Who was the first Starman from DC you ever read about?

[Jim Kelly]

That is a really well done Ted Knight splash page.

Ted Knight had two of the best artists in comics doing his adventures. First Jack Burnley and then Mort Meskin (whose splash page that is).

[liwanag]

mine was will payton.

(can't believe there's this many starman. and here i was thinking that the green lanterns were too many.)

[PyroTwilight]

Thom Kallor in Geoff Johns JSA.

Me who just started reading comics at the time: Wait. There's a Starman and Stargirl in the book but they don't have any connection to one another?

[DCStu]

Whoever the one in "Superman: Krisis Of The Krimson Kryptonite" is . Forget his name

[MajorHoy]

Whoever the one in "Superman: Krisis Of The Krimson Kryptonite" is. Forget his name

That was Will Payton.

[DCStu]

That was Will Payton.

Thanks man!

Pretty cool comic book that! I voted for him in the poll!

[silly]

That was Will Payton.

It felt like Will Payton was such a big part of the DCU that time. Alm8st became a league member.

I was surprised with the ending of Darkness Within.

[MajorHoy]

Interestingly enough, at last check the Golden Age Starman (Ted Knight) was in the lead with 41 votes on this poll, but next is a tie between Will Payton and Jack Knight for second place with 23 votes for each.

Thom Kallor/Danny Blaine (Star Boy from LSH, but Starman in Geoff John's Justice Society of America run) was in 4th place with eleven votes.

[married guy]

Ted was my first - in the old Justice Society digests.
My mum would buy me a comic a week, and still remember the JSA BLEW. MY. MIND.

[Sutekh]

This is a bit of a trick question, since Star Boy didn't become Starman until many decades later, but I guess Thom Kallor was techincally my first "Starman,"

Yeah, I voted for Ted Knight, since the JSA Starman was the first 'Starman' I'd read about, even if I'd probably read about the Legion and Thom Kallor as Star Boy (back when he had all the powers of Superboy and lightning-vision) even before then.

Man, they've had some crazy outfits, these Starmen. My favorite would have to be Star Boy's starfield, 'though!

[Celgress]

Will Payton (Starman #1, October 1988) was the first I read about directly.

[MajorHoy]

The most recent numbers show:

* Golden Age Starman (Ted Knight) = 42 votes (+1)
* Will Payton (1988) = 25 votes (+2)
* Jack Knight (younger son of Ted) = 24 votes (+1)
* Thom Kallor/Danny Blaine (Star Boy from LSH) = 11 votes (no change)
* Prince Gavyn (1980) = 4 votes (+1)
* "Starman" of 1950's (Bruce Wayne in 1957; later changed to Charles McNider) = 2 votes (no change)
* Farris Knight (Starman of the 853rd century) = 1 vote

[Fromper]

Technically, the Golden Age Starman, but I probably didn't realize it at the time. I started reading comics shortly before Zero Hour, so I saw the JSA in the Zero Hour miniseries, without knowing who they were. In the Zero Month that followed, I bought Starman #0 just to see what it was, so that's the first Starman I remembered reading at that time. But I've since learned more about the JSA, so now I realize that I saw his father in Zero Hour first.

[MajorHoy]

Figured I'd update the numbers from this poll. With 114 people having voted,

* Golden Age Starman (Ted Knight) = 44 votes
* Will Payton (1988) = 27 votes
* Jack Knight (younger son of Ted) = 24 votes
* Thom Kallor/Danny Blaine (Star Boy from LSH) = 12 votes
* Prince Gavyn (1980) = 4 votes
* "Starman" of 1950's (Bruce Wayne in 1957; later changed to Charles McNider) = 2 votes
* Farris Knight (Starman of the 853rd century) = 1 vote

[Flash Gordon]

and, from the Starman reprint which originally appeared back in Adventure Comics #81 (December 1942),

I love this one.