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 STARMAN (Ted Knight)CHRONOLOGY 
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Starman (Ted Knight)
The Original Universe

CHRONOLOGY

Starman first appeared in Adventure Comics #61 (April 1941).

Below is the definitive list of appearances of Starman in chronological order. Flashback sequences or story entries will be followed by a [Flashback] note. Stories that for some reason are no longer part of current continuity will have a comment saying this in a note following the entry.

Follow the links for a complete index of the issue, including story and creator info as well as full character chronology and in some cases story synopses.

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Starman Chronology

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Sandman Mystery Theatre #38 (May 1996): "The Mist Act Two"
Sandman Mystery Theatre #39 (June 1996): "The Mist Act Three"
Sandman Mystery Theatre #40 (July 1996): "The Mist Act Four"
Secret Origins Vol. 2 #7/2 (October 1986): "The Secret Origin of the Golden Age Sandman"
All-Star Squadron #41 (January 1985): "Catch a Falling Starman" [Flashback; Pre-Crisis Only]
Starman Secret Files #1 (April 1998): "Talking With Ted ... Talking With Jack" [Flashbacks]
Starman Vol. 2 #18 (April 1996): "First Joust" [Flashback]
Adventure Comics #61 (April 1941): "The Amazing Starman"
Adventure Comics #62 (May 1941): [The Diminishing Ray]
Adventure Comics #63 (June 1941): "The Adventure of the Earthquake Terror"
Adventure Comics #64 (July 1941): "The Mystery of the Men with the Staring Eyes"
Adventure Comics #65 (August 1941): "The Mystery of the Undersea Terror"
Adventure Comics #66 (September 1941): "The Case of the Camera Curse"
Adventure Comics #67 (October 1941): "The Menace of the Invisible Raiders"
All-Star Squadron Annual #3 (1984): [No Title] [Flashback]
DC 2000 #1 (2000): [No Title]
DC 2000 #2 (2000): [No Title]
Adventure Comics #68 (November 1941): [The Forest Fire Menace]
Adventure Comics #69 (December 1941): "Adventure of the Singapore Stranglers"
All-Star Comics #8 (December 1941-January 1942): "Two New Members Win Their Spurs"
All-Star Comics #8/2 (December 1941-January 1942): "Sky Cutups"
All-Star Squadron #20 (April 1983): "For the Dark Things Cannot Stand the Light" [Flashback]
Adventure Comics #70 (January 1942): "Adventure of the Ring of Hijackers"
Adventure Comics #71 (February 1942): "The Invaders from the Future"
All-Star Comics #9 (February-March 1942): [Hemisphere Defense]
Golden Age Secret Files #1/2 (February 2001): "Scenes from the Class Struggle at JSA Mansion"
Adventure Comics #72 (March 1942): "Case of the Magic Bloodstone"
Adventure Comics #73 (April 1942): "The Case of the Murders in Outer Space"
All-Star Comics #10 (April-May 1942): "The Case of the Bomb Defense Formula"
Adventure Comics #74 (May 1942): "The Case of the Monstrous Animal-Men"
Adventure Comics #75 (June 1942): "The Strange Case of the Luckless Liars"
Adventure Comics #76 (July 1942): [Starman Eclipses the Sun]
JSA: All Stars #4/2 (October 2003): "Starman, FBI Agent"
Justice League of America #193/2 (August 1981): "The All-Star Squadron"
All-Star Squadron #1 (September 1981): "The World on Fire"
All-Star Squadron #2 (October 1981): "The Tyrant Out of Time"
All-Star Squadron #3 (November 1981): "The Dooms of Dark December"
All-Star Squadron #4 (December 1981): "Day of the Dragon King"
All-Star Comics #11 (June-July 1942): "The Justice Society Joins the War on Japan"
All-Star Squadron #5 (January 1982): "Never Step on a Feathered Serpent" [Appearance same as All-Star Comics #11, pages 1-3]
All-Star Squadron #10 (June 1982): "If an Eye Offend Thee..."
All-Star Comics #11 (June-July 1942): "The Justice Society Joins the War on Japan" [Pages 4-55]
All-Star Squadron #19 (March 1983): "Death Considered As a State of Mind" [Appearance same as All-Star Comics #11]
All-Star Squadron #20 (April 1983): "For the Dark Things Cannot Stand the Light"
All-Star Squadron #21 (May 1983): "A Tale of Three Citadels"
Power of Shazam! #35 (February 1998): "Lightning and Stars, Part 2: Bite the Bullet!" [Flashback]
Starman Vol. 2 #39 (February 1998): "Lightning and Stars, Part 1: Sturm und Drang" [Flashback]
Power of Shazam! #36 (March 1998): "Lightning and Stars, Part 4: Close Encounters" [Flashback]
All-Star Squadron #25 (September 1983): "The Infinity Syndrome"
All-Star Squadron #27 (November 1983): "A Spectre Is Haunting the Multiverse"
All-Star Squadron #28 (December 1983): "By Hatred Possessed"
All-Star Comics #12 (August-September 1942): "The Black Dragon Menace"
All-Star Squadron #30 (February 1984): "Day of the Black Dragon" [Flashback: Appearance same as All-Star Comics #12]
Adventure Comics #77 (August 1942): "Finder's Keepers"
All-Star Squadron #31 (March 1984): "Uncle Sam Wants You"
All-Star Squadron #32 (April 1984): "Crisis on Earth-X! The Prequel"
All-Star Squadron #33 (May 1984): "The Battle of Santa Barbara -- Times Two"
All-Star Squadron #34 (June 1984): "The Wrath of Tsunami"
All-Star Squadron #35 (July 1984): "That Earths May Live"
Green Lantern: Fear Itself (1999)
Adventure Comics #78 (September 1942): "The Little Man Who Wasn't There"
All-Star Squadron #42 (February 1985): "Oh, Say, Can't You See?" [Flashback]
All-Star Squadron #41 (January 1985): "Catch a Falling Starman"
All-Star Squadron #42 (February 1985): "Oh, Say, Can't You See?"
All-Star Squadron #43 (March 1985): "Ultimate Victory"
All-Star Squadron #44 (April 1985): "Night and Fog" [As Ted Knight]
All-Star Squadron #47 (July 1985): "The Secret Origin of Doctor Fate"
Adventure Comics #79 (October 1942): "The Tune of Terrific Toby"
All-Star Squadron #64 (December 1986): "See You in the Funny Papers"
All-Star Comics #13 (October-November 1942): "Shanghaied into Space"
All-Star Squadron #50 (October 1985): "Crisis Point" [Appearance same as All-Star Comics #13 pages 1-5]
All-Star Squadron #57/2 (May 1986): "Kaleidoscope" [Appearance same as All-Star Comics #13 pages 25-30]
All-Star Squadron #60 (August 1986): "The End of the Beginning!" [Appearance same as All-Star Comics #13 pages 55-56]
Adventure Comics #80/2 (November 1942): "The Time-Machine Crime"
Adventure Comics #81/2 (December 1942): "Starman's Lucky Star"
Young All-Stars #3 (August 1987): "A Call to Arms"
Young All-Stars #9 (February 1988): "You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Souls"
Young All-Stars #14 (July 1988): "Hell Hath No Fury"
Young All-Stars Annual #1 (1988): "The Mekanique Paradox"
All-Star Comics #14 (December 1942-January 1943): "Food for Starving Patriots"
Young All-Stars #27 (July 1989): "Meanwhile..." [Flashback to events taking place during All-Star Comics #14]
Adventure Comics #82/2 (January 1943): "Hitch a Wagon to a Star"
Adventure Comics #83/2 (February 1943): "Wish Upon a Star"
All-Star Comics #15 (February-March 1943): "The Man Who Created Images"
Starman Vol. 2 #69 (September 2000): "Grand Guignol, Neuvieme Partie: Heroes Reborn, Renewed... and Remembered" [Flashback to All-Star Comics #15 with new details]
Adventure Comics #84/2 (March 1943): "The Doom from the Skies"
Adventure Comics #85/2 (April-May 1943): "The Constellations of Crime"
All-Star Comics #16 (April-May 1943): "The Justice Society of America Fights for a United America"
Manhunter Vol. 3 #23 (August 2006): "Psychobabble Part Four: Phantom Pain" [Flashback]
Adventure Comics #86/4 (June-July 1943): "The Moonman's Muggs"
Action Comics #663 (March 1991): [9] "Time & Time Again Phase Two: Lost in the '40s Tonight"
Wonder Woman #231 (May 1977): "This War Has Been Cancelled"
Wonder Woman #232 (June 1977): "A Duel of Gods"
All-Star Comics #17 (June-July 1943): "Brain Wave Goes Berserk"
Adventure Comics #87/4 (August-September 1943): "Crime Paints a Picture"
All-Star Comics #18 (fall 1943): "Insects Turn to Crime"
Adventure Comics #88/4 (October-November 1943): "The Enigma of the Vanishing House"
Starman Annual Vol. 2 #1/3 (1996): [No Title]
Starman 80-Page Giant #1/3 (January 1999): "The Weak and the Strong"
Adventure Comics #89/4 (December 1943-January 1944): "The Plundering Planets"
All-Star Comics #19 (winter 1943): "The Crimes Set to Music"
All-Star Comics 80-Page Giant #1/1 (September 1999): "Steam Engine"
Adventure Comics #90/4 (February-March 1944): "Land Beneath the Fog"
All-Star Comics #20 (spring 1944): "The Movie That Changed a Man's Life"
Adventure Comics #91/4 (April-May 1944): "The Rising Star of Johnny Teach"
Adventure Comics #92/4 (June-July 1944): "The Three Comets"
JSA #18 (January 2001): "Injustice Be Done, Part 3: Sorrow's Story" [Flashback]
Starman Vol. 2 #21 (July 1996): "Sand and Stars, Part Two" [Flashback]
Starman Vol. 2 #22 (September 1996): "Sand and Stars, Part Three" [Flashback]
All-Star Comics #21 (summer 1944): "The Man Who Relived His Life"
Adventure Comics #93/3 (August-September 1944): "Gifts from the Stars"
Green Lantern: Brightest Day, Blackest Night (2002): [No Title] [Retells portions of All-American Comics #61 with new details]
Starman Vol. 2 #42 "1944: Science and Sorcery - A Tale of Times Past" [Flashback]
Starman Vol. 2 #44 (July 1998): "Things That Go Bump in the Night, A Tale of Times Past: 1944"
All-Star Comics #22 (fall 1944): "The Test of Time"
Adventure Comics #94/3 (October-November 1944): "Stars Fell on Allie Bammer"
Adventure Comics #95/3 (December 1944-January 1945): "The Professor Plays Safe"
All-Star Comics #23 (winter 1944): "The Plunder of the Psycho-Pirate"
DC Universe Holiday Bash #2/6 (1998): "I Left My Heart at the Justice Society Canteen"
Adventure Comics #96/4 (February-March 1945): "Prediction for Plunder"
All-Star Comics Vol. 2 #1 (early May 1999): "Time's Keeper"
Adventure Comics Vol. 2 #1 (May 1999): "Stars and Atoms"
All-Star Comics Vol. 2 #2 (late May 1999): "Time's Arrow"
JSA: Strange Adventures #1 (October 2004): "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night..."
JSA: Strange Adventures #2 (November 2004): "Ray Guns and Bug-Eyed Monsters"
JSA: Strange Adventures #3 (December 2004): "The Lurker in the Clouds"
JSA: Strange Adventures #4 (January 2005): "All in Color for a Dime"
JSA: Strange Adventures #5 (February 2005): "Life of a Madman"
JSA: Strange Adventures #6 (March 2005): "Thunder and Lightning"
Last Days of the Justice Society Special #1 (1986): "Last Days of the Justice Society of America" [Flashback]
All-Star Comics 80-Page Giant #1/2 (September 1999): "P.O.V. A Fable"
Adventure Comics #97/4 (April-May 1945): "Stolen Glory"
Adventure Comics #98/2 (June-July 1945): "Twin Stars of Crime"
Adventure Comics #99/3 (August-September 1945): "My Fortune for a Star"
Adventure Comics #100/4 (October-November 1945): "Life and Death of a Star"
Adventure Comics #101/4 (December 1945-January 1946): "The Sun-Spot Scoundrel"
Justice Society of America Vol. 1 #7 (October 1991): "The Return of the Justice Society" [Flashback]
Adventure Comics #102/2 (February-March 1946): "The Meteor Mob"
Justice Society of America Vol. 1 #1 (April 1991): "Beware the Savage Skies" [As Ted Knight]
Justice Society of America Vol. 1 #2 (May 1991): "The Sack of Gotham" [As Ted Knight]
Justice Society of America Vol. 1 #3 (June 1991): "Dead Air" [As Ted Knight]
Justice Society of America Vol. 1 #5 (August 1991): "Double Star Rising" [As Ted Knight]
Justice Society of America Vol. 1 #7 (October 1991): "The Return of the Justice Society" [As Ted Knight]
Justice Society of America Vol. 1 #8 (November 1991): "Battle of the Stars"
Starman Vol. 2 #62 (February 2000): "Grand Guignol, Premiere Partie: ...And What Went Before." [Flashback]
JSA #69 (March 2005): "JSA/JSA Chapter II: Guardian Angels"
JSA #70 (April 2005): "JSA/JSA Chapter III: High Societies"
JSA #71 (May 2005): "JSA/JSA Chapter IV: Past Mistakes"
JSA #72 (June 2005): "JSA/JSA"
Starman Vol. 2 #77 (May 2001): "1951 Part One: -- Who?"
Starman Vol. 2 #78 (June 2001): "1951 Part Two: -- What?"
Starman Vol. 2 #79 (July 2001): "1951 Part Three: -- Why?"
Starman Vol. 2 #46 (September 1998): "1952: Good Men and Bad"
Brave and the Bold #61 (August-September 1965): "Mastermind of Menaces!"
Brave and the Bold #62 (October-November 1965): "The Big Superhero Hunt!"
Starman Annual Vol. 2 #2 (1997): "Stars In My Eyes" [Flashback]
Martian Manhunter Vol. 2 #20 (July 2000): "Revelations One: Strange Visitors" [Flashback]
Chase #6 (July 1998): "Girl's Day Out" [Flashback]
Starman Vol. 2 #7 (May 1995): "A (K)Night At the Circus" [Flashback]
Starman Secret Files #1 (April 1998): "Talking With Ted ... Talking With Jack" [Flashback, page 7]
Final Crisis: Secret Files #1/1 (February 2009): "Balancing Act!" [Flashback]
JLA: Year One #4 (April 1998): "While You Were Out..."
JLA: Year One #11 (November 1998): "Stalag Earth"
JLA: Year One #12 (December 1998): "Justice for All"
Starman Vol. 2 #11 (September 1995): "13 Years Ago: Five Friends: A Tale of Times Past" [Flashback]
Justice League of America #29 (August 1964): "Crisis on Earth-Three"
Justice League of America #30 (September 1964): "The Most Dangerous Earth of All"
JLA: Incarnations #1 (July 2001): [No Title]
Justice League of America #64 (August 1968): "The Stormy Return of the Red Tornado"
Justice League of America #65 (September 1968): "T.O. Morrow Kills the Justice League - Today"
Justice League of America #73 (August 1969): "Star Light, Star Bright - Death Star I See Tonight"
Justice League of America #82 (August 1970): "Peril of the Paired Planets"
Justice League of America #83 (September 1970): "Where Valor Fails... Will Magic Triumph?"
Justice League of America #100 (August 1972): "The Unknown Soldier of Victory"
Justice League of America #101 (September 1972): "The Hand That Shook the World"
Justice League of America #102 (October 1972): "And One of Us Must Die"
Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #9 (April 2000): "The Final Hour for the 7 Soldiers of Victory" [Flashback to Justice League of America #100-102 with new details]
All-Star Comics #69 (November-December 1977): "United We Fall!"
All-Star Comics #70 (January-February 1978): "A Parting of the Ways!"
All-Star Comics #74 (September-October 1978): "World on the Edge of Ending"
Infinity, Inc. #27 (June 1986): "Memories" [Flashback, no longer in continuity]
Adventure Comics #462 (March-April 1979): "Only Legends Live Forever, part 2"
Adventure Comics #466/3 (November-December 1979): "The Defeat of the Justice Society"
Brave and the Bold #182 (January 1982): "Interlude on Earth-Two" [No longer in Continuity]
Justice League of America #207 (October 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book One: Crisis Times Three"
Justice League of America #208 (November 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book Three: The Bomb-Blast Heard 'Round the World!"
All-Star Squadron #15 (November 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book Four: Master of Worlds and Time"
Justice League of America #209 (December 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book Five: Let Old Acquaintances Be Forgot..."
Justice League of America #219 (October 1983): "Crisis in the Thunderbolt Dimension"
Justice League of America #220 (November 1983): "The Doppelganger Gambit"
Infinity, Inc. #1 (March 1984): "Generations"
Infinity, Inc. #2 (May 1984): "A Gauntlet Hurled"
Infinity, Inc. #9 (December 1984): "How Green Was My Victory"
Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #0 (July 1999): "A Chilly Day in Opal" [Flashback, as Ted Knight]
Infinity, Inc. #12 (March 1985): "Press Conference" [As Ted Knight]
Justice League of America #231 (October 1984): "Family Crisis"
Justice League of America #232 (November 1984): "Family Crisis - Part Two: Battlegrounds"
America vs. the Justice Society #1 (January 1985): "I Accuse" [No longer in continuity]
America vs. the Justice Society #2 (February 1985): "Trial By Congress" [No longer in continuity]
America vs. the Justice Society #3 (March 1985): "Hostile Witness" [No longer in continuity]
America vs. the Justice Society #4 (April 1985): "D-Day For Degaton" [No longer in continuity]
Infinity, Inc. #20 (November 1985): "Crisis on Infinitors' Earth" [Same as Crisis on Infinite Earths #4]
Infinity, Inc. Annual #1 (1985): "Green Dreams and Precious Illusions"
Infinity, Inc. #21 (December 1985): "Shadows at Midnight"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (December 1985): "War Zone"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 (March 1986): "Final Crisis"
Infinity, Inc. #25 (April 1986): "Business As Usual"
Last Days of the Justice Society Special #1 (1986): "Last Days of the Justice Society of America"
Armageddon: Inferno #3 (June 1992): "The Last Hope"
Armageddon: Inferno #4 (July 1992): "The Gathering of Heroes"
Justice Society of America Vol. 2 #1 (August 1992): "Home Again!"
Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #3/3 (winter 1992): "Old Friends"
Justice Society of America Vol. 2 #10 (May 1993): "JSA No More?"
Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #3 (September 1994): "Zero Hour"
Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #2 (September 1994): "Zero Hour"

ZZAs Ted Knight

Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #1 (September 1994): "Zero Hour"
Starman Annual Vol. 2 #2 (1997): "Stars In My Eyes" [Flashback, pages 44-45]
Starman Vol. 2 #0 (October 1994): "Sins of the Father, Part One: Falling Star, Rising Son"
Starman Vol. 2 #1 (November 1994): "Sins of the Father, Part Two: Oil (Paint) and Water"
Starman Vol. 2 #2 (December 1994): "Sins of the Father, Part Three: Mercy"
Starman Vol. 2 #3 (January 1995): "Sins of the Father, Part Four: Night F(l)ight"
Starman Vol. 2 #4 (February 1995): "A Day In The Opal"
Starman Vol. 2 #9 (July 1995): "Shards"
Starman Vol. 2 #10 (August 1995): "The Day Before the Day To Come"
Damage #15 (August 1995): "Ties That Bind, Picking Up the Pieces, Part 3"
Starman Vol. 2 #12 (October 1995): "Sins of the Child Part I: Jack's Day (the First Half)"
Starman Vol. 2 #13 (November 1995): "Sins of the Child Part II: Ted's Day"
Starman Vol. 2 #15 (January 1996): "Sins of the Child Part IV: Mikaal's Day"
Starman Vol. 2 #16 (February 1996): "Sins of the Child Part V: Jack's Day (the Second Half)"
Starman Vol. 2 #17 (March 1996): "Encounters"
Starman Vol. 2 #24 (November 1996): "Sand and Stars: An Epilogue"; "Hell and Back: A Prologue"
Starman Vol. 2 #25 (December 1996): "Hell and Back Part II"
Fate #22 (September 1996): "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
Final Night #2 (November 1996): "The Final Night, Ch. 2: Darker Grows the Night"
Final Night #3 (November 1996): "The Final Night, Ch. 3: Keeping Hope Alive"
Starman Vol. 2 #27 (February 1997): "Christmas Knight"
Starman Vol. 2 #29 (April 1997): "The Return of Bobo"
Starman Vol. 2 #30 (May 1997): "Infernal Devices, Part 1"
Starman Vol. 2 #32 (July 1997): "Infernal Devices, Part 3"
Starman Vol. 2 #33 (August 1997): "With A Little Help From My Friends"
Starman Vol. 2 #34 (September 1997): "Merry Pranksters"
Starman Vol. 2 #35 (October 1997): "Mr. Pip and Mr. Black"
Starman Annual Vol. 2 #2 (1997): "Stars In My Eyes" [Pages 5-36]
Starman Vol. 2 #39 (February 1998): "Lightning and Stars, Part 1: Sturm und Drang"
Starman Vol. 2 #40 (March 1998): "Lightning and Stars, Part 3"
Power of Shazam! #36 (March 1998): "Lightning and Stars, Part 4: Close Encounters"
Starman Secret Files #1 (April 1998): "Talking With Ted ... Talking With Jack"
Starman Vol. 2 #41 (March 1998): "Villain's Redemption"
Flash Vol. 2 #134 (February 1998): "Still Life in the Fast Lane"
Spectre Vol. 3 #62 (February 1998): "Final Rites"
Starman 80-Page Giant #1/1 (January 1999): "Chain of Possession"
Starman Vol. 2 #43 (June 1998): "Knight's Past"
Starman Vol. 2 #45 (August 1998): "Destiny"
Starman Vol. 2 #47 (October 1998): "City Without Light (A Prelude To Bad Times)"
DC One Million #1 (November 1998): "Riders on the Storm"
Starman Vol. 2 1,000,000 (November 1998): "All the Starlight Shining"
Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #2 (September 1999): "True Colors"
Starman Vol. 2 #56 (August 1999): "City Without Light, Part II: Bad Times Loom"
Starman Vol. 2 #61 (January 2000): "In Tranquility and Fire (A Prologue to Grand Guignol)" [Appears here during JSA Secret Files #1]
JSA Secret Files #1/1 (August 1999): "Gathering Storms"
JSA #1 (August 1999): "Justice Be Done"
Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #4 (November 1999): "Waking the Dead!"
Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #8 (March 2000): "Crisis in Blue Valley"
Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #0 (July 1999): "A Chilly Day in Opal"
Starman Vol. 2 #62 (February 2000): "Grand Guignol, Part 1: ...And What Went Before."
Starman Vol. 2 #63 (March 2000): "Grand Guignol, Deuxieme Partie: Friends and Lovers"
Starman Vol. 2 #65 (May 2000): "Grand Guignol, Quatrième Partie: Darkness Not of Night"
Starman Vol. 2 #67 (July 2000): "Grand Guignol, Sixieme Partie: Rules of Engagement"
Starman Vol. 2 #69 (September 2000): "Grand Guignol, Neuvieme Partie: Heroes Reborn, Renewed... and Remembered"
Starman Vol. 2 #70 (October 2000): "Grand Guignol, Dixième Partie: The Devil's in the Details"
Starman Vol. 2 #71 (November 2000): "Grand Guignol, Onzième Partie: Evils Old, New and Unexpected"
Starman Vol. 2 #72 (December 2000): "Grand Guignol, Douzième Partie: Finale"
Starman Vol. 2 #76 (April 2001): "Talking With David (and Ted)" [As a spirit]