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S.T.A.R. Labs

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Official Name

Science and Technology Advanced Research Laboratories

Organization Aliases

STAR Labs

Status

Status

Active

Organization Identity

Public

Universe

Earth-One, New Earth

Base Of Operations

See Locations

Current Members

Jenet Klyburn; Kala Avasti; Kitty Faulkner; Murray Takamoto; Sarah Charles; Tina McGee; Valerie Perez

Former Members

Albert Michaels; Elias Orr; Elinore Stone; Emil Hamilton; Jason Rusch; Silas Stone; Rudy Jones

Allies

Firestorm; Flash (Wally West); Teen Titans; Steel (John Henry Irons); Superman

Enemies

Lex Luthor

Origin

Origin

Established by Garrison Slate

Creators

Len Wein, Curt Swan

First appearance

Superman #246
(December, 1971)

History

Science and Technology Advanced Research Laboratories, usually shortened to S.T.A.R. Labs, was a research organization founded by a scientist named Garrison Slate, who wanted a nationwide chain of research laboratories unconnected to the government or any business interests.^{[citation needed]}

He succeeded not only on a national scale, but an international one as well: S.T.A.R. Labs maintained facilities in Canada, Europe, Australia, and Japan as well as in the United States, with the total number of facilities numbering between twenty and thirty at last recorded count.

Lex Luthor has attempted to buy out S.T.A.R. on at least one occasion. The technology used to maintain Cyborg's mechanical parts comes from S.T.A.R. Labs. These parts were also used to create cybernetic enhancements for Ron Evers.

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Locations

A partial list of some known locations of S.T.A.R. Labs facilities and their research focuses where known includes:

• Austin, Texas (Silicone Hills): specializing in A.I., genetics, and metahuman studies.^{[citation needed]}
• Central City, Missouri^{[citation needed]}
• Chicago, Illinois: specializing in research and technology^{[citation needed]}
• Gotham City: specializing in weaponry^{[citation needed]}
• Keystone City, Kansas^{[citation needed]}
• Los Angeles, California: specializing in genetics and disease control^{[citation needed]}
• Melbourne, Australia^{[citation needed]}
• Metropolis (Queensland Park Borough, near Metropolis Harbor): specializing in marine biology^{[citation needed]}
• Metropolis (central branch, New Troy Island): catch-all facility, often seen as a temporary holding area for captured supervillains, as research is made on how to contain them.^{[citation needed]}
• New York City: specializing in research and technology^{[citation needed]}
• Phoenix, Arizona: specializing in meteorology and natural disasters^{[citation needed]}
• Salt Lake City, Utah: ^[1]
• San Diego, California: specializing in chemical research^{[citation needed]}
• San Francisco, California: specializing in studying meta-humans^{[citation needed]}
• Seattle, Washington: specializing in studying psychology and psionics.^{[citation needed]}
• Wichita, Kansas: specializing in computer engineering^{[citation needed]}

Among the dismantled or otherwise inactive facilities:

• Detroit, Michigan: specializing in physics research. Shut down in 2004.^{[citation needed]}

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.

Notes

• No special notes.

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• Appearances of S.T.A.R. Labs (Chronological)
• Appearances of S.T.A.R. Labs
• Organization Gallery: S.T.A.R. Labs
  
• Catalogued images featuring S.T.A.R. Labs

Links and References

• S.T.A.R. Labs at Wikipedia