

Then one day, at a Barnes and Noble in Easton PA, I browsed through a copy of STARMAN: STARS MY DESTINATION, because Will Payton was in it. And you know what I realized? This Jack Knight guy was pretty cool. What's more, this series was pretty cool.
Before I left the United States for good in June 2007, I decided to make one last big comics-related purchase, and I bought the entire James Robinson–written STARMAN run off of eBay, specials and all (I'm only missing the first issue of BATMAN/HELLBOY/STARMAN, but since that's mostly Batman, I don't care).
I felt the need to write about it, but there was a lot to write about, so I did it in five parts. Click the links to get taken to those particular sections:
- Part 1: Fathers and Sons. A look at the relationships between Jack, David, and Ted Knight, and how they anchor the series.
- Part 2: Legacy. A look at the legacy of Starman, the arch-enemy The Mist, and the Justice Society of America.
- Part 3: Opal City. How the setting of the book affected its characters, how the characters from Opal were different from the ones outside it, and
- Part 4: History, not Continuity. The difference between the two, and how STARMAN uses one to great effect while treating the other as a tool and not a hindrance, and how continuity should help, but not hamper your story.
- Part 5: The Shade, and the Future. A look at the one character that DC is still using after the end of the series, his spinoffs, and where it may lead.
I hope you join me for a week-long look at one of the best comics of the 90s, and certainly one of the most memorable comics of all time!
2 comments:
In many ways it was Star Man that got me back into reading comics. Specifically getting into DC which I wasn't really a fan of until Sandman and Star Man hooked me in with the rich history and adult oriented stories. I did miss Harrison's artwork when he left the series, with Robinson's words and the stark use of shadows by Harrison it was both rich in character and design.
-Hunt Stockwell-American
I've always liked the idea of Starman and the last series with Jack Knight cemented him in my #1 spot for all time. Over the likes of superman & batman.
James Robinson painted a picture of a hero no one had ever done right before.
With the setting of Opal City, we had a place as fantastic as Gotham or Metropolis, a place with it's own story to put our hero and some of the best supporting characters I've read in along time.
I still go back and read them, still loving the rich artwork and great stories. And the way it neatly tied all the Starmen together was perfect.
I highly recommend to anyone to look this series up.
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