Template:Short description Template:Infobox comics character Starman (Will Payton) is a DC Comics superhero who was created by Roger Stern and Tom Lyle, and one of several characters to have the Starmen name.[1][2][3][4][5]
Publication history
Starman was created by Roger Stern and Tom Lyle, and first appeared in Starman #1 (October 1988).[6]
Starman was killed in Eclipso: The Darkness Within (1992). In 2020, he was resurrected in Scott Snyder's Justice League run, with Snyder believing him to be an under-explored character.[2][7][8][9]
Fictional character biography
Payton is a magazine copy editor who gains superpowers after being infused with the essence of Gavyn, the previous Starman. Despite his short career, he gained a good reputation among other heroes, even assisting Superman on some occasions.[10] Starman is later killed in battle with Eclipso.[11]
Starman is resurrected in the DC Rebirth series Dark Nights: Metal. This version's powers are derived from the Totality, a cosmic source of energy and the prison of Perpetua.[5][12][13]
References
External links
- ↑ Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 235: "New Starman Will Payton debuted in his own ongoing series in October [1988] by writer Roger Stern and artist Tom Lyle".
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- ↑ Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 235: "New Starman Will Payton debuted in his own ongoing series in October [1988] by writer Roger Stern and artist Tom Lyle".
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- ↑ Starman #1 (October 1988). DC Comics.
- ↑ Eclipso: The Darkness Within #2 (October 1992)
- ↑ Dark Nights: Metal #1
- ↑ Justice League (vol. 4) #8