Starro Siege

**Starro Siege** was an attempted invasion from the alien conqueror known as Starro.

## History

### Descent on Earth

Starro the Conqueror had presumably conquered numerous worlds and eventually descended on Earth as their next victim. A.R.G.U.S. was the first to be notified of their arrival and promptly alerted the United States government, initially believing it to be either a foreign attack from another nation or an asteroid. The United States Air Force were sent out, led by Colonel Steve Trevor, Jr. in anticipation to destroy the foreign threat. Upon closer inspection, they learned that "it" was, in fact, an alien starfish.

### Spores attack

The first act of attack came from Starro, who sent out millions of their spores to latch onto Earth's inhabitants for mind control. As various areas found itself in danger, mass evacuations occurred in many areas, especially in the United States of America, the hot-spot of the siege. The Air Force then tried to destroy Starro and their spores but to not avail, leaving them with no choice but to retreat. The U.S. government assembled the leaders of its various branches and Lex Luthor in order to propose a more effective plan.

### Rise of the JLA

During these attacks, various vigilantes and local heroes took quick notice. Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and Aquaman were seven vigilantes who decided to fight back and stop Starro's siege on Earth. Individually they failed, though they took notice of one another and banded together to attack as a single group. Martian Manhunter engaged in a psychic duel with Starro but, due to the boost received by their spores, the latter won easily, nearly killing him. General Sam Lane put forward the idea of a nuclear strike, something which the President vehemently opposed. During this confrontation, a lone man was revealed to have survived one of Starro's spores, a Metropolis citizen by the name of Lucas "Snapper" Carr. The seven heroes were quick to bring him into the fold to figure out how he was unscathed. J'onn learned valuable information, giving the team an edge on defeating Starro. J'onn once again confronted him as the others pushed the alien back, forcing Starro to try and retreat. Unfortunately for the invader, Green Lantern projected a force-field around them, containing Starro as their connection with the various spores was lost, resulting in their defeat. Green Lantern passed on Starro to the Green Lantern Corps. as the seven heroes who stopped the siege were celebrated as heroes. They opted to work as a team, becoming named the Justice League of America.

## Aftermath

A global clean-up was required for the Starro spores as some of them had either yet to die or disappear. The JLA aided in these efforts in their local cities as companies such as Wayne Enterprises and LexCorp funded the process, though to secretly take a few for testing. This even also resulted in the birth of the Justice League of America, being founded by the seven heroes who stopped Starro. Due to this, the United States government had A.R.G.U.S. begin research into beings like them in the hopes of making their own official team, rendering the JLA unnecessary and giving the military full power once again.

## Known participants

### Participants

* Robin (Dick Grayson)
* Green Lantern Corps. (behind-the-scenes)
* Justice League of America
	+ Flash (Barry Allen)
	+ Batman (Bruce Wayne)
	+ Wonder Woman (Diana Prince)
	+ Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
	+ Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz/John Jones)
	+ Superman (Kal-El/Clark Kent)
	+ Aquaman (Orin/Arthur Curry)
* Lucas "Snapper" Carr
* United States government
	+ A.R.G.U.S.
	+ Lex Luthor
	+ President Paul Weisinger
		- Director Amanda Waller
	+ United States Air Force
		- Colonel Steve Trevor, Jr.
	+ United States Army
		- General Sam Lane
		- General Wade Eiling

### Belligerents

* Starro the Conqueror
	+ Starro spores

## Behind the scenes

* This event is based on the Justice League of America's debut in *The Brave and the Bold #28* in 1960, in which they battled Starro the Conqueror as a team for the first time and met Snapper Carr.