lady true and true. Spaceman’s lucky to be dating a babe like her. Rumor has it that Spaceman's first meeting with Jenna's dear old dad didn't go as well as planned, and that this is the real reason he got his act together. Neither one is commenting, so only time will tell on this one.



Totem aka Rachel Stewart is the daughter of Green Lantern John Stewart and Vixen. Rachel was born with the power to channel the abilities of any animal. She can run as fast as a cheetah, soar though the air like an eagle, produce electric shocks like an eel, or knock you through a wall like a rhino. In order to use these abilities, she needs the help of the Tantu Totem that she wears. The totem helps her to keep control and focus her abilities better. Totem is best of buds with Wonder Girl from the Super Friends, the team from which she recently graduated from to join Titans West. And even I gotta admit her new costume is SMOKIN".



Another graduate of the Super Friends is Whirlpool, Prince Arin of Atlantis. Arin is the son of former Teen Titan Tempest and some unknown woman. Arin has never been told who his mother although some suspect it may be the second Aquagirl aka Lorena Marquez. Keep in mind that Arin has complete control over water. He can manifest tidal waves, emit blasts of near-solid water from his hands, or even surround himself with a freaky cool hard-water armor which makes me wonder if his mother isn’t in fact Mera. Let’s face it, Mera was alone for quite some time while Aquaman was dead before he came back after being a Black Lantern. During this time, Tempest was estranged from Dolphin. I don’t need to put two and two together....



And finally last but certainly not least we have our newest Titan Hermes, who is better known as Andros Bonasara international man of mystery. No I'm kidding. ..I really don't know much about him having only met him a handfull of times before Frost died. But what I do know is he hails from Greece and was formerly a member of the Global Guardians until Spaceman talked him into joining us and becoming an instructor to the Superfreinds. I also know that he is an international male supermodel, and one of the few prominent "Out and Proud" gay superheroes. So much so that he incorporated the pink triangle into his chest sigil, that's hardcore. As far as powers go I do know that he is a speedster and rumors abound that he can heal people as well...but I dunno if that's true or just an urban legend. He has developed a fast freindship with Supergirl and Phantom Lady, and he seems like an okay kinda dude so far. But as far as I'm concerned if he was good enough to have been life partners with Frost he is good enough for me to trust.

Anyways, that’s our merry little bunch of elves in a nutshell. Now, on to Taco Belle to get a ten pack of tacos to feast upon!