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Starman (1994)
Starman, Vol. 8: Stars My Destination
Jack Knight, Starman, continues his star-spanning journey through space - accompanied by his blue-skinned comrade Mikaal and his Mother Box-produced hologram of his father, Ted Knight - to find the brother of his lady love, Sadie, in this volume collecting STARMAN #55-60. But Jack and his crew become prisoners of the empire, and must stoke the fires of revolution in order to escape a despot's grasp
144 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1999
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James Robinson
1,265 books236 followersJames Dale Robinson is a British writer of American comic books and screenplays.
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May 11, 2010
A fun bit of Space opera as Jack Knight, the current Starman travels through space in search of a previous Starman, who is the brother of his girlfriend, Sadie.
He is joined by the blue alien Starman, looking to see if he truly is the last of his race, and a computer generated hologram that looks and acts like Jack's scientist father.
The smaller stories were fun. The grand finale was a nice bit of space opera, but shown a spotlight on the fact that DC doesn't have a huge collection of space heroes to use and there were a few moments that characters motivation felt a bit forced to fit the story.
He is joined by the blue alien Starman, looking to see if he truly is the last of his race, and a computer generated hologram that looks and acts like Jack's scientist father.
The smaller stories were fun. The grand finale was a nice bit of space opera, but shown a spotlight on the fact that DC doesn't have a huge collection of space heroes to use and there were a few moments that characters motivation felt a bit forced to fit the story.
August 19, 2025
It may feel uneven as a standalone read, but as a continued epic, if you take in account the last seven volumes. Starting with a story that kind of highlights the lore that Starman is becoming around the universe, to a glimpse of an Opal City without his rightful protector to stand agains evil (setting up for the next volume) this book is mostly the end of the search of Will Payton, former Starman and Sadie's brother, in spectacular space adventure fashion.
August 23, 2024
Incredibly solid, fluid and exciting action at the end of this epic, with plenty of diligent and fun characterization of Jack Knight along the way. But the background story of Will Payton / the galactic empire is laden with a lot of dull exposition that holds this one back a bit.
October 17, 2024
After a long buildup and very long journey for Jack and Mikaal, they finally find Sadie's brother.
But of course, retrieving him wont be so easy. I've really been enjoying Jack's space adventure, which is funny cause at first I thought the plot was a bit too contrived for a more street level hero like Jack's Starman. But in the grand scheme of things, and the way that James Robinson writes about the legacy of Starman - it makes perfect sense. And the ending of this adventure, while cathartic and well earned, is a bit sad because it was so much fun. And that is entirely due to Robinson's handling on not only the plot points and pace, but also the characterization of the two main characters as well as who they meet. In the end, Will Payton remembers that he is also Starman, and his legacy finally catches up to him.
This was a great pay off to a long build up and while not being very new reader friendly, its a great culmination of the story we have been reading about for a couple of volumes now. Highly recommended for fans who have been reading up until this point.
But of course, retrieving him wont be so easy. I've really been enjoying Jack's space adventure, which is funny cause at first I thought the plot was a bit too contrived for a more street level hero like Jack's Starman. But in the grand scheme of things, and the way that James Robinson writes about the legacy of Starman - it makes perfect sense. And the ending of this adventure, while cathartic and well earned, is a bit sad because it was so much fun. And that is entirely due to Robinson's handling on not only the plot points and pace, but also the characterization of the two main characters as well as who they meet. In the end, Will Payton remembers that he is also Starman, and his legacy finally catches up to him.
This was a great pay off to a long build up and while not being very new reader friendly, its a great culmination of the story we have been reading about for a couple of volumes now. Highly recommended for fans who have been reading up until this point.
October 13, 2020
Jack and friends space adventure comes to an end and its a good read. Jack's references in the middle of conversations and battles are still annoying but overall, he's still likable. I think the space faring adventure went on too long as Opal City is such a fun playground. Peter Snejbjerg's art is still such a far step from Tony Harris. This is a good book but the previous collection is required reading for this to make any kind of sense.
July 13, 2019
4.75 stars.
February 28, 2010
I skipped the 6th and 7th trades, so this was a little out of context for me. I miss Tony Harris's art and the Opal City setting. The first story in the collection was great and could stand on it's own but the rest were a little disappointing. The first half of "Bat times loom" has no connection to anything happening in the rest of the volume. I guess it serves as the setup for the next trade (book 9) but why not just put it there and leave this book to the space-traveling, cosmic-empire-battling, galaxy-emperor-identity-crisis?
I for one don't care much for the story if the other Starman, the one in JSA or weather his soul is his own or that of some king who has to die four times to bla bla bla.
I for one don't care much for the story if the other Starman, the one in JSA or weather his soul is his own or that of some king who has to die four times to bla bla bla.
January 5, 2011
The good-the end of the search for Will Payton. The bad-how Payton's slightly muddled story is merged into that of the alien Prince Gavyn. Frankly I will fault the writing team of Robinson of Goyer for this. Way too much soul merging etc. to resolve the situation, and arguably they made it messier. Regardless reluctant hero Jack Knight remains an fun character to follow and the ineterludes back in Opal City are well done, again following the assertion of many that Opal itself is the main character.
November 19, 2015
the first story was clever. three people tell the same story and for all three it is greatly different. this is the volume that answers a question i didn't care about, what ever happened to the will payton Starman? there is also a wierd appearence by Phantom Lady.
February 23, 2010
A change of pace for the series- not quite as personally affecting as the previous chapters but a welcome texture to add to the fabric.
February 11, 2012
Will be very happy when Starman gets back to Earth. All these space storylines are a bit boring...
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