Starfire (Teen Titans)

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Starfire in Starfire v2 #1.

Starfire is a female extraterrestrial comic superhero who features in DC Comics.

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Biography

Origin

Koriand'r was a female Tamaranean who was born to the House of Tykayl of the planet Tamaran. A daughter of King Myand'r, she was noted for being a Princess of her her home planet and set to rule it. (New Teen Titans v1 #3) She was said to had born at dawn where she had an older sister named Komand'r who hated Koriand'r and despised her existence. Whilst growing up, her pet Dror was found dead with Koriand'r believing that her sister had killed the animal but she claimed it was already deceased when she found it. This saw tensions between the two sisters over the years with this only magnifying as Starfire enjoyed the use of her powers whilst her sister lacked the typical abilities of a Tamaranean. The growing conflict between the sisters was not noticed as Tamaran was engaged in a war against the invading Citadel but during one celebration they found Koriand'r to have injuries inflicted on her by Komand'r. For years afterwards, the two acted as strangers to one another despite living in the same palace where during this time they gained a younger brother named Ryand'r. By this point, the threat of the Citadel meant that the royal family believed that their daughters would benefit from combat training to fight against the enemy. Thus, they were sent to study amongst the Warlords of Okaara where they travelled to the planet Okaara. (Tales of the New Teen Titans v1 #4)

Teen Titans

She had been doing modelling work for Donny Troy where they did a shoot at the Silver Fox Advertising Agency. It was then that Kory came to meet Franklin Crandall who had become smitten with her. (New Teen Titans v1 #16)

It was then that her powers went out of control leading to her causing havoc on the streets. She would later learn that this was because of the machinations of the Gordanians who had returned to Earth to capture Koriand'r on behalf of their employer Blackfire. They came to succeed despite the intervention of the Teen Titans who then planned to retrieve Starfire. Meanwhile, Komand'r tortured her sister and had the defences of the Gordanian ship deal with the Teen Titans who were seemingly killed as they were spaced through an airlock in an effort to further torture Koriand'r. (New Teen Titans v1 #23)

At Titan’s Tower Nightwing and Starfire met in the hot tub, discussing how the Titans was their only outlet to be themselves. They also discussed the Sons of Trigon nudging them to sleep together, and Nightwing had a hope they’d resume being lovers. Starfire told him she was tired of them cycling back and forth between lovers and friends, and asked if he unconditionally loved her, and wanted to be with her. Nightwing honestly answered no, and after she kissed him, she told him they had to stay just friends. Beast Boy told the Titans that the Sons of Trigon had taken Raven, and that she’d been recruited to her father’s cause. Troia told the Titans that Raven had always planned for the worst, and given her a Ramat Stone that could locate magic-users. Beast Boy wanted to know why Troia was chosen to keep Raven’s secrets, and she replied that in addition to being the most magically adept Titan, she’d also proved that she’d never judge Raven. The Titans concentrated on the stone and Raven, and were transported to Trigon’s dimension. They met the rest of the Sons of Trigon, Greed, Gluttony, and Sloth, and were defeated. Raven turned against her brothers, proclaiming herself Pride, the sin from which all others sprung. She wanted to rule the Earth, but with the Titans at her side, and began imbuing them with the powers of the Seven Deadly Sins. This activated the Ramat Stone, Raven had given it a sliver of her pure essence, and the Raven that was loyal to the Titans emerged and merged herself with her demonic counterpart and returned the team to Titan’s Tower. Raven was starting to feel more like herself, ut told the Titans that the Ramat Stone wouldn’t work twice, and that she might me evil to the core. She presented her teammates with a set of magic talismans capable of ending her life if she wet to the dark side, and demanded that they learn to master them if she was to be comfortable on the team. Titan’s Tower security was breached, and the team responded, only to find that Superboy’s clone Match had broken in. The villain revealed that he was Jericho, trapped inside Match’s body. (Titans v2 #6)

R.E.B.E.L.S.

Donny Troy would later invite Starfire to join Kimiyo Hoshi's incarnation of the Justice League. (Justice League of America v2 #41)

Post-Flashpoint

Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. Koriand'r

After the Omega Titan incident, the Ghost Sector was restored into the universe with Starfire looking to find Tamaran that was among those worlds within this restored region of space. She accompanied Cyborg and Azrael as they stole Brainiac's ship from the Hall of Justice where they flew into the Maelstrom where they were accompanied by Jessica Cruz. (Justice League Odyssey v1 #1)

Using Epoch's equipment, Jessica Cruz managed to pluck an incarnation of her team from prior to their arrival in the Ghost Sector. This included Starfire before her brainwashing and death where she was provided memories of recent events where she along with her comrades worked to stop Darkseid. (Justice League Odyssey v1 #24)

Overview

Personality and attributes

Flight powers in Justice League Odyssey v1 #4.

On Earth, she came to operate under the name of Kory Anders. (New Teen Titans v1 #16)

She fondly remembered her homeworld as being a paradise and that her people had tamed a tropical wonderland where they lived in harmony side by side alongside the wild life. (New Teen Titans v1 #3)

On Tamaran, she was taught to avoid a final battle but when they fought they fought to the finish. (New Teen Titans v1 #10)

Starfire was a believer of X'Hal who was a living goddess worshipped by her people. (Tales of the New Teen Titans v1 #4)

She was born as a member of the royal family of the House of Tykayl where she was a princess of Tamaran. (New Teen Titans v1 #3) Her father was King Myand'r and his mother was Queen Luand'r where she had an older sister named Komand'r. It was said that she was the pride of her father but the attention she received caused resentment from her sister Komand'r. (Tales of the New Teen Titans v1 #4)

Komand'r was said to had hated Koriand'r since the moment she was born where she wanted to kill everything that belonged to her. As her older sister, Starfire said that she wanted Komand'r to like her but her sibling simply avoided her. (Tales of the New Teen Titans v1 #4)

As a child, she had pet Dror named Snar until the creature was killed by Komand'r who claimed she found it dead. (Tales of the New Teen Titans v1 #4) Koriand'r came to gain a Khee as a companion who was named Syl'khee. The highly evolved beings chose companions with this being a rare experience. (Starfire v2 #9)

Whilst on Earth, she believed that Dick Grayson liked her and that she shared a similar attraction to him. (New Teen Titans v1 #16)

Powers and abilities

Using her starbolts in Teen Titans v6 #16.

The sun was said to be the source of her powers and gave her strength. She was able to harness solar winds and could soar through the air. (Tales of the New Teen Titans v1 #4)

She could draw power from ultraviolet light from her surroundings that could weaken solar-powered beings such as yellow sun empowered Kryptonians thus weakening them in the process. (Superman v1 #683)

She had such fine control over her starbolts that she could spread the beam wide in a flak pattern where it could serve as a shield against dozens of projectiles shot at her. This could cause explosive pellets to detonate long before they could reach her. At one point, she experimented in projecting her starbolt powers into a wide field that could incinerate any debris struck against it and reduce it to ash. (New Teen Titans v1 #10)

Koriand'r was able to release all the stored energy within her as a powerful Nova Blast. This was an omni-directional blast around her that was was many times stronger than her standard strikes. However, spending all that released energy was draining on her with Starfire being left in a weakened state. (Outsiders v3 #32)

When she was young, she was sent to the Warlords of Okaara to learn the art of war. This saw every manner of fighting being taught to her. (Tales of the New Teen Titans v1 #4) She had to maintain the rituals taught to her by the Okaaran Warlords in order to remain in fighting form. (New Teen Titans v1 #10)

After freeing herself the Citadel, she and the other slaves commandeered a spaceship that they named the Starfire where she served as its captain for a time. (Red Hood and the Outlaws v1 #10)

Notes

  • Starfire was created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez where she made her first appearance in DC Comics Presents v1 #26 (October, 1980).
  • In Modern Masters, Volume 2: George Pérez (2003), artist George Pérez noted on the characters creation, "...I figured based on the description, was Red Sonja in outer space, so she ended up having a visual cue from that. When Joe Orlando passed by and saw the character sketches he suggested that maybe her hair should be longer. That I took to the ninth degree and gave her the Mighty Mouse contrail."

Alternate Versions

  • In The Kingdom: Nightstar v1 #1 (1999), an alternate version of Starfire appeared in the Kingdom Come reality set on Earth-22 in the Multiverse.

In other media

Television

  • In Teen Titans, Starfire appeared in the setting of the animated television series where she was voiced by actress Hynden Walch.
  • In Titans, Starfire appeared in the setting of the DC Universe live-action television series where she was portrayed by actress Anna Diop.

Films

  • In Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo, Starfire appeared in the setting of the animated television series set in the Teen Titans animated series universe where she was voiced once again by actress Hynden Walch.
  • In Justice League Vs. Teen Titans, Starfire appeared in the setting of the shared animated film where she was voiced by actress Kari Wahlgren.
  • In Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, Starfire appeared in the setting of the shared animated film where she was voiced once again by actress Kari Wahlgren.
  • In Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, Starfire appeared in a non-speaking role in the setting of the animated film.

Video games

  • In DC Universe Online, Starfire appeared in the setting of the MMORPG where she was voiced by actor Adrienne Mishler.
  • In Injustice 2, Starfire was introduced as a playable fighter through downloadable content in the fighting video game where she was voiced by actor Kari Wahlgren.
  • In DC: Unchained, Starfire appeared as a playable character in the setting of the mobile video game.

Appearances

  • DC Comics Presents v1: (1980)
  • New Teen Titans v1:
  • Tales of the New Teen Titans v1:
  • New Titans v1:
  • Teen Titans v2:
  • Outsiders v3:
  • Superman v1:
  • 52 v1:
  • Red Hood and the Outlaws v1:
  • Starfire v2: (2016)
  • Teen Titans:
  • Justice League: No Surrender v1:
  • Justice League Odyssey v1:

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