Starjammers

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Official Team Name

Starjammers

Team Aliases

Unknown

Status

Active

Identity

Secret

Universe

Earth-616

Base of Operations

Mobile in the Shi'ar galaxy on the starship Starjammer

Affiliations

Team Leader(s)

Formerly Corsair, Lilandra, Havok, Polaris

Current Members

Ch'od, Raza Longknife, Sikorsky, Cr'reee

Former Members

Binary, Corsair, Lilandra, Hepzibah, Havok, Korvus, Marvel Girl, Polaris, Professor X, Keeyah, Waldo, Captain Kalyx,

Allies

New Mutants, X-Men

Enemies

Brood, D'Ken (Deceased), Deathbird, Imperial Guard, Sidri, Vulcan

Origin

Origin

Formed in the Shi'ar slave pits while prisoners of the Emperor D'Ken. Stole Starjammer ship and enact revenge on Shi'ar by pirating their ships.

Place of Formation

Shi'ar slave pits

Creators

Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum

First appearance

X-Men #104
(April, 1977)

(Corsair and Ch'od)

X-Men #107
(October, 1977)

(full team)

History

The Starjammers were a group of renegade spacers who perform acts of piracy and sabotage in the tradition of old English buccaneers. The original Starjammers, Ch'od, Hepzibah, Raza, and their human leader Corsair met in the slave pits of the Shi'ar Empire. This was during the reign of D'Ken the mad when atrocities of the Empire were many. When the four escaped and stole a starship, they swore vengeance on the tyrannical government that had enslaved them. They battled the empire abourd their ship, the Starjammer (of which they have at least two). Soon others joined the Starjammers to fight for freedom.

When D'Ken attempted to steal the power of the M'Kraan Crystal, the Starjammers first met the X-Men (including Corsair's son, Scott). They teamed up to fight the Royal Elite Imperial Guard, who were protecting the insane emperor D'Ken. In a roundabout way, the Starjammers were responsible for putting Lilandra on the throne, and she stopped the Empire's attempts at capturing the Starjammers.

When the X-Men came to Shi'ar space to stop Corsair's son Gabriel (also known as Vulcan) from slaughtering the Shi'ar, Corsair and the Starjammers agreed to help. Confronting Gabriel, who was poised to become emperor after killing D'Ken, Corsair ordered his child to stop the carnage. Bitterly declaring that he had no father, Gabriel murdered Corsair in cold blood. His place as leader of the Starjammers was then taken by his son, Alex.

Alex led the Starjammers and the Shi'ar loyal to Lilandra to many victories over Vulcan. However the Starjammers (save Rachel, Korvus and Lilandra) were eventually captured after battling a new interstellar threat claiming to have originally owned the M'Kraan Crystal. The Starjammers were tortured repeatedly until they were freed by their comrades and escaped into Kree Space, arriving just prior to the wedding of Crystal and Ronan the Accuser.

Lorna Dane, considered family as she is the paternal aunt of Luna Maximoff, secured their passage.

The Starjammers were present when the Imperial Guard sacked the wedding. They aided the Kree in their fight against Vulcan and the Shi'ar.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: The starship Starjammer
Weapons: Various swords and Shi'ar energy weapons.

Notes

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Trivia

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Appearances in Other Media

Television

The Starjammers appeared in an X-Men animated series five-part episodes called the Phoenix Saga.

See Also

• 14 Starjammers (Earth-616) Members
  
• 103 Appearances of Starjammers (Earth-616)
• 14 Images that include Starjammers (Earth-616)
• Team Gallery: Starjammers (Earth-616)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Starjammers (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Uncannyxmen.net feature on the Starjammers
  

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