Starro (01 - Starfish)
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Powers: Giant space starfish that can control minds and create giant starfish "deputies" from regular earth starfish. Can asexually produce huge numbers of small duplicates of itself called "spores", which attach to the faces of victims as another method of rendering them under Starro's mental control.
Weaknesses: Lime (calcium oxide)
Extreme cold.
Bio: Starro has in most continuities been an intelligent alien starfish bent on world domination. His first appearance was the catalyst for the formation of the first Justice League, and later iterations of this team and others have fought the villainous creature on several occasions. Starro has appeared in a few different versions, and not all listed appearances are necessarily the same individual creature.
Notes: R.E.B.E.L.S. (2009) Annual #1 retconned Starro as part of a race of such creatures that are all controlled by one humanoid "master" Starro.
This character should be used for instances of any Starro other than the humanoid "master" Starro.
First Appearance: The Brave and the Bold (1955) #28 Favorite Characters:
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Issue Appearances: Action Comics (1938)
Adventure Comics (1938)
#451 - '[Aquaman; Hawkman]' #452 - '[Aquaman] Dark Destiny, Deadly Dreams' Aquaman: Death Of A Prince (2011)
TPB - 'Aquaman: Death Of A Prince' Bizarro World (2005)
Booster Gold (2007)
#13 - 'Stars In Your Eyes, Part I' #14 - 'Stars in Your Eyes, Part 2' Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! (1982)
#1 - 'The Pluto Syndrome' Captain Carrot and the Final Ark (2007)
TPB - 'Captain Carrot and the Final Ark' #2 - 'Chapter 2: Frog Day Afternoon' #3 - 'Chapter 3: The Surreal Life' Cover Story: The DC Comics Art of Brian Bolland (2011)
HC - 'Cover Story: The DC Comics Art of Brian Bolland' Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)
Danny Fingeroth's Write Now! (2002)
DC Retroactive: JLA - The '80s (2011)
DC/Wildstorm: DreamWar (2008)
DCU Villains Secret Files (1999)
DCU: Legacies (2010)
Deutsche Helden (2004)
Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost (2011)
#3 - 'Kid Flash Lost, Part Three' Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps Secret Files (2008)
Hourman (1999)
#1 - 'Through the Hourglass' #24 - 'Minutes to Go' JLA (1997)
JLA Gallery (1997)
JLA Secret Files (1997)
#1 - 'Secret Origin: Star-Seed' JLA-Z (2003)
#3 - 'Martian Manhunter to Zatanna' JLA: Classified (2005)
#16 - 'The Hypothetical Woman, Part One: Never Brought to Mind' #17 - 'The Hypothetical Woman, Part Two: Blood Is Not Enough' #18 - 'The Hypothetical Woman, Part Three: Salvage the Steel Heart' #19 - 'The Hypothetical Woman, Part Four:' #20 - 'The Hypothetical Woman, Part Five: Conduct Unbecoming' #43 - 'The Ghosts Of Mars: Part 2 Confiding in Strangers' #44 - 'The Ghosts of Mars, Part Three, Run, Man, Run' JLA: Created Equal (2000)
#1 - 'Book One: The Fall' JLA: Liberty and Justice (2003)
OGN SC - 'Liberty And Justice' JLA: The Ultimate Guide to The Justice League of America (2002)
JLA: Welcome to the Working Week (2003)
JLA/Avengers (2003)
#1 - 'A Journey Into Mystery' JLA/Die Rächer (2004)
#1 - 'Buch eins: Reise in das Unerklärliche' #2 - 'Buch zwei: Wettstreit der Champions' #3 - 'Buch drei: Seltsame Abenteuer' #4 - ' Buch vier: Die Mutigen... und die Tapferen' Justice League Europe (1989)
#25 - 'Nightcrawlers!' #26 - 'Stars in Your Eyes' #27 - 'The Vagabond King' #28 - 'The Man Who Wears the Star' Justice League of America (1960)
#65 - 'T.O. Morrow Kills the Justice League - Today!' #189 - 'the Return of the Starfish Conqueror!' #190 - 'Our Friends, Our Enemies' #239 - 'In The Shadow Of The Ox' Justice League of America (2006)
Justice League of America 80 Page Giant (2009)
Justice League of America: Another Nail (2004)
Justice League of America/The 99 (2010)
#2 - 'Stars Of Tomorrow' #3 - 'Star Power' #4 - 'The City That Never Sleeps' #5 - 'Star City!' #6 Justice League Sourcebook (1990)
R.E.B.E.L.S. (2009)
Annual 01 - 'Starro the Conqueror' #3 - 'A World of Hurt' #4 - 'From Beyond' #5 - 'The Stars We Are' #6 - 'Dominator' #7 - 'No Way Out!' #8 - 'Stealth' #9 - 'Strange Companions' #11 - 'The Son & The Stars, Part Two' #12 - 'Secret Weapons' #13 - '•Tests• •Allies• •Enemies•' #14 - 'In the Flesh' #23 - 'To Be a R.E.B.E.L., Conclusion' #24 - 'Starstruck, Part 1' #25 - 'Starstruck, Part 2' #26 - 'Starstruck, Part 3' #27 - 'Starstruck, Part 3' #28 - 'Starstruck, Conclusion' Secret Files President Luthor (2001)
Secret Origin Mini Comic (1980)
Son of Vulcan (2005)
Superman: World of New Krypton (2009)
#12 - 'World of New Krypton, Finale' Superman/Batman (2003)
#41 - 'Torment, Part 5: Purgatory' Teen Titans (2003)
#50 (Mike McKone Variant) - 'Passage' #51 - 'The Titans Of Tomorrow...Today!, Part 1: Futures Of The Past' #52 - 'The Titans of Tomorrow... Today! Part 2: Beat Yourself Up' #53 - 'The Titans of Tomorrow... Today!, Part 3: Combine and Conquer' #54 - 'The Titans of Tomorrow... Today!, Part 4: Fight The Future' The Brave and the Bold (1955)
#28 - 'Starro the Conqueror!' The World's Greatest Super-Heroes (2005)
HC - 'The World's Greatest Super-Heroes' TPB - 'The World's Greatest Super-Heroes' Who's Who in the DC Universe (1990)
#13 - 'Arkham Asylum To Star Sapphire' Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (1985)
#22 - 'Starfire I to Syonide' Group Affiliation(s): Sinestro Corps Famous Quotes: - Add a Famous Quote None.
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