The Unofficial Biography of...

Starman was created by Jack Burnley and Gardner Fox

Alter Ego: Theodore Henry Knight
Occupation: amateur astronomer/physicist
Marital Status: widowed
Known Relatives: David Knight ( father, presumed deceased ), Senator Henry Knight ( uncle, presumed deceased ), Adele Doris Drew Knight ( wife, deceased ), David Knight ( son, deceased ), Jack Knight ( son ), Kyle Theo ( grandson ), Sandra Knight ( cousin )
Group Affiliation: Justice Society of America, All-Star Squadron
Base of Operations: Opal City, MD
Current Status: deceased
Height: 6' ( now 5'10" ) Weight: 177 lbs. ( now 155 lbs. )
Eye Color: blue Hair Color: brown, now grey
First Appearance: Adventure Comics# 61, August, 1941.

.....Born into Opal City's wealthy Knight family, young Theodore Knight was never one to just let his life slip by like som many born to his station might do. He looked to the skies, his love of science and his abilities in math and the physical sciences were fueled by his limitless imagination and the family fortune. Briefly meeting Albert Einstein also gave him a push in finding out about the underlying structure of the universe, and he began to make discoveries about the cosmic forces that bind matter together.
.....Even at the young age of 25, Ted Knight began to harness the energies ( "cosmic rays", as he would call them ) and made a demonstation of their uses to government officials in 1939. After being turned down for further governmental study, Ted took his ideas and began building a containment rod that would allow them to be used as an offensive and defensive weapon. His ideas took a different turn, however, when his cousin, Sandra, told him that she had begun adventuring as the mystery woman known as The Phantom Lady. She was aided by an refugee scientist named Dr. Abraham Davis, and she told Ted to consult him. Davis was set up in a New York City brownstone as he and Knight began to develop what later became known as the Gravity Rod. Knight used the Gravity Rod and adding a colorful ( and warm ) costume, began patroling the skies of Opal City in late 1939 as Starman.
..... As his fame grew, Starman came in contact with the Justice Society of America , in mid-1941 and during this introduction, he was bathed in a wash of chronal energies that kept him youthful for several decades. Starman served with the JSA and the later group, The All-Star Squadron, while secretly aiding the US War Department as Ted Knight in developing aspects of the Manhattan Project that developed the atomic weapons used to end World War II.
.....At the end of the war, however, Ted felt great remorse and suffered much anguish when he learned that his work on the Manhattan Project helped create the atomic holocost that ultimatly ended World War II. That sadness, along with the murder of his long-time girlfriend, Doris Lee, caused Ted to suffer a nervous breakdown. During the year that followed, a mystery "Starman of 1951" patroled Opal City for only that year. While recuperating, Ted met Adelle Drew and as part of his healing process, fell in love and married her. He continued to adventure semi-actively for several years afterwards.
.....After a brief extra-marital affair with the original Black Canary, Ted and Adelle began raising two sons, David and Jack. Adelle fell ill and died while the boys were quite young. Ted reduced his time spent in his heroic identity while the boys were young and concentrated on refining and developing his Gravity Rod into a "Cosmic Rod". When the Justice Society became re-active eleven years ago, Starman rejoined them. Ted grew apart from his sons; David in his studies and training to become another Starman, Jack first worshiping and idolizing his father to then rebelling against much of his father's way of life.
........After breaking his leg in a battle, Starman lent his Cosmic Rod to the recently returned Star-Spangled Kid, who adapted the technology into a Cosmic Converter Belt, which made use of the individual's own metabolism to aid in the controling of the energies. This belt was passed down to a later Star-Spangled Kid.
.....About seven years ago, Starman was lost for several years in Limbo, believed dead. David took up the Starman name, but failed miserably and gave up his claim to the name to another super-hero. When Ted returned, he began to train with David, and after the elder Knight was aged to closer to his real age, David stepped in and took the Starman mantle. Unfortunately, the younger Starman was killed only a week after beginning his career. It fell to Ted's younger son, Jack, to defend Opal and avenge his brother's death. Somewhat reluctantly, Jack has grown into the hero's role over the last three years. Jack took on the name "Starman", but only on the condition that his father, now retired, take the "Cosmic Rod" technology and work on expanding it to aid mankind in the future. Ted took to his new role with a renewed sense of purpose, making some advances in the energy containment and control.
.....Recently, the "Bad Dwarf" Culp's seige of Opal City and The Mist's final gambit resulted in Ted Knight giving his life for Opal City, but not before seeing his first grandchild and knowing through a time-travelling member of the Knight family that the legacy of Starman would continue for many generations to come. Before sacrificing himself to save Opal, Theo told his son that the Cosmic Rod technology had advanced as far as he could carry it and left his notes for future generations of scientists.

.....The Starman's first and foremost weapon was his mind. Ted Knight discovered and refined a method of using the ambient energies residual of the Big Bang and The Godwave to power his Gravity Rod ( later refined to his Cosmic Rod ). The Rod allowed the possessor to nullify gravity, and propelled him through the skies. He later learned to project heat and force beams, and build a containment and force fields out of that energy. Later applications of the technology will be instrumental in creating Earth's first starships.

Listing of Comic Book Appearances

Starman Secret Files# 1 ( flashback )
Sandman Mystery Theatre# ..-..
Adventure Comics# 61-70
All-Star Squadron Annual# 3 June 28, '41
DC 2000# 1-2 July 1-3, '41
All-Star Comics(v1)# 8
Adventure# 71-72
All-Star# 9
Adventure# 73-74
All-Star# 10
Adventure# 75-76
Justice League(v1)# 193 December 6, '41
All-Star Squadron# 1-5/All-Star# 11 thru December 9, '41
Adventure# 77-78
All-Star# 11/All-Star Squadron# 18-..
Starman(v2)# ../Power of Shazam# ..( flashback February 10, '42 ) All-Star# 12/All-Star Squadron# 30 through February 12, '42
All-Star Squadron# 31-35 February 22-23, '42
Adventure# 79
All-Star Squadron# 41-.. March 4-6, '42
Adventure#80
All-Star# 13/All-Star Squadron# 50-60 April 1-15, '42
Adventure# 81-82
All-Star# 14/Young All-Stars# 27 beginning June '42
Adventure# 83-84
All-Star# 15/Starman(v2)# 69
Adventure# 85
All-Star# 16
Adventure# 86
All-Star# 17
Adventure# 87
All-Star# 18
Adventure# 88-89
All-Star# 19
Adventure# 90
All-Star# 20
Adventure# 91-92
All-Star# 21
Adventure# 92-97
All-Star Comics(v2)# 1 February, '45
Adventure Comics(v2)# 1 February, '45
All-Star Comics(v2)# 2 February, '45
Adventure# 98-102
Justice Society(v1)# 1-8 February, '50
Starman(v2)# 77-79 December 28-31, '51
Starman(v2)# .. '52
Brave and Bold# 61, 62 37 Years Ago
Starman Annual# 2
Starman(v2)# .. 30 Years Ago
Starman Annual# ..
Justice League(v1)# 29-30, .............
Justice League(v1)# 220
Infinity Inc# 1, 2, 9, 12,font color="blue"> December 24 thru early January, Seven years ago
Justice League(v1)# 231-232 may no longer be in continuity
America vs the Justice Society# 1-4 no longer in continuity
IInc# 20/Crisis# 4
Infinity Inc Annual# 1 ending July 27, Seven years ago
IInc# 21
Crisis# 12
IInc# 25
Last Days of the Justice Society# 1
Armegeddon: Inferno# 4
Justice Society(v2)# 1
Green Lantern Corps Quarterly# 3
Justice Society(v2)# 10
Zero Hour#
Starman(v2)# 0,
Starman# 76

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