S.T.A.R. LABS [Scientific and Technical Advanced Research Laboratories] | BIOGRAPHY |
Created by Len Wein and Curt Swan |
TEAM DATA
Full Name: Scientific and Technical Advanced Research Laboratories
Aliases: (formerly): Scientific Research Associates
Status: Active
Current Members: Dr. Jenet Klyburn, Garrison Slate,
Base of Operation: Metropolis, DE (corporate headquarters)
First Appearance: Superman Vol. 1 #246 (December 1971)
Creators: Len Wein and Curt Swan
MEMBERSHIP
Member | First Appearance | Joined | Status | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dr. Jenet Klyburn | Superman Vol. 1 #304 | Active | Metropolis Branch Supervisor | |
Garrison Slate | Blue Beetle Vol. 2 #12 | Active | Founder and CEO | |
Dr. Wilson Farr | Superman Vol. 1 #246 | |||
Sarah Charles | Tales of the Teen Titans #57 | San Francisco | ||
Kitty Faulkner | Superman Vol. 2 #7 | Superman Vol. 2 #7 | Metropolis | |
Karen Beecher-Duncan | Teen Titans Vol. 1 #45 | |||
Samuel Register | Teen Titans Vol. 3 #13 | San Francisco | ||
Caitlin Rousso | Power of Shazam! #19 | |||
Vincent Velcro | Weird War Tales #93 | |||
Richard Rigel | Justice League of America #181 | |||
Amy Southern | S.T.A.R. Corps #4 | |||
Charles Ndoki | S.T.A.R. Corps #3 | |||
Ed Wilder | S.T.A.R. Corps #1 | |||
Beth Wilder | S.T.A.R. Corps #1 | |||
David Ramsey | S.T.A.R. Corps #1 | |||
Dr. Albert Michaels | Superman Vol. 1 #303 | Metropolis | ||
DeShaun Kendall | ||||
Professor Orenstein | Birds of Prey #28 | Birds of Prey #28 | ||
Douglas Herald | ||||
Murray Takamoto | Blue Beetle Vol. 2 #1 | Blue Beetle Vol. 2 #1 | Chicago; Branch head |
HISTORY
A nationwide chain of corporate research laboratories, founded by Garrison Slate. S.T.A.R. Labs is the foremost technological company/research laboratory of the world and has offices everywhere from Metropolis to Gotham City, from New York to San Diego to Chicago. They also have at least one office in Tokyo. For several years, S.T.A.R. has had a continuing co-operation with the super-human society, including Superman, the Justice League, and the Titans. They also have their own "hero team" of meta-human protectors, called the S.T.A.R. Corps. Among S.T.A.R.'s most well-known scientists are: Wilson Farr, Jenet Klyburn, Sarah Charles, and Murray Takamoto.
CHRONOLOGY
For a definitive list of appearances of S.T.A.R. Labs in chronological order click here
PROFILE REFERENCES
Who's Who in the DC Universe #4 (November 1990)
Superman Secret Files #1 (January 1998)
Superman Metropolis Secret Files #1 (July 2000)