Dark Maiden is a complicated character. I had someone ask me this week if Star Maiden and Dark Maiden are the same person. Yes, in fact, they are–but they are radically different sides of the same person and neither of them is the REAL Star Maiden (call her “Elora,” her birth name). The real Star Maiden personality disappeared years ago when her father tried to control her and inadvertently unleashed the Dark Maiden persona. In a misguided attempt to further correct his daughter, he turned her into the loony version of Star Maiden, who still pops up from time-to-time.
The question of today’s strip is not which version of Star Maiden are we looking at (it’s clearly Dark Maiden)–but what does she want?
COMIXOLOGY REMINDER!
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Welcome back and it seems that before this tale is over, I’m guessing that Dark Maiden will find her true heroic calling and somehow bond with her former past looney self and even her former heroic self still within her. No personality can truly be erased, just buried deep within the mind. I mean look at the Hulk and his history as an example.
Hulk is a great example. Is that Star/Dark Maiden’s fate? We’ll see. I’m certainly a big fan of the Hulk. Especially Peter David’s run.
Is that a softer side to Dark Maiden? I didn’t think she had that! On the other hand, I do wonder wether she’s just an impressive manipulator. I’d at least have a hard time trusting a woman who slaughtered almost the entire society of heroes (granted they were jerks, but still, killing them was evil).
We’ve had peeks at her softer side before, but they’re pretty rare. You’ll learn a lot more about them on Wednesday.