Starman
#[4] - Times Past
([May] 1999)
DC,
1995 Series
- Price
- 17.95 USD; 28.25 CAD
- Pages
- 180
- On-sale Date
- 1999-03-31
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- ISBN
-
1-56389-492-0
- Barcode
- 761941217208 00111
- Printer
- Printed in Canada
- Editing
- Jim Spivey (credited) (editor - collected edition); Archie Goodwin (credited) (editor - original series); Dan Thorsland (credited) (editor - original series); Chuck Kim (credited) (assistant editor - original series); Alisande Morales (credited) (assistant editor - original series); Mike Carlin (credited) (executive editor)
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Starman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Frey (credited) (painting)
- Inks
- Brian Frey (credited) (painting)
- Colors
- Brian Frey (credited) (painting)
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
-
in The Starman Omnibus (DC, 2008 series) #2 ([April] 2009) which is reprinted - in The Starman Omnibus (DC, 2012 series) #2 ([November] 2012)
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![Cover Thumbnail for Starman (DC, 1995 series) #[4] - Times Past](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/339/w200/339909.jpg?-3788864484871327900)
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credits, title page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Tony Harris (signed as Harris)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Starman [Jack Knight]
Introduction by David S. Goyer
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages
- Script
- David Goyer (credited as David S. Goyer)
- Pencils
- Tony Harris (illustrations)
- Inks
- Wade von Grawbadger (illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Starman [Jack Knight]; Starman [Mikaal Tomas]
- Reprints
- from Starman Secret Files (DC, 1998 series) #1 (April 1998), #1 (April 1998)
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Indexer Notes
Illustrations reprinted from character profile pages.
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Starman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Tony Harris (credited) (painting)
- Inks
- Tony Harris (credited) (painting)
- Colors
- Tony Harris (credited) (painting)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Starman [Jack Knight]
- Reprints
- from Starman Secret Files (DC, 1998 series) #1 (April 1998)
-
Talking with Ted... Talking with Jack...
Starman / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- James Robinson (credited)
- Pencils
- Phil Jimenez (credited) (pp. 9, 11-13, 17-21, 27-30); Lee Weeks (credited) (pp. 9, 10, 12-16, 22-26, 30)
- Inks
- Phil Jimenez (credited) (pp. 9, 11-13, 17-21, 27-30); Robert Campanella (credited) (pp. 9, 10, 12-16, 22-26, 30)
- Colors
- Lee Loughridge (credited)
- Letters
- Jon Babcock (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jack Knight (also in flashbacks); Ted Knight (also as Starman in origin and flashbacks); Sadie Falk; Sandra Knight (flashback, also as Phantom Lady); Billy O'Dare (flashback); Mikaal Tomas (cameo flashback); Prince Gavyn (cameo flashback); Starman [Will Payton] (cameo flashback); Justice Society [Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman; Hawkgirl; Doctor Fate; Hourman; Star-Spangled Kid; Power Girl; Atom; Wildcat; Johnny Thunder; Thunderbolt; Doctor Mid-Nite] (cameo flashback); Extant (cameo flashback); Johnny Quick (cameo flashback); Starman [David Knight] (cameo flashback)
- Synopsis
- While getting a tattoo, Jack tells about Ted's Starman origin. Meanwhile Ted talks about Jack and himself.
- Reprints
- from Starman Secret Files (DC, 1998 series) #1 (April 1998)
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Indexer Notes
Lee Weeks draws the Talking with Jack section while Phil Jimenez draws the Talking with Ted section.
An Entry from the Shade's Journal
Starman / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- James Robinson (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- historical; superhero
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Starman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Tony Harris (credited) (painting)
- Inks
- Tony Harris (credited) (painting)
- Colors
- Tony Harris (credited) (painting)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Shade
- Reprints
- from Starman (DC, 1994 series) #6 (April 1995)
-
1882 Back Stage, Back Then: A Tale of Times Past
Starman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- James Robinson (credited)
- Pencils
- Teddy Kristiansen (credited as Teddy H. Kristiansen) (layouts, finishes); Christian Højgaard (credited) (finishes); Bjarne Hansen (credited) (finishes); Kim Hagen (credited) (finishes)
- Inks
- Teddy Kristiansen (credited as Teddy H. Kristiansen)
- Colors
- Gregory Wright (credited)
- Letters
- John Workman (credited); Bob Pinaha (credited); Ken Bruzenak (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Shade; Oscar Wilde; Carl Lune; Starman [Jack Knight] (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Jack Knight reads from the Shade's journal.
- Reprints
- from Starman (DC, 1994 series) #6 (April 1995)
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Starman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Tony Harris (credited) (painting)
- Inks
- Tony Harris (credited) (painting)
- Colors
- Tony Harris (credited) (painting)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Starman [Jack Knight]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Shade; Rag Doll
- Reprints
- from Starman (DC, 1994 series) #11 (September 1995)
-
13 Years Ago: Five Friends
Starman / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- James Robinson (credited)
- Pencils
- Matthew Dow Smith (credited as Matt Smith)
- Inks
- Matthew Dow Smith (credited as Matt Smith)
- Colors
- Gregory Wright (credited)
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Starman; Flash; Green Lantern; Hourman; Dr. Mid-Nite; Rag Doll
- Reprints
- from Starman (DC, 1994 series) #11 (September 1995)
-
Indexer Notes
"A Tale of Times Past" with the Justice Society of America.
An Excerpt from the Shade's Journal
Starman / text story / 3 pages
- Script
- James Robinson (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Starman (DC, 1994 series) #9 (July 1995)
-
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Starman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Tony Harris (credited) (painting)
- Inks
- Tony Harris (credited) (painting)
- Colors
- Tony Harris (credited) (painting)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Starman [Ted Knight]; The Mist (Nash's father)
- Reprints
- from Starman (DC, 1994 series) #18 (April 1996)
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First Joust
Starman / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- James Robinson (credited)
- Pencils
- John Watkiss (credited)
- Inks
- John Watkiss (credited)
- Colors
- Gregory Wright (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Oakley (credited as Oakley / N. J. Q.)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Shade; Starman [Ted Knight] (flashback); Mist (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Mist's first attempts at crime are thwarted.
- Reprints
- from Starman (DC, 1994 series) #18 (April 1996)
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Indexer Notes
Starman does not appear in story. Shade's journal tells of 1st encounter between 40's Starman and the Mist.
A Passage from the Shade's Journal
Starman / text story / 4 pages
- Script
- James Robinson (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Shade; Jack Knight; Ted Knight
- Reprints
- from Starman Secret Files (DC, 1998 series) #1 (April 1998)
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Indexer Notes
Four segments:
"I had cut my finger. In the rose garden, pruning some beauties..."
"Jack met me at a coffee bar in his part of town..."
"Ted Knight had an observatory in town. It stood proudly..."
"We walked silently outside, still sipping our coffee..."
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Starman / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Tony Harris (credited)
- Inks
- Wade von Grawbadger (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Shade
- Reprints
- from Starman Secret Files (DC, 1998 series) #1 (April 1998)
-
[no title indexed]
Starman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Tony Harris (credited) (signed as Harris) (painting)
- Inks
- Tony Harris (credited) (signed as Harris) (painting)
- Colors
- Tony Harris (credited) (signed as Harris) (painting)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Starman [Mikaal Tomas]
- Reprints
- from Starman (DC, 1994 series) #28 (March 1997)
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Super Freaks and Backstabbers
Starman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- James Robinson (credited)
- Pencils
- Craig Hamilton (credited)
- Inks
- Ray Snyder (credited)
- Colors
- Gregory Wright (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Oakley (credited as Oakley / N. J. Q.)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Starman [Jack Knight] (cameo); Starman [Mikaal Tomas]
- Synopsis
- Starman (Mikaal Tomas) defeats a dying alien from his original home planet Realright.
- Reprints
- from Starman (DC, 1994 series) #28 (March 1997)
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Indexer Notes
A Tale of Times Past 1976.
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Starman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Tony Harris (credited) (painting)
- Inks
- Tony Harris (credited) (painting)
- Colors
- Tony Harris (credited) (painting)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Starman [Jack Knight]; Starman [Prince Gavyn] (alien); Starman [Ted Knight] (Golden Age); Shade
- Reprints
- from Starman Annual (DC, 1996 series) #1 ([December] 1996)
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Legends of the Dead Earth
Starman / comic story / 38 pages
- Script
- James Robinson (credited)
- Pencils
- Craig Hamilton (credited) (pp. 139-141, 157-158, 174-176); Bret Blevins (pp. 142-156); J. H. Williams III (credited) (pp. 159-173)
- Inks
- Bret Blevins (pp. 142-156); Ray Snyder (credited) (pp. 139-141, 157-158, 174-176); Mick Gray (credited) (pp. 159-173)
- Colors
- Kevin Somers (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Oakley (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Shade; Starman [Prince Gavyn]; Starman [Ted Knight]
- Reprints
- from Starman Annual (DC, 1996 series) #1 ([December] 1996), #1 ([December] 1996), #1 ([December] 1996)
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
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Starman -
1.
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2.
Introduction by David S. Goyer
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3.
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Starman -
4.
Talking with Ted... Talking with Jack...
Starman -
5.
An Entry from the Shade's Journal
Starman -
6.
[no title indexed]
Starman -
7.
1882 Back Stage, Back Then: A Tale of Times Past
Starman -
8.
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Starman -
9.
13 Years Ago: Five Friends
Starman -
10.
An Excerpt from the Shade's Journal
Starman -
11.
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Starman -
12.
First Joust
Starman -
13.
A Passage from the Shade's Journal
Starman -
14.
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Starman -
15.
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Starman -
16.
Super Freaks and Backstabbers
Starman -
17.
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Starman -
18.
Legends of the Dead Earth
Starman
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- Jochen G.
- Ralf Haring
- Antonio Pontes Junior
- Andrew S. Troth
- Jim Van Dore
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