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STARMAN VOL. 2 #73
Cover Date: January 2001
Cover Price: $2.50
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Cover Credits:
Art: Andrew Robinson (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | James Robinson |
| Art | Peter Snejbjerg |
| Lettering | Bill Oakley |
| Colors | Jason Wright |
| Color separations | Jamison |
| Editing | Peter J. Tomasi |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Theo Knight (called Teddy in this story)
- Mikaal Tomas
- Shade
- Sadie Falk
- Clarence O'Dare
- Hope O'Dare
- Mason O'Dare
- Matt O'Dare (dies)
Guest Appearance(s):
- Jay Garrick (last in Hourman #21; next in JSA #16)
- Alan Scott (in between JSA #15 and #16)
- Ted Grant (in between JSA #15 and #16)
- Sandra Knight (last, as Dean Knight, in Action Comics Weekly #636/5; next in Manhunter Vol. 3 #23)
- Sue Dibny (next in issue #80)
- Elongated Man (next in JLA #38)
- Starman V/IV (Will Payton/Prince Gavyn)
- Phantom Lady II (next in JSA: Our Worlds at War #1)
- Black Condor II
- Adam Strange
Synopsis: - Many people: heroes, police and civilians, gather for Ted Knight's memorial; many of them recount how they remember him, as a great man, a hero or a friend. One of them, acting commissioner Clarence O'Dare, has faced a more personal loss: his brother Barry turned traitor and was killed in a shootout, and another brother, Matt, died later in hospital. On his death bed, he saw visions of his past as Western hero Scalphunter and of the future as a man named Tom, or possibly Danny, who Jack Knight identifies as Thom Kallor/Danny Blaine, a future Starman. Matt dies knowing that he will become not merely a hero of Earth, but of many worlds.
- After the memorial, Jack thanks the heroes from around the world and beyond who helped him and Opal City during the recent days. Both Elongated Man and Black Condor say that they'll stay in Opal City, liking it there. And Jack is relieved, feeling somewhat less alone. Mikaal Tomas, Starman of the 1970s, lives in Opal anyway, of course, and wonders with Jack how Jack is going to care for his newly discovered son.
- Elsewhere, Sadie (Jack's girlfriend) meets Will Payton, her brother, and discusses his strange life as two different Starmen with him. She also reveals that she is pregnant with Jack's child. Later that day, Jack returns home, to discover that Sadie has left him, afraid to bring a child into his dangerous world. All alone with his child, the reality of his loss suddenly hits him and he breaks down in tears.