Starfire

Starfire (Koriand'r) is a DC Comics character from Prime Earth, first appearing in Red Hood and the Outlaws Vol 1 1, created by Marv Wolfman; George Pérez.

Starfire is the codename of Koriand'r, an alien princess of the planet Tamaran who became one of Earth's best-known superheroes. Created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, she debuted in 1980 and quickly became a defining member of the Teen Titans, whose Prime Earth incarnation was reintroduced in Red Hood and the Outlaws #1. Warm, direct, and often unfamiliar with human social conventions, she is celebrated both as a formidable warrior and as an emotionally open counterpoint to her grimmer teammates.

Starfire's Tamaranean physiology allows her to absorb solar and ultraviolet energy, which she converts into flight, superhuman strength and durability, and blasts of concussive heat energy commonly called starbolts. She can channel that energy into sustained beams or fiery auras, and her body resists extremes of temperature and the vacuum of space. Trained by the Warlords of Okaara, she is a skilled hand-to-hand combatant, and she possesses an innate ability to learn languages through physical contact.

Born to the royal family of Tamaran, Koriand'r was handed over to enemy forces as part of a political bargain engineered in part by her jealous elder sister, and endured years of captivity and slavery before escaping to Earth. There she joined the newly formed Teen Titans and became one of the team's central figures across decades of stories, later serving with the Outlaws alongside Jason Todd and Roy Harper. In more recent continuity she traveled deep space with the Justice League Odyssey, where she was elevated to a cosmic role as the New God of Fire, before returning to Earth and to leadership among the Titans.

She is the daughter of King Myand'r and the late Queen Luand'r, sister to the treacherous Komand'r (Blackfire) and to her younger brother Ryand'r, known as Darkfire. Her long romance with Dick Grayson is among the most enduring relationships in DC's superhero comics, and the two have been engaged in some continuities. She has also shared close bonds with fellow Outlaws Jason Todd and Roy Harper, and lasting friendships with Titans such as Raven, Cyborg, and Beast Boy.

Starfire is most closely identified with the Teen Titans and the adult Titans, which she has both served in and led. She has additionally been a member of the Outlaws, Justice League Odyssey, Justice League: Team Mystery, and Justice League Unlimited.

Her Tamaranean name, Koriand'r, follows her homeworld's naming convention shared with her siblings Komand'r and Ryand'r. Starfire reached a vast mainstream audience through the animated Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go! series, as well as live-action portrayals on the Titans television series. Her openness about emotion and physical affection, along with her occasional literal-minded misreadings of Earth idiom, are among her most recognizable character traits.

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