Dex-Starr

Red Lantern Attributes:

* Flight
* Red Energy conduit
* Rage plasma
* Rage absorption
* Rage infection
* Rage empowerment
* Rage telepathy
* Energy projection and constructs
* Forcefields
* Black Lantern resistance
* Construct transference
* Illusion generation

**Dex-Starr** (real name: **Dexter**) is a villain in *Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns #1*. He was an abused kitten at a local animal shelter. He now serves as the pet and feline companion of Atrocitus.

**Dex-Starr** (voiced by Jason J. Lewis) is a house cat from Earth who became a Red Lantern member. Once as a kitten in a litter of five, Dexter was abandoned at and later adopted from the Brooklyn Animal Shelter. His new owner loved Dexter because he was always there to keep her company. She even said that Dexter made her life a lot better, and that he would say the same thing if he could speak. One night, a burglar broke into the apartment and Dexter scratched him. The owner called for help, but help never came. Dexter became homeless for an unknown amount of time and lived on the street until two thugs caught him and decided to throw him off the Brooklyn Bridge for their amusement. But when they did, a Red Lantern ring flew to him, detecting the rage in Dexter's heart, thus turning him into a Red Lantern and embracing his new identity as Dex-Starr. After he killed the thugs, Dex-Starr vowed to find his owner's killer, remembering her kind words and having the ring express his rage in coherent thoughts.

## Biography

Dex-Starr was a special cat on birth due to his blue fur. He was sad and scared, until one day a kind woman adopted him who gave him a home, food, and toys. However, things changed when a man broke into their apartment. Desperately, Dexter scratched the intruder as hard as he could, but he was a young kitty and sadly, the woman died that night. A few days later, the police kicked Dexter out of his apartment. Now, Dexter was alone in the streets, sad, until two kids decided to put him in a bag and throw him out of the Brooklyn Bridge. Then a red ring came to him, and he was recruited into the Red Lantern Corps. However, he did not go on a rampage like other beginning Red Lanterns, and instead, he went back to his apartment and curled up into a ball next to the one who cared for him and simply said: "I find one who hurt you, I kill, I good kitty.".

## History

Dex-Starr was originally a single woman's cat named Dexter, whom he loved as much as she loved him. One day someone broke into her home, and although Dexter attacked the intruder with his claws but he couldn't stop him. Dexter's owner was brutally murdered. When the police eventually arrived and saw Dexter they kicked him out of the house, yelling, "Scram!" as they said they didn't want him to ruin the crime scene. As he found a place to sleep, sad and alone, two hoodlums found him and shoved him into a sack, and he was thrown into the river. Feeling the rage and sorrow in his heart, Atrocitus called out to him making him the Red Lantern "Dex-Starr" with Dexter soon using the ring to exact revenge against the two men who had placed him into a sack before attempting to throw it into a river. Afterwards, Dex-Starr flies back to his late owner's apartment and cuddles by her lifeless body crying and says, "I find who hurt you. I kill. I good kitty."

## Summary

**Dex-Starr** is a house cat from the planet Earth who is among the deadliest of the Red Lantern Corps. He was given his ring after a series of events that resulted in seeing his owner killed and being found in an alley and put in a bag to be thrown off a bridge. His mission is to find his owner's killer.

## Description

**Dex-Starr** has the appearance of a normal long-tailed cat with yellow eyes except that its fur is blue with black stripes. It wears a costume that has red for the body and black for the limbs. Despite an inability to speak but still able to make feline sounds, Dex-Starr is highly intelligent and can carry out difficult missions which can involve working with technology. Atrocitus considers it to be his most loyal subordinate. Being a member of the Red Lantern Corps, Dex-Starr wears a 'Power Ring' on its tail which it uses to project red 'hard light' constructs like hands, hammers, bubbles, a boot, a boxing glove or a subway train. However, this cat will sometimes just shoot red fur balls from its mouth to strike at an opponent. Dex-Starr is tough enough to hold its own in a fight with Krypto and Streaky, but an electric shock from a Bat-bomb will bring it to a halt and it can be 'de-powered' by stealing its ring while it is distracted.

## Powers And Abilities

### Powers

* **Cat Physiology**: Dexter is a housecat, this means he possesses several attributes unique to his species.
	+ **Cat Senses**: Cats like Dexter have to rely on their senses a lot to find and catch prey, and as such their senses are far greater then humans.
		- **Cat Ears**: Cats like Dexter can hear 1.6 octaves higher-pitched sounds then humans.
		- **Cat Eyesight**: Cats like Dexter have eyesight which is far more effective in the dark then human eyesight.
		- **Cat Nose**: Cats like Dexter have a sense of smell fourteen times greater then a humans.
	+ **Claws**: Cats like Dexter have claws to cut into the flesh of prey or as a defense against bigger animals.
	+ **Fangs**: Cats like Dexter have fangs to cut into the flesh of prey or as a defense against larger animals.

### Abilities

* **Hunting**: As a housecat Dexter is an accomplished predator, he is able to catch small mice and birds.

### Equipment

* **Red Lantern Power Battery**: Like all Red Lanterns Dex-Starr possesses a power battery, this battery allows Dex-Starr to refuel his ring when it is low on charge by uttering the Red Lantern Oath.

### Weapons

* **Red Lantern Ring**: Dex-Starr possesses a Red Lantern Ring, a weapon of vast power which is fueled by his rage. The ring gives him a vast amount of abilities in order to perform his role as a galactic avenger.
* **Energy Construct Creation**: When Dex-Starr ingested the blood of fellow Red Lantern Rankorr he gained the knowledge of how to use his ring to fabricate his thoughts into physical constructs of hard light. The strength of such constructs is dependent on the amount of rage Dex-Starr possesses.
* **Force Field**: Dex-Starr is capable of forging incredibly strong force fields out of hard light. These force bubbles vary in strength and size depending on how Dex-Starr wants them.
* **Energy Projection**: With the power of his ring Dex-Starr is able to fire concentrated blasts of hard light out of his ring, he is also able to create constructs that are able to fire these concentrated blasts.
* **Flight**: Dex-Starr is able to resist the pull of a planet's gravity and navigate through the sky unaided by technology.
* **Universal Translator**: Dex-Starr's ring can translate every known language in the universe, this allows Dex-Starr to understand everybody he comes across. However he only talks to people in a very primitive manor as his brain doesn't contain the necessary thought processes to make conversation.

## Weaknesses

* Any Red Lantern will suffer from power loss when fighting a Blue Lantern or an Indigo Lantern. Unable to control its rage.

**Former Weakness:**

* **Water**

## Other Media

* Dex-Starr appeared as a playable character in *Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham*. He is first found in the Hall of Justice in a side quest, requesting the player to keep enemies from attacking him until he counts to 10. He later appears in Yismault, where Catwoman requests the player to help find a place which could be his territory.
* Dex-Starr appears in *Justice League Action.*
* Dex-Starr appears in *Injustice 2*.
	+ Dex-Starr first appeared in the *Injustice 2* prequel comics. In this incarnation, Dex-Starr originated when his owners were killed by Amazo as part of Ra's al Ghul's rebalancing of the planet. When Batman and his team tries to take him with them, the cat hisses in refusal before being abandoned. Shortly afterwards, a Red Lantern ring gets into Dex-Starr as their member.
* Dex-Starr appears in *Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis*.
	+ Dex-Starr appears in *Lego DC Super-Villains*.
	+ Dex-Starr appears in DC Super Hero Girls.

## Notes

* Dex-Starr was created by Geoff Johns and Shane Davis, first appearing in *Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns* #1. However, in the Prime Earth continuity, Dex-Starr first appeared as part of the *New 52* DC Universe in *Red Lanterns* #1 by Peter Milligan and Ed Benes.
* Dex-Starr was originally drawn by Shane Davis as a joke for one of the spreads of the Red Lanterns in *Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns* #1, but was given a few more panels at Geoff Johns insistance, and was named after Davis' cat Dexter.

## Trivia

* Dex-Starr is the only Earth animal Red Lantern to date.
* Dex-Starr is the only Red Lantern that at the beginning did not kill everyone he meets, and did not need the Red Lantern blood pool.
* It is unknown if Dex-Starr's four brothers are still alive.
* Dex-Starr is the only Red Lantern to wear the ring on his tail (because he cannot wear on his finger because he's a cat, and his fingers are too thick and small).