Starman (Jack Knight) - After Jack Knight

After Jack Knight

Jack has passed his cosmic rod onto Courtney Whitmore, who calls herself "Stargirl" and currently operates with the JSA. Jack had an appearance in Identity Crisis #1, a non-speaking cameo, sitting next to Stargirl at Sue Dibny's funeral.

James Robinson currently has a deal with DC Comics enumerating that they cannot use his Starman characters without his permission, which is why Jack has appeared very little since the end of his series. However, Robinson has stated that he intends to one day write a "lost" Starman story arc about Jack's adventures in Japan.

In addition, it has been recently revealed that Manhunter (Kate Spencer) is the granddaughter of Phantom Lady, who is Ted's first cousin once removed, making Kate Jack's second cousin once removed.

Recently, he and the Shade were seen in a non-speaking cameo appearance, attending Green Arrow and Black Canary's wedding in the Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding Special.

According to Manhunter vol. 3, #23, he is still living in San Francisco.

James Robinson returned to the Starman series in January 2010 for a single issue (#81) that was a tie-in to the DC event, Blackest Night. It was one of the 8 "dead" titles being revived for one issue. This issue did not feature Jack Knight, but instead focused on Opal City, the Shade, and a Black Lantern Starman. During the events of the issue, David's corpse is reborn as a Black Lantern and attacks the Shade and Hope O'Dare. David taunts Shade by telling him that he plans on going to San Francisco in order to kill Jack, but he is ultimately defeated.

In the acclaimed alternate future tale Kingdom Come, Jack has a teenaged African American successor known as "Stars". Though he takes his name and motif from the Star-Spangled Kid, Stars uses Jack's cosmic staff and dresses in a similar leather jacket and bandana. Though Jack's ultimate fate is not explicitly mentioned, Thom Kallor has replaced him as Starman in this reality.

In the alternate future of the Titans Tomorrow, Courtney has changed her name to "Starwoman" and now carries Jack's trademark jacket in addition to the staff. This is based on an earlier concept introduced in Young Justice: Sins of Youth when Courtney and Jack temporarily changed roles after being turned into an adult and child respectively.