S.T.A.R. Labs

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S.T.A.R. Labs is a business that features in DC Comics.

History

Origin

Rumors persisted that Lex Luthor intended to buy out S.T.A.R. Labs that led to fears among employees some of whom threatened to resign. Eventually, LexCorp made a big for the company seeking to take its new Colorado psionics research facility. To evade his acquisition, the company instead sold the asset to Simtech Corporation. (Superman v2 #31)

Modern

A S.T.A.R. Labs relief operation worked alongside with Waynetech in the devastated remains of Bialya but all the relief workers were slain by outside forces. (52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen v1 #1)

The New 52

Overview

It had a number of divisions that included:

• Advanced Ideas Division : a small branch that consisted of highly skilled scientists and a support team. (Superboy v6 #30)

S.T.A.R. Labs holdings were said to rival those of LexCorp with it being worth billions. (Superman v2 #30)

Members

• Garrison Slate :
• Alton Stuart : male Board Chairman who was forced to sell the company's psionics research facility to evade an acquisition attempt of S.T.A.R. Labs by LexCorp. (Superman v2 #31)
• Emil Hamilton :
• Kitty Faulkner :
• Silas Stone :
• Sarah Charles :
• Jenet Klyburn : (Superman v1 #304)
• Murray Takamoto : male Asian head of the Chicago branch of S.T.A.R. Labs who was studying the applications of Promethium. (Blue Beetle v1 #1)
• David Connor : a male scientist who was the top xenobiologists but was suffering from an inoperable cancer when he began study of the Eradicator. The cancer spread to the point that he was dying but prior to death he managed to bond to the Eradicator merging the pair into a new body. (Action Comics v1 #693)
• Harold Alexander Grey : an elderly scientist with white-grey hair with a long beard, Dr. Grey headed the Advanced Ideas Division. (Superboy v6 #30)
• Meena Dhawan : a female doctor who was a genius that formerly worked at A.R.G.U.S. who headed S.T.A.R. Labs Newton's Practical Application Department until a Speed Force storm hit Central City whereupon she headed the new Speed Force Testing Centre after she became empowered as a speedster. (The Flash v5 #3)

Notes

• S.T.A.R. Labs was created by Cary Bates and Rich Buckler where it made its first appearance in Superman v1 #246 (December 1971).

In other media

Television

• In The Flash , S.T.A.R. Labs featured as part of the 1990s live-action television series. Dr. Christina "Tina" McGee was a scientist that operated at the laboratory who aided Barry Allen after he gained super-speed powers.
• In the DC Animated Universe, S.T.A.R. Labs made a number of appearances in the animated setting.
  • In Superman: The Animated Series, S.T.A.R. Labs made its first appearance in the episode "Feeding Time". Dr. Emil Hamilton was a scientist that operated at the laboratory where he aided in helping Superman.
• In Young Justice, S.T.A.R. Labs made a number of appearances in the animated series. Professor Adam Strange was a scientist that was part of the Erdel Initiative that was looking into achieving teleportation when he discovered Zeta Beams.
• In the Arrowverse, S.T.A.R. Labs made a number of appearances in the shared setting.
  • In Arrow, S.T.A.R. Labs made numerous appearances throughout the second season of the television series. Multiple mentions were made on television newsreaders and newspapers about concerns over the S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator being built at Central City. In the episode "Three Ghosts", the accelerator suffered a catastrophic meltdown that affected the town leading to a laboratory accident that led to Barry Allen being struck by lightning. In "The Man Under the Hood", two scientists from S.T.A.R. Labs were introduced namely Caitlin Sow and Cisco Ramon who were both recruited by Felicity Smoak to help synthesis a cure for the Mirakuru drug by providing a blood sample. Slade Wilson attacked S.T.A.R. Labs in order to gather some equipment that he intended for use in his plot against Oliver Queen and Starling City.
  • In The Flash, S.T.A.R. Labs returned as part of the same universe as Arrow where it featured in the pilot episode. It was situated in Central City where Doctor Harrison Wells operated the facility and headed the Particle Accelerator experiment that he claimed would revolutionize science. The accelerator suffered an explosion that led to the emergence of numerous theoretical elements and spreading them into the world leading to the emergence of Metahumans. Barry Allen was one such individual affected by a lightning bolt causing him to gaining superspeed where he operated as the superhero known as the Flash. He would team up with Harrison Wells, Caitlin Snow and Cisco Ramon where they secretly helped stop criminals and villainous Metahumans. Within S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator was referred to as the Pipeline and was modified by Ramon with individual cells being made to contain Metahuman criminals. 'Harrison Wells' created a secret room in the building known as the Time Vault.
  • In DC Legends of Tomorrow, S.T.A.R. Labs was mentioned in the episode "Progeny". By 2145, they had become known as the S.T.A.R. Labs Corporation who had become the owners of Central City.

Films

• In Justice League: Gods and Monsters, S.T.A.R. Labs was shown to exist in this alternate reality with Lex Luthor being attached to the organization.
• In Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, S.T.A.R. Labs was briefly seen in the live-action movie. It was shown in Lex Luthors Metahuman files that showed recordings taken from Silas Stone's laboratory that showed his cybernetic experiments to revive his son Victor Stone.
• In Batman and Harley Quinn, S.T.A.R. Labs Gotham City branch appeared briefly in the animated film where Jason Woodrue and Poison Ivy broke into it to access its computers to recover the data on the Bio-Restorative Formula developed by Dr. Alec Holland. Afterwards, Batman and Nightwing investigated the facility where they determined the theft by the two supervillains.

Video games

• In Justice League Heroes, S.T.A.R. Labs featured in the video game where Superman and Batman travelled there to fight Brainiac along with his robotic minions. Following Brainiac's defeat, Superman and Batman later discovered that the Brainiac that they had destroyed was only a clone.
• In DC Universe Online, S.T.A.R. Labs made a number of appearances in the MMORPG video game.

Appearances

• Superman:
• Teen Titans:

External Links

• Wikipedia Entry

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