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Starfox (Eros) is a superhero from the Marvel Comics universe. He has operated as a member of the Avengers and is one of the Eternals of Titan. Where Eros serves as the superhero Starfox, he (and the universe) are opposed by his mad brother, the supervillain Thanos.

History
Eros is a member of the Eternals, a genetic offshoot of humanity, that left for deep space from Earth years ago and settled on Saturn's moon of Titan. Eros is the youngest son of Alars (also known as Mentor) and Sui-San, and he grew up to be a fun-loving, carefree womanizer in contrast to his brother Thanos, a power-hungry, nihilistic conqueror. Only when Thanos launched his first major attack against Titan, an attack that left their mother Sui-San dead, did Eros begin to take life a bit more seriously.

Years later, in a subsequent campaign of terror by Thanos, Eros fought alongside Titan's handful of survivors. Eros then joined the alien Captain Mar-Vell and the Earth hero-team called the Avengers in the first major defeat of Thanos. No longer bound by duty on Titan, Eros left the war-torn moon, seeking out pleasure and recreation on humanoid-inhabited worlds.

Eros returned to Titan to help console his cancer-stricken friend Mar-Vell when he retreated to Titan to spend his final days of life. Just before he died, Mar-Vell made Eros promise to take care of his Titanian companion, Elysius, after he was gone. Eros honored his vow for several weeks, until Elysius, realizing his wanderlust, released him from his promise. Traveling to Earth, he sought out and joined The Avengers. They admitted him to their training program and gave him the name Starfox, since they felt Eros was an inappropriate code-name. He served the Avengers faithfully for several months, helping them vanquish such menaces as the Wizard, Terminus, and Maelstrom until leaving to pursue the space pirate Nebula, who claimed to be the grand-daughter of Thanos.

Eros returned to a hedonistic life of adventure, preferring to wander space in search of romance and adventure. He would often return to help the Avengers in their adventures, serving during such cases as the Terminus crisis, Operation: Galactic Storm, and the Nemesis case involving the Infinity Gems and the so-called Ultraverse. He also spent time with the son of Mar-Vell, Genis-Vell, and attempted on multiple occasions to assist him and steer him in the right direction.

Eros and his brother, Thanos, have a custom, where each year they bury the hatchet and convene at a neutral place, usually bearing gifts. An initiative of their father, who demanded that the two would meet every year as a reminder of the blood that runs through both their veins. The meeting is called The Truce and the two meet alone, although the hero Quasar was present at one of their meetings, and they will not fight.

Allegations of sexual assault
In the second volume of the She-Hulk series (2005-current), Starfox was put on trial for sexual assault, accused of using his powers to seduce a happily married woman to have sex with him. He was defended by fellow Avenger, She-Hulk, in her "normal" identity as lawyer Jennifer Walters, after the law firm which employed her, Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway, was contacted by Mentor. However, in the course of the trial, Walters came to realize that he had likely used his powers on her in the past, resulting in a one-night stand between Starfox and the She-Hulk. When she confronted Starfox about this (via closed-circuit video link; Starfox was banned from the courtroom after it was determined that he was "influencing" witnesses for the prosecution in his favor), he evaded her questioning and cut the video feed. Walters angrily charged out of the courtroom, spontaneously transformed into the She-Hulk, and caught up with Starfox, who was attempting to escape both imprisonment and Earth after realizing, essentially, that she was "on to" him. The She-Hulk proceeded to deal a savage beating to Starfox, giving him no chance to speak more than a few words, and knocking him unconscious to ensure that he could not use his powers to talk his way out of trouble. However, Mentor had tired of having his son demeaned by being put on trial by humans, and Starfox's punishment at the She-Hulk's hands was the last straw; he arranged his son's release by teleporting Starfox away to Titan.

The She-Hulk story seemed to indicate that Starfox's use of his psionic abilities is automatic and almost subconscious at times--but at the same time established that ultimately, he is rarely unaware of his power's effects on others, and has no moral compunctions about taking advantage of those effects to his own benefit and pleasure. Starfox is currently considered a fugitive from justice by the New York state and United States legal systems, which quite possibly jeopardizes his continued status as a member of the Avengers.

Solicitations for She-Hulk #12 indicate that Starfox will be tried for his alleged crimes on the planet Titan.

Powers and abilities
Starfox is a member of the offshoot of humanity known as the Eternals. His body has been enhanced by cosmic energy to the point that it doesn't age and is superhumanly strong and resistant to harm. Eros can lift about 10 tons under optimal conditions. He can harness his cosmic powers to enable himself to fly, and to stimulate the pleasure centers in people's brains, making them calm and open to suggestion using his persuasion skill, a power that does not work on his brother. In the series Captain Marvel, Starfox also showed the ability to manipulate gravity, simulating psychokinesis.

The Titanian Eternals are not as powerful as those of Earth, being less able to channel cosmic energy.