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Sunstar
Real Name: Jillian
Summers
Age: 25
ABILITIES
Sunstar’s powers are derived from heat which she generates within herself.
In addition to flight, she can fire intense heat beams from her eyes. Also
an expert in hand-to-hand combat, she can unleash flaming melee attacks. Although
not a super power, a sardonic and sarcastic wit can also be counted amongst
her many abilities.
BIOGRAPHY
Jillian is the daughter of retired super heroes Atom Bomb and Magma Girl, and
is Justin’s older sister. Inheriting the super-gene from her parents, she
manifested heat-based powers while in high school. Justin helped her by keeping
it secret from their classmates. With his help, she learned to control her abilities
and since Justin is an artist, she asked him to create her first Sunstar costume.
In return, Jillian was the first person Justin came out to when he realized he
was gay. Together the pair kept each other’s secrets and formed an inseparable
bond.
Sunstar
burst into the spotlight while still a teenager when she
heroically and
selflessly protected the Golden Bay Bridge. Saving the landmark and everyone
on it from an icy destruction by the villain Cold Snap, she received the nickname “Golden
Bay’s Shining Star!” Her brave actions soon grabbed the attention
of local hero, Captain Cosmos. It wasn’t long before she signed up with
the World Hero Organization and was crime fighting along side some of the city’s
greatest defenders.
Sadly,
over the course of her early career, Sunstar’s
popularity dropped as more and more fire-based heroes were employed by W.H.O.
To remedy this, her
agent Mr. Agnew paired her with local hero, Blue Comet. As an added bonus,
the duo were soon named Captain Cosmos’ successors and officially inherited
the job of patrolling Golden Bay City. Although the two quickly became best
friends through their many adventures they didn’t spend much time together
outside of their super hero personas.
As
an additional way to boost her career, Mr. Agnew decided
Sunstar would participate in “Operation: Super Couples”.
He informed her that, due to flailing merchandise sales, certain W.H.O.
heroes were being urged to have public “romances” with
each other to regain media interest. Based on demographic research, Agnew
insisted on pairing her with Zap-Man, the incredibly handsome yet, obnoxious,
electric-powered
hero.
Sunstar
was not happy. Like many others, she could not stand Zap-Man’s
arrogant personality. Frustrated, she turned to her best friend Blue Comet,
who was in the midst of struggling with staying in the closet. Wanting
to keep his
orientation a secret as well as wanting to help her, Blue Comet proposed
that she could avoid the forced pairing with Zap-Man and pretend to have
the public “romance” with
him instead. Realizing the advantages outweighed the disadvantages, the
friends agreed to enlist in the program as a couple.
