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Starros are a species of large alien starfish-like creatures with mind-controlling abilities.

History[]

Early life[]

Klarion summoning Starro

A Starro-creature being summoned by Klarion to Babylonia.

In 1,800 BCE,[1] Klarion, working on behalf of Marduk, summoned a Starro-creature to Babylonia. The goal was to harness the creature's mind-control abilities to exert complete control over the Babylonian army. But in his hubris, Marduk underestimated the unwieldiness of the alien and soon found himself fighting against his mentally-enslaved troops. Marduk, and his two children, Ishtar and Nabu, defended their kingdom from the creature. Though Nabu was killed, Marduk and Ishtar triumphed and dumped Starro into arctic waters.[2][3]

After being frozen for millennia, the still-frozen creature was found by Atlantean scientists led by Vulko. Starro was transferred to Poseidonis's Science Center, where it was carefully studied.[4]

2010[]

 
Poseidonis
August 27, 13:00 UTC-2

On behalf of the Light, Black Manta staged an attack on the Science Center to retrieve the creature. The plan was thwarted by Aqualad and Garth, and Black Manta blew up the creature out of spite. A small piece survived the blast and began regenerating. Prince Orm decided that it would be best that the piece be taken to the surface world for further studies, considering the fact the Science Center had been greatly damaged and could not safeguard the piece.[4] It was eventually examined in Gotham City's STAR Labs.[5]

 
Gotham City
November 5, 22:07 EDT

While Klarion and his band of sorcerers had split the world into two dimensions, one for adults and one for children, Lawrence Crock led a mob of angry and confused parents to the STAR Labs facility in Gotham, demanding answers. This distraction gave Riddler a chance to sneak into the facility and steal the echinoderm sample.

Riddler and Sportsmaster later presented the tentacle to the Brain and the rest of the Light. The tentacle had regenerated slightly since being blown up.[5]

 
New Orleans
December 5, 22:18 CST
Starro-tech

The Light's Starro-tech, a mind-control chip derived in part from a sample of a Starro-creature.

The Light arranged for Professor Ivo to be broken out of Belle Reve Penitentiary to work on the echinoderm. With Klarion and Brain, he turned it into Starro-tech,[6] tiny chips of biocircuitry that enslaved whomever was exposed to it.[7]

 
The Watchtower
December 31, post-23:16 EST

While under the influence of the Starro-tech, Atom was dissecting a piece of Starro, when suddenly, it began to levitate. This provided enough distraction for Miss Martian to tag him with cure-tech.[8]

2018[]

 
Kuiper Belt
September 08, 00:55 UTC

An armada of alien warships under the influence of a second Starro entered the system.[2]

 
Oort Cloud
September 09, 01:47 UTC

When the armadas were crippled and Vandal noticed one of the aliens was under the influence of a Starro, he had Cassandra take control of the Warworld.[2]

Vandal used a boom tube to board the ship, where he encountered this new Starro and killed it, while Cassandra used the Warworld to defeat the armada.

The pieces of the second Starro were placed inside a stasis pod in the Warworld's brig.[2]

2020[]

 
The Warworld
September 16, 20:19 UTC

Starro's parts remained in stasis as Vandal Savage and Ultra-Humanite admired their newest captives; Kryptonians from the Phantom Zone.[9]

Powers and abilities[]

Starro mind control

Starro mind-controlling an alien by attaching itself to their head.

Mind control: The Starro species can mentally enslave a variety of lifeforms into doing their bidding.[2][3]

Appearances[]

Background information[]

  • Starro the Conqueror is the first supervillain to face the Justice League of America. Starro is an asexual being that acts through thralls to aid its quest for galactic supremacy. In Grant Morrison's run on JLA, an incarnation of Starro was able to enslave most of humanity after covering Europe with its body.
  • This marks Starro's sixth animated appearance. It appeared previously in The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure, the DC Animated Universe (Superman: The Animated Series and Batman Beyond), Justice League: The New Frontier, Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths.

References[]

  1. Weisman, Greg (2022-05-28). Question #25987. Ask Greg. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Vietti, Brandon (writer) & Berkeley, Christopher (director) (January 18, 2019). "Evolution". Young Justice. Season 3. Episode 7. DC Universe.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Chowdhry, Nida (writer) & Heuck, Vinton (director) (December 16, 2021). "Teg Ydaer!". Young Justice. Season 4. Episode 11. HBO Max.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Hopps, Kevin (writer) & Oliva, Jay (director) (March 4, 2011). "Downtime". Young Justice. Season 1. Episode 8. Cartoon Network.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Weisman, Greg (writer) & Chang, Michael (director) (March 3, 2012). "Misplaced". Young Justice. Season 1. Episode 19. Cartoon Network.
  6. David, Peter (writer) & Oliva, Jay (director) (March 31, 2012). "Insecurity". Young Justice. Season 1. Episode 23. Cartoon Network.
  7. Hopps, Kevin (writer) & Oliva, Jay, Divar, Tim (directors) (April 14, 2012). "Usual Suspects". Young Justice. Season 1. Episode 25. Cartoon Network.
  8. Weisman, Greg (writer) & Chang, Michael, Montgomery, Lauren (directors) (April 21, 2012). "Auld Acquaintance". Young Justice. Season 1. Episode 26. Cartoon Network.
  9. Weisman, Greg (writer) & Heuck, Vinton (director) (June 9, 2022). "Death and Rebirth". Young Justice. Season 4. Episode 26. HBO Max.
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