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Character/DC

Starman

Will Payton

148 appearancesSince 1988

Part of the Starman mantle · 11 known bearers →

Starman first appeared in Starman #1 (1988-10), published by DC. 148 appearances are indexed across 53 series.

Also known as Will Payton

Will Payton was hit by a beam of energy from space and gained superhuman powers, which he used to become Starman. Will was killed in battle by Eclipso. He later showed up alive, a prisoner in another star system. It was then learned that when Will was originally hit by that beam of energy, he actually died and the soul of Prince Gavyn, another Starman, had taken over his dead body. He now exists as an amalgamation of Gavyn and Payton, with the Gavyn persona being the dominant one.

Character history

Key issues

1 issue

Starman
#1
first appearance
1988-10-00

Across the catalog

Appears in

53 series

Starman
1988–1992
40 issues →
Justice League
2018–2022
23 issues →
Starman
1994–2010
10 issues →

SCape Archive 1995

Starman

1995–2005

6 issues →

Action Comics cover

Action Comics

1938–2011

5 issues →

Action Comics cover

Action Comics

2011–

5 issues →

Justice League cover

Justice League

2018–2021

5 issues →

TSOCape Archive 2008

The Starman Omnibus

2008–2011

4 issues →

Justice League by Scott Snyder The Deluxe Edition cover

Justice League by Scott Snyder The Deluxe Edition

2019–2022

3 issues →

Superman cover

Superman

1987–2006

2 issues →

Invasion cover

Invasion

1988–1989

2 issues →

Justice League International cover

Justice League International

1987–1989

1 issue →

DPCape Archive 1987

Doom Patrol

1987–1995

1 issue →

Action Comics Annual cover

Action Comics Annual

1987–2011

1 issue →

Adventures of Superman Annual cover

Adventures of Superman Annual

1987–1997

1 issue →

Captain Atom cover

Captain Atom

1987–1991

1 issue →

Adventures of Superman cover

Adventures of Superman

1987–2006

1 issue →

Action Comics Weekly cover

Action Comics Weekly

1988–1989

1 issue →

Justice League America cover

Justice League America

1989–1996

1 issue →

The New Titans Annual cover

The New Titans Annual

1989–1995

1 issue →

Quasar cover

Quasar

1989–1994

1 issue →

JLQCape Archive 1990

Justice League Quarterly

1990–1994

1 issue →

Superman: The Man of Steel cover

Superman: The Man of Steel

1991–2003

1 issue →

Superman: The Man of Steel Annual cover

Superman: The Man of Steel Annual

1992–1997

1 issue →

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ETDCape Archive 1992
Eclipso: The Darkness Within
1992–1992
1 issue →
Green Lantern Annual
1992–2000
1 issue →
Superman: Panic in the Sky
1993–1993
1 issue →
Superman: Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite
1996–1996
1 issue →
SSFCape Archive 1998
Starman Secret Files
1998–1998
1 issue →
Superman in the Eighties
2006–2006
1 issue →
Justice League International
2008–2009
1 issue →
Justice League International
2009–2011
1 issue →
TSOCape Archive 2012
The Starman Omnibus
2012–2012
1 issue →
Superman: Panic in the Sky
2016–2016
1 issue →
Dark Nights: Metal
2017–2018
1 issue →
Justice League International Omnibus
2017–2024
1 issue →
Dark Nights: Metal: The Deluxe Edition
2018–2018
1 issue →
Dark Nights: Metal Director's Cut
2018–2018
1 issue →
Superman: The Exile and Other Stories Omnibus
2018–2018
1 issue →
Justice League Annual
2019–2020
1 issue →
Dark Nights: Metal
2019–2019
1 issue →
Justice League / Aquaman: Drowned Earth
2019–2019
1 issue →
Batman: Last Knight on Earth
2019–2020
1 issue →
SACCape Archive 2020
Superman: Action Comics
2020–2021
1 issue →
Justice League International
2020–2021
1 issue →
BLKCape Archive 2020
Batman: Last Knight on Earth
2020–2020
1 issue →
Adventures of Superman: George Pérez
2020–2020
1 issue →
BLKCape Archive 2021
Batman: Last Knight on Earth
2021–2021
1 issue →
Flashpoint Beyond
2022–2022
1 issue →
Flashpoint Beyond
2022–2022
1 issue →
Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor
2023–2025
1 issue →
New History of the DC Universe
2025–2025
1 issue →
STLCape Archive 2025
Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor
2025–2025
1 issue →