Starfire first appeared in DC Comics Presents in issue 26 back in 1980, and her creation
incorporated many existing characters in the comic book industry - as artist George Perez
said, “based on the description, she was Red Sonic in outer space.”
Needless to say, that’s definitely helped with Starfire’s sex appeal - and controversy
- over the years.
But let’s not forget that she’s oh so more than that.
She kicks some serious butt, being capable of ultraviolet energy projection.
Has an immunity to intense radiation, cold and heat, is of a superpower condition - strength,
speed, near invulnerability, all that jazz - and she can survive in our space.
So naturally, all this power got us thinking - who can she NOT take?
Well, lets count down out top 10 superheroes who can defeat starfire and KO our favourite
alien.
10 The Hulk Let’s start off this list with one of the
hardest heroes to defeat.
The Hulk.
The Hulk is pretty much invisible.
His invulnerability gives him a great advantage over everyone he takes on, especially since
he only gets stronger with rage.
Which is bad news for Starfire if we’re looking at this solely on the basis of a physical,
regular fight.
While Starfire may have a few tricks up her sleeve and may be able to find a way to diffuse
the situation and calm Bruce Banner’s angrier half down, it’s hard to imagine that she’d
stand much of a chance with the Hulk all ramped up, with his power ever increasing.
Perhaps Starfire would have been able to take on the Hulk before the character was given
all of his invulnerable plot armour, so we’ll give her that.
Speaking of plot armour,
9 Batman While many argue that Starfire shouldn’t
stand a chance against Nightwing - I think it could make for a pretty decent match, to
be honest, but that’s just me - there’s not much doubt that she would have a difficult
time taking down the world’s greatest detective.
Now, the argument for Batman typically is that, Bruce, as a regular human, would surely
get his butt kicked by anyone who has any sort of supernatural abilities.
Plot armour aside, Bats is really good at recon and comebacks - he analyzes what he’s
up against, deducts the best possible way to progress, and then usually takes out his
foes, all by the power of his intellect.
And shit tons of cash.
Can’t forget that.
That being said, while Starfire may have the upper hand against Batman in their first encounter,
you bet that he’s not ashamed to retreat if things were going sour, and would come
back and hit her even harder once their battle resumed.
8 Rogue While this might be highly debatable and depend
on the circumstances in which this fight occurs, it’s undeniable that Rogue has a solid shot
at taking Kory down.
All she would need to do is manage to endure Starfire’s attacks long enough to get close
and drain her of her powers.
A bit of a long shot, but not totally impossible.
7 Deathstroke Slade Wilson has nothing on Starfire when
it comes to strength.
But, Wilson does have an advantage when it comes to intelligence, combat tactics and
durability, which is why he’s always been a foe for the Titans in general.
He’s got accelerated healing, he’s toxic and disease resistant, and has super speed,
longevity, reflexes and enhanced senses.
While he may not stand a chance against her these days, Slade did beat her once.
So never say never, friends.
And yes, he’s a villain and not a hero, but it only felt right to include him on our
list.
6 Invisible Woman Obviously, the biggest advantage here is that
Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman, is, well, invisible.
But that’s not the only trick up her sleeve when it comes to battling Kory.
Sue is capable of invisible force field projection, which allows her the ability to generate protective
invisible shields and invisible energy constructs, and the power to control and manipulate objects
with it.
Those two abilities combined, and you bet Kory is gonna have a rough time.
5 Power Girl In what would most definitely be a close match,
Power Girl and Starfire are on pretty even ground.
But the one advantage that Power Girl has over her is that she’s a Kryptonian.
While Starfire’s Tamaran race is superior in general, Kryptonians have an upper hand
on earth, with the argument here being they’d be able to draw more energy from our sun than
a Tamaran could.
Aside from this, being the biological cousin of Superman and therefore having many of his
abilities gives her a general upper hand in most battles.
But the character has had inconsistencies in her powers over the years since 1986 - or
rather, writers have revised them multiple times - so the era in which Starfire is fighting
her could also be a major factor in the battle.
4 Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is the original female icon when
it comes to superheroes.
And, in a way, is a bit of a trump card when it comes to opening a can of whoop ass on
many an opponent.
But let’s take a look at a concrete example here.
In the animated Justice League vs Teen Titans, she easily defeats Starfire.
Being under Trigon’s control, Wonder Woman attacked the Titans, whooped Beast Boy’s
butt and then crashed into a building with Starfire.
Despite Starfire being able to hold her own at the beginning of the battle, and ended
with the lasso of truth around Kory’s neck.
Aside from all of this, it’s safe to say Diana’s powers exceed that of Starfires,
with her being either on par or more capable.
3 The Flash Two words - Speed Force.
All the Flash would have to do is tap in, and bam, Starfire’s got a whole lot of problems
coming her way.
A lot of which she wouldn’t even be able to see.
Starfire can’t attack someone she can’t see, and if the Flash is speeding around her,
it’s unlikely she could get a half decent shot in at him.
And, if the Flash she’s facing is Wally West, that’s significantly worse.
His manipulation of the speed force is even greater, and between time manipulation, the
creation of vortexes, his ability to phase through objects, to take speed away and his
infinite mass punch, well, things aren’t looking very positive for our Tamaran alien,
are they?
2 Jean Grey While Kory may be of sound physical capabilities,
her mind is susceptible to invasion.
Enter one of the Marvel universe’s most powerful telepaths - an omega level mutants
- Jean Grey.
Jean’s got many a trick up her sleeve - there’s her telekinetic abilities, and as Phoenix,
immense cosmic abilities, that involve the likes of cosmic fire generation, reality warping,
space and time control, life force control, and temporal and existence manipulation.
Yeah, that’s a lot.
But, even when she’s just Jean Grey, she gives Starfire a serious run for her money,
with Starfire being vulnerable to the kinds of attacks Jean can lash out.
Also, worth noting that Charles Xavier could also do some solid damage and take out Starfire,
but for the sake of not polluting this list with a bunch of telepaths, we’re keeping
it down to just Jean for today.
1 Raven In a different approach to mental attacks,
let’s take a look at Starfire’s teammate on the Teen Titans, Raven.
Starfire’s inner powers derive from her emotions.
So it makes perfect sense that a superhero who is an empath would be able to manipulate
Starfire and turn that against her, in her favour.
Raven not only has the ability to control others emotions, but to make those around
her emotionally numb, which could depower Starfire, leaving her with only a few abilities
to take Raven on, like her expertise in alien martial arts.
Physically, Raven may not be a match for Kory, but the second she whips her powers out, Starfire
will have one hell of a time continuing the fight.
There we have it friends!
Who do you think Starfire would lose to?
Who on this list do you think she could beat (aside from Deathstroke, of course).
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