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Nightstar
Nightstar by Wolf Pasticcio.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceKingdom Come #1 (May 1996)
Created byMark Waid
Alex Ross
In-story information
Alter egoMar'i Grayson
SpeciesTamaranean-Human hybrid
Team affiliationsTeen Titans
Outsiders
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Nightstar (Mar'i Grayson) is a fictional character in DC Comics, the daughter of Starfire (Koriand'r) and Nightwing (Dick Grayson) in an alternate universe. She serves as a member of Batman's team the Outsiders.

Fictional character biography

Kingdom Come

Nightstar is the daughter of former Teen Titans members Dick Grayson and Koriand'r. Her mother, a former princess of the alien planet Tamaran, died of a circulatory illness before the events of the series. Nightstar is an only child on Earth-22, although her parents have other children in different continuities.

Nightstar first appears in Kingdom Come #1 (May 1996) when she is seen in a street battle. Most of the supervillains of the world have been eliminated so the new generation of heroes "fight simply to fight, their only foes each other." Nightstar and others cause destruction in the neighborhood, getting innocents caught in the crossfire. They only pause to learn of a major disaster in the state of Kansas, in which a similar battle has led to the deaths of one million people.

Superman, who has been in self-imposed exile, returns to reform the Justice League and restore order. Among his recruits is Nightstar's father Dick Grayson, who adopts the identity of Red Robin. Nightstar is at first very dismissive of this move.

She is next seen in conversation with Avia, daughter of Mister Miracle and Big Barda, in an underground bar. Superman appears and makes a powerful recruitment speech for the Justice League. Nightstar is impressed but, unlike Avia, she does not fall in with Superman. Instead, she throws in with Batman, her adoptive paternal grandfather. She is joined by many other progeny of League members, including the daughters of Roy Harper, Garth, and Wally West, as well as the son of Donna Troy.

Batman, who no longer uses the cover of his alter-ego Bruce Wayne, has formed an alliance with Lex Luthor's Mankind Liberation Front in order to counter what they see as the overbearing might of the Justice League. During a meeting between their groups, Nightstar encounters Ibn Al Xu'ffasch, Batman's son and the heir to the Dark Knight's enemy Ra's al Ghul. The moment they meet, Nightstar and Ibn have an undisguised attraction for one another. As Nightstar later reassures her father, since Ibn wasn't raised by Batman "it's technically not incest."

Batman's real agenda, however, is to expose Luthor and his schemes to cause more chaos in the world. Just as Luthor is about to unleash this chaos, Batman and his followers overpower him and his associates—with the notable exception of Ibn, who is later seen arm in arm with Nightstar.

The League has built a special prison to hold rebellious superhumans, but the prison is breached and an all-out battle ensues between the prisoners and the Leaguers. Batman's Outsiders join in the fight, during which Red Robin (Richard Grayson) is seriously injured by an enemy called 666. Nightstar, who has been fighting Green Lantern, gasps in horror as this happens, screams in agony as she cradles her father's bloodied face, and then flies him off to safety.

Wayne Manor is later converted into a hospital where the victims from the battle are treated. Nightstar oversees a reconciliation between her father and grandfather.

Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #22 (2009) reveals that she would eventually marry Ibn Al Xu'ffasch and have a daughter and son.

The Kingdom

In The Kingdom, the miniseries that serves as a sequel to Kingdom Come, her name is revealed to be Mar'i. Mary is the name of her late paternal biological grandmother, Mary Loyd Grayson, who was a member of the Flying Graysons. She is also shown to be a leader of her generation, an active Titan whom others look to for inspiration and solution, a role once filled by her father Richard Grayson.

During the series and related events, Nightstar becomes part of a small super-team investigating reality disturbances in Planet Krypton, a restaurant owned by Booster Gold. This leads to a battle with Gog and the eventual discovery of Hypertime.

In The Kingdom: Nightstar, it is revealed that she has an interest in botany, a fear of death, and works with security at Green Lantern Alan Scott's space station The Green.

Powers and abilities

Like her mother Koriand'r and her maternal aunt Komand'r, Nightstar is capable of atmospheric flight. She also has super strength, super speed, increased endurance, and can absorb star energy to project in powerful bursts. Her eyes are green and pupilless. Being the daughter of a human and an alien, she is a hybrid.

In other media

In Titans, Dick Grayson and Kory Anders have visions of the future in which they see their daughter. Played by Lillian Monize, the child is only credited as "Dick's Little Girl."

References

  1. Waid, Mark (w), Haley, Matt (p), Simmons, Tom (i), Baumann, Moose (col), Robins, Clem (let), Raspler, Dan (ed). "Not Go Gently" The Kingdom, vol. 1, no. 1 (February 1999). New York City, New York: DC Comics.
  2. Higgins, Kyle (2018). Nightwing: The New Order. Burbank, California: DC Comics. ISBN 9781401274993.
  3. Waid, Mark (w), Ross, Alex (p), Ross, Alex (i), Ross, Alex (col), Klein, Todd (let), Kahan, Bob (ed). "Strange Visitor" Kingdom Come, vol. 1, no. 1 (May 1996). New York City, New York: DC Comics.
  4. Kingdom Come #2 Annotations for "Page 26 (84)" and "Page 29 (87)" — the bar includes many characters of non-DC origin such as Sherlock Holmes, Cesar the Somnambulist from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and super-hero versions of the disco group Village People
  5. Kingdom Come, page 172 of paperback edition.
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