Origin

Starfish is the last member of a species of fish-people. She had no knowledge of this history or culture when she was first recruited to the Nocturnals.

Creation

Starfish first appeared in the 1995 miniseries, The Nocturnals by Dan Brereton

Major Story Arcs

Black Planet

Doc Horror was kidnapped by Antonio Zampa, the heir to Narn K, who wanted to wipe out The Nocturnals from messing with their operation. His team, including Star, tracked him down to a Zampa safehouse and broke him out. It was easier thanks to Zampa being taken out by a former ally of the Nocturnals, Raccoon, who had dreams of becoming a gangster. He had killed Zampa to replace him in the criminal organization. While disposing of the body, Raccoon found a strange red octopus stuck under Zampa’s armpit. This information concerned Doc Horror, who believed the Crim had followed him to Earth.

Doc was originally from a different planet, where he refused to share his wormhole technology with the parasitic Crim, who wanted to use it to take over more worlds. To confirm his suspicions, he brought a few of his Nocturnals to the cemetery to dig up Zampa’s body. Once confirmed, he told the story of his journey to Earth to his fellow Nocturnals, who all committed to taking the Crim out. After a close call with Fane’s men, Eve was instructed to stay home by her father. Instead, she convinced Komodo that Doc wanted the two of them to find a new way into the monster shop so they could free more of the test subjects.

Unfortunately, they were caught by facility security in the tunnels underneath it and needed rescue. The Nocturnals, with Raccoon as their guide, teleported into the tunnels where Komodo and Eve were surrounded by Crims. Fane tried to run off with Eve, but Raccoon and Komodo managed to break all the hybrids out while the Crims were busy with the other Nocturnals. Together, they overwhelmed Fane, freeing Eve and ending the Crim’s world takeover.

The Dark Forever

Yearning to see the world, Star sneaked onto a boat with Komodo. About a year later, Star was homesick and decided to jump ship to celebrate Thanksgiving with the Nocturnals, but Komodo decided to stay. When she washed up on shore, she was attacked by a horde of zombies and a cloaked monster. Thankfully, she was rescued by Raccoon, who had been looking into the zombie plague. Star stuck with Raccoon, investigating the zombies, including a pub full of undead goodfellas who were supposed to be workers of Raccoon. While trying to fight them, they were nearly overwhelmed until Firelion showed up to rescue them.

Raccoon’s investigation led them to a lighthouse of inhuman origin. They found a trap door, leading to underground halls where they found cultural artifacts depicting the history of the Skerrls. This overwhelmed Star, who ran off. She ran into some ghost fish-people who believed she was the last of their kind. As such, they granted her a pendant called the star-stone and returned her to the beach. Raccoon and Firelion eventually caught up with her, as did the rest of the Nocturnals who teleported to their location.

Poly, who had absorbed the spirits that powered the Skerrl magic, released them to the afterlife in a big lightshow. Unfortunately, the Skerrl had already sent a message to a leviathan, which had finally made it to shore. The Nocturnals were ready to run, but since Starfish is the last of the fish-people from before the Skerrl moved in, she was able to control the monster and send it back to the depths.

Powers & Abilities

Amphibian: Star is covered in aquatic scales

• Submariner: Star can breathe underwater and withstand the deep-sea pressure.
• Weakness: She is sensitive to heat, which causes her to dehydrate.

Marksman: Star is proficient with firearms.

Star-Shaped Stone: Her stone amulet allows her to control a great leviathan from the ocean depths.