Starman of 1951
The Starman of 1951 is a superhero who operated in the DC Universe in 1951. In actuality, he is a retcon who appeared in Starman (vol. 2) and whose identity was revealed towards the end of that series as being the original Dr. Mid-Nite, Charles McNider, and later a time-displaced David Knight, son of the original Starman, Ted Knight, after some training from McNider. This proved to be only a temporary reprieve for the deceased hero however.
In pre-Crisis continuity, the only Starman of the 1950s was actually Batman who briefly took up that mantle in Detective Comics #247 (September 1957), using variants of his usual equipment, but with a star motif instead of a bat, due to him having been hypnotized to be given a fear of bats in the belief that this would render him incapable of being a hero.
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“You are at your very best when things are worst.”
—Raynold Gideon, U.S. screenwriter, and John Carpenter. Starman (Jeff Bridges)