If you're looking to get to know Victor Stone aka Cyborg, check out these important comic issues to get better acquainted with the classic DC hero

For those curious to know more about Victor Stone aka Cyborg portrayed by actor Ray Fisher in Justice Leagueand Joivan Wade on Doom Patrol, say no more! Vic Stone has been a prominent character in the DC Comics Universe for over 30 years where he played a prominent role in the Teen Titans and was only recently upgraded to the Justice League for the better part of a decade which means that's a whole lot of comics to read in order to know everything.

Created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Perez in DC Comics Presents #26, the half-man, half-machine teenage superhero began as a talented athlete torn between the expectations of his genius parents and his desire to pursue his career in sports. Unfortunately, a horrible accident not only robbed him of his mother but changed his entire life as his life was saved by replacing a significant part of his body with cybernetic enhancements, giving his new and extraordinary powers. He would eventually find a second family within a new incarnation of the Teen Titans and remain a member for years until he became a founding member of the Justice League during the New 52 reboot in 2011. This new chapter in Cyborg's superhero career leads to his place in both animated and live-action films, and even a solo series or two. If you're still somewhat unfamiliar with the character but want to learn more, here are some good suggestions to aquatint yourself with Cyborg and his remarkable character.

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Victor Stone's first canonical experience happened in DC Comics Presents #26, during a vision sequence that Dick Grayson had during a solo mission. Vic appeared alongside his other future Teen Titans as they combated an alien threat from another dimension. This vision turned out to be the doing of his future teammate Raven who would eventually unite all of the team's members. Although this technicality would seem moreknowledgeablefor the seller's market, co-creators Wolfman and Perez made sure to give him a more detailed debut in New Teen Titans #1. Taking place a week after the events in the former issue, we are introduced to Vic training in an empty stadium with his old coach in attendance. Reminiscing about old times while demonstrating his current superhuman powers, we see Vic lamenting over his apparent loss of humanity and his current feelings of alienation and loneliness due to his current circumstances. When his brooding is interrupted by the arrival of Raven who brings along the other Teen Titans, his weak attempt to scare them off is followed by a nonchalant acceptance of their offer for membership. As they moved to save future member Starfire from her would-be captors, Vic didn't realize that this team would become a second family to him for the rest of his life and give him back the sense of purpose he so longed for.

During a Titans camping trip, the team goes around the literal and metaphorical fire sharing their backstories and details of how they came to be. Wolfman and Perez flesh out even more of Victor's back story by establishing his early role in his parent's scientific experiments which resulted in a child genius but one secluded from the world and without many friends. Eventually, he is allowed to break out of his shell and he becomes an extraordinary athlete with friends and a girlfriend despite the friction that these risks have on his relationship with his intellectual and overprotective parents. The Stone family is changed forever when an otherworldly creature accidentally escapes during one of their experiments. His mother Ellinore is killed and Vic is gravely injured, his life saved by his father Silas who remakes him as half-man, half-machine individual. Although initially angry and upset at the loss of his mother and his concept of humanity, Vic is eventually able to master his new abilities but his depression and isolation are only made worse when he finds he can't return to the activities and relationships he previously cherished. Although his backstory was full of difficulty and pain, Vic finds himself grateful that it leads him to the Teen Titans which not only gave him a second chance at a family but also to make peace withwhat remained of his remaining family.

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Damaged heavily during the 'Titans Hunt' story-line, Vic was rebuilt but his teammates found his personality seemingly gone as their friend appeared to be more man than machine. The Titans then faced an alien race called Technis which traveled throughout the universe and failed to assimilate the Earth as part of its mission to catalog all known existence. Although defeated, the Technis appealed to Vic's goal of reclaiming his perceived lost humanity and he agreed to integrate himself into the alien hive mind of hundreds of consciousnesses. Now calling himself Cyberion, he and Beast Boy/Changeling traveled the universe on Technis' mission until the alien consciousness was destroyed. Facing that loss and the absence of his friend who decided to return to Earth, Victor lost even more of his humanity to his mechanical consciousness.

Cyberion would eventually return to Earth but as a Technis entity that not only absorbed the Moon but also began to systematically abduct anyone who had ever been a member or even affiliated with the Titans throughout their history. While the remaining heroes worked to contain the natural disasters caused by this unnatural event, some of the Titans figure out this is being masterminded by what remains of Victor's consciousness. While the Justice League and Titans fight over the correct way to deal with the situation, a select group of the original Titans battle through the advanced obstacles and are able to appeal to their long-lost friend's humanity. With his consciousness and soul encapsulated in former Titan Minion's shape-shifting Omegadrone, Vic not only returned to Earth but also the Titans and would eventually regain hisoriginal Cyborg appearance.

Around this time, Victor had witnessed the dissolution of the Teen Titans and the Young Justice team following a climactic battle that resulted in the death of founding Teen Titan member Donna Troy. Seeing all the potential and need for the team's existence, the iconic Titans Tower was moved to the West Coast and Victor personally sent out an invite to various individuals in the teenage superhero community. The end result was a new incarnation of Teen Titans such as Superboy (Conner Kent), Robin (Tim Drake), and Wonder Girl (Cassie Sandsmark) along with classic Titans such as himself, Beast Boy and Starfire. Already facing their old foe Deathstroke whose history with the Titans comes with a unique twist and their latest clash with the Justice League, this arc showed a transition from member to leader for Cyborg. He became both the primary leader and mentor for the team at this time, operating on the kind of membership models he witnessed working alongside Dick Grayson and Donna Troy throughout the years. Although he would have to relinquish this title due to pivotal events in DC Comics continuity, he would continue to be their statesman as well as the second-in-command. Victor had become a pillar of strength and knowledge that other Titans members came to rely on and that reliability would continue on throughout his superhero career.

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An interesting fact about Victor Stone and his membership with the Justice League is that before the New 52 came into existence, Cyborg had been considered. In Justice League of America #3, Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman were discussing potential new members and they all agreed that Victor should be considered based on his powers and experience. However, these plans oddly enough were never actually executed.

During the company-wide reboot known as the New 52, Victor Stone's origin, backstory, and powers were altered significantly as he would nowofficially be among thefounding members of the Justice League. His history and alliance with the Teen Titans completely erased, Victor Stone was a star athlete who could never gain the attention of his scientist father who considered athletes meaningless during the age of superheroes. However Vic's latest confrontation with his father took a turn for the worse when the Mother Box Silas Stone's lab was examining suddenly activated, bombarding his lab with volatile energy and Parademons coming from the active Boom Tube. The widowed Silas again refused to let his son die and took experimental technology from S.T.A.R labs "Red Room" to rebuild his son as an advanced Cyborg with near-limitless technological capabilities and defenses. With his learning curve significantly shorter than before, Victor had little time to brood as the members of the not-so-Justice League required his assistance in taking down Darkseid and his otherworldly forces. With Darskeid's Apokoliptan technology integrated into his body, Victor proved to be integral in forcing Darkseid and his Parademons back into where they came and disabling their technology so they would not be able to return. The seven heroes would eventually be named the Justice League with Victor as their youngest member but one whose command of technology would make him absolutely essential in major events.

Eventually, further storylines would continue to explore Vic's relationship with his technology, his concept of humanity, and his contribution to the Justice League, eventually even acknowledging some of his histories with the Titans. These are but some of the many issues featuring our brave, fearless tech-based superhero who can be seen in DC animated films or in ensemble casts like Justice League or the Doom Patrol. AlthoughCyborg constantly struggles to define his humanity being half-machine, many of his teammates would say that he was the most human of them all, remembered as a reliable teammate, a loyal friend, and a damn good hero.

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