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Starburst - peril in space
🕑 Added 2021-09-15 23:20:25 +0000 UTCStarburst is one of the most powerful beings in the Universe - so it's hard to imagine the sheer power of the mysterious being or beings who could subdue her and restrain her to this asteroid!
Her struggles to break her shackles have been fruitless so far, since her shackles can sense the strength she's exerting against them, and feed enough energy to overcome her efforts. Rocket engines fire at random moments to randomize the trajectory of the asteroid so that its movements can't be tracked. And if a spacecraft comes close enough to attempt a rescue - although if Starburst can't free herself, what chance would anyone else have? - a teleportation device instantly transports her to a different location (once again, at random... she could wind up a few meters away, or a hundred parsecs distant).
And in fact, that's what happened: a peace patrol ship discovered her, tried to approach to attempt a retrieval - only to watch helplessly as the asteroid winked out of existence. And by the merest stroke of extremely bad luck, she rematerialized on the edge of the gravity well of a black hole! Starburst now has mere seconds to free herself before she's sucked in...
I was inspired to draw this by this cover for the January 1958 issue of Imaginative Tales. The idea of someone chained to an asteroid floating through space intrigued me, so I imagined Starburst in that plight. I figured, though, that mere chains couldn't hold her, so I cobbled together the machinery built into the asteroid to keep her prisoner. And then, just to make things more "interesting", I placed it on the edge of a black hole that's sucking everything else in its vicinity into itself.
Comments
Bob Fan
Love her outfit
Karo Maestro Prince of Stories
Uh-David,it's a good piece of art. But I thought in our discussions, we agreed Starburst shouldn't be this ridiculously powerful! She's certainly one of the most powerful FLESH AND BLOOD creatures in the universe. But this smacks of Silver Age Superman "sneezing and blowing out a star" lunacy power levels. There are certainly advanced alien species and cosmic entities with more then enough power to constrain her-although for the former, it would be quite difficult. One such Empire mentioned in what I'm working on. Anyway-it's a great art-it inspires writing.
Grand Funk Master Chief Ricardo Montalbán Phon Con 14
That's one hell of a concept. Excellent job. I was surprised you went back to the original Starburst outfit.
CJoe
Oh... An asteroid in distress! :D Very nice piece. ^^
Gregg Hill
Superb. Hopefully you'll be doing a story in the near future featuring her.
leo.cook94
Just amazing nothing to say
Kingddd
Love it
