The Starforce is a supervillain team appearing in American comic books published by

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. Its first appearance was in the comic '' Avengers'' #346 released in 1992, as part of the " Operation: Galactic Storm" storyline. The team are a Kree team of super-powered individuals brought together by the

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. Starforce appeared in the

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film '' Captain Marvel'' (2019).

Publication history

Starforce first appeared in '' Avengers'' #346 (April 1992), created by writer

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and artist Steve Epting. The team debuted during the storyline

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and played a major role in the

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-based part of the story. Following the outcome of that story, now under the control of the

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, they confronted Quasar,

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and Makkari who had travelled to the Kree homeworld to see if they can help survivors. The team reappeared in other Marvel space stories, including ''Silver Surfer: Breakout'', ''

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'' and during ''

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'' they are exiled as traitors.

Members

The initial team was: *

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* Ultimus *

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* Shatterax After her capture, the Shi'ar noblewoman

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joined them and then led the team following the destruction of the Kree when she was placed in charge of the former Kree empire.

In other media

The Starforce appears in the 2019 live-action

film '' Captain Marvel''. Led by

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, this version of the team consists of

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(then known as Vers),

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, Minn-Erva, Att-Lass, and Bron-Char. While on a mission to the planet Torfa to rescue a Kree scout, they are ambushed by a group of Skrulls led by

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, who capture Vers. She later escapes to Earth and contacts Yon-Rogg, who leads the Starforce to the planet to rescue her. After discovering Skrull refugees, Starforce takes them as well as Nick Fury and

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prisoner and force Vers, who regained her memory and discovered the truth of her identity and the Kree's war with the Skrulls, into a transmission with the

. However, Danvers breaks free and annihilates Starforce while rescuing her friends and the Skrulls.

References

External links

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at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe * *
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at the Marvel Universe
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at the Marvel Database Project
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at Comic Vine {{Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics) fr:Kree#Starforce