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[[James Robinson]]'s most famous series for [[DC Comics]], ''Starman'' was one of the steps away from the [[Nineties Anti Hero]] and into [[The Modern Age of Comic Books]]. The series followed [[Legacy Character]] Jack Knight, son of the [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] Starman (there were plenty of others) and something of an [[Author Avatar]]. Jack is a reluctant newcomer at first, but over the course of the series, his character develops into something akin to old-school heroes while maintaining a distinct personality.
Starman is also notable for Robinson's dusting off of plenty of older characters. [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] [[Card
Jack Knight first appeared in ''[[Zero Hour]]'' #1 (September, 1994) and soon graduated to his own title. The ongoing lasted for 81 regular issues (October, 1994-August, 2001), though numbering begun with #0.
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=== This series contains instances of: ===
* [[All There in the Manual]]: Important bits of backstory which pay off in the "Grand Guignol" arc are found only in the first Shade miniseries and in various text stories, not to mention the re-used [[Backstory]] from Robinson's ''[[The Golden Age]]'' miniseries.
* [[Anti
** Jack starts out at this, but by series end is sort of an anti-anti-hero.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: The Mist. But in one conversation with his dad, Jack names a rival junk dealer as his [[Arch Nemesis]].
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* [[Avenging the Villain]]: Nash takes up the identity of The Mist and becomes Jack's archenemy after he kills her brother Kyle.
* [[Belated Backstory]]: The Shade, as mentioned above.
* [[Brother
* [[City of Adventure]]
* [[Civvie Spandex]]: Jack's superhero suit consists of a leather jacket, a pair of goggles and whatever else he happens to be wearing at the time.
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** '''Ted Knight''': the original Starman, used ''both'' of the aforementioned weapons.
* [[Fight in The Nude]]: The Mist kidnaps, drugs, and rapes Jack, takes his clothes and his gear, and forces him to fight through a maze full of [[Mook|mooks]]. [[Badass|He succeeds]].
* [[Five
** [[The Hero]]: Jack
** [[The Lancer]]: The Shade, sometimes Mikaal.
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** [[The Smart Guy]]: Ted
** [[The Chick]]: Sadie or Hope O'Dare.
** The O'Dare Family also constitutes a [[Five
*** [[The Hero]]: Clarence
*** [[The Lancer]]: Mason
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* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Ted Knight, after learning he has cancer.}}
** Not to mention {{spoiler|Good Grundy}} dying (or becoming {{spoiler|the thuggish villain Grundy we're more familiar with}}) after saving people from a collapsing building.
* [[Historical
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: At first.
* [[Knight in Sour Armor|(Jack) Knight In Sour Armor]]: To put it mildly, Jack has a very caustic personality.
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* [[Reed Richards Is Useless]]: Subverted in-series. As part of Jack's original bargain to take up his father's job as the town superhero, Ted had to agree to find applications for the cosmic energy he had discovered and harnessed apart from making weapons. By series end, Ted had apparently patented a number of technologies that would revolutionize the world... but the idea never quite took in the [[The DCU|shared universe]].
* [[Reincarnation]]: Used in one or two cases, depending on how you count it. {{spoiler|Matt O'Dare was the DC Western hero Scalphunter and would later go on to be reincarnated as Thom Kallor aka Starboy of the [[Legion of Super-Heroes]].}}
* [[Retcon]]: If you want to keep track of them all, you'll need a scorecard. Many of them were [[
** Probably the most notable was a hint from fortune-teller Charity that Jack would someday meet an old friend of his father's. The hint was originally meant to refer to Hawkman but Robinson's plans to revitalize the character in Starman were sidelined. Charity [[Lampshade Hanging|even tells Jack later]] that their paths have changed and he might never meet "the winged hero" after all.
* [[Science Hero]]: Ted Knight, who can still use his knowledge to pull off an [[Indy Ploy]] when cornered by the new Mist.
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