![]() If Mandy's father was still in the picture, his presence would diffuse some of that tension, and weaken the story. I Am Not Starfire begins soon after Mandy walked out of her SATs and decided that she wasn't going to college a change in plans that her famous superhero mother still doesn't know about. This makes it particularly crucial that the two of them learn to understand each other. Technically, Starfire still has her evil sister Blackfire, but given that Blackfire tried to kill them, she hardly counts as family. But Mandy is the only living family Starfire has. Genres Graphic Novels Comics Young Adult LGBT Fantasy Superheroes Queer. What makes this story so compelling is that Starfire and Mandy only have each other. It's true that Starfire is a member of the Titans, and the Titans are such close friends that the other members such as Raven and Nightwing are practically like Mandy's aunts and uncles. I Am Not Starfire is a story about mother-daughter relationships, embracing where you come from while finding your own identity, and learning to be unafraid of failing, if it was even failing in the first place. Along with figuring out what to do post-high school, Mandy must deal with her feelings for her project partner, Claire, and her mother's drama-filled past. However, she has no powers and actively tries to be unlike her mom. Mandy realizes just how much her mother has always loved and protected her, while Starfire finally sees the struggles and pressures that her daughter has been hiding from her.īecause this mother-daughter relationship is so strong, it would be a mistake to include Mandy's father in the story. In I Am Not Starfire, Mandy, a non-conformist high school student, is constantly compared to her superhero mother, Starfire. Over the course of the story, they must work to exercise empathy for each other and mend their relationship. I Am Not Starfire is a collaboration between writer Mariko Tamaki (Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass) and artist Yoshi Yoshitani (Zatanna and the House of Secrets). ![]() Though the two love each other dearly, their totally opposite perspectives and life experiences make it difficult for them to understand and relate to each other. She debuted in a preview story inserted within DC Comics Presents 26 (October 1980) and was created by Marv Wolfman and George Prez. But the heart of the story is the mother-daughter relationship between Starfire and Mandy. Starfire ( Koriand'r) is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. ![]() ![]() I Am Not Starfire is a coming-of-age story, with elements of both the romance and superhero genres. This is obviously a Starfire story, where we are creating a separate universe world where, for one thing, she has a. ![]()
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