Starfire

Starfire is a fictional character appearing in publications by DC Comics. She first appeared in Starfire #1 (August 1976), and was created by David Michelinie and Mike Vosburg. Development Co-creator, David Michelinie discuessed the character's creation: "As I recall, I was asked by [editor] Joe Orlando to come up with a female sword-and-sorcery character to be DCs answer to Red Sonja. It's always fun and challenging to create new characters, especially when you get to create a new world to put them in. But I was already writing a fairly traditional sword-and-sorcery book at the time in Claw the Unconquered, and I also had no desire to [copy] Red Sonja and simply put new names on the characters. So I came up with the sword-and-science angle, putting the series more in the realm of fantasy than barbarian action. I wanted a tone that was more in line with Edgar Rice Burroughs' Mars and Venus books, than with Robert E. Howard's muscle and magic epics". Co-creator Mike Vosburg, discussed designing the character: "One of my big influences was Guido Crepax and his character Valentina. one of the costumes he dressed Valentina in was the inspiration for Starfire’s costume". Fictional character biography