Yeah, I didn't catch on until recently.Here we are reading and discussing the "Starman Omnibus Vol. 1" tonight and I'm the only one who did not at least try an issue when it was all the critical rage several years ago. I knew of its existence and heard good things but like many of us I became quite disillusioned with most comics in the nineties.
Oh, don't act like I was the only one. Trust me, we'll talk about the near-comic company apocalypse of the last decade another time.
The "Starman" series by writer James Robinson ("Superman") and artists Tony Harris ("Ex Machina") and Wade Von Grawbadger does a retake on the Golden Age super hero by dropping his legacy into the lap of the outcast son who didn't want the mantle in the first place.
I can relate to not initially wanting to carry on the family business and the struggle the main character Jack Knight has with that.
This omnibus collects the first 17 issues of Robinson and Harris' "Starman" and the real value of their work has become apparent to me. It suggests a kind of realism. Shadow illusion creatures and belts that make you fly aren't part of the real world - unless you're self medicating - but Robinson manages something all the best creators of superhero fiction do...
They give you stories that could play whether you have the fantastical elements in them or not.
If you can handle the hefty $49.99 of the Volume one omnibus it's a keeper for fans of good comic fiction. (There are some used ones online too at around $25.)
If you stop by Geoffrey's Comics tonight come by and say hi.
Cover image Courtesy DC Comics
Nice article