Komand'r (New Earth)

Komand'r was born the eldest child of Tamaran's royal family. The first princess born in over a hundred years, she should have been courted and showed 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 the terrible day. To make matters worse, Komand'r was born deformed by Tamaranean standards, unable to fly as most Tamarans did.

Komand'r grew up hated by the Tamaran population, who denied her birthright and refused to allow her to be the next Princess of Tamaran. All of her privileges, honor, and celebration were later given to her younger sister, Koriand'r (who would later become known as Starfire). Komand'r's rage grew inward, and when she could, her hatred for her planet was focused on her hapless sister.

Komand'r's rivalry continued and intensified when the siblings were sent for warrior training with the warmasters of Okaara. Things came to a head during a sparring exercise in which Komand'r attempted to kill her sister. As a result, she was expelled. Komand'r swore vengeance and joined the Citadel, quickly rising through their ranks to become a warrior fighting her own planet.

Komand'r later betrayed her planet with detailed information about Tamaran's defenses to the 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

Blackfire battles Golden Eagle in the aftermath of the Thanagarian/Rann War

torture. When Kory killed one of her rapists, Komand'r decided to execute her as punishment, but not before the sisters were attacked and captured by the Psions.

Psions, largely a species of sadistic scientists, performed a deadly experiment on both of the sisters to see just how much 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, Kory broke free with the starbolts, destructive blasts of solar energy, which were a result of the experimentation. Against her better judgment she decided to free Komand'r, who was still absorbing energy. However, far from grateful, Komand'r struck her sister down with the same (but more intensified), power and had her restrained for later execution. Kory escaped and stole a space ship to planet to Earth, where she met a young group of heroes and helped form the new Teen Titans.

Animated Series

Blackfire as seen on the Teen Titans cartoon

In the animated series, Blackfire is an infamous galactic criminal who attempted to frame Starfire for her crimes. She seems to be a reincarnation of the comics' Starfire's sister, Komand'r. Fortunately, her plan was thwarted and Blackfire was arrested by Centauri police forces with the help of the Titans. She eventually escaped, seized control on Tamaran, and attempted to marry Starfire to a swamp alien in return for the Jewel of Charta. The jewel gave Blackfire unlimited power, until Starfire took the jewel from her sister by force and crushed it during a duel for the rulership of Tamaran. Blackfire was defeated by Starfire, who then forced Blackfire into exile and turned over her newly-won position as Grand Ruler of Tamaran to her childhood caretaker, Galfore. Blackfire has not been seen since. Blackfire has similar powers to her sister, including the ability to fly (unlike Komand'r in the comics), but Blackfire's starbolts are purple. The animators of Teen Titans have announced that Blackfire will not appear in Season Five, which will focus on the Doom Patrol of which Beast Boy served as a member, and their foes, The Brotherhood of Evil.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Tamaranean Solar Absorption: Blackfire's alien physiology constantly absorbs ultraviolet radiation and converts it to energy. She can then channel this energy as destructive blasts called "starbolts".

Abilities

Blackfire is a brilliant tactician, a merciless leader, and is expertly trained in hand-to-hand combat.

Strength level

Blackfire possesses superhuman strength--the uppermost level of which is not known as yet. Presumably, her strength levels are equitable to that of her sister, Starfire (approximately 15 tons).

Weaknesses

Unlike her sister, Blackfire does not possess the ability to fly, though she has compensated for this limitation through scientific means (In the Teen Titans animated series, Blackfire was able to fly of her own volition).

Paraphernalia

Weapons

Various highly advanced weapons of Okaaran design

Links and References

Footnotes

Komand'r (New Earth)

From DC Database

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