Additionally, it is revealed in a 1990s retcon that Ted Knight has a brief affair with the first Black Canary (Dinah Drake) in the 1960s, both events filling in blank spots in the hero's past. In the 1990s-era Starman series, it is revealed that Ted is motivated to return to active duty in part by his own time-traveling son, Jack. He was confined to a mental institution for a number of years as a result. Doris is tragically murdered in the late 1940s and this event, combined with Ted's role in the creation of the atom bomb, causes him to suffer a nervous breakdown. Īt this time, the love of Ted's life is a woman named Doris Lee, who often chastises her layabout playboy boyfriend for his pretended laziness and hypochondria, unaware of Ted's costumed persona. Army Air Force and serves very briefly as a pilot during World War II.

He was a frequent ally of the FBI and a member of the Justice Society of America for much of the 1940s and, like other mystery men of the time, served in the wartime All-Star Squadron. Doog and the Secret Brotherhood of the Electron, and the Veil. Starman's rogues gallery also includes Astra the Astrologist, Cuthbert Cain, Dr. He first appears in Adventure Comics #67 (Nov 1941). Starman's first recurring villain is the Mist, an elderly scientist who develops an invisibility potion that leaves only his head and hands visible in mid-air. In the original 1940s stories, Starman operated out of Gotham City, but this was retconned in the 1990s to Opal City. Initially intending it for use as a possible power source, Ted was convinced by his cousin, Sandra Knight, the Phantom Lady, to use his invention to become a costumed crime fighter. As Ted Knight, he is an astronomer and an expert scientist, having developed the rods himself. He uses a gravity rod (later cosmic rod) which allows him to fly and to manipulate energy, at times in a manner similar to Green Lantern's power ring.

Fictional character biography Īs Starman, Ted wears a caped costume of red and green topped with a helmet with a fin on the top. He continued to appear in Adventure Comics through #102 (Feb 1946), and All-Star Comics #8 (Dec 1941) to #23 (Winter 1944). Doog, who threatened the world with his invention, the Ultra-Dynamo. His first story in Adventure Comics #61 (April 1941) pitted Starman against the sinister Dr. Later in the run, Emil Gershwin wrote the stories, with art by Mort Meskin and George Roussos. Gardner Fox developed the character, and science-fiction writer Alfred Bester also contributed Starman scripts. Invited by editor Whitney Ellsworth to create a new superhero character, Burnley drew the Starman costume as a variation of Superman's famous outfit, topped with a Buck Rogers-style helmet.

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