Editing Starfire (Teen Titans) (section)

==Publication history==
Created by [[Marv Wolfman]] and [[George Pérez]], Starfire first appeared in a in ''[[DC Comics Presents]]'' #26 (October 1980), in a [[DC Comics insert previews|preview story]] heralding a new incarnation of the [[Teen Titans]] that also introduced [[Cyborg (DC Comics)|Cyborg]] and [[Raven (DC Comics)|Raven]]. The new series, ''[[The New Teen Titans]]'', debuted in November 1980, and the Teen Titans subsequently became DC Comics' most popular superhero team of its day.<ref>{{cite book |last=Manning |first=Matthew K. |chapter=1980s |page=188 |editor1-last=McAvennie |editor1-first=Michael |editor2-last=Dolan |editor2-first=Hannah |title=DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle |publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |date=2010 |location= London, United Kingdom |isbn=978-0-7566-6742-9  |quote=[''The New Teen Titans''] went on to become DC's most popular comic team of its day. Not only the springboard for the following month's ''The New Teen Titans'' #1, the preview's momentous story also featured the first appearance of future DC mainstays Cyborg, Starfire and Raven.}}</ref>

Pérez said of his design for Starfire:
{{blockquote|...I figured based on the description, was [[Red Sonja]] in outer space, so she ended up having a visual cue from that. When [[Joe Orlando]] passed by and saw the character sketches he suggested that maybe her hair should be longer. That I took to the ninth degree and gave her the [[Mighty Mouse]] [[contrail]].<ref>{{Cite book | last=Nolen-Weathington | first=Eric |author2=George Pérez | title=Modern Masters, Volume 2: George Pérez | year=2003 | publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing | page=128 | isbn=978-1-893905-25-2}}</ref>}}