Blackfire (DC Comics) facts for kids
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Idress, as she appeared on the final page of The New Teen Titans #22 (August 1982). Art by George Pérez.
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | The New Teen Titans #22 (August 1982) |
| Created by | Marv Wolfman George Pérez |
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| Alter ego | Princess Komand'r |
| Species | Tamaranean |
| Place of origin | Tamaran |
| Team affiliations | Citadel Justice League Odyssey Titans |
| Notable aliases | Komal Anders Princess Komand'r Sister Blazin' B |
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Tamaranian Physiology
Psion Experiments Granted
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Blackfire (born Princess Komand'r) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is the older sister and archenemy of Teen Titans member Koriand'r/Starfire and of lesser-known youngest sibling Crown Prince Ryand'r/Darkfire.
The character made her live adaptation debut in the DC Universe / HBO Max series Titans, portrayed by Damaris Lewis.
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Publication history
Blackfire first appears in The New Teen Titans #22 and was created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez.
Powers and abilities
Princess Komand'r (Blackfire) is a Tamaranean like her younger sister; her physiology is designed to constantly absorb and control pure ultraviolet radiation into destructive and powerful bolts of energy which she calls "blackbolts." The radiation is then converted to pure energy which enabled her incredible feats of strength, speed, durability and the like; all on par or possibly greater than those of Starfire, having fought and bested her many times. This is not the case for flight, however, as she suffered a sickness in her youth which stripped her of this ability, but she found other means of circumventing this handicap. Being of royal blood and having fought in many wars, Komand'r also boasts impressive mortal combat skills superior even to her sibling, be it unarmed or with weaponry on hand, having battled and bested the likes of her own sibling (who is also a veteran warrior) and Thanagarian heroes Kartar Hol, Shayera Thal and Shayera Hol either in single combat or in pairs and win, as well as holding her own against the likes of a weakened Starro in his humanoid form (with some assistance from Starfire). Having undergone the same experiments conducted upon her by the Psions, Blackfire too has the ability to release her absorbed energy into incredibly powerful blasts called "starbolts". Hers by comparison, however, are considerably stronger enabling her to overpower her sister's starbolt energy. For a time Blackfire was stripped of all her powers by Hawkman using the same technology the Psions used in their experimentation upon her. Even without these strengths Komand'r is still a political activist and capable leader, being Queen of Tamaran she has access to a great many facilities, be it governmental or military in nature. Like any good politician, Blackfire is a skilled manipulator, able to utilize fear and misdirection to her advantage; even forging alliances with others despite her incredibly sociopathic nature.
When her natural abilities were restored in full, however, she not only regained all the natural Tamaranian abilities she initially lacked, Princess Blackfire even gained a capacity she lacked, namely faster-than-light aviary travel. This accommodates her resilience against heat, radiation and the harsh vacuum of outer space coupled with a solar powered self-sustenance eliminating the need to eat, drink, sleep or an atmosphere to breathe, which enables the evil queen to travel interstellar distances unaided, though she can take in sustenance if she desires too. She can also actively absorb stellar and UV energy like her sister but has a unique ability her counterpart does not, which is the active absorption of stellar energies to copy off new abilities from another person, like when she drew energy directly from Starfire emulating her omni-directional energy burst; due to her greater stellar energy absorption abilities, however, Blackfire can recover faster than her sister when she uses her powers in such a way. Blackfire, like all Tamaraneans, can assimilate languages through physical contact with another person and is more fluent in the English language of humans than Koriand'r. She also does not need to eat or drink; though she can if unusually low on ultraviolet energy.
In both animated shows, Blackfire can project her lilac-colored ultraviolet energy reserves as optic blasts, revealed to be facet received after her changes phase, in the episode Betrothed she had come into possession of a mystical artifact dubbed the Jewel of Charta, which greatly magnified her abilities tens of times greater, turning her normally lilac-colored "blackbolts" a bright red. Her enhanced durability and invulnerability were amplified as well, to the point of withstanding a barrage of Starfire's bright green starbolts and appear unscathed.
She is also a master manipulator and deceiver, capable of using kind and friendly words to achieve her vile goals.
In the live-action series Titans, she is able to freely take possession of anyone she sees fit by injecting them with a microchip.
In Teen Titans: Earth One, Blackfire is a failed Star Labs clone headed up by Niles Caulder to defeat the Titans.
Films
Justice League vs. Teen Titans
In Justice League vs. Teen Titans when a frustrated Starfire is complaining about Damian Wayne's negative behavior to his adoptive brother Nightwing, she says that he reminds her of her sister.
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract
Princess Komand'r/Blackfire is again mentioned/referenced in Teen Titans: The Judas Contract when Starfire was rescued from the Gordanians by Robin, Kid Flash, Arsenal, Beast Boy, and Bumblebee (in a flashback which took place five years ago). She revealed that Blackfire had staged a coup and seized the throne, forcing Koriand'r to flee Tamaran and land on Planet Earth. In the present, Beast Boy had told Terra that Starfire was a refugee being stalked by her homicidal sister.
DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games
With Hynden Walch reprising her role, Blackfire debuts in DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games, the second film based on the animated series. As one of the students at Koragar Academy, she came to Earth to beat Super Hero High School in the games, even her own sister. She expressed her dislike at Starfire's overly optimistic attitude and at her sister "lowering herself to help humans". She is offended of mere mortals passing themselves off as "superheroes" such as Batgirl. As the night wore on, she later stayed behind to help Starfire fight the robots created by Lena Luthor. She combined her stronger lilac blackbolt energies with Starfire's bright green ones and dismantled them with ease, to which Starfire said that they were at their very strongest when using "the blast of togetherness". She combined her purple ultraviolet energy-projecting (blackbolt) abilities with her sister's bright green starbolts and several other superheroes to supercharge Platinum.
Video games
Injustice 2
Blackfire is mentioned by Starfire in some of her intros battling various villains and heroes in Injustice 2. Doctor Fate had stated that "your sister's specter haunts you", to which Starfire replied that Princess Komand'r had betrayed her and all of Tamaran. There was another duel, in which Starfire was fighting a fellow female Tamaranean whom she had called her "Komand'r" whose ultraviolet energy bolts were the same bright green color as her own in contrast to being bright purple. This version had said that she was from the multiverse.
Stellar Showdown
Blackfire appears in the online game of Teen Titans Go!. Angry that she was not invited to her younger sister's birthday party, she arrived at Titans Tower and demanded that the Titans face her.
Miscellaneous
Batman: The Brave the Bold
- Blackfire makes a cameo appearance in issue #9 of the tie-in comic book series to Batman: The Brave and the Bold as one of the villains defeated by Hawkgirl.
Teen Titans Go!
- In the 49th issue, "Wrong Place, Wrong Time", there is an alternate universe where Starfire's evil counterpart is Blackfire of the Teen Tyrants. She also appears in the issues "It's How You Play the Game!" and "Wildfire".
See also
In Spanish: Blackfire para niños
