
Who Is Stargirl?
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00:00-00:18 [Music] 00:19 hi guys it's 00:24 Maria Park Ernie's friend and sometimes 00:27 guest co-host for Blerd Without Fear 00:29 with the DC universes Stargirl series on 00:32 the horizon I thought it was the perfect 00:34 time to do a who is Stargirl video 00:37 Stargirl also known as Courtney Elizabeth 00:39 Whitmore made her first appearance and 00:41 Stars and Stripes issue 0 in 1999 which 00:45 is considered the new earth era in 00:46 comics she was created by Geoff Johns 00:49 and Lee Motor Stargirl is the first DC 00:53 character created by John's and she was 00:55 inspired by his sister who had passed 00:57 away 00:58 Courtney reluctantly moved from Los 01:00 Angeles California to Blue Valley 01:02 Nebraska after her parents Royal Flush 01:05 gang members Samuel Curtis and Barbara 01:07 Whitmore divorced and her mother 01:09 remarried her stepfather Paul Dugan in 01:11 some versions Barbara was never married 01:14 a Curtis in fact she fled her home in 01:16 Gotham City when she became pregnant 01:17 with Courtney to escape his abuse after 01:21 relocating with her unborn baby to blue 01:23 valley she meets Dugan and may 01:25 eventually marry Paul Dugan used to be 01:28 known as stripesy and was the sidekick 01:30 of the original star-spangled kid also 01:32 known as savez to Pembleton who was 01:35 murdered by solomon grundy one day 01:38 Courtney finds the cosmic converter belt 01:40 adapted by Pembleton and which was based 01:42 on the cosmic rod technology first 01:44 designed by Ted Knight also known as the 01:46 original Starmen. Courtney begins using 01:49 the belt to become the second 01:51 star-spangled kid mostly to annoy Duden 01:54 for moving her and her mother to 01:55 Nebraska 01:56 in response Dugan developed a robotic 01:59 suit codenamed stripe to protect his 02:01 stepdaughter later Courtney would be 02:04 gifted with the cosmic staff from Jack 02:06 Knight Ted's youngest son and the new 02:08 and very much reluctant hero star man 02:11 with the staff she becomes a new 02:13 superhero Stargirl. Courtney is a very 02:17 talented kickboxer and an accomplished 02:19 gymnast when she uses her cosmic 02:21 converter belt she has the ability to 02:23 project shooting light attacks in the 02:25 form of stars at her foes she also has 02:28 increased speed stamina and strength 02:31 when she utilizes the cosmic staff she's 02:34 able to fly in absorb light energy which 02:36 he can later convert into force fields 02:38 the staff also uses the same energy it 02:41 absorbs to create very powerful energy 02:43 blasts it's revealed later in the comics 02:46 that the staff is attuned to her 02:48 allowing Courtney to send out mental 02:50 commands from any distance star girl was 02:54 a member of the Justice Society of 02:55 America All Stars 02:57 and the new 52 Justice League just to 03:00 name a few 03:02 star girl has been portrayed in various 03:05 TV shows video games and animations 03:07 she was played by Britt Arvin in 03:09 Smallville she appears in Batman The 03:12 Brave and the bold voiced by hope levy 03:14 she was voiced by Natalie Lander in 03:16 Justice League action 03:17 portrayed by Sarah gray in legends of 03:19 tomorrow season 2 and will be portrayed 03:22 by Brett Basinger in star girls very 03:24 first television series like many comic 03:29 book characters out there there are many 03:31 variations of star girl to sift through 03:33 in terms of origin but one thing is 03:36 constant 03:37 she is one badass superhero but hey 03:40 that's just my humble opinion we want to 03:43 know what you think leave a comment 03:45 below and let us know so you made it to 03:48 the end of the video awesome for you if 03:50 you enjoyed this video and if you've 03:51 made it this far I don't see how you 03:52 didn't do me a favor 03:53 Hulk smash that like button and if you 03:55 want to see more awesome videos like 03:56 this one make sure you click Subscribe 03:58 so you can become one of Earth's 03:59 Mightiest subscribers and tap that Bell 04:02 so you know when I post up also feel 04:04 free to go check out my patreon where if 04:05 you're chucking a buck you can get early 04:07 access to most of my videos up to a week 04:09 early any of you have time make sure you 04:12 swing by nerd 9:01 comm where you can 04:14 find more of my content as well as other 04:16 amazing stuff anyways until next time I 04:18 love you 3,000 plus ultra