Star Sapphire (comics)
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Star Sapphire is the name of several female supervillains in DC Comics, all connected in origin. For millions of years, an immortal race of warrior women, the Zamarons, had chosen physically identical mortals from across the cosmos to serve as host body for their Queen, whom they called Star Sapphire. She is then given the Queen's symbolic weapon, a crystal resembling an actual star sapphire which grants the user powers similar to the power ring of a Green Lantern.
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[edit] Character History
[edit] Golden Age Star Sapphire
The first version of the character appeared during the Golden Age and battled the Flash twice.
A later retcon connected her with the Zamaron Star Sapphires, explaining that she had been chosen as Queen of the Zamarons, but had proved unworthy, hence her banishment to the 7th dimension.
[edit] Carol Ferris
The second Star Sapphire was Carol Ferris, girlfriend of Hal Jordan. She battled Jordan (as Green Lantern) for many years, and once Jordan became the Spectre he removed the Star Sapphire persona from Ferris.
[edit] Dela Pharon
A third woman became Star Sapphire during the same time as Carol Ferris.
During a charity event, Carol Ferris is mysteriously attacked. Green Lantern rescues her and takes her to the hospital. There, she awakens and seeks out the star sapphire jewel. When she finds it, she resumes her Star Sapphire identity. Green Lantern finds her, but she stuns him and leaves.
When Hal recovers, he follows Star Sapphire. He finds her battling another woman who is also Star Sapphire. The Zamarons meet GL and explain that the other woman is Dela Pharon from the planet Xanador. The Zamarons chose her as their new queen, but the woman became angry when dissenters claimed that Carol would have made a superior queen. Dela came to Earth and attacked Carol. This provoked Carol to become Star Sapphire again.
The two women finish their duel with Carol seemingly the victor. She then challenges and defeats GL, forcing him to return to Zamaron as her husband. Before the wedding, GL discovers that the woman is really Dela Pharon. She has tricked everyone in order to marry GL. Hal brings the real Carol, who was living Dela Pharon's life on Xanador, to Zamaron. He then defeats Dela and returns Carol to Earth with no knowledge of events or her Star Sapphire persona (Green Lantern v2 #41, Dec 1965).
Dela reappears in a story told by Carol Ferris. She continued as Star Sapphire, eventually enslaving the Green Lantern of Xanador, becoming his mate, killing him, and then encasing the planet in a crystal, suspended for the rest of time.
[edit] Deborah Camille Darnell
The fourth woman known as Star Sapphire is Deborah Camille Darnell. She is an alien of the planet Pandina who came to earth and joined the Secret Society of Super Villains. After spending several years in a coma following a battle with the Justice League, she returns to action with her former Society teammates. Later in Infinite Crisis #6, several magic-users (including Darnell) summon the Spectre. He singles out Darnell, and kills her for her past sins.
[edit] Jillian Pearlman
A new Star Sapphire is introduced in Green Lantern #15. The gem first takes possession of a girl named Krystal, and then seeks out Carol Ferris. Ferris is released once the gem discovers that Hal Jordan bears affection for Jillian "Cowgirl" Pearlman.
As the gem takes possession of Cowgirl, Ferris reveals to Jordan that during the time the gem possessed her, she gained knowledge of the Star Sapphire: they come from Sector 1416 and comprise a Star Sapphire Corps whose purpose is to spread love throughout all 3600 sectors of the universe. The members of the Corps are Oans who, after migrating to Zamaron, found a parasitic crystal which they shaped into several Star Sapphires. These were used to empower females who had been loved and spurned, providing them the opportunity for revenge.
In the afterlude of this incident, the Zamarons are shown converting the Star Sapphire (which Hal Jordan had tricked into latching onto one of the Zamarons) into a power ring and lantern, which they place on a dais which contains a ring and lantern set of the Green Lantern Corps and the Sinestro Corps, alongside several ring/lantern sets of different colors mentioning that they must collect all emotions in order to combat "the Prophecy".
[edit] Powers
The Star Sapphire's powers are vast. She seems equipped with an arsenal of weapons, including a replicate Zamaron star sapphire, but their origins are largely unknown. She also seems to have a variety of personal powers, through whether they stem from herself or her personal armament is also unknown. She is also able to access the memories of the Zamorans regarding the Star Sapphire gem, such as the experiences of other wearers.
As with her powers, the limitations of the Star Sapphire are unclear. Psychologically, she has displayed a bizarre preoccupation with gender, suspected of reflecting a pathological fear of men. She also has a less than accurate grasp of the variations in physics between dimensions. She has been foiled in both of her recorded cases primarily by her own over-confidence.
[edit] Other versions
In the Amalgam Comics title Iron Lantern #1, Carol Ferris and Madame Masque were merged to become the character Madame Sapphire.
In the Elseworlds title "In Darkest Knight", where Bruce Wayne (rather than Hal Jordan) is granted Abin Sur's Power ring, Selina Kyle is apparently granted powers by Sinestro and calls herself Star Sapphire. Among her abilities, she is able to perceive Bruce in an invisible state, to which Binary Star (a similarly powered Harvey Dent) exclaims "You have the eyes of a cat, Star Sapphire." Bruce recognizes her as "that woman I met in the bar. I nearly died that night."
[edit] Other media
Star Sapphire has appeared in episodes of Justice League and Justice League Unlimited played by Olivia d'Abo.
Star Sapphire joined Lex Luthor's cause when he asked for villains to help him destroy the Justice League. When that failed, she joined forces with Aresia to destroy the men of the world. She successfully tricked Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl into believing that she cared about the men, leading them into a trap that took them and Wonder Woman's mother, Hippolyta, on board of Aresia's plane. She was knocked out by Wonder Woman and she fell to the sea, but later she showed up again to battle Green Lantern, losing that battle as well. She was seen several times during the final season of Justice League Unlimited. She was part of Grodd/Luthor's Legion of Doom.
Star Sapphire's power comes from the stone in her mask, giving her Green Lantern-like power that enables her to form shields, create energy constructs, fire power blasts and generally cause havoc. Her origins are never elaborated upon, making it difficult to tell which version of Star Sapphire this is, though she appears to be based on the Carol Ferris version.
[edit] External links
Golden Age Queen of the 7th Dimension:
- Golden Age Star Sapphire Biography
- Golden Age Star Sapphire Biography II
- The Unofficial Star Sapphire I Biography
Dela Pharon:
- Green Lantern Vol. 2 #41 - First Appearance
- The Unofficial Star Sapphire III (Dela Pharon) Biography
Animated:
- JLU Animated Profile - JLAnimated.com
- JLU Animated Profile - JLCentral.net
- JLU Animated Profile - Toonzone.net
- JLU Animated Profile - Worlds Finest Online.com
Miscellaneous:
- Amalgam Comics: Madame Sapphire
- The Star Sapphire Tutorial
- The Unofficial Star Sapphire I-IV Biography
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| Creators: | Bill Finger • Martin Nodell • John Broome • Gil Kane • Ron Marz • Geoff Johns |
| Main Characters and Allies: | Alan Scott • Hal Jordan • Guy Gardner • John Stewart • Kyle Rayner • Jade • Abin Sur • Guardians of the Universe • Ganthet • Kilowog • Mogo • Green Arrow • Justice League of America • Ion • Carol Ferris • Thomas Kalmaku • Air Wave |
| Enemies: | Sinestro • Parallax • Cyborg Superman • Superboy-Prime • Manhunters • Sinestro Corps • Star Sapphire • Hector Hammond • Mongul • Doctor Polaris • Goldface • Tattooed Man • The Shark • Black Hand • Sonar • Evil Star |
| Locations: | Coast City • Mogo • Oa • Qward |
| Notable Stories: | Emerald Twilight • Zero Hour • Final Night • Circle of Fire • Rebirth • Rann-Thanagar War • Green Lantern Corps: Recharge • Sinestro Corps War |
| Miscellanea: | Power Ring • The Corps • Emotional Manifestations • Green Lantern in other media - Alternate versions of Green Lantern |
