Starwoman
From Herocopia
A founding member of Honor Guard, she was patrolling the streets of Astro City prior to 1948 when it was still called Romeyn Falls. She is not native to Earth; her extraterrestrial origins have not been specified. We do know that she is an entity of distinction, belonging to a royal family group called the K'ntar.
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Vital Statistics
Status: Inactive, this star (Sol) system.
Real Name: Pr'slla of K'ntar
Debuted: Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 1 #2
Earliest known appearance: Early 1950s.
Affiliations: Honor Guard, Royal Family of K'ntar
Base of Operations: during her period here on Earth, her activities appeared to focus on Astro City.
Powers
- Self powered flight
- Some form of energy manipulation abilities, including an energy blast.
History
She returned to Earth in late 1976 to help fight off the Dark Aurora. In 1982, she along with the First Family went to The Continuum to begin talks with the beings.
Speculations, Observations and Theories
She's no longer on Earth, according to the Enelsian database entry in Mr. Bridwell's alien computer, and the fact that members of Honor Guard were trying to regain possession of the Contact Matrix from the Museum of Modern History to communicate on an extraterrestrial level with the K'ntar.
Starwoman became pregnant in the 1970s. Whether or not the child came to term is unknown.
Appearances (in published order)
Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 1 #2
Wizard Presents: Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 2 #1/2
Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 2 #14, 16
Astro City/Arrowsmith The Flip Book
Astro City: The Dark Age Book One #4
Astro City: The Dark Age Book Two #1
Astro City: The Dark Age Book Three #4
Timelines of Interest
External Links
Starwoman (and others) are mentioned in an early annotation list for Astro City. Greg Morrow's Annotations
