Starshine (comics)

Starshine
The cover of Rom #20, featuring Starshine I, Rom and Terminator. .Art by Sal Buscema
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Rom #14 (Jan 1981)
Created by	Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema
In-story information
Alter ego	Landra
Species	Galadorian
Team affiliations	Spaceknights

Starshine
The cover of Rom #51, featuring Starshine II. Art by Mike Zeck
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Rom #1 (Dec 1979) as Starshine: Rom #40
Created by	Bill Mantlo and Al Milgrom
In-story information
Alter ego	Brandy Clark
Team affiliations	Spaceknights

Starshine is the name of three fictional American comic book characters owned by the Marvel Comics and appearing in that company's Marvel Universe.

The first was an alien woman named Landra who first appeared in Rom: Spaceknight #14 (1980) by writer Bill Mantlo and artist Sal Buscema. The second was an Earth girl named Brandy Clark, who first appeared in Rom #1 (1979) again by Mantlo and Buscema. The third was the Galadorian Anarra, one of the Third Generation Spaceknights introduced in Jim Starlin's Spaceknights mini-series.

The first Starshine first appeared in Rom #14 (January 1981, in a backup story), and was created by writer Bill Mantlo and artist Sal Buscema.

The character subsequently appears in Rom #16 (March 1981), #19-20 (May-June 1981; backup story by Mantlo/S. Buscema, took part in the Trial of Terminator), #25 (December 1981), and #27-28 (February-March 1982; arrived on Earth, killed; by Mantlo/S. Buscema).

The first Starshine was a young woman named Landra who lived in the fictional planet Galador 200 years ago. When her world's government called for volunteers to become Spaceknights to battle the alien Dire Wraiths, Landra was one of those who accepted the call. Her armor gave her the power to use the mystical "Living Light".

After the Spaceknights fended off the Dire Wraith invasion, Starshine teamed with fellow Spaceknights Rom and Terminator to seek out Wraiths that infiltrated nearby star systems. During one mission, she witnessed Terminator kill an innocent. She then acted as the prosecutor during Terminator's trial. Afterwards, she apparently pursued the Wraiths solo. At some point it appears she completed her mission and returned to Galador, only to be put into stasis by Mentus, who had usurped the Prime Director's position as the ruler of Galador in the Spaceknights' absence.