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Starfire (Princess Koriand'r) is a
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appearing in
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published by
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. She debuted in a preview story inserted within ''
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'' #26 (October 1980) and was created by
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and the late
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. The name "Starfire" first appeared (for an unrelated character) in a DC Comic in the story "The Answer Man of Space," in ''
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'' #73, February 1962, written by
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. In 2013, Starfire placed 21st on IGN's "Top 25 Heroes of DC Comics."Schedeen, Jesse (November 19, 2013)
"The Top 25 Heroes of DC Comics"
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Starfire has appeared in numerous cartoon television shows and films, including as a member of the
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in
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's eponymous series, voiced by
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. Koriand'r made her live adaptation debut in the
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and
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series ''
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'', played by
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.


Publication history

The design of the character (Koriand'r) incorporated aspects of many existing characters. Artist
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, in explaining the creation of the character, stated:


Fictional character biography

Starfire is actually Princess Koriand'r of the planet Tamaran in the
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system, and was in line to rule the planet as queen. Komand'r (also known as Blackfire), her older sister, developed a bitter rivalry with her after suffering a disease in
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that robbed her of the ability to harness
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to allow her to fly, and by extension, her right to the
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. This rivalry continued and intensified when the siblings were sent for warrior training with the Warlords of Okaara. Things came to a head during a sparring exercise in which Komand'r attempted to kill her sister. As a result, Komand'r was expelled and she swore vengeance. That revenge came in a plot where Komand'r betrayed her planet by supplying detailed information about Tamaran's defenses to their enemies, the Citadel. They conquered Tamaran with ease, and the surrender conditions included the enslavement of Koriand'r, who was never permitted to return, since that would mean the Citadel would devastate the planet for breaking the treaty. To her horror, Koriand'r learned that Komand'r was her master; her own older sister made the most of her sibling's years of horrific servitude, which included frequent
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and
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. When Koriand'r killed one of her captors, Komand'r decided to execute her as punishment, but the sisters were attacked and captured by the Psions, a group of sadistic alien scientists. While performing deadly experiments on the sisters to test their solar energy absorption limits, the Psion were attacked by Komand'r's forces. Koriand'r broke free using her newly developed starbolts, destructive blasts of ultraviolet energy which were a result of the experiment. Out of misguided familial loyalty, she freed Komand'r, who was still absorbing more amounts of ultraviolet energy. Far from grateful, Komand'r contemptuously struck her sister down with the same, but with more intensity and power and had her restrained for later execution. Koriand'r escaped by stealing a spacecraft to flee to the nearest planet,
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, where she met the first Robin (
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) and his compatriots; she joined them in forming the
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. She became a charter member of this team and remained a member for years, finding work as a professional model using the name Kory Anders.


s and other relationships

While a member of the Teen Titans, Koriand'r was frequently romantically involved with Robin (
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). She has been married twice, both times to Tamaranean men: once to the Prince Karras to seal a peace treaty; and once to General Phy'zzon out of love. Karras died in battle, while Phy'zzon died trying to defend New Tamaran against the Sun Eater. In between these, she nearly married Dick Grayson, but their wedding was interrupted by
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(who was evil at the time). Raven murdered the priest before he could pronounce Dick and Koriand'r husband and wife but canonically they were still married regardless (The Flash (vol. 2) #81-83). The relationship was already on unsteady ground after Raven came in, with Koriand'r fearing that Dick was rushing into marriage and also concerned about the anti-alien sentiments that sprang up in response to the news of the impending nuptials. In the '' Titans of Tomorrow'' storyline,
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said that Starfire would have a wonderful future with
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. The half-blood Mar'i Grayson was born from their union in the ''
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'' timeline. However, during ''Infinite Crisis'', an image from the ''Titans Tomorrow'' timeline shows a gravestone implied to belong to a deceased Dick Grayson. In recent years, the character was developed to be polyamorous and
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.


''Infinite Crisis''

During ''Infinite Crisis'', Starfire joined
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's New Cronus Team that went to investigate a hole in the universe that was found during the '' Rann-Thanagar War''. They arrived at the reset center of the universe and with the help of assorted heroes aided in the defeat of
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, who was attempting to recreate the multiverse and build a perfect Earth from it. She is reported missing at the end of the crisis.


''52''

On the seventh day of the fifth week of ''52'', Starfire is shown to be stranded on a paradise-like planet with
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and
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. In the same issue, it was revealed that energy ripples caused by Alexander Luthor, Jr., altered the Zeta Ray Beams the space heroes were going to use to return home; among other things, it caused the trio to be teleported together to the planet. A week and some time later, Starfire is seen eating an odd
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native fruit. Luckily, Adam's
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seems to snap her out of it, or at least make her stop eating the fruit. Two days later,
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, a being whose presence Buddy had sensed earlier, appears to Starfire. A week, two days, and two nights later, Adam and Buddy go looking for her. Unfortunately, they find her caught in a large net, hanging from above. Just as Buddy realizes it is a trap, he and Adam get caught in a similar net, with
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staring at them. Three days and two nights later, Starfire awakens and works together with her comrades to distract Devilance. She pays Devilance back for capturing her by stealing his staff and striking him with it before catching up with Buddy and Adam. As the trio head back to the ship, hoping to use the staff as a power source, Devilance broods, bound by the same vines he had used to restrain his captives. At the end of week 16, the repairs on the ship are completed and the trio take off for Earth. Devilance later suddenly attacks the ship and takes back his lance. Just as Devilance is about to destroy the ship, he is torn apart by Lobo. Believing he is going to attack them next, Starfire convinces Lobo to help the trio by offering payment, but not before he rips her top off. She returns to the ship to explain the situation to her companions while Lobo hitches the ship to his space bike. They follow Lobo in his new stronghold in Sector 3500, a sector of space mysteriously ravaged, and ruled by Lobo acting as religious man. To save him, and the inhabitants, from a swarm of strange creatures, Starfire is forced to use the Emerald Eye of Ekron, alerting Ekron himself. The ragtag team is then forced to flee, with Lobo acting as their guide, gaining Ekron's help and discovering their real enemy,
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, bringing havoc and mayhem in the entire Galaxy. Starfire agrees to fight her, and she is brought as a prisoner of the galactic villainess by Lobo, in an attempt to foil her defences. The attempt succeeds, but Buddy is seemingly killed, and Lobo leaves. Starfire and Adam are left alone in space, their ship slowly breaking apart, still pursued by angry Lady Styx followers. Starfire is badly injured, and a blind Adam Strange, who is reliant on machinery which is no longer useful, cannot do anything to help her. Just as they are going to crash into a sun, however,
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and a rookie
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come to their rescue. Cured, but still recovering, she travels to Earth in order to return Buddy's jacket back to his wife Ellen, unaware that Buddy was resurrected and arrived on Earth shortly before her. Upon her return, she manages to destroy two of Lady Styx's followers who were attacking Buddy and his wife. She then returns Buddy's jacket to his wife, before passing out from exhaustion and is left in the care of the Baker Family.


''Countdown to Adventure''

Starfire, Adam Strange, and Animal Man are fated to join forces again in the coming '' Countdown to Adventure'' 8-issue miniseries. In Issue #1 of the series, Starfire discovers her powers have gone but decides to make an attempt at a normal life. Buddy invites her to stay with the family as an after-school sitter despite Ellen's discomfort with how close Buddy and Starfire seem. This worsens when Buddy's son attacks Kory whilst under the effects of Lady Styx's virus. Animal Man's decision to follow Starfire rather than watch over his son in the hospital leads Ellen to ask if he's in love with her, to which Buddy does not reply. Despite the loss of her powers, Starfire demonstrates her combat abilities as she and Animal Man fight off crowds of people infected by the virus. They are later trapped in San Diego with the infectees where they are joined by the
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who are trying to break through a force field to get to the Healers ship. After Buddy is captured, Ellen joins Starfire to save Animal Man from dissection but are interrupted by more victims of the Lady Styx virus. Alanna and
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arrive at the scene via the Zeta Beam and meet up with Starfire and Ellen Baker, saves Buddy, and teleports to Rann restoring Starfire's powers and she then rids the planet of Lady Styx's virus. The team finds out that the sterilization is taking place in San Diego. Starfire uses her powers to heal the people, and is later seen leaving the Baker household for parts unknown. Starfire, Animal Man, Ellen, and Adam Strange are teleported by a broken Zeta Beam to Earth. Starfire attempts to rid the disease but is soon tackled by Champ Hazard into the ground. Adam Strange blasts Champ off Kory and she cures San Diego of the Lady Styx virus. She then leaves the Baker's household to return to the Titans.


Rann-Thanagar Holy War

The trio again join forces in the Rann-Thanagar Holy war. After a meeting at
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, Adam Strange Zeta Beams Starfire and Animal Man to Rann. Apparently the belief of Lady Styx still remained even after the virus has been eliminated. Their plan is to use a telepath to show the horror of Lady Styx.


Titans Together

After the apparent defeat of Lady Styx, Starfire once again returned to Animal Man's home. One afternoon, she and Animal Man's son were attacked by a water demon in Buddy's swimming pool. Meanwhile, her old Titan teammates had also been attacked by assorted demonic entities. This led to Starfire,
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, Troia,
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,
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, Kid Flash, and Red Arrow, to reassemble as a team, when they realized that the attacks are the result of a resurrected Trigon and his newly discovered three sons. While investigating, the Titans began to experience unexplained mood-shifts. Soon after, the team met up in New York's Central Park, where they attempted to recover from these mood-shifts and realize that each shift coincided with one of the seven deadly sins. The team was then approached by the Sons of Trigon. They battled the villainous progeny, and drove them away. Starfire and Nightwing then discuss their actions while under the influence of Trigon's sons. While Nightwing shows hints at wanting to renew their relationship, Starfire questions his commitment to the relationship and goes so far as to ask Nightwing whether or not he's ready for them to be together without ever having to find excuses. Nightwing to his own surprise and reluctance admits that while he does love her and always will, he is not, leading to them for now leaving their reunion in doubt. Most recently, she has been captured and turned into a Justifier, as seen in ''
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: Resist''. She has since been freed, although the loss of control she gathered from the Justifier helmet distressed her severely. She was more than happy to destroy a warehouse full of them when Mister Terrific offered her and Cyborg to destroy them.


''Blackest Night''

During Hero's Day, a time when the heroes of the DC Universe join in remembrance of dead comrades, Starfire and the Titans were attacked by Black Lantern versions of their fallen teammates. During the battle, Starfire and Cyborg were subjected to a psychic attack by the Black Lantern Omen, putting them both in a euphoric state as they experienced their greatest desires (for Starfire, marrying Dick Grayson). Both she and Cyborg were rescued by Beast Boy.


Justice League and R.E.B.E.L.S.

Following the dissolution of the current JLA after ''
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'', Starfire is invited by Donna to join
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's new Justice League. After a short time with the team, Starfire quit the team and left a note to Dick explaining why. She then returns to where Tamaran used to be, to find that it had mysteriously returned. It is revealed that Vril Dox of Legion has moved the planet Rann where Tamaran used to be. Starfire agrees to join Legion and enters into a relationship with
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. Soon Tamaranean refugees, led by Blackfire, attack Rann believing that since the planet was in Tamaran's orbit they had claim to it. The violence was ended when Vril Dox, who was off-world at the start of the conflict, arrived with Thanagarian warships and stopped the fighting without bloodshed on either side. The tension between the Rannians and the Tamaraneans was resolved by allowing the Tamaraneans to live on Rann's uninhabited southern continent. Although her relationship with Comet was only physical for her, Comet thought different thus ending their relationship. She also assisted the Green Lantern Corp in battling Psions. Starfire helped create an alliance between Rannians, Tamaraneans and L.E.G.I.O.N. after defeating Starro the Conqueror, ensuring security for Rann, the Vega System and the galaxy. She later returns to Earth and is among the many heroes present at Ryan Choi's funeral.


''Red Hood and the Outlaws''

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continuity with 52 new titles in an initiative dubbed
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. As part of the relaunch, Starfire became the cast member of the series ''
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''. In the new continuity, the character appears to have a similar origin, though she is now a member of that titular group, in which
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(
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) and Roy Harper (Arsenal) are her teammates. As in the previous continuity, she has a past relationship with Dick Grayson. One significant change to her backstory is that she was sold into slavery by her sister to ''save'' Tamaran from the Citadel. Another is that her ship, which crashed on a tropical island, appears to be her primary home, where she keeps a number of articles of
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's clothing - which eventually serve to become part of Jason's "Red Hood" uniform. Aliens of all sorts, but especially Tamaraneans, are hunted after on Earth as a man called Crux finds a picture of her, then attacks her and attempts to drain her powers away. After she is attacked by Crux, it is revealed she was experimented on to some measure by The Citadel, which allowed her to retain her power through unconventional means after being hit with technology designed to drain her powers. Starfire, at first, seemingly no longer remembers the Teen Titans when asked about them. However, it's later shown that she does retain her memories and recalls Dick Grayson and Roy's full name. Her sexual desires are brought up very casually when she offhandedly offers Harper a chance to sleep with her. Kory tells Jason and Roy that Tamaraneans are said to have a short attention span when it comes to "all things Earth," seeing humans as little more than sensory experiences. Later, it is shown that Koriand'r lied about her species' characteristics for personal reasons, and that her race in fact processes romantic feelings very deeply. In a flashback, Jason reveals that Koriand'r is the one who found him and nursed him back to health on the island she has made her home (after her ship crashed on it). The two attempted a romantic relationship, but Jason later notes that "
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just friend-zoned each other;" however, he considers her a dear friend, and narrates that if he ever gets used to Koriand'r kissing him, to shoot him. It's soon revealed that Koriand'r is commander of a spaceship named ''Starfire'', the crew consisting of slaves she helped free when she herself escaped slavery. The Starfire has returned to earth for Kory because that Tamaran has been taken over by The Blight, a parasitic alien race. Starfire talks to Roy and Jason in private and explains that she and Komand'r, her sister, were always not on the best of terms, though they tried. This is mainly because Kory blames her sister and the people of Tamaran for her enslavement, so she is torn on if she should help them now. Roy is then kidnapped during an attack on the ship and taken to Tamaran, driving Star to go to her home planet. Eventually, Starfire decides she cannot leave her people and her sister helpless, so after they rescue Roy, the Outlaws and the crew of the ''Starfire'' help Blackfire take back Tamaran, and Kori reconciles with her sister. Later on, Kory's memories are forcefully returned, which leads Roy Harper to discover that she lied about her nonchalance towards relationships. Roy breaks up with her because of his own trust issues (particularly towards Oliver Queen), but the two reconcile later on, resulting in a much more tender relationship, since Kory is able to be emotive as she normally is, and no longer has to hide her emotions. Roy openly admits to Jason several times that he loves her, and later on, the pair confess their love to one another. Right at the end of the series, Tamaran is invaded again by Helspont, and, to ensure the safety of her people, Blackfire sides with him on the condition that Tamaran be spared. Koriand'r is devastated, but eventually, however, Blackfire hears her sister's pleas and betrays Helspont, destroying him and nearly killing herself in the process. This leads Kory and Roy to break up - though purely out of necessity - as Koriand'r is forced to return to Tamaran, so that Blackfire can get the medical attention she needs. The two share a kiss, and Koriand'r promises to remember Roy for "forever and a day." After Starfire departs, Roy announces to Jason that he, too, will now go his separate way, too, thus leaving Jason on his own. Rose Wilson, who was hired to kill Koriand'r (but eventually decided not to when she realised she was hired by Helspont), asks if Jason needs a minute after losing his team. He replies that they were not a team, they were friends.


''Starfire''

In 2015, Koriand'r was given a new solo on going series titled ''Starfire'', wherein she returns to Earth (presumably by this point her sister is healed) - specifically, to Key West, a city (and island) in Florida. She befriends the local Sheriff, Stella Gomez, and a super-powered woman whose civilization lives inside the Earth's surface, called Atlee. As of issue #5, she has also befriended Stella's widowed brother, Sol (who bears a striking resemblance to Dick Grayson), and appears to not be particularly interested in heroism.


''DC Rebirth''

In DC's new status quo,
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, Starfire is in the ''Teen Titans'' book, recruited by
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to be a part of his new Teen Titans. After Damian crosses a line by kicking
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off the team, Starfire is chosen as the new leader of the Teen Titans. Starfire eventually joins the Justice League Odyssey consisting of herself, Cyborg, Green Lantern (Jessica Cruz), Azrael & Darkseid. She is later converted against her will to join Darkseid before being seemingly killed by her sister Blackfire, who believes that she will be brought back to life by
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.


Powers and abilities

Starfire is a Tamaranean and as such her physiology is designed to constantly absorb ultraviolet radiation. The radiation is then converted to pure energy, allowing her to fly at supersonic speeds. Starfire is capable of using this power to fly in space and even go fast enough to cross several solar systems in minutes to seconds. This energy also gives her incredible superhuman strength and durability. This strength, combined with her fighting skills, allowed her to defeat the powerful Donna Troy about one out of three times during purely hand to hand matches. She later proved strong enough to fight against Wonder Woman for a certain period of time and, during a fit of rage, was so strong that Donna Troy was unable to contain her without the help of Mon-El. In the 2003 TV series, she was strong enough to easily throw vehicles and destroy entire streets with her blows. After being experimented on by the alien Psions, Starfire gained the ability to release her absorbed energy into incredibly powerful blasts called "starbolts." As shown in the "Insiders" crossover story arc (''Teen Titans'' and ''
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''), Starfire can also release nearly all of her stored energy as a powerful Omni-directional explosive burst, many times stronger and more powerful than her standard blasts. The released energy leaves her in a weakened state. She's also shown that she can consciously absorb ambient Ultraviolet Energy Starfire also demonstrated more control over her powers in the New 52 reboot, having used her internal energy to melt the metal of Jason Todd's gun when it came into contact with her skin. Starfire, and all Tamaraneans, are capable of assimilating languages through physical contact with another person. When Starfire attempts to do so with a male, she typically does so by kissing because it is "more fun" for her. Starfire is also proficient in hand-to-hand combat, having been trained by the Warlords of Okaara. She also doesn't need to eat, drink, sleep and doesn't require an atmosphere to breathe unless she is low on ultraviolet energy.


Other versions

* In
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, Starfire (Kory) was combined with
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from
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to create Shatterstarfire. * In the alternate timeline of the '' Flashpoint'' event, Starfire joins with the
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. She intends to burn the city to the ground. Starfire then goes after circus members
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's Helm of Nabu. Starfire and the Amazons with her are killed in a gasoline explosion caused by Dick. * In ''
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'' universe, Kory married Dick and they had a daughter named Mar'i Grayson. At some point she dies, putting a strain on Dick and Mar'i's relationship. Mar'i was inspired by her parents to become the superheroine Nightstar. * In the Superman/Batman Mash-Up universe, Star Canary is an amalgamation of Starfire and
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. * In the comic tie-in to '' Injustice: Gods Among Us'', Starfire and the Titans are devastated when the nuclear explosion caused by the Joker kills Beast Boy and Kid Flash. She still harbors a romantic interest for Dick Grayson (who recently left the team to join the Justice League) in this reality. Despite Dick's warnings, she and the other Titans arrive at the Fortress of Solitude to help Superboy stop Superman. Superman mortally wounds Superboy and sends the rest of the Titans into the Phantom Zone to not only save Conner's life, but to also make sure they don't interfere with his plans. In the prequel to ''
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'', she and the rest of the Titans are rescued from the Phantom Zone by the Insurgency. * In ''Teen Titans Go!'' #46 (a comic book spin-off from the TV series), it is revealed that Starfire has a younger brother named Wildfire. When the Gordanians had attacked Tamaran, her parents set up a ship to save him by launching him to another planet, thus saving the Tamaranean royal family bloodline. Afterwards, Blackfire, in an attempt to make a treaty between the Tamaranians and Gordanians, gives them Starfire as a
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(setting up her appearance in the episode "Go!"). As a result of Starfire and Wildfire's absence, their parents had tragically died of a broken heart. Wildfire seemingly comes to Earth to meet up with his second eldest sister, but he is revealed to be the shapeshifting
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, who was aided in the deception by Blackfire. Discovering this, a furious and heartbroken Starfire disowns Blackfire and vows to find her long-lost younger brother, as he is the only family she has left. * In '' Teen Titans: Earth One'', Starfire appears as the source of power for Cyborg, Changeling, Kole, Terra, Jericho, Tempest, and Impulse. Several years ago, Starfire escaped her war torn world and landed on Earth, only to be kidnapped by
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and Niles Caulder in a bid to overthrow the USA government by implanting her alien DNA into humans via Project Titans. The children used in this experiment all developed their powers when Starfire went through puberty. Among the experiments used by STAR labs was a failed clone named after her evil
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. * In ''Nightwing: The New Order'', Nightwing ends an ongoing feud between superpowered beings by activating a device that depowers ninety percent of the super powered population, including Starfire. This builds to a future where super powers are outlawed and any super powered being must take inhibitor medications or be contained and studied should the medications not work on them. Prior to this, Dick and Kory were married and have a son named Jake (who soon develops Starfire's powers). After Dick joins the Crusaders and starts policing the metahuman community, Kory leaves her family and joins the Titans to fight against the anti-metahuman government. When Dick and Jake join with the Titans to restore the metahuman population's superpowers, Jake acts cold towards his mother for the effect her absence left on him and his father. After Jake restores the metahuman population's powers, Dick and Kory remained friends and Kory made more of an effort to be there for her son.


Reception

Starfire placed 21st on IGN's 2013 list of the "Top 25 Heroes of DC Comics". She was also ranked 20th in ''
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''s "100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list.


In other media


Television


Animation

* Starfire appears in the ''
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'' animated series. This version of the character does not use contractions in her speech, has a limited grasp of Earth culture, and tends to misstate or misunderstand common idioms. Furthermore, when she flies, she does not emit a
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. She also has secret romantic feelings for
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throughout the whole series until the finale movie, '' Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo'' where she and Robin finally admit their feelings for each other and become a couple. * Starfire appears in the ''
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'' shorts. In one short, she kisses a Spanish boy to learn Spanish, just like how she kissed a Japanese boy to learn Japanese in '' Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo''. This causes Robin to be jealous and learn French to impress her. When he shows her his amazing French skills, she kisses him on the lips. * Starfire appears in ''
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''. However, unlike her previous incarnation in the 2003 series, Starfire does not reciprocate Robin's romantic feelings towards her out of obliviousness. Rather, she sees him as a brother figure or friend; however, in "Mouth Hole" and "The Return of Slade" it is predicted that they kissed. In this version, Starfire is shown as less mature, intelligent and collected. Her rage and fury releases a huge barrage of circular, bright green ultraviolet energy bolts that cause quite a lot of damage and pain to her enemies. Her hair is colored hot pink in this comedic version and not
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, as it was in the original show. * Starfire appears as a non-voiced cameo in a ''DC Super Friends'' short. * Starfire appears as a recurring character in ''
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'' at Super Hero High School. Her appearance is modeled after her original look, with her auburn hair straight as opposed to curly. In this version, Starfire is describing as fashionista and served as her classmate costume designer (which explain her princess gown is design by her). Much like her ''Teen Titans'' counterpart, she does retain her unusual speech pattern of the English language from the other animated shows as well she still lot to learn about earth and its inhabitants. * Starfire appears in "#TweenTitans," an episode of the 2019 series ''
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'', as a young child with long, braided pigtails similar to
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. If she eats anything containing sugar, her powers go haywire and release a massive energy blast.
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voices Starfire in all but the last of these appearances, in which the character is voiced by
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.


Live-action

* Starfire appears as a main character in the
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series ''
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'', portrayed by
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. In the series, "Kory Anders" awakens after a car crash with no memory of her past. She learns that she has superhuman strength and can project bright, hot flames—powered by the sun—from her hands. Kory joins forces with
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and
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to protect the empathic Rachel Roth from those who pursue her. She eventually discovers that her real identity is Koriand'r, an extraterrestrial princess sent to Earth to kill Rachel, so as to prevent the imminent release of her demon father and thus avert the total annihilation of her home world at his hands. Instead, she decides to stay on Earth in order to help Rachel learn to control her powers as part of Dick's new incarnation of the Titans, while also building a life for herself as "Kory Anders" and dealing with her cruel older sister, who intends to destroy her out of petty jealousy and hatred for their parents loving her more than their eldest child. She dons a new Tamaranian uniform in
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. Like in the comics, her ultraviolet energy is a lighter orange fiery color as opposed to bright green; the color of her eyes when they glow. ** Starfire appears in fifth part of the
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crossover ''
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'' via archive footage from the episode "Titans".


Films

* Starfire appears in the ''Teen Titans'' animated series adaptation film '' Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo'', with
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reprising her previous role from the animated series. In the film, more focus is put on Robin and Starfire's blooming romance, culminating with the two sharing a romantic kiss after the antagonist is defeated and became a couple at the end, as evident of them holding hands. * Starfire appears in '' Superman/Batman: Public Enemies'' as part of Lex Luthor's force of government-employed superheroes. Although
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receives voice credit, Starfire does not have any lines, the only thing she actually "says" are the vocal effects she makes when Superman punches her. Her appearance in this film is much like her comic counterpart, aside from her starbolts that are green instead of pink. * Starfire has a very brief cameo in '' Batman vs. Robin'' appearing as a still image on Dick Grayson's phone, although the image is obscured due to an incoming call notification from Alfred. Kory calls Dick while he's babysitting Damian and tells Dick what she's wearing. Dick tries to make arrangements to spend time with her before discovering Damian escaped and Batman needed help. Her voice is never heard. * Starfire makes another cameo in '' Batman: Bad Blood'', this time voiced by
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. She and Dick had plans for a date at
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but it was cancelled by Dick after a fight with
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and an emergency call from
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. Her image on Dick Grayson's phone is once again obscured by an incoming call notification from Alfred, although more of the picture can be seen this time; she can be confirmed to have solid green eyes and red hair. * Starfire appears in the animated film ''
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'', with
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reprising her role. She is revealed to be the oldest and most mature member of the Titans as well as the leader after departure of the original leader
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, now Nightwing whom she was seen talking to about Damian's issues. Her costume and hairstyle largely correspond to her original comic version. * Starfire appears in '' LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League - Gotham City Breakout'', with
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reprising her role. She is present at Batman's birthday party. She is also seen in a video chat with Robin and at the end of the movie in the Batcave at Batman's welcome back party. *
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reprises her role as Starfire in the direct-to-video film '' DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year''. While her appearance is modeled more closely to her comic version, she retains her speech affection from the ''
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'' series. She fights Dark Opal's shadow monsters before the ceremony for the Hero of the Year. * Starfire appears in the animated film '' Teen Titans: The Judas Contract'', with
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reprising her role. A flashback scene (taking place five years prior) shows that her origin matches her TV series version in which the original Teen Titans (which had consisted of
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, Speedy, Kid Flash, Beast Boy and Bumblebee) rescued her from the Gordanians and she learned the English language by kissing Robin. In the present, she accepts Dick's offer to share an apartment. Though she is unsure of her role as leader, Dick reassures he chose her as the team's leader and his girlfriend for a reason. Like the previous movie, she seems incapable of emitting her bright green-colored ultraviolet energy from her eyes. * Starfire appears as a main focal character in '' DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games''. As one of the competing heroes for Superhero High, she ends up fighting against her own elder sister for the championship. When later Blackfire changes sides, she combines her bright green starbolt energies with Blackfire's lilac ones; where they easily decimated them in one swoop, as she pointed out that were at their strongest using "the blast of togetherness." * A waitress wearing an exotic version of Starfire's costume (based on her first New 52 appearance) makes a cameo in ''
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''. * Starfire is one of the main characters in the 2018 animated theatrical film ''
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'', again voiced by Hynden Walch. * The ''Teen Titans Go!'' and original ''Teen Titans'' animated series versions of Starfire appear in ''
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'', with Hynden Walch reprising the role for both. In addition, several alternate versions of Starfire appear throughout the film, which include her counterparts from '' Tiny Titans'', the ''New Teen Titans'' comic, and the
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. *Starfire has a minor nonspeaking role in '' Justice League Dark: Apokolips War''. Following the deaths of a majority of the Titans at the hands of Paradooms (a mixture of
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and
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DNA). She is overpowered and turned into a mindless cyborg per
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's command via
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and works for him as one of his Furies, alongside
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,
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, Mera and
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. She fights
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, and after being freed from Darkseid's control, returns to Earth and is reunited with the resurrected but mentally unstable
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, whom she cuddles close. The dystopian timeline is then reset, due to Flash creating another flashpoint. *Starfire appears in '' Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse'', with Hynden Walch reprising her role.


Video games

* Starfire is a playable character in the ''Teen Titans''
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and
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video games, with Hynden Walch reprising her role in the latter. * Starfire appears in ''
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'', voiced by Adrienne Mishler. * Starfire appears as a spawnable and (
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only) playable character in ''
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''. * Starfire appears as a playable character via downloadable content pack Heroines vs Villainesses in '' Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham'', designed after her appearance in the ''Teen Titans'' TV show. * Starfire appears as a playable fighter via downloadable content in ''
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'', with Kari Wahlgren reprising her role. Cyborg directly mentions she and Beast Boy were killed in the Metropolis Explosion in Chapter One of the story mode. However, in the ''Injustice: Gods Among Us'' tie-in comics, Superman actually trapped Starfire along with the other Titans in the Phantom Zone. In her single player ending, she is the last of the Titans as Dick Grayson and Beast Boy have been killed while Cyborg joined the Regime and Raven became a servant of her father, Trigon. To overcome the loss of her friends, she forms a new Titans team with
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,
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, and
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. Her costume color variants include colors to represent Blackfire and her "emoticlones" (a nod to ''Teen Titans Go!''), among others. * The ''Teen Titans Go!'' version of Starfire appears as a playable character in ''
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'', with Hynden Walch reprising her role. She is one of many characters with the ability to fly and references a certain episode when near
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. She also has a major role in the exclusive episode where when the Titans make it to the Lego world, she travels to the world from The Wizard of Oz and is happy by its cheeriness. However, when she makes it to a dance party in Emerald City, she creates disco balls to keep the party going, but accidentally angers the townsfolk, mistaking her for a witch as they keep chucking buckets of water at her. * Starfire appears as a playable character in ''
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'', with Kari Wahlgren reprising her role. * Starfire appears as a playable character in ''DC Unchained''.


Web series

* Hynden Walch reprises her role as Starfire in the web series ''
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'', where she appears as a student at Super Hero High. Her appearance is modeled after her original DC comics version, though she retains her eccentric speech patterns from the other two shows stated above. She is frequently shown working with her good friend Cyborg.


Toys

* Starfire was released as part of the New Teen Titans wave in 2000 by
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. She was later re-released as part of the New Teen Titans Four Pack. * Starfire was the 17th issue in the DC Comics Super Hero Collection. * Starfire was also in the Teen Titans Trading Card Game.


References


External links


Titans Tower: Starfire
* *DC page
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