Starman (Prince Gavyn)
| Starman | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Adventure Comics #467 (January 1980) |
| Created by | Paul Levitz Steve Ditko |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Prince Gavyn |
| Place of origin | Throneworld |
| Team affiliations | Justice League |
| Abilities | Flight, energy projection & absorption, light/heat and radiation immunity |
Starman (Prince Gavyn) is a superhero in DC Comics, portrayed as one of the Starman within the DC Universe. [1][2][3][4]
Publication history
Prince Gavyn is a 1980s DC Comics superhero created by Paul Levitz and Steve Ditko in Adventure Comics #467.[5]He then starred in his own series. The series was published from October 1988 to April 1992. This Starman also appeared in a short story in Action Comics Weekly #622 released October 18, 1988.[6][7]
Fictional character biography
Depicted as an spoiled, blond, playboy prince of an alien empire. He discovered he was a mutant who could survive unaided in space when, by ancient royal custom, he was thrown out of a spaceship airlock to prevent him from challenging his more mature sister's claim to the leadership of the imperial planet Throneworld. Gavyn was given jeweled wristbands and a staff by the mysterious mystic M'ntorr, which allowed him to channel his cosmic powers into the ability to fly interstellar distances and shoot bolts of energy. For a time keeping his true identity a secret as a masked protector of the realm, after the assassination of his sister only one year into her reign, he became ruler of their people. He first appeared in Adventure Comics #467 (January 1980) and was believed to have died in the Crisis on Infinite Earths. His story was elaborated upon in Starman Annual #1, the tie-in to the comics event Legends of the Dead Earth.
The 1990s Starman series revealed that his fate was different from previously believed. It was revealed that Gavyn was converted into pure energy, which became the source of the beam of light that struck Will Payton, a later Starman, granting him his powers. It is then revealed by Gavyn's tutor that Will Payton died when struck by the energy and his essence was infused in Will Payton's body.[8]
Gavyn reappeared during the Rann-Thanagar War, defending Throneworld from Thanagarians alongside the Omega Men, and later its sequel Rann-Thanagar Holy War.
During the events of the Strange Adventures miniseries that followed Rann-Thanagar Holy War, Gavyn was transformed by Synnar the Demiurge into a flame-haired being called Fusion.
In other media
- The Prince Gavyn version of Starman made several background appearances in Justice League Unlimited.
References
- ^ "DC Comics: The 10 Best Legacy Superheroes". CBR. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "10 Members Of Royalty From DC Comics". CBR. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "A Constellation of Starmen: DC's Weirdest Superhero Legacy, Explained". CBR. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "DC Comics: 10 Heroes Fans Want To See On Superman & Lois Lane". CBR. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1980s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9.
The second [feature in Adventure Comics #467] debuted a new version of Starman by writer Paul Levitz and illustrator Steve Ditko.
{{cite book}}:|first2=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Starman (vol. 1) at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- ^ "DC Comics Remembers Legendary Artist Steve Ditko". CBR. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ Starman Vol. 2 #58 (Oct 1999)
External links
- Starman (1980) at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on October 23, 2017.