| STARMAN V (Will Payton) | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Roger Stern and Tom Lyle |
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CHRONOLOGY
Starman first appeared in Starman Vol. 1 #1 (October 1988) or Who's Who Update '88 #3 (October 1988).
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.
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Starman Chronology
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| Starman Vol. 1 #1 (October 1988): "Grassroots Hero" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #2 (November 1988): "Field Testing" |
| Action Comics Weekly #622/3 (October 18, 1988): [We Don't Need the Super-Hero] |
| Starman Vol. 1 #3 (December 1988): "Lone Star Takedown" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #4 (winter 1988): "Baptism of Fire" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #5 (Holiday 1988): "Don't You Know There's a War On?" [Pages 1 to 14] |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #80 (Holiday 1988): "The Battle Joined!" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #5 (Holiday 1988): "Don't You Know There's a War On?" [Pages 15 to 22] |
| Invasion! #2 (1988): "Battleground Earth" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #6 (January 1989): "Fortunes of War" |
| Invasion! #3 (1989): "World Without Heroes" |
| Justice League International Vol. 1 #24/2 (February 1989): "Across a Crowded Room..." |
| Starman Vol. 1 #7 (February 1989): "More than Human" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #8 (March 1989): "The Queen and the Commoners" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #9 (April 1989): "Blockbuster" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #10 (May 1989): "Dark Knight in Monument Valley" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #11 (June 1989): "A Matter of Life and Death" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #12 (July 1989): "The Blood of Heroes" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #13 (August 1989): "Ghosts and Monsters" |
| Action Comics #644 (August 1989): "Doppelganger" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #14 (September 1989): "Look -- Up in the Sky...!" |
| Action Comics #645 (September 1989): "My Lady Maxima" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #15 (October 1989): "Deadline Doom" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #16 (November 1989): "Father Calls Me William" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #17 (December 1989): "Deadly Attraction" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #18 (January 1990): "Your Mother Should Know" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #19 (February 1990): "Heavy Artillery" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #20 (March 1990): "Fire Fight" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #21 (April 1990): "Things Fall Apart" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #22 (May 1990): "Stories from the Land of Spirits" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #23 (June 1990): "Life in the Fast Lane" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #24 (July 1990): "Shattered Lives" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #25 (August 1990): "Impending Deadline" |
| Justice League America #42 (September 1990): "Solicitations" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #26 (September 1990): "Next Year's Model" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #27 (October 1990): "Riders on the Storm" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #28 (November 1990): "The End of a Legend" |
| Action Comics #659 (November 1990): "Breakout!" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #29 (December 1990): "On the Rebound" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #30 (January 1991): "The Seduction of Starman Part One: Paved with Good Intentions" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #31 (February 1991): "The Seduction of Starman Part Two: One Way Street" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #32 (March 1991): "The Seduction of Starman Part Three: Fast Lane" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #33 (April 1991): "The Seduction of Starman Part Four: Rough Road Back" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #34 (May 1991): "Shadow Over Phoenix" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #35 (June 1991): "Back to the Fuchsia" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #36 (July 1991): "Intruder Alert" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #37 (August 1991): "Sophisticated Ladies" |
| War of the Gods #1 (September 1991): "Hellfire's Web" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #38 (September 1991): "The Strange Odyssey of Achilles" |
| War of the Gods #2 (October 1991): "The Holy Wars" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #39 (October 1991): "The Great Starman Search" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #40 (November 1991): "Out of this World" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #41 (December 1991): "The Final Wager" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #42 (January 1992): "Star Shadows, Part 1: Sun Spots" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #43 (February 1992): "Star Shadows, Part 2: Blue Moon" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #44 (March 1992): "Star Shadows, Part Three: Dark of the Moon" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #45 (April 1992): "Star Shadows, Part Four: Starlight Star Bright" |
| Superman Vol. 2 #65 (March 1992): [10] "Panic in the Sky! Second Strike: Head Man" |
| Adventures of Superman #488 (March 1992): [11] "Panic in the Sky! Third Strike: Counter Strike!" [Behind the scenes] |
| Action Comics #675 (March 1992): [12] "Panic in the Sky! Fourth Strike: Divide and Conquer" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #10 (April 1992): [13] "Panic in the Sky! Fifth Strike: Tidal Wave!" |
| Superman Vol. 2 #66 (April 1992): [14] "Panic in the Sky! Final Strike: Our Army at War" |
| Adventures of Superman #489 (April 1992): [15] "Panic in the Sky! Epilogue: Hail the Conquering Heroes" [Behind the scenes] |
| Adventures of Superman Annual #4 (1992): "In Blackest Night" |
| Eclipso: The Darkness Within #2 (October 1992): "Brilliant Men" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #3 (January 1995): "Sins of the Father, Part Four: Night F(l)ight" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #58 (October 1999): "Familiar Faces, Some Forgotten" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #59 (November 1999): "The Stars My Destination: The Secret of Will Payton" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #60 (December 1999): "The Stars My Destination Finale: Worlds Collide" |
| 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 #73 (January 2001): "Grand Guignol: Eulogy" |
| Rann-Thanagar War #2 (August 2005): "Dark Resurrection" |
| Rann-Thanagar War #3 (September 2005): "Planetfall" |
| Rann-Thanagar War #4 (October 2005): "Deadly Harvest" |
| Infinite Crisis #1 (December 2005): "DC Comics Presents Infinite Crisis" |
| Hawkman Vol. 4 #49 (April 2006): "Coalition in Crisis, Part Three" |
| Infinite Crisis #6 (May 2006): "Touchdown" |
| Superman/Batman #32 (February 2007): "The Enemies Among Us, Part 5" |
| Superman/Batman #33 (March 2007): "The Enemies Among Us, Conclusion" |