Blackfire and Starfire.
Koriand'r and Komand'r.
Two Tamaranian sisters who have one of the most heated sibling rivalries in comic book
history.
The pair have gone up against each other MULTIPLE times, but today, we're taking a closer
look at how that fight would go down, and, most importantly, who the true champion would
be.
Hey everyone!
Welcome back to Versus!
The video series on our channel where we break down how fights would go down between your
favourite fictional characters.
Today we're taking a look at two DC favourites - a heroine and her antagonist sister - and
analyzing what their battle would entail.
Let us know who you think should win in those comments below with either hashtag Starfire
or hashtag Blackfire.
Before we begin, let's get everyone up to speed.
Starfire, aka Kory, was first introduced in a preview story inserted in DC Comics Presents
#26 in 1980, crafted by Teen Titans legends Marvel Wolfman and George Perez.
Blackfire appeared two years after that, being a foe for Satrfire and her friends in the
Teen Titans.
These two, both daughters of the Tamaran's royal family, have had a rough history together.
First off, when Komand'r was born, she was crippled by a childhood illness that left
her unable to fly as fast as other Tamaranians.
It's also worth noting that Blackfire was born on a day in which a Tamaranean city was
destroy by the Citadel Empire, which, despite only being a new born child, left an unfortunate
connection between her and the deaths of the 3000 Tamaranians, which didn't do much to
help.
Because of this, she was denied her birthright as the eldest child, and all of that went
to Starfire.
Hence the intense sibling rivalry.
Komand'r sold her people out, joined the Citadel, and conquered Tamaran with them.
Komand'r, filled with resentment, made Kory a slave, where she was tortured and raped,
until one point she decided to execute her.
Then the Psions invaded, captured both girls, did experiments on them, which developed their
ultraviolet energy powers.
Kory escaped and fled to Earth, and by the time The New Teen Titans #23 rolled around,
Komand'r had kidnapped Kori and was in the process of becoming the Citadel's new leader.
And of course, the two fight.
But we'll get back to that in a sec.
Moving on to abilities!
What can these ladies do?
Looking at Kory first, she's capable of super strength, super speed, super agility,
super reflexes, enhanced endurance, enhanced stamina, near invulnerability.
She's got enhanced longevity and decelerated aging, faster than light flight abilities,
language mimicry, an immunity to intense radiation, cold and heat.
She's an expert alien martial artist.
And, most notably, uses Ultraviolet Energy Projection to shoot star bolt blasts, create
and control magenta fire and emit an aura of bright magenta fire.
Her star bolt eye beams are powers that stem from the animated series adaptation of the
character.
She also doesn't need to eat, drink, sleep and does not require an atmosphere to breathe.
Although if she is low on ultraviolet energy, she does need that support.
What about Komand'r?
Well, she can pretty much do everything Starfire can, minus being able to achieve the same
speeds when flying due to her childhood illness.
Aside from that, she's a master manipulator.
Considering this isn't a battle of wits, that won't really come in handy, but it
is worth noting that in the grand scheme of their previous narratives, Blackfire's manipulation
abilities have given her the upper hand.
We can't analyze how these two would fair in a fight without, well, discussing how they've
faired in previous fights.
Well, there's the battle the two at the end of Blackfire's first arc in New Teen
Titans.
And how did that end?
Well, in New Teen Titans Annual #1, vol 1, after enduring a bunch of torture via her
manipulative sister, Kory snaps (and has some series rabies dribble coming out of her mouth
might I add).
She gets in several intense hits before Komand'r can really get back into the offensive.
They taunt each other, with Komand'r trying to figure out how she can manipulate Kory's
sense of compassion to stop her onslaught of attacks long enough to get the perfect
moment to strike her down.
The Psions then pause their battle, and increase the stakes by challenging them to a fight
to the death on their home planet, saying that if Blackfire wins, she gets the coveted
leadership of the Citadel, and if Starfire wins, they'll eff off and spare Tamaran
for good.
The two have another excessive fight, with Komand'r holding on to Kory since she can't
fly.
They bash each other up a bunch, fall over a waterfall, and only Kory emerges.
It's assumed that Blackfire died, but that wasn't the end of her, and the next story
arc she appears in had her leading one side during a Tamaran civil war.
The Teen Titans intervene, her and Starfire duke it out yet again, and their family intervenes,
exiling Starfire.
So that brings us to their fight.
While it's of public opinion that Starfire generally always wins - big thanks to the
animated Teen Titan adaptations for that - one can't deny that Blackfire can easily hold
her own against her sister.
Both are trained fighters, both have proven to be inventive on the battlefield with one
another and both have endured attack after attack from each other, usually with intervention
being the reason why they stop plummeting the other.
Even with Komand'r's innate disadvantages, she's still managed to hold her own.
While Komand'r can manipulate, Kory feels compassion, which can be more of a strength
than a weakness at times.
As far as the greater good is concerned, Starfire would be the winner, but that's not how
all fights work.
So on this one, we call A TIE.
What do you guys think?
Is there an obvious winner in your minds?
Were there points we didn't bring up that you feel would be valid in a battle between
these two sisters?
We didn't bring up any post-crisis facts in this versus, so if you'd like us to do
a part two video where we analyze the characters based on those stats, let us know.
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give us a shout about who you think we should do a versus on.
In the meantime, thanks for watching!
I've been Kelly Paoli and this has been top 10 nerd.
Catch you all in the next one!
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