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Life ca n’t be easy for the apparently powerless teen child of a superhero , and in the case ofStarfire’sdaughter Mandy in the upcomingI Am Not Starfire , that seems to be painfully true . Mandy Koriand’r is nothing like her motherand , in plus to normal teen quandary , finger serious pressure from being her daughter , but in a trailer for the upcoming graphic novel from DC , it seems that her female parent is n’t the only super - powered family member she has to worry about .
This is n’t the first kid Starfire has sired in the DC multiverse ; the most famous of which probably being her daughterMar’i Grayson , a.k.a . Nightstar , whom she had with fellow Teen Titan Nightwing , in a possible next timeline . But this is the first sentence rooter are perplex a look at the celebrated outlander turned parent and her materialization in the data formatting of young grownup fiction . And unlike Nightstar , Mandy seems to stray as far from her mother ’s bequest as she can . In this get along - of - eld story , Mandy is the complete opposite of her mother . She trades in shiny color and bright hairsbreadth for a more grunge aesthetic , and as far as she can secern , does n’t possess her mother ’s powers or optimistic charm . One thing she ca n’t deny though is that she ’s got the same unavoidable familial ties as Starfire , whether she realizes it or not .
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Writer Mariko Tamaki and creative person Yoshi Yoshitani have combined their endowment and efforts to discuss relatable subject through the bowl of superheroes , supervillains , and astronomic place battle : bringing a new , alternate creation , vivid take on the classic moral force that stem from being the child of a renown . Life as a teen is hard enoughfor Mandy ; from having to navigate a compaction on her classmate Claire , to deciding on what she wants her future tense to look like when she graduates high school day , to discover who she is as a person . All of that is further complicated by the phantasm of her mother ’s legacy following her wherever she goes . Now , with the release of the leger ’s trailer coming out , it reckon like Mandy is going to have to face the shadows of her mother ’s past tense as well when her malefic aunt , Blackfire , maltreat into the picture . Check out the prevue for the July 27th release below !
What this will mean for the complicated relationship Mandy already has with her star - power ( in more ways than one ) female parent ? Considering that Mandy distance herself so much from her female parent and has been limited on noesis concern to her origins and upbringing as is , thisintroduction of Blackfireand whatever evil plans she has underfoot could cause an even deeper chasm between the female parent and girl twosome .
If Mandy feels like her mother has lied to her in any direction ; or if her darker , more pessimistic aunt ingathering to Mandy , it could supply a source for intense rubbing for the two . One thing is for certain though , I Am Not Starfirepromises to be a coming - of - eld fib like readers have never seen before : one full of both teenage angst and super - powered family conflict . Hopefully , by the end of it , Mandy and herStarfirewill be able to reconciletheir difference , come together to strengthen their relationship and thwart Blackfire in her new endeavour at ruining her sister ’s living .
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