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– the top 10 blackfire surprising facts – part 2!
Komand’r aka Blackfire is Starfire’s sister is one of the teen titans more beloved antagonists,
and has made 122 appearances in the comics – as of this recording – along with multiple
memorable appearances in DC animated shows.
Being a parallel to Starfire has its perks, and it’s popularity.
This time around, we dive a little bit more into Blackfire’s pop culture influence,
and discuss a few facts about her history that you may not have known.
With that in mind, let’s jump in!
10 Her Creators Blackfire was created by the same creative
duo that revitalized the Teen Titans – Marv Wolfman and George Perez.
These two are responsible for creating the likes of Raven, Cyborg and of course, Starfire
herself.
Blackfire first appeared in New Teen Titans #22 in 1982, but wouldn’t make a proper
full appearance until the next issue.
Speaking of,
9 First Appearance In issue 23 of the New Teen Titans , vol 1,
Starfire has been taken captive by Gordanian slavers under the command of Blackfire.
They manage to evade the Titan’s rescue mission.
Blackfire also busts out this beautiful line when reuniting with her darling sister: “I’ve
several exquisite tortures in mind for you that I’ve been planning for months now.
It will be fun watching you squirm…and suffer before you eventually die.”
Ah, nothing like the love of a sibling.
8 Injustice 2 While Blackfire may not appear in Injustice
2, there’s two colour variants that players can use to turn Starfire into a version of
herself that more resembles her sister.
This includes a Komand’r’s lavender body suit.
So if you prefer the evil sister over the good one, well, looks like you can at least
channel the character when you play the game.
7 Shares Her Name Komand’r isn’t the only character in the
DC universe that goes by the name of Blackfire.
The second is Deacon Joseph Blackfire, who is known for being an antagonist of Batman’s.
He’s an evangelist, an influential cultist, and a total sociopath whose claim to fame
is being one of the only few characters to break Batman psychologically in 1988’s Batman:
The Cult.
He makes an appearance post-crisis in the new 52 as well.
6 Fan Fiction Just like most other characters to grace the
panels of comic books, Blackfire has her own fan fiction, stemming from the Teen Titans
fan fiction community.
There’s Blackfire/Robin fan fic, and even love triangle Blackfire/Robin/Starfire fanfic.
There’s even a story called A Little More Than Sisters in which Kori and Komand’r
aren’t actually sisters, with only Raven knowing the truth.
Rated M. Whys that?
Well, considering it’s former title was ‘It’s Not Incest, It’s Love’, well,
you can take a guess why.
5 Cartoon Hook Up While we’re on the mildly uncomfortable
riff of Blackfire and Starfire hooking up, turns out there’s an animated ‘hook up’
video of the two.
Sort of.
YouTube channel Winky Dink Media, who crafts a bunch of animated shorts featuring your
favourite comic, game and film characters hooking up did a video featuring Starfire
and Blackfire.
Except, unlike the fanfic, they’re so not down to hook up.
It’s revealed in the end that it was a not-so-elaborate attempt by Robin to get his perv on.
4 Day of Fun-Ship In a much more pg animated short, let’s
move over to the DC SuperHero girls web series.
Blackfire and Starfire have an episode together called Day of Fun-Ship, in which the two spend
the day attempting to bond.
While the two don’t quite get along at first, after a trip to the zoo, and having to protect
it from King Shark., the two come to appreciation quality time together much more.
3 Her Power We talked a little bit about Blackfire’s
powers and abilities in our last list on the character, but she’s pulled off some pretty
impressive feats over the years.
This includes destroying Donna Troy’s travel sphere, breaking Thanagarian restraints, and
beating up her sister.
Multiple times.
2 Rann-Thangar War In the pre-crisis Rann-Thangar War story arc,
Komand’r makes an appearance on the battlefield when she kills Hawkwoman, all in an attempt
to seize power.
She also tries to murder Hawkman and Hawkgirl, but fails, and Hawkman gets some retribution
by hooking her up to some psion tech in order to strip her of her starbolt powers.
1 She has a brother We’re always hearing about the gruesome
sibling rivalry between Starfire and Blackfire, but what about that other sibling of theirs?
Yup, they have a brother.
A younger brother.
And his name is Ryand’r.
Raynd’r is a member of the Omega Men, a group of alien superheroes who first appeared
in 1981 in Green Lantern issue 141.
Ryand’r wouldn’t appear as part of the group until later, and goes by the name of
Darkfire.
His skills are not in fighting or as a politician, like the rest of his family, but rather, in
communication science.
He, too, was captured and operated on by the Psions (sy-ons), which unlocked his powers
– rather than shooting energy, his hands became white hot, giving him the ability to
absorb energy and turn it into flight power.
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