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WRITERS: Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti
PENCILS: Emanuela Lupacchino
INKS: Ray McCarthy
COLORS: Hi-Fi
LETTERS: Tom Napolitano
COVER: Amanda Conner with Paul Mounts
VARIANT COVERS: Emanuela Lupacchino with Hi-Fi
32pp, Color, $2.99 U.S. (August 2015)
Rated “T” for “Teen”
Starfire created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez
“Everything to Everyone”
Koriand'r, who is the female superhero known as Starfire, first appeared in DC Comics Presents #26 (cover date: October 1980), which contained the preview story that introduced The New Teen Titans. Created by writer Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, Starfire is an alien warrior, was a member of the Teen Titans, and is the love interest of Dick Grayson/Robin.
As part of the “DCYou” publishing initiative, there is new comic book featuring the character, and it is entitled, Starfire. The series is written by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, penciled by Emanuela Lupacchino, inked by Ray McCarthy, colored by Hi-Fi, and lettered by Tom Napolitano.
Starfire #1 (“Everything to Everyone”) opens in Key West, Florida. Starfire is at the Key West Police Station where she is giving her origin story to Sheriff Stella Gomez. Although she is busy preparing the locals for an approaching storm, Stella takes time to help Starfire find a place to live. Hilarity ensues. Meanwhile, darkness, both natural and otherwise, approaches.
This new Starfire comic book is interesting, but other than finding out about the unseen who or what that appears on the last panel of the last page, I am not sure that I will read another issue. Starfire is not at all bad, and the art is pretty. Starfire seems to be in keeping with DC Comics' apparent goal of making “DCYou” be about different types of books to attract new and/or different readers.
Starfire could almost be one of those new, updated Archie Comics titles. Yep, Starfire now looks like a sex-ified Betty. Still, I think that readers looking for “girl superheroes” will want to give this a try.
B
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
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