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| caption = Idress, as she appeared on the final page of ''[[Teen Titans|The New Teen Titans]]'' #22 (August 1982). Art by [[George Pérez]].
| caption = Blackfire as depicted in ''[[Teen Titans|The New Teen Titans]]'' #22 (August 1982). Art by [[George Pérez]].
| publisher = [[DC Comics]]
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| debut = ''[[Teen Titans|The New Teen Titans]]'' #22 (August [[1982 in comics|1982]])<!-- Do not add other first appearances from other media here -->
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| creators = [[Marv Wolfman]]<br>[[George Pérez]]
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| alter_ego = Princess Komand'r
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| aliases =Komal Anders<br>Princess Komand'r<br>Sister<br>Blazin' B
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'''Tamaranian Physiology'''
'''Tamaranian physiology'''
* Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, longevity, and vision
* Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, longevity, and vision
* Nigh invulnerability
* Nigh invulnerability
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* Accelerated healing
* Accelerated healing
* Decelerated aging
* Decelerated aging
* Superluminal flight (TV shows)
* Interstellar travel
* Interstellar travel
* Self-sustenance
* Self-sustenance
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* Advanced martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant
* Advanced martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant
* Expert tactician and manipulator
* Expert tactician and manipulator
'''Psion Experiments Granted'''
*Possesses the minds and bodies of living beings via a microchip (''[[Titans (2018 TV series)|Titans]]'')
'''[[Gordanian|Psion]] Experiments Granted'''
*[[Faster-than-light|FTL Flight]]
*[[Faster-than-light|FTL Flight]]
*[[Ultraviolet energy|Ultraviolet Energy]] generation
*[[Ultraviolet energy|Ultraviolet Energy]] generation
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'''Blackfire''' (born '''Princess Komand'r''') is a <!--Do not add "fictional" as it is tautological; supervillains (and characters in general) are by definition implied to be fictionalized to some extent.-->[[supervillain]] appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[DC Comics]].<ref>{{cite book |last =Rovin |first =Jeff |title =The Encyclopedia of Supervillains |publisher =Facts on File |date =1987 |location =New York |isbn = 0-8160-1356-X |page=26}}</ref> She is the older sister and archenemy of [[Teen Titans]] member [[Starfire (Teen Titans)|Koriand'r/Starfire]] and of lesser-known youngest sibling Crown Prince Ryand'r/Darkfire.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cowsill |first1=Alan |last2=Irvine |first2=Alex |last3=Manning |first3=Matthew K. |last4=McAvennie |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |title=DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-8578-6 |page=188}}</ref>
'''Blackfire''' ('''Komand'r''') is a <!--Do not add "fictional" as it is tautological; supervillains (and characters in general) are by definition implied to be fictionalized to some extent.-->[[supervillain]] appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[DC Comics]].<ref>{{cite book |last =Rovin |first =Jeff |title =The Encyclopedia of Supervillains |publisher =Facts on File |date =1987 |location =New York |isbn = 0-8160-1356-X |page=26}}</ref> She is the older sister and archenemy of [[Teen Titans]] member [[Starfire (Teen Titans)|Koriand'r/Starfire]] and of lesser-known youngest sibling Crown Prince Ryand'r/Darkfire.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cowsill |first1=Alan |last2=Irvine |first2=Alex |last3=Manning |first3=Matthew K. |last4=McAvennie |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |title=DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-8578-6 |page=188}}</ref>


The character made her live adaptation debut in the [[DC Universe (streaming service)|DC Universe]] / [[HBO Max]] series ''[[Titans (2018 TV series)|Titans]]'', portrayed by [[Damaris Lewis]].
The character made her live adaptation debut in the [[DC Universe (streaming service)|DC Universe]] / [[HBO Max]] series ''[[Titans (2018 TV series)|Titans]]'', portrayed by [[Damaris Lewis]].
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==Fictional character biography==
==Fictional character biography==
Princess Komand'r is the firstborn child and eldest daughter of Tamaran's royal family.<ref name=Guide>{{cite book |last1=Cowsill |first1=Alan |last2=Irvine |first2=Alex |last3=Korte |first3=Steve |last4=Manning |first4=Matt |last5=Wiacek |first5=Win |last6=Wilson |first6=Sven |title=The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe |date=2016 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-5357-0 |page=47}}</ref> The first princess born in over a century, she should have been courted and showered with honors. On the day she was born, the Citadel Empire attacked and destroyed the western Tamaranean city of Kysarr and killed three thousand citizens in her name. Though she was in no way at fault for what had happened, Komand'r was, for all time, inextricably linked with that terrible day. To make matters worse, Princess Komand'r was crippled by a childhood illness that left her unable to harness ultraviolet light into energy to fly like most Tamaraneans. Because of Princess Komand'r's naturally grim disposition, a stark contrast to the royal family's generally contented outlook, the subjects of Tamaran hated her. As a result, though first in the line of succession, she was denied her birthright to be the next Crown Princess of Tamaran to maintain the respect and prestige of the royal family. Her privileges, honors, and her royal style and dignity were transferred to her younger sister, [[Starfire (Teen Titans)|Princess Koriand'r]] (who would later become known as Starfire) and their long-lost younger brother crown Prince Ryand'r (known as Wildfire). Inwardly, Princess Komand'r's rage grew and her resentment turned to hatred for her own world, her people, her family, and lastly her younger sister who, in Princess Komand'r's eyes, made the fateful mistake of being born. Princess Komand'r's hatred continued and intensified when she and her sister were sent, per Tamaran's warlike custom, for warrior training with the Warlords of Okaara. Princess Komand'r's true feelings were exposed when during a sparring exercise she attempted to kill her younger sister. As a result, she was expelled by the Warlords. Humiliated by her own transgression, Princess Komand'r swore vengeance and joined the Citadel, quickly rising through their ranks to become a warrior-maiden fighting against the forces of her own world and, ultimately, her own family.
Princess Komand'r is the firstborn child and eldest daughter of Tamaran's royal family.<ref name="Guide2">{{cite book |last1=Cowsill |first1=Alan |title=The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe |last2=Irvine |first2=Alex |last3=Korte |first3=Steve |last4=Manning |first4=Matt |last5=Wiacek |first5=Win |last6=Wilson |first6=Sven |date=2016 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-5357-0 |page=47}}</ref> Due to a disastrous attack by the Citadel Empire on the day of her birth and her inability to fly due to a childhood illness, Komand'r is hated by her subjects. As a result, her royal status and honors are transferred to her younger siblings, [[Starfire (Teen Titans)|Koriand'r]] and Ryand'r.


Komand'r later allies with the Citadel and helps them conquer Tamaran. She and Koriand'r are captured by the [[Psion (comics)|Psion]]s, who enhance their ability to manipulate ultraviolet energy. Kori escapes and flees to Earth, where she becomes a founding member of the new [[Teen Titans]].<ref name="dc-ency"/>
Komand'r later betrayed her home world with detailed information about Tamaran's planetary defenses to the Citadel. They conquered Tamaran with ease, and the surrender conditions included the enslavement of Koriand'r. Koriand'r was never permitted to return, since that would mean the Citadel would devastate the planet for abrogating the treaty. Komand'r was her sister's master and made the most of her younger sister's bondage with years of horrific servitude and torture. When Kori killed one of her rapists, Komand'r decided to execute her as punishment, but not before the sisters were attacked and captured by the [[Psion (comics)|Psion]]s. Psions, largely a species of sadistic scientists, performed a deadly experiment on both of the sisters to see just how much ultraviolet energy their Tamaranian bodies could absorb before exploding from the overload. During the procedure, Komand'r's forces attacked the Psion ship to rescue her and while the Psions were distracted, Kori broke free with her newly developed starbolts, highly destructive blasts of bright pink-colored ultraviolet energy, which were a result of the experimentation. Against her better judgment she decided to free Komand'r, who was still absorbing more and more ultraviolet energy. However, far from grateful, Komand'r had struck her younger sister down with the same (but much stronger) lilac-colored ultraviolet energy and had her restrained for later execution. Kori escaped and stole a spaceship to planet Earth, where she met a young group of heroes-[[Robin (Dick Grayson)|Robin]], [[Donna Troy|Wonder Girl]], [[Beast Boy|Changeling]], [[Raven (DC comics)|Raven]], [[Cyborg (DC Comics)|Cyborg]] and [[Kid Flash (Wally West)|Kid Flash]]- and helped form the new [[Teen Titans]].<ref name="dc-ency"/>


Princess Komand'r appeared in the ''[[Rann-Thanagar War]]'' limited series, during which she killed [[Hawkwoman#Shayera Thal|Hawkwoman]] in her pursuit of a New Tamaran. She formed an uneasy alliance with the surviving players of the war in order to deal with more pressing concerns (''[[Infinite Crisis]]''). She was not seen during the ''Crisis'' series itself, but was featured in ''Hawkgirl'' and ''Hawkman'' comics as well as in ''[[Justice Society of America#JSA: Classified (2005–2008)|JSA: Classified]]'', attempting to kill [[Hawkman]] and [[Hawkgirl]] in order to further her own plans in the goings on & aftermath of the war. The Hawks defeated Princess Komand'r, after which Hawkman used [[Psion (comics)|Psion]] technology to strip the evil extraterrestrial princess of all of her abilities.
Blackfire appears in ''[[Rann–Thanagar War]]'', during which she kills [[Hawkwoman#Shayera Thal|Hawkwoman]]. She forms an uneasy alliance with the surviving participants of the war to deal with more pressing concerns (''[[Infinite Crisis]]''). She battles [[Hawkman]] and [[Hawkgirl]], who use Psion technology to depower her.


In ''[[Outsiders (comics)|Outsiders]]'' (vol. 3), the Psions restore Blackfire's abilities and flight capability. [[Vril Dox]] later allows Blackfire to settle an uninhabited portion of Rann and becomes her consort.[[File:Blackfire (circa 2012).JPG|thumb|Blackfire as depicted in ''Red Hood and the Outlaws'' #13. Art by [[Kenneth Rocafort]].|left]]
Blackfire has later resurfaced in The ''[[Outsiders (comics)|Outsiders]]'' (vol. 3) #31-32 (''Infinite Crisis'' tie-in issues) with her powers already having been restored by the Psions and enhanced to the point of gaining flight. Further along the line in [[R.E.B.E.L.S.]] (vol. 2), When [[Vril Dox]] moved the planet [[Rann (fictional planet)|Rann]] into the location formerly held by Tamaran in the Vega System, Blackfire arrived with her army in attempt to seize the planet for her own people. Dox was able to quickly stop the hostilities, however, and brokered a treaty allowing Blackfire and her people to settle on the uninhabited southern continent of Rann. During these events, Blackfire gained a newfound sense of respect for Dox, realizing his egocentric personality was very similar to her own. The two went on an unofficial date disguised as a diplomatic dinner and after Dox was captured by Starro the Conqueror, Blackfire joined forces with [[Adam Strange]] and other members of L.E.G.I.O.N. to rescue him. Blackfire then subsequently claimed Dox as her king consort.


===''The New 52''===
=== ''The New 52'' ===
In ''[[The New 52]]'' reboot, Blackfire is a neutral character who assists Starfire in liberating Tamaran from the Blight.<ref>''Red Hood and the Outlaws'' #1</ref><ref>''[[Red Hood and the Outlaws]]'' #10 - #13</ref>
[[File:Blackfire (circa 2012).JPG|thumb|Komand’r in The New 52: ''Redhood and the Outlaws'' #13. Cover art by [[Kenneth Rocafort]].]]
In ''[[The New 52]]'' (a 2011 reboot of the DC Comics universe), some people's origins and personalities have been changed to an unknown degree. While not at first referred to by name, it is said Starfire's sister sold her for the safety of their planet.<ref>''Red Hood and the Outlaws'' #1</ref> It is revealed that a parasitic race known as the Blight has taken over Tamaran, their purpose unknown and Koriand'r fears the worst for her sister.<ref>''Red Hood and the Outlaws'' #10</ref> Komand'r appears via flashback as her sister talks about their relationship, saying that they rarely get along and that Kori is embittered toward Komand'r and the people of Tamaran for letting her be enslaved. After Kori fought her way free, she was praised as a hero and given a ship named the ''Starfire'' by Komand'r, but the rift between the girls was still there. Komand'r appears to a captured Roy Harper and appears to be working with or under the Blight.<ref>''Red Hood and the Outlaws'' #11</ref> Roy's capture, however, was revealed to be a mission to rescue Komand'r, as he successfully teleported her back onto the ''Starfire''.

The royal sisters reconcile in a teary conversation as Kori forgives her elder sister and the issue ends with the sisters preparing to take back Tamaran by themselves.<ref>''Red Hood and the Outlaws'' #12</ref> Kom and Kori fight through the hordes of the Blight with Jason, Roy and a few of the members of Kori's ship. Komand'r is stabbed in the back by a spear thrown by the Blight's leader. Kori's emotions send an energetic shock wave, wiping out everything around her. When the smoke clears she holds the defeated Blight leader. After the battle, Princess Koriand'r is next to the throne and Crown Princess Komand'r stumbles next to her. She asks Kori to stay, but realizes she cannot. They hug and Crown Princess Komand'r gives them a ship to get back to Earth.<ref>''Red Hood and the Outlaws'' #13</ref>


==Powers and abilities ==
==Powers and abilities ==
Blackfire is a Tamaranean who possesses innate superhuman physical abilities as well as the ability to fly at light speed, generate ultraviolet energy blasts, and survive in space. She is additionally a skilled tactician and manipulator.<ref>''Outsiders'' (vol. 3) #31-32</ref><ref>''R.E.B.E.L.S'' (vol. 2) #24</ref>
Princess Komand'r (Blackfire) is a Tamaranean like her younger sister; her physiology is designed to constantly absorb and control pure ultraviolet radiation into destructive and powerful bolts of energy which she calls "blackbolts." The radiation is then converted to pure energy which enabled her incredible feats of strength, speed, durability and the like; all on par or possibly greater than those of Starfire, having fought and bested her many times. This is not the case for flight, however, as she suffered a sickness in her youth which stripped her of this ability, but she found other means of circumventing this handicap. Being of royal blood and having fought in many wars, Komand'r also boasts impressive mortal combat skills superior even to her sibling, be it unarmed or with weaponry on hand, having battled and bested the likes of her own sibling (who is also a veteran warrior) and Thanagarian heroes Kartar Hol, Shayera Thal and Shayera Hol either in single combat or in pairs and win, as well as holding her own against the likes of a weakened Starro in his humanoid form (with some assistance from Starfire). Having undergone the same experiments conducted upon her by the Psions, Blackfire too has the ability to release her absorbed energy into incredibly powerful blasts called "starbolts". Hers by comparison, however, are considerably stronger enabling her to overpower her sister's starbolt energy. For a time Blackfire was stripped of all her powers by Hawkman using the same technology the Psions used in their experimentation upon her. Even without these strengths Komand'r is still a political activist and capable leader, being Queen of Tamaran she has access to a great many facilities, be it governmental or military in nature. Like any good politician, Blackfire is a skilled manipulator, able to utilize fear and misdirection to her advantage; even forging alliances with others despite her incredibly sociopathic nature.


== Other versions ==
When her natural abilities were restored in full, however, she not only regained all the natural Tamaranian abilities she initially lacked, Princess Blackfire even gained a capacity she lacked, namely faster-than-light aviary travel.<ref>''Outsiders'' (vol. 3) #31-32</ref> This accommodates her resilience against heat, radiation and the harsh vacuum of outer space coupled with a solar powered self-sustenance eliminating the need to eat, drink, sleep or an atmosphere to breathe, which enables the evil queen to travel interstellar distances unaided, though she can take in sustenance if she desires too.<ref>''R.E.B.E.L.S'' (vol. 2) #24</ref> She can also actively absorb stellar and UV energy like her sister but has a unique ability her counterpart does not, which is the active absorption of stellar energies to copy off new abilities from another person, like when she drew energy directly from Starfire emulating her omni-directional energy burst; due to her greater stellar energy absorption abilities, however, Blackfire can recover faster than her sister when she uses her powers in such a way.<ref>''Outsiders'' (vol. 3) #32</ref> Blackfire, like all Tamaraneans, can assimilate languages through physical contact with another person and is more fluent in the English language of humans than Koriand'r. She also does not need to eat or drink; though she can if unusually low on [[ultraviolet energy]].
An alternate universe variant of Blackfire appears in ''[[Teen Titans: Earth One]]''. This version is a clone of Starfire created by [[S.T.A.R. Labs]].<ref>''Teen Titans: Earth One'' Vol. 2</ref>


== In other media ==
In both [[Teen Titans (TV series)|animated]] [[Teen Titans Go!|shows]], Blackfire can project her lilac-colored ultraviolet energy reserves as optic blasts, revealed to be facet received after her changes phase, in the episode ''Betrothed'' she had come into possession of a mystical artifact dubbed the Jewel of Charta, which greatly magnified her abilities tens of times greater, turning her normally [[Lilac (color)|lilac]]-colored "blackbolts" a bright red. Her enhanced durability and invulnerability were amplified as well, to the point of withstanding a barrage of Starfire's bright green starbolts and appear unscathed.
===Television===
[[File:Blackfire animated2.JPG|thumb|Blackfire as depicted in ''[[Teen Titans (TV series)|Teen Titans]]'']]
[[File:Damaris Lewis Cannes 2018 14 (cropped) (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Damaris Lewis]] portrays Blackfire in ''Titans'']]
* Blackfire appears in ''[[Teen Titans (TV series)|Teen Titans]]'', voiced by [[Hynden Walch]].<ref name="btva2">{{cite web |title=Blackfire Voices (Teen Titans) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Teen-Titans/Blackfire/ |access-date=December 15, 2023 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref> This version is an intergalactic criminal. She later takes over Tamaran, only to be defeated by Starfire and exiled.
* Blackfire appears in the ''[[DC Nation Shorts]]'' segment "Blackfire's Babysitter".{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
* Blackfire appears in ''[[Teen Titans Go!]]'' (2013), voiced again by Hynden Walch.<ref name="btva2" /> Similar to the ''Teen Titans'' (2003) incarnation, this version is an intergalactic criminal.
* Blackfire appears in ''[[Titans (2018 TV series)|Titans]]'', portrayed by [[Damaris Lewis]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pollock |first=Sarabeth |date=August 24, 2021 |title=Exclusive: Damaris Lewis opens up about Blackfire on ''Titans'' season 3 |url=https://winteriscoming.net/2021/08/24/interview-damaris-lewis-blackfire-titans-season-3/ |access-date=December 15, 2023 |website=Winter is Coming |language=en-US}}</ref> This version is the younger sister of Starfire who murdered the Tamaranean royal court and her parents to seize the throne. In the present, she infects Tamaranean emissary Faddei with a mind-controlling parasite and works with them in an attempt to manipulate Starfire into coming back. In the [[Titans season 3|third season]], Blackfire is captured by scientists before the Titans rescue her, after which she returns to Tamaran.


===Film===
She is also a master manipulator and deceiver, capable of using kind and friendly words to achieve her vile goals.
Blackfire appears in ''[[DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games]]'', voiced again by Hynden Walch.<ref name="btva2" /> Among others, she represents the Korugar Academy as a participant in the eponymous games.

In the live-action series ''[[Titans (2018 TV series)|Titans]]'', she is able to freely take possession of anyone she sees fit by injecting them with a microchip.

===Earth One===
In ''[[Teen Titans: Earth One]]'', Blackfire is a failed [[Star Labs]] clone headed up by [[Niles Caulder]] to defeat the Titans. <ref>''Teen Titans: Earth One'' Vol. 2</ref>

==In other media==
===Animated ===
====''Teen Titans''====
[[File:Blackfire animated2.JPG|right|thumb|Princess Komand'r (Blackfire) as seen in her debut episode of the ''[[Teen Titans (TV series)|Teen Titans]]'' animated series]]
Blackfire appears in the 2003 animated series ''[[Teen Titans (TV series)|Teen Titans]]'', voiced by [[Hynden Walch]] (the same actress who voices Starfire). This version is depicted as a young woman and she's capable of flight, unlike her comic counterpart, and first appeared in the first-season episode "Sisters" (the second episode of the series), where Blackfire comes to Earth to visit Starfire. However, it is soon revealed that Blackfire is actually an infamous galactic criminal, and she has actually come to Earth in an attempt to frame her younger sister for her crimes. Fortunately, her plan was thwarted and the result ended in an epic fight between sisters. Their battle is interrupted when Blackfire is arrested by Centauri police forces. She vows that she will get out of galactic jail and get even with Starfire.

In the episode "Betrothed", Blackfire is revealed to have "got bored" and escaped galactic jail, and in control of Tamaran as the Empress. She used her authority to have Starfire married to a swamp alien in return for the magical Jewel of Charta, under the guise that Tamaran would be destroyed if Starfire did not comply. The [[Teen Titans]] soon discover that the elder sister's plan is a hoax, and Starfire proceeds to challenge Blackfire to a duel for the Tamaranean throne. The Jewel of Charta was shown to greatly enhance Blackfire's abilities, until Starfire took the jewel by force and crushed it. After Blackfire was defeated by Starfire, Blackfire is then forced into exile, presumably one of the swamp moons of Drenfax 4.

The ''New Teen Titans'' animated short "Blackfire's Babysitter" depicts Blackfire as having quadruplets with the swamp alien she had attempted to force Starfire into marrying.

====''Teen Titans Go!''====
Princess Komand'r (Blackfire in Earth's English language) appears as a supporting character in ''[[Teen Titans Go!]]'', again voiced by Hynden Walch. She first appears in the Season 2 premiere, "Mr. Butt". After getting into trouble with the Galactic Police again, Blackfire seeks refuge with Starfire. After Starfire gave Blackfire delighted hugs, Blackfire is introduced to the rest of the Teen Titans, to which her little sister's teammates took an immediate disliking to her. After Blackfire flirts with [[Robin (comics)|Robin]], the Titans try to tell Starfire that Blackfire was one of the most wanted criminals. Starfire then claims that she was going to give Blackfire one more chance, but if Blackfire crushed Starfire's sisterly feelings once more, a thoroughly enraged Starfire would destroy her. After Blackfire grudgingly does "sisterly stuff" with Starfire (making her little sister look exactly like her), the Galactic Police find Starfire (dressed as Blackfire), and take her prisoner where Starfire, both heartbroken and revenge-torn, swears to destroy Blackfire once and for all. After learning to listen to a sister's problems, and how to live with a younger sibling, Blackfire felt guilt for her horrible actions toward her younger sister, and becomes a better older sister. In the midst of this, a thoroughly enraged and revenge-torn Starfire breaks into Titans Tower, bent on destroying Blackfire once and for all. Blackfire tries to help with sisterly loving actions, but Starfire makes it clear that she would not fall for that again. Blackfire finally gets her sister to stop momentarily by showing the doll that she had stolen from Starfire as a five-year-old child, and apologizing for it, also stating 'I've changed, now.'. Starfire disintegrates the doll and says "So have I", before shooting Blackfire with a bright green laser eye blast. Later, in Titans Tower, Blackfire and Starfire appear in the main lounge, causing the Titans to jump up and ask how it went. After Blackfire faints from exhaustion and pain, Starfire cheerfully states that they had "worked things out".

Finally being given major speaking roles since her debut episode, Blackfire reappears in the Season 5 two-part episode "Girls Night In" as the "new alien threat" coming to Earth, having a major role since her debut episode in the Season 2 premiere. [[Raven (DC Comics)|Raven]] and Starfire, alongside their fellow girls, fight Starfire's elder sister in an all-out battle to stop her from conquering Earth. Starfire still wants to do sisterly bonding, obliviously regardless to her elder sister's intense dislike and hatred of her. Doing her favorite game of "Truth or Death", Blackfire further shatters her younger sister's heart by stating the hard truth: That she wished she did not have a sister.
At this, the heartbroken and furious Starfire combines with her fellow girls - Raven, [[Bumblebee (DC Comics)|Bumblebee]], [[Rose Wilson|Ravager]], [[Jinx (DC Comics)|Jinx]] and [[Terra (comics)|Terra]]- and beats Blackfire once again by pushing her into the portal where her army was coming through.

In "We're Off to Get Awards", she appeared as a cameo when she was awarded "Outstanding Alien Princess from Planet Tamaran" which infuriated [[Starfire (Teen Titans)|Starfire]].

====''DC Super Hero Girls''====
Hynden Walch reprises her role as Blackfire in the web series ''[[DC Super Hero Girls]]'' as a supporting character. She appears in "The Day of Funship", where she and [[Starfire (Koriand'r)|Starfire]] are having some sisterly fun, which she gets bored with. At the zoo, she and Starfire use a Tamaranian nursery rhyme to defeat [[King Shark]]. Blackfire is leaving to return to Koragar Academy, but promises to see her younger sister for Tamaran Sovereignty Day, and admitted that she did have fun hanging out with her "kinifster" after all.

Her final appearance was in the two-part Season 4 episode "Tamaranean Dance Club", she appeared as [[Cameo appearance|cameos]] to do the traditional Tamaranian dance (translates to"domination battle" in Tamaranian) against her overly joyful younger sister, [[Bumblebee (DC Comics)|Bumblebee]], [[Wonder Woman]], [[Katana (DC Comics)|Katana]], [[Supergirl]] and [[Batgirl]], who defeated her and her fellow Korugar Academy students.

===Live-action===
====''Titans''====
[[File:Damaris Lewis Cannes 2018 14 (cropped) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|[[Damaris Lewis]] portrays Blackfire on ''Titans''.]]
Blackfire appears in the second season of the live-action television series ''[[Titans (2018 TV series)|Titans]]'' as a supporting character, portrayed by [[Damaris Lewis]]. In this version, as seen in the episode "Atonement", she has succeeded in seizing the Tamaranean throne and murdering the entire royal court, including her own parents. In this iteration, Princess Komand'r is the younger sister to Starfire. Komand'r also sends a mind-controlling parasite to infect a Tamaraean emissary, Faddei, to manipulate her younger sister into returning home. When her game of deception is discovered by Kory, she appears as a hologram and expresses the intense resentment and jealousy she had always felt towards Koriand'r and her closer and more loving relationship with their parents. When Kory declares that she is coming for her, Komand'r merely replies "good" and detonates a bomb to destroy her sister's ship, leaving Kory stranded on Earth yet again. In the season two finale, "Nightwing", she uses another parasite to take over a woman and alter her body to resemble her own.

Many months later, in an [[Titans (season 3)|episode bearing her English name]], Komand'r had somehow been released from the human woman she was controlling, overpowered and detained by Earth's scientists due to her hostile, sadistic nature. Despite her weakened and powerless state, the rogue Tamaranian princess still managed to activate some of her natural [[Extrasensory perception|mental/psionic/extrasensory abilities]] to implant visions of her whereabouts into her younger sister's mind and [[Spirit possession|take over her]] for a time. Once Kory and Garfield had discovered the underground facility, Blackfire and Starfire had a talk about the other always having one up over the other ever since their girlhood. Stating that imprisonment on such a "backwater planet" is dishonorable, Blackfire had told her sister to do away with her, but Kory refused. The sisterly reunion quickly escalated into a brawl with Starfire gaining the upper hand and seemingly knocking her sister out cold. Once outside her cell, a furious Blackfire yells at Starfire, assuring her that the reason for her present actions are all because of Starfire herself: Of her "disloyalty" to her own sister, and how she, Blackfire, had always deserved a sister who would always fight with and stand by her but never did.

As Starfire and Beast Boy are about to leave, the scientist informs Starfire and Beast Boy about his decision to keep Blackfire until she finally perishes, which would take centuries in Earth years as Tamaranians possesses [[longevity]] and a slowed [[aging process]]. Disliking the idea of even her homicidal sister being caged like a pet for the remainder of her natural life, Kory releases her from her confinement and threatens the scientist to get out of her way, disregarding his claim that Blackfire belongs to the United States government, and that releasing her makes her the [[Teen Titans]]' problem, which Starfire gladly accepts. Blackfire then reluctantly decides to go in a car driven by Beast Boy, with Starfire in the front seat. She forms an intimate relationship with [[Conner Kent|Conner]], but ultimately returns home to Tamaran.

===Films===
====''Justice League vs. Teen Titans''====
In ''[[Justice League vs. Teen Titans]]'' when a frustrated Starfire is complaining about [[Damian Wayne]]'s negative behavior to his adoptive brother [[Nightwing]], she says that he reminds her of her sister.

====''Teen Titans: The Judas Contract''====
Princess Komand'r/Blackfire is again mentioned/referenced in ''[[Teen Titans: The Judas Contract]]'' when Starfire was rescued from the Gordanians by [[Robin (character)|Robin]], [[Wally West|Kid Flash]], [[Roy Harper (character)|Arsenal]], [[Beast Boy]], and [[Bumblebee (DC Comics)|Bumblebee]] (in a flashback which took place five years ago). She revealed that Blackfire had staged a coup and seized the throne, forcing Koriand'r to flee Tamaran and land on Planet Earth. In the present, Beast Boy had told [[Terra (comics)|Terra]] that Starfire was a refugee being stalked by her homicidal sister.

====''DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games''====
With Hynden Walch reprising her role, Blackfire debuts in ''[[DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games]]'', the second film based on [[DC Super Hero Girls (TV series)|the animated series]]. As one of the students at Koragar Academy, she came to Earth to beat Super Hero High School in the games, even her own sister. She expressed her dislike at Starfire's overly optimistic attitude and at her sister "lowering herself to help humans". She is offended of mere mortals passing themselves off as "superheroes" such as [[Batgirl]]. As the night wore on, she later stayed behind to help Starfire fight the robots created by [[Lena Luthor]]. She combined her stronger lilac blackbolt energies with Starfire's bright green ones and dismantled them with ease, to which Starfire said that they were at their very strongest when using "the blast of togetherness". She combined her purple ultraviolet energy-projecting (blackbolt) abilities with her sister's bright green starbolts and several other superheroes to supercharge Platinum.


===Video games===
===Video games===
====''Injustice 2''====
Blackfire is mentioned by Starfire in some of her intros battling various villains and heroes in ''[[Injustice 2]]''. Doctor Fate had stated that "your sister's specter haunts you", to which Starfire replied that Princess Komand'r had betrayed her and all of Tamaran. There was another duel, in which Starfire was fighting a fellow female Tamaranean whom she had called her "Komand'r" whose ultraviolet energy bolts were the same bright green color as her own in contrast to being bright purple. This version had said that she was from the multiverse.


* Blackfire appears as a character summon in ''[[Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eisen |first=Andrew |date=October 2, 2013 |title=DC Characters and Objects - ''Scribblenauts Unmasked'' Guide |url=https://www.ign.com/wikis/scribblenauts-unmasked/DC_Characters_and_Objects |access-date=July 17, 2024 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref>
====''Stellar Showdown''====
* Blackfire appears as a playable character in ''DC Legends''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 28, 2021 |title=Blackfire and Jericho are on their way to #DCLegends in June! Read more about them, plus the reworks on Reddit and KTplay! |url=https://www.facebook.com/DCLegends/posts/blackfire-and-jericho-are-on-their-way-to-dclegends-in-june-read-more-about-them/1193200607774848/ |access-date=July 17, 2024 |website=[[Facebook]]}}</ref>
Blackfire appears in the online game of ''Teen Titans Go!''. Angry that she was not invited to her younger sister's birthday party, she arrived at Titans Tower and demanded that the Titans face her.


==Miscellaneous==
===Miscellaneous===
* The ''Teen Titans'' (2003) incarnation of Blackfire appears in ''[[Teen Titans Go! (2004 comic series)|Teen Titans Go!]]'' (2004).{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} Additionally, an evil, alternate universe incarnation of Starfire, also named Blackfire, appears in issue #48 as a member of the Teen Tyrants.
=== ''Batman: The Brave the Bold'' ===
*Blackfire makes a cameo appearance in issue #9 of the tie-in comic book series to ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold (comics)|Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'' as one of the villains defeated by [[Hawkgirl]].
* Blackfire appears in ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold (comics)|Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'' #9.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
* Blackfire appears in ''[[DC Super Hero Girls]]'', voiced again by Hynden Walch.<ref name="btva2" /> This version is a student of the Korugar Academy.

=== ''Teen Titans Go!'' ===
*In the 49th issue, "Wrong Place, Wrong Time", there is an alternate universe where Starfire's evil counterpart is Blackfire of the Teen Tyrants. She also appears in the issues "It's How You Play the Game!" and "Wildfire".


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Blackfire
Blackfire as depicted in The New Teen Titans #22 (August 1982). Art by George Pérez.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceThe New Teen Titans #22 (August 1982)
Created byMarv Wolfman
George Pérez
In-story information
Alter egoPrincess Komand'r
SpeciesTamaranean
Place of originTamaran
Team affiliationsCitadel
Justice League Odyssey
Titans
Notable aliasesKomal Anders
Princess Komand'r
Sister
Blazin' B
Abilities
List
  • Tamaranian physiology
    • Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, longevity, and vision
    • Nigh invulnerability
    • Ultraviolet radiation
    • Plasma blasts
    • Matter manipulation
    • Accelerated healing
    • Decelerated aging
    • Interstellar travel
    • Self-sustenance
    • Spacial adaptation
    • Language and voice mimicry via lip contact
    • Radiation immunity
    • Advanced martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant
    • Expert tactician and manipulator
    Psion Experiments Granted

Blackfire (Komand'r) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.[1] She is the older sister and archenemy of Teen Titans member Koriand'r/Starfire and of lesser-known youngest sibling Crown Prince Ryand'r/Darkfire.[2]

The character made her live adaptation debut in the DC Universe / HBO Max series Titans, portrayed by Damaris Lewis.

Publication history

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Blackfire first appears in The New Teen Titans #22 and was created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez.[3]

Fictional character biography

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Princess Komand'r is the firstborn child and eldest daughter of Tamaran's royal family.[4] Due to a disastrous attack by the Citadel Empire on the day of her birth and her inability to fly due to a childhood illness, Komand'r is hated by her subjects. As a result, her royal status and honors are transferred to her younger siblings, Koriand'r and Ryand'r.

Komand'r later allies with the Citadel and helps them conquer Tamaran. She and Koriand'r are captured by the Psions, who enhance their ability to manipulate ultraviolet energy. Kori escapes and flees to Earth, where she becomes a founding member of the new Teen Titans.[3]

Blackfire appears in Rann–Thanagar War, during which she kills Hawkwoman. She forms an uneasy alliance with the surviving participants of the war to deal with more pressing concerns (Infinite Crisis). She battles Hawkman and Hawkgirl, who use Psion technology to depower her.

In Outsiders (vol. 3), the Psions restore Blackfire's abilities and flight capability. Vril Dox later allows Blackfire to settle an uninhabited portion of Rann and becomes her consort.

Blackfire as depicted in Red Hood and the Outlaws #13. Art by Kenneth Rocafort.

The New 52

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In The New 52 reboot, Blackfire is a neutral character who assists Starfire in liberating Tamaran from the Blight.[5][6]

Powers and abilities

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Blackfire is a Tamaranean who possesses innate superhuman physical abilities as well as the ability to fly at light speed, generate ultraviolet energy blasts, and survive in space. She is additionally a skilled tactician and manipulator.[7][8]

Other versions

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An alternate universe variant of Blackfire appears in Teen Titans: Earth One. This version is a clone of Starfire created by S.T.A.R. Labs.[9]

In other media

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Television

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Blackfire as depicted in Teen Titans
Damaris Lewis portrays Blackfire in Titans
  • Blackfire appears in Teen Titans, voiced by Hynden Walch.[10] This version is an intergalactic criminal. She later takes over Tamaran, only to be defeated by Starfire and exiled.
  • Blackfire appears in the DC Nation Shorts segment "Blackfire's Babysitter".[citation needed]
  • Blackfire appears in Teen Titans Go! (2013), voiced again by Hynden Walch.[10] Similar to the Teen Titans (2003) incarnation, this version is an intergalactic criminal.
  • Blackfire appears in Titans, portrayed by Damaris Lewis.[11] This version is the younger sister of Starfire who murdered the Tamaranean royal court and her parents to seize the throne. In the present, she infects Tamaranean emissary Faddei with a mind-controlling parasite and works with them in an attempt to manipulate Starfire into coming back. In the third season, Blackfire is captured by scientists before the Titans rescue her, after which she returns to Tamaran.

Film

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Blackfire appears in DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games, voiced again by Hynden Walch.[10] Among others, she represents the Korugar Academy as a participant in the eponymous games.

Video games

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Miscellaneous

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References

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  1. ^ Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Supervillains. New York: Facts on File. p. 26. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.
  2. ^ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Manning, Matthew K.; McAvennie, Michael; Wallace, Daniel (2019). DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle. DK Publishing. p. 188. ISBN 978-1-4654-8578-6.
  3. ^ a b Jimenez, Phil (2008). "Blackfire". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.). The DC Comics Encyclopedia. London: Dorling Kindersley. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1.
  4. ^ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0.
  5. ^ Red Hood and the Outlaws #1
  6. ^ Red Hood and the Outlaws #10 - #13
  7. ^ Outsiders (vol. 3) #31-32
  8. ^ R.E.B.E.L.S (vol. 2) #24
  9. ^ Teen Titans: Earth One Vol. 2
  10. ^ a b c d "Blackfire Voices (Teen Titans)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 15, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  11. ^ Pollock, Sarabeth (August 24, 2021). "Exclusive: Damaris Lewis opens up about Blackfire on Titans season 3". Winter is Coming. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  12. ^ Eisen, Andrew (October 2, 2013). "DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide". IGN. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  13. ^ "Blackfire and Jericho are on their way to #DCLegends in June! Read more about them, plus the reworks on Reddit and KTplay!". Facebook. May 28, 2021. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
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