Nightstar (DC)
Nightstar is a female comic superhero who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Mar'i Grayson was a female human/Tamaranean hybrid born the daughter of Dick Grayson and Starfire of Earth-22 in the Multiverse. (Kingdom Come v1 #1)
It was noted that her mother Koriand'r had died from a circulatory illness. Most of the supervillains of the world had been eliminated so the new generation of heroes fight simply to fight with their only foes being each other. Nightstar and others cause destruction in the neighbourhood, getting innocents caught in the crossfire. They only pause to learn of a major disaster in the state of Kansas in which a similar battle has led to the deaths of one million people.
At some point in Mar'i's childhood, Dick and Kory broke up and Kory returned to Tamaran to rule alongside her brother Ryand'r. While Mar’i visited her mother on the Tamaranian Outpost outside of the Vega System every summer, she was primarily raised by her father on Earth. As a result, she was fairly close to her father, considering him her 'hero' since childhood. She also shares a close relationship with her grandfather, calling him ;Grandpa Bruce'. (The Kingdom: Nightstar v1 #1)
When Superman came out of retirement after the destruction of Kansas, she joined Batman's "Outsiders" team - against the wishes of her father, who had joined Superman's Justice League. In the Outsiders, she first met Ibn al Xu'ffasch, to whom she was attracted. When her father was attacked by the cyborg 666, she flew him to safety. As a result, they survived the UN's nuclear strike. After these events, Nightstar worked to help build a metahuman community on the New Oa satellite after the UN gave the metahumans nation status.
Batman, who no longer uses the cover of his alter-ego Bruce Wayne, has formed an alliance with Lex Luthor's Mankind Liberation Front in order to counter what they see as the overbearing might of the Justice League. During a meeting between their groups, Nightstar encounters Ibn Al Xu'ffasch, Batman's son and the heir to the Dark Knight's enemy Ra's al Ghul. The moment they meet, Nightstar and Ibn have an undisguised attraction for one another. (Kingdom Come v1 #3)
Batman's real agenda, however, is to expose Luthor and his schemes to cause more chaos in the world. Just as Luthor is about to unleash this chaos, Batman and his followers overpower him and his associates—with the notable exception of Ibn, who is later seen arm in arm with Nightstar.
The League has built a special prison to hold rebellious superhumans, but the prison is breached and an all-out battle ensues between the prisoners and the Leaguers. Batman's Outsiders join in the fight, during which Red Robin (Richard Grayson) is seriously injured by an enemy called 666. Nightstar, who has been fighting Green Lantern, gasps in horror as this happens
Overview
Personality and attributes
Her first name was noted that she was named after her paternal grandmother Mary Loyd Grayson.
It was revealed that she had an interest in botany and had a fear of death.
Powers and abilities
Being the daughter of a human and an alien she was a hybrid. Like her mother, Nightstar was capable of atmospheric flight, has super-strength, super speed, endurance and can absorb star energy to project in powerful bursts. Her eyes were green and pupiless.
Notes
- Nightstar was created by Mark Waid and Alex Ross where she made her first appearance in Kingdom Come v1 #1 (May, 1996).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Titans, a character named 'Dick's Little Girl' was referenced in the setting of the live-action DC Universe television series where she was portrayed by actress Lillian Monize. She was shown in a vision of the future as a small girl where she was shown as being the daughter of Dick Grayson and Kory.
Appearances
- Kingdom Come v1: (1996)
- The Kingdom v1:
- Justice Society of America v3:
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