Starman is a name used by several different DC Comics superheroes, most prominently Ted Knight and his sons David and Jack.

The original Starman, Ted Knight, was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Jack Burnley.

In the ensuing years, several characters, with varying degrees of relation to the original, briefly took the mantle of Starman.

In Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #1 (September 1994), writer James Robinson and artist Tony Harris introduced Jack Knight, the son of the first Starman.

When David Knight, son of the original Starman, is drawn back in time, he takes over the identity from McNider for a brief period.

In Detective Comics #286, a villainous Star-Man appeared to menace Batman and Robin whose super-strength waned in the presence of a Tibetan belt worn by Batwoman.

[5] Mikaal Tomas is an alien who traveled to Earth to help conquer it, but instead turned against his war-like people in defense of the human race.

He first appeared in 1st Issue Special #12 (March 1976), and is notable as one of DC Comics' earliest openly gay superheroes.

He is a spoiled, blond, playboy prince of an alien empire who discovered he was a mutant who could survive unaided in space.

A reluctant hero who assumes the mantle after David's death, he is the protagonist of the comic book series written by James Robinson.

Jack briefly joins the JSA, but retires at the end of the Starman series and gives his cosmic rod to Stargirl.

[9] The Starman of the 853rd century is Farris Knight, who is also a member of Justice Legion Alpha and was a major character in the series DC One Million.

Farris commands an alien artifact called a "quarvat", similar in function to the "cosmic rod".

The man arranges for the defeat of the two JLAs and travels back in time to kill the originator of his hated responsibility, Ted Knight.

2) #27 (March 2008), the "Star Man" of the Old West originally came to New York City with his father from Italy just after the Civil War ended.

Before he could do much damage, however, the owner of the pistol, Jonah Hex, who was in town collecting a bounty, knocked him out and took his gun back.

2) was an ongoing series published by DC Comics from October 1994 to August 2001, starring the superhero Starman (Jack Knight).

James Robinson was an avid collector of a number of different things and transferred this interest to the hero, Jack Knight, who ran a collectibles shop.

Text pieces, dubbed "The Shade's Journal" and dealing with that character's adventures over his long life, also appeared irregularly instead of a letter column.

Robinson and artist Tony Harris developed maps of Opal City and came up with a fictional history of it.

Among all the knives and guns, shoulder pads, and line-filled art, Jack Knight looked out of place.