Countless stupid Pre-Crisis DC characters, like Crazy Quilt, Eraser, Duc D'orterre, Dodo Man, Polka Dot Man, etc.

Obviously he's awesome now, but fans didn't feel that way in the 80s.

The early handling of Jason Todd, considering fans found him so unbearable they literally voted to have him killed off.

Much of Stephanie Brown's treatment in her earlier appearances in DC Comics Shop I Am Not Starfire - Official Trailer From New York Times bestselling author Mariko Tamaki (L aura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass) and artist Yoshi Yoshitani ( Zatanna and the House of Secrets) comes a new Young Adult graphic novel about Mandy, the teenage daughter of super-famous superhero Starfire.

Wolverine beating Lobo and Storm beating Wonder Woman because the fans voted that it be so despite making no logical sense.

Heroes Reborn Captain America as drawn by Rob Liefeld.

The Marvel bikini issue, filled to the brim with fan disservice (like a cloth-less Ghost Rider).

I think the reality is more complicated.Īnd as far as old-school cringe, I could list off a few examples:

She has a lot of unresolved frustration around it, leading her to act out in various rebellious, self-destructive ways. In the novel shes the daughter of Starfire, a Tamaranian (extraterrestrial) superheroine residing on Earth however Mandy seemingly has no powers and resents her mother who tries very much to connect. I am Not Starfire is a story about Mandy, the teenage daughter of celebrity superhero Starfire.Mandy is unlike her mother in practically everyway, and struggles with living under her shadow.

Mandy Anders is the protagonist of the 2021 DC Comics published graphic novel Im Not Starfire. I think its way too easy to pretend that everything old is good and everything new is bad, or vice-versa. D : SGCH STARFIRES KHC ASTARTE 5M EX90VEEE. I Am Not Starfire is available for pre-order now, and will be released August 10, 2021.I think the better way of looking at it is that each decade has a mix of good, bad, and everything in-between. I am Not Starfire is a story about teenagers and/as aliens about knowing where you come from and where you are going and about mothers. When someone from Starfire’s past arrives, Mandy must make a choice: give up before the battle has even begun, or step into the unknown and risk everything to save her mom. Or she did until she gets partnered with Claire, the person she intensely denies liking but definitely likes a lot, for a school project. I Am Not Starfire, an upcoming young adult graphic novel for August 2021, written by Mariko Tamaki with art by Yoshi Yoshitani (Zatanna and the House of Secrets). Everyone thinks Mandy needs to go to college and become whoever you become at college, but Mandy has other plans. To Starfire, who is from another planet, Mandy seems like an alien, like some distant, angry, light-years away moon.Īnd ever since she walked out on her SATs, which her mom doesn’t know about, Mandy has been even more distant. She’s a kid who dyes her hair black and hates everyone but her best friend, Lincoln. This makes it particularly crucial that the two of them learn to understand each other. But Starfire already has a daughter, with Nightwing.Eventually, Nightwing and Starfire resumed their romantic relationship, despite Nightwings misgivings about Starfires married status. Technically, Starfire still has her evil sister Blackfire, but given that Blackfire tried to kill them, she hardly counts as family.

Starfire is gorgeous, tall, sparkly, and a hero. But Mandy is the only living family Starfire has.

Seventeen-year-old Mandy, daughter of Starfire, is not like her mother. 194 pages, $16.99, available on August 10įrom author Mariko Tamaki (Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass) and artist Yoshi Yoshitani (Zatanna and the House of Secrets) comes a story about Mandy, the daughter of super-famous superhero Starfire.

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