Protector (DC Comics)

The Protector (Jason Hart) is a superhero who occasionally teams up with the Teen Titans and first appeared in The New Teen Titans anti-drug comic specials written by Marv Wolfman and penciled by George Pérez.

Publication history
The first anti-drug special issue was sponsored by Keebler, and Robin was at the time licensed by Nabisco so the Protector was used as a substitute. Coinciding with the issue was an anti-drug cartoon television advertisement that may have been a test for a Titans television show. As Robin was already a member of the popular Super Friends he would not have been available. Despite the fact that the Protector hardly appeared outside of the three anti-drug PSA comics, he is regarded as a member of the team as confirmed in the DC Who's Who Update '87 comic.

Fictional character biography
Jason Hart is a high school student and an expert in sports until the day he discovered that his little cousin Ted got hooked on to some drugs. After his parents tried to talk Ted out of taking the drugs, Jason learned of his love of superheroes and became a superhero called Protector. In order to save Ted, Protector fought the drug dealers which attracted the attention of Nightwing. While making him an honorary member of the Teen Titans, Nightwing trained Protector in the art of hand-to-hand combat.

Jason finally made another appearance attending a superhero party held by Beast Boy. Later, he also appeared in the Infinite Crisis hardcover collected edition in an added two-page spread.

During the Heroes in Crisis storyline, Protector checked himself into Sanctuary to deal with the stress of vigilante work and treat his drug addiction. He was among the heroes who was killed in an unexpected attack. In The Flash #791, it was revealed that the hero Goldbug replaced all of the dead heroes with clones from the 31st century and that they were all actually alive.

Powers and abilities
Protector is an expert in hand-to-hand combat.

Other versions
The Protector appears in Tiny Titans issues #16 and 46.

In other media
The Protector appears in Teen Titans Go! as an alternate alias of Robby Reed after his H-Dial borrows Robin's powers.