Starman (DC)

This article is about the original Starman, who was Ted Knight. For the female vigilante who carries on the Starman Legacy, see Stargirl (DC).

Starman

Background information

TV Series

Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Stargirl (name only)

Character information

Full name

Ted Knight

Other names

The Astral Avalanche
The Astral Avenger
The Astral Crime-crusher
The Astral Man
The Astral Traveler
The Crime-crusher from the/of the Constellations
The Crimson Crime-crusher
The Man of Mystery
The Man of (the) Night
The Mystery Man of Night
The (Mystery) Man of the Stars
The Red-Clad Man of Mystery
The Scarlet Scourge (of the Underworld)
The Stellar Crime-crusher
The Stellar Scourge of Criminals
The Stellar Thunderbolt

Occupation

Vigilante
Adventurer
Member of the Justice Society of America
Member of All Star Squadron
member of the Justice League (New Earth, formerly)

Affiliations

Justice Society of America
All-Star Squadron, United States Army Air Force, Justice Society International (formerly)

Goal

Fight crime

Home

New York City

Relationships

Parents

Daniel Knight † (father)

Partner(s)

Adele Doris Drew † (wife)

Children

David Knight † (oldest son), Jack Knight (youngest son),

Relatives

Senator Henry Knight (uncle, presumed deceased), Sandra Knight (Phantom Lady, cousin), Kyle Theo Knight (grandson), Knight Family

Allies

Jay Garrick, Hourman, Adam Strange, Obsidian, Plastic Man, Phantom Lady, Air Wave, Amazing Man, Al Pratt, Alan Scott), Hawkgirl, Hawkman, Hawkwoman, Doctor Mid-Nite, Doctor Fate, Shining Knight, Spectre/Jim Corrigan, Sue Dibney, Steel, Libby Lawrence, Pat Dugan, Shade, Helena Wayne, Power Girl, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Jesse Quick, Jakeem Thunder, Atom Smasher, Black Canary, Brainwave Jr., Doctor Occult, Elongated Man, Commander Steel, Crimson Avenger, Stargirl, Damage, Batman, Aquaman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Thunderbolt, Vigilante, Uncle Sam, Wildcat, Zatanna, Nightwing, Supergirl, Metamorpho, Mister Terrific, The Flash, Pieter Cross, Firestorm, Freddy Freeman, Shazam, Green Arrow, Mera, Martian Manhunter, Hal Jordan, Ray Palmer, Lady Shazam, Red Tornado, Arsenal

Enemies

Brainwave, Prairie Witch (arch-enemy), Mist, Icicle, Tigress, Sportsmaster, Solomon Gundy, Injustice Society of America, Floronic Man, Anti-Monitor, Psycho-Pirate, Superboy-Prime, Shade (Formerly), Vandal Savage, Ultra-Humanite, Nekron, Felix Faust, Anti-Matter Man, Doctor Alchemy, Per Degaton, Wizard, the Thinker, Gambler, Chronos, the Royal Flush Gang, Killer Moth, the Fiddler, Copperhead, Doctor Phosphorus

Personal information

Powers and abilities

Fine hand to hand combatant • Gifted inventor • Brilliant intellect • Via gravity and cosmic rods:
Flight • Stellar energy, light and heat projection • Force field and simple energy construct generation • Telekinesis

Paraphernalia

Cosmic Rod

Starman (real name Ted Knight) is a fictional comic book character from DC Comics. His sons David and Jack succeed him. He is a member of the Justice Society of America. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Jack Burnley, he first appeared in Adventure Comics #61 (April 1941).

His and the other Starmen's successor is the young teenager Courtney Whitmore, who also controls his Cosmic staff and carries on the Starman legacy as Stargirl.