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Starling

Starling

52 appearances Β· Modern Age Β· 2011–2026 Β· 1 key issues
Who is Starling?

Evelyn 'Ev' Crawford is a heavily tattooed mercenary and expert markswoman who fights with dual pistols. She co-founded the relaunched Birds of Prey alongside Black Canary, bringing street-level combat skills and a morally flexible outlook to the team.

Starling made their Marvel Comics debut in 2011 and has built a steady presence across the Modern Age, racking up 52 catalog appearances β€” including at least one collector-recognized key issue β€” with their footprint running well into the mid-2020s. Most of those adventures unfold in the pages of Miles Morales: Spider-Man, particularly the acclaimed Cody Ziglar run, where Starling keeps genuinely electric company: Misty Knight, Scorpion, Mac Gargan, and the formidable Rabble all share those pages. It's a corner of the Marvel Universe buzzing with energy and street-level stakes, and Starling is right in the thick of it β€” a Modern Age character with real staying power worth tracking down.

Identity

Real name. Evelyn "Ev" Crawford

Powers. No superhuman powers; skilled hand-to-hand combatant and expert markswoman (dual pistols), tattooed mercenary/operative.

Affiliations. Birds of Prey (founding member, New 52); later defected to the Court of Owls / Mr. Freeze.

β˜… First appearance
Nightwing #2
Dec 2011

Top series

Covers through the years β€” 2011–2025

Nightwing #2 β˜… 2011
Nightwing #2
Miles Morales #5 2021
Miles Morales #5
Miles Morales #8 2022
Miles Morales #8
Miles Morales: Spider-Man #2 2023
Miles Morales: Spider-Man #2
Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Cody Ziglar #3 2024
Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Cody Ziglar #3
The Spectacular Spider-Men #15 2025
The Spectacular Spider-Men #15

Appearances