First Appearance of Starfire: DC Comics Presents #26

Starfire first appeared in a preview story inside DC Comics Presents #26, cover-dated October 1980, created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez; the New Teen Titans series then launched with The New Teen Titans #1 (November 1980) (Wikipedia)., so DC Comics Presents #26, a month earlier, is her first appearance.

Wikipedia notes that Wolfman named her as a pun on the word "coriander", from her Tamaranean name Koriand'r.

Princess Koriand'r comes from the planet Tamaran. According to Wikipedia, her elder sister Komand'r, later Blackfire, betrayed her; she was enslaved for six years by the Citadel and suffered sexual, physical and mental abuse; and experiments by Psion scientists gave her the power to fire starbolts. She escaped to Earth and joined the Titans.

Two reasons appear in Wikipedia. The in-story reason is her culture: Tamaraneans treat affection, nudity and sexual intimacy without the taboos of human society. The design reason comes from George Pérez, who said the description he was given read to him like "Red Sonja in outer space", so he took visual cues from that character; editor Joe Orlando suggested longer hair, which Pérez exaggerated into her trailing mane.

PriceCharting values retrieved September 25, 2026:

• DC Comics Presents #26 (first Starfire, preview): ungraded $48.86 (about three sales a week); graded 4.0 $62.75; 6.0 $78.76; 8.0 $125.50; 9.2 $176.32; 9.8 $1,000.00 (about one sale a month)
• The New Teen Titans #1 (first series issue): ungraded $27.13 (about three sales a week); 4.0 $21.99; 6.0 $39.99; 8.0 $48.00; 9.2 $76.50; 9.8 $312.00. PriceCharting also lists a newsstand edition at $25.00 ungraded.

The preview issue is worth more at every grade, and about three times as much in 9.8. If a seller calls New Teen Titans #1 "Starfire's first appearance", the price should reflect the earlier book's status.

Wikipedia states that her canonical romantic relationships have been portrayed as heterosexual. Her best-known relationship is with Dick Grayson, Robin and later Nightwing (see our Robin page). She had a solo series from August 2015 to July 2016, written by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti.

• Teen Titans (2003 to 2006): voiced by Hynden Walch.
• Titans (2018 to 2023): played by Anna Diop. Her casting drew racist abuse from some fans; Wikipedia's article on Diop cites a BBC News report of July 26, 2018 with the headline "Titans: Anna Diop faces racist backlash from comic book fans". The sources we checked do not name a specific slur used against the character in the comics.

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