Starro

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Starro in Justice League in America v2 #4.

Starros are an alien species that features in DC Comics.

History

Origin

Starro infected host in Booster Gold v2 #13.

An old and dying Queen Motherstar sought to find a spawning ground for a new clutch of her kind that included a new queen. She discovered a safe haven on Hatorei where the Queen Motherstar arrived and followed the typical pattern of conquest with the natives becoming mind controlled by the Starros. However, the native species shared a communal mind link with one another that was maintained even when infected by the parasites. The previously peaceful Hatorei's collective rage at their imprisonment and seeing their kind worked to death led to them empowering one of their own to kill the newborn Starro Queen. This was Andrez who arrived at the nest and ready to kill the new Queen but she latched onto the mind of his brother Cobi who killed his sibling. The rage of the dying Hatorei thus passed from Andrez to Cobi who in anger pulled the Queen from his face. The new Queen once more then attacked Cobi and latched onto his chest but he dominated the parasite. Under his singular control, the entire Starro species fell under control of the Star Conqueror who began to forge an empire under his control. (R.E.B.E.L.S. Annual v2 #1)

For years, Starro Motherstars had preyed upon the civilizations of worlds within the Milky Way galaxy which were probes for their master. (R.E.B.E.L.S. Annual v2 #1)

Star Conqueror

The Star Conqueror in R.E.B.E.L.S. Annual v2 #1.

During this time, the planet Maltus fell under the control of the mind controlling Starro who served as heralds for the coming Star Conqueror. (R.E.B.E.L.S. v2 #4)

The New 52

Overview

Another type was the Queen who served as leaders of their kind. When dying of old age, a Queen sought shelter and lay a clutch of new Motherstars in order for a new replacement Queen to be born. Upon being hatched, the newborns fought one another until only one survived. The victorious Queen then consumed the natives of a world she resided before departing the planet in search of new prey. (R.E.B.E.L.S. Annual v2 #1)

Originally, they were solitary nomadic predators where typically a single Motherstar arrived on a new world in order to enslave the native population. The mind controlled natives then operated as drones that created a nest and gathered food. By the end, the Starro had worked the mind-slaves to death and departed for a new world. (R.E.B.E.L.S. Annual v2 #1)

Hosts

• Cobi :

Notes

• Starro was created by Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky where he made his first appearance in Brave and the Bold v1 #28 (February–March, 1960).

Alternate Versions

In other media

Television

• In Young Justice, Starro made an appearance in the animated series but was not named on the show. Through the Starro sample, the Light created mind controlling Starro-tech that was used to take over the Justice League.

Films

Video games

Appearances

• Justice League of America:
• R.E.B.E.L.S.:

External Links

• Wikipedia Entry

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