The synopsis states Mandy is embarrassed by her effervescent mother, and is a shy, withdrawn student who’s dyed her black to avoid attention. She has one close friend, Lincoln, but has a crush on the popular girl Claire. Everything changes when a foe from Starfire’s past arrives, forcing Mandy to choose between withdrawing further, or embracing her mother’s legacy.
It was not mentioned in the description who Mandy’s father is. 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.
Full synopsis:
Seventeen-year-old Mandy Koriand’r is not her mother. 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. 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. 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.
While Mandy continues to tell Lincoln her plans of moving to France to escape the family spotlight and not go to college, she secretly hides a fear of not knowing her identity outside of just being the daughter of a superhero and who she will become. But when she is partnered with Claire to work on a school project, their friendship develops into something more and a self-confidence unknown to Mandy begins to bloom. Claire seems to like Mandy for being Mandy, not the daughter of Starfire.
But when someone from Starfire’s past comes to disrupt Mandy’s future, Mandy must finally make a choice: give up before the battle has even begun, or step into the unknown and risk everything. I Am Not Starfire is a story about mother-daughter relationships, embracing where you come from while finding your own identity, and learning to be unafraid of failing, if it was even failing in the first place.
