Titans’ Ultimate Battle Begins As Starfire Goes to War with Blackfire

Warning: spoilers for Titans United #6 ahead!

New preview pages for DC Comics’ upcoming Titans United #6 shows the Tamaranean princess Starfire preparing to fight her older sister, the villainous Blackfire, as she begins to take control of Earth. The last time Blackfire was seen was in a tearful reunion with Starfire before the sisters saved their home planet Tamaran from the brutal Blight, so Komand’r’s baffling decision to attack Earth and her sister with Tamaranean forces will most likely lead to a final showdown between Princess Koriand’r and the reviled Komand’r.

Starfire was first introduced in 1980’s DC Comics Presents #26 and since then has consistently been a key member of the Teen Titans, while also fighting for the Outsiders and spending time on the Justice League. Koriand’r early life is tragic, having been betrayed by her endlessly jealous older sister, who lost her powers and chance at the throne as a child, before ruthlessly taking over Tamaran and imprisoning Starfire, setting up one of the most iconic sisterly rivalries in DC Comics. Titans United, with the immensely talented Anna Diop playing Koriand’r, is a new series that spun out of DC’s recent Infinite Frontier relaunch, gathering a Titans team directly inspired by the HBO Max series Titans titular team.

One of the major plots of Titans United has been Superboy, Conner Kent, losing his powers and growing more and more resentful of his teammates,who he perceives as judging him. In Titans United #4 Conner was eventually kidnapped by Blackfire, mentally broken, and remade with his powers into the brutal Black Zero, before taking down pretty much every member of the Titans besides Koriand’r in the following issue. Titans United #6 – written by Cavan Scott with art by Jose Luis Lopez Guardia, Jonas Trindade, and Rex Lokus – takes place after Blackfire has already conquered Earth with the help of Black Zero, apparently having captured or sent all its heroes away and forced the world’s governments into submission. Check out the preview pages for the upcoming issue below:

The first scene of Titans United #6 sees Starfire waking in the ruins of Lady Vic’s mansion after a Tamaranean weapon Vic – apparently secretly hired by Blackfire – was using exploded. Lady Vic, an English noblewoman and deadly assassin, almost immediately attacks Koriand’r even though Kori just saved Vic’s life. As they begin to once again enter into a brutal fight their battle is interrupted by the arrival of several Tamaranean ships, finally confirming to Koriand’r that her sister, who she had thought she reconciled with, is the one attacking Earth and her closest friends. After Lady Vic asks Koriand’r, “What kind of a space princess are you anyway?” Starfire quickly responds with, “The kind that has had enough.” Clearly, Starfire is done with Blackfire messing up her life and harming her loved ones, calling a ceasefire with Vic so that the two can work together to take on the Tamaranean forces.

While Komand’r is not known for playing nice, it seems like this time she has simply gone too far, threatening the world that Koriand’r calls home and injuring her allies, including turning Conner evil and hurting Nightwing, one of the great loves of her life. Starfire has had enough and readers can rest assured knowing that by the end of this issue, Blackfire and Starfire are going to be in a fight that will make history. To see the full invasion of Earth by Blackfire’s forces, and the inevitable duel between Starfire and her sister, fans can pick up DC Comics’ upcoming Titans United #6 when it debuts February 8.

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