Evil Star is the name of two supervillains appearing in

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publications.

Publication history

The Guy Pompton version of Evil Star debuted in ''All Star Comics'' #44 and was created by John Broome and

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. The alien version of Evil Star first appeared in ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 2) #37 (June 1965) and was created by

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Fictional character biography

Guy Pompton

Guy Pompton, owner of Ace Movie Rental Agency and a crimelord, dons a costumed identity in 1948 to stop a movie studio from completing a film using a script that will expose his criminal activities. He fights the

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and is defeated.

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A scientist on the planet Auron dedicates himself to cheating death by drawing power from the

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s themselves. He invents the ''Starband'', which makes him

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, but twists his mind toward evil and prematurely ages his fellow Aurons. The people of Auron want him to destroy the Starband, but having tasted immortality he refuses to give it up. The ensuing battle leaves all of Auron lifeless except for the scientist, now known as Evil Star. Evil Star seeks new worlds to conquer and comes into frequent conflict with the Guardians of the Universe and the Green Lanterns, including

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. The Guardians later send Evil Star to the Erral Rehab Facility, where they use a brainwave nullifier in an attempt to cure him. This rehabilitation is only partially successful, as the nullifier stimulates his subconscious mind, recreating the Starlings, who bring him the Starband. Evil Star flees to

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in a confused state, believing the Starlings are persecuting him. He fights with Ferrin Colos, one of the

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, who floods Evil Star's mind with reminders of the lives he has taken, starting with his homeworld. Evil Star's mind shuts down, and he is returned to the Guardians for re-education. Evil Star is freed by Neron, with enhanced Starlings, but returned to captivity by the Darkstars and Guy Gardner. Evil Star was mentioned, seemingly in passing, by Sister Sercy of the

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as a menace to her homeworld. It is unknown if the Evil Star she refers to is a past version, or a previously unheard-of version of the villain. Evil Star is also cited as the guiding force behind the Kroloteans abducting William Hand, searching Hand's insides for the blackness that would lead to the ''

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''. Evil Star appears in

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and

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's ''The Green Lantern''. Slavers from Dhor free him from the Southern Supervoid where he was being incarcerated by the

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. They then attack him and remove his Starbrand, which was preserving his youth, causing him to rapidly age. They abandon him, near death, in Sector 2814 where he is hospitalized.

Powers and abilities

Evil Star's primary weapon is the ''Starband''. The Starband draws the energy of the stars to prolong Evil Star's lifespan, enable him to fly, survive in space, create force blasts or hard light constructs, and powers the ''Starlings''. Starlings are miniature versions of Evil Star that possess superhuman strength and invulnerability, and are under his complete control. Starlings need direct commands from Evil Star to function, and they become directionless if he is unconscious. If Evil Star is kept away from starlight for a prolonged period, his powers fade away. Since starlight is the same as sunlight, the Starband's force blasts and constructs serve to increase Superman's powers.

Other versions

Evil Star has appeared in some ''

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'' stories:

''Batman: In Darkest Knight''

In the ''Elseworlds'' tale, '' Batman: In Darkest Knight'', a version of Evil Star exists.

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was the Gotham District Attorney and was shown to be more supportive of Green Lantern than

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, after becoming deranged from absorbing

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's mind, scarred Dent's face and empowered him along with

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(known as Star Sapphire) and sent them out to kill the Green Lantern, with Dent known as Binary Star''. Even though they were defeated, the pair managed to escape back to Sinestro.

''JLA: Another Nail''

In the ''Elseworlds'' tale, '' JLA: Another Nail'', the follow-up to '' JLA: The Nail'', Evil Star makes an appearance.''JLA: Another Nail'' #1-2. DC Comics.

In other media

Television

* Evil Star appears in the ''Green Lantern'' episode "Evil is as Evil Does", voiced by

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. * Evil Star appears in ''

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'', voiced by an uncredited

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. He first appears in the episode "The Cat and the Canary" at

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's Metabrawl, and later joins

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. In the series finale "Destroyer", he is one of the few members of the Secret Society to survive

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's assault on Earth, and helps the Justice League defeat him. * Evil Star appears in the '' Batman: The Brave and the Bold'' episode "Revenge of the Reach!", voiced by

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calls up his friend Paco and asks his advice to defeat Evil Star as Blue Beetle is fighting him at the same time. Paco tells Blue Beetle that Evil Star draws his powers from the stars causing Blue Beetle to create a space cloud to block Evil Star's power source. Before the Blue Beetle Scarab can cause Blue Beetle to finish off Evil Star,

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intervenes. Batman and Blue Beetle then hand Evil Star over to the Green Lantern Corps.

Video games

* Evil Star appears in ''

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'', voiced by Joey Hood.

Books

* Evil Star was the main antagonist in a ''

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'' novel. His background is similar to the comics, except that he tries to establish himself Monarch of Ulandira (Auron's capital city Ulandir). * Evil Star battles Green Lantern in ''Beware Our Power!'' by Scott Sonneborn published by

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as part of their ''DC Super Heroes'' line of illustrated children's books.

References

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