And while Mandy usually avoids spending too much time with her alien mother, she’s been particularly quiet as she’s keeping one major secret from her: Mandy walked out of her S.A.T. Dyeing her bright orange hair black and sticking close to her best friend, Lincoln, Mandy spends her days at school avoiding Teen Titans superfans and trying to hide her feelings for the gorgeous, popular, and perfect Claire. Daughter of Starfire and high school outcast, Mandy is constantly trying to get out from under the shadow of her bright, bubbly, scantily clad, and famous mother. Seventeen-year-old Mandy Koriand’r is not her mother.
Created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez as one of the “New Teen Titans” in 1980, Starfire nearly married Dick Grayson during the seminal run, and a daughter for the pair, Nightstar (Mar’i Grayson), was previously introduced in the dystopian future of Mark Waid and Alex Ross’s “Kingdom Come.” Starfire has had relationships with other characters in the comics, like Jason Todd and Roy Harper, and her homeworld Tamaran has been portrayed as polyamorous since her introduction. It was not mentioned in the description who Mandy’s father is. Everything changes when a foe from Starfire’s past arrives, forcing Mandy to choose between withdrawing further, or embracing her mother’s legacy.
She has one close friend, Lincoln, but has a crush on the popular girl Claire. The synopsis states Mandy is embarrassed by her effervescent mother, and is a shy, withdrawn student who’s dyed her black to avoid attention. The book will introduce Mandy Koriand’r, the 17-year old daughter of the former Teen Titan Starfire/Princess Koriand’r.
DC Comics have unveiled “I Am Not Starfire,” an upcoming young adult graphic novel for August 2021, written by Mariko Tamaki with art by Yoshi Yoshitani (“Zatanna and the House of Secrets”).