Update: I somehow missed the fact that DC reacted to the uproar by issuing the absolute dumbest response ever (which you can read about here).Koriandr is super strong, even stronger than Cyborg. The New 52 was supposed to be a chance to start over. Much like Ice in Justice League: Generation Lost, Starfire’s personal growth over the years has turned her into an angry, emotional mess, and she’s moved about as far away as she possibly could from what drew readers to her in the first place. Regardless, the Starfire of the recent past is the complete opposite of the character that was introduced in 1978. So as much as people feel like spewing bile at Scott Lobdell for the way he’s writing Starfire in Red Hood and the Outlaws, there’s a bit of a precedent there. Yep, that’s her humping and dumping Captain Comet in the pages of R.E.B.E.L.S. But it should be noted that this isn’t the first time Starfire’s been all “Yeah, I’ll totally call you” when it comes to bedding male teammates: The fact that The New 52 Starfire is a pornographic ideal masked in faux-liberated female sexuality has raised the ire of many comic book readers, with good cause (they’re completely on the mark about Catwoman as well). It’s like walking into a strip club and seeing your kid sister tucking dollar bills into her g-string. ![]() And, really, she’s had years to express her distaste or offer any objections to its presence bitching about it now just seems like pointless aggression.Ī lot of the controversy surrounding Starfire’s appearance in Red Hood and the Outlaws focuses on the personality issues raised by these two pages:Īlternating between subservient girlfriend and emotionless f-buddy to two of the DCU’s biggest losers (and with a wicked case of amnesia, apparently). This new Starfire reacts to it with borderline hatred. The old Starfire would’ve been cool with a Tara Markov statue. Nowadays, well…here’s Starfire showing a remarkable amount of tact and restraint during Blackest Night: Starfire’s origin is that she was a princess sold into slavery who later regained her freedom, which taught her to appreciate life and made earthlings, with their lack of slavery and diminished monarchies, seem charming and worth protecting. I’m not sure at what point writers officially decided to turn her into an angry battle-scarred warrior – when she was in space with Buddy Baker in 52? – but the impact her past has had on her psyche has shifted dramatically over the years. Cute and sweet, completely ignorant of the what a sex bomb she was. This was the Starfire of the ’80s and early ’90s. ![]() Or the end result of a practice fight between Starfire and Wonder Girl shortly afterward: Her innocence and naiveté (she was new to Earth) prevented the way she was drawn from feeling tasteless or exploitative. ![]() Nothing subtle about that, but the objectification was offset by Starfire’s obliviousness to her own sexuality. Here’s a glimpse of her in almost three decades ago in the Titans’ most famous storyline, 1984’s The Judas Contract: Let’s be honest, though: Starfire was never without giant breasts and a skimpy costume. I’m not going to argue that Starfire functions as anything other than an exotic blow-up doll in the first two issues of Red Hood and the Outlaws (though it’s less overt in the second issue) I am going to argue that she’s gone from sweet to thoroughly unlikable in recent years. With the introduction of The New 52 came some well-grounded criticism of Starfire and Catwoman.
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