Star-Dancer is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe

Marvel Universe

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Publication history

Shanga the Star-Dancer first appeared in Marvel Two-in-One

Marvel Two-in-One

Marvel Two-In-One was an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics that featured the Fantastic Four member, the Thing, in a different team-up each issue with a different character. The series continued from the team-up stories starring the Thing in the final two issues of Marvel...

#79 (September 1981), and was created by Tom DeFalco

Tom DeFalco

Tom DeFalco is an American comics writer and editor, well known for his association with Marvel Comics and in particular for his work with Spider-Man.-Career:...

 and Ron Wilson

Ron Wilson (comics)

Ron Wilson is an American comic book artist known for his work on titles starring the Marvel Comics character The Thing, including the titles Marvel Two-in-One and The Thing...

. The character also appeared in Quasar #14 (September 1990).

The Star-Dancer received an entry in the original Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe

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#10.

Fictional character biography

Shanga the Star-Dancer is a Zhalla'Kian, a race of virtually immortal crystal-based humanoids possessing natural cosmic energy manipulating powers. Shanga devoted her life to the art of dance, spending millennia practicing and perfecting her craft. Finding her life unsatisfying, she began to travel through space. After centuries of wandering, she eventually happened upon Earth. There, she met Elton Morrow, who was the Blue Diamond

Blue Diamond (comics)

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 in the 1940s, and took him with her back to space to be her mate.

Shanga was later encountered on the Stranger

Stranger (comics)

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's laboratory world and was set free.