Just as Jack Knight was one of DC Comics' more interesting second-generation superheroes, the book that chronicled his saga from 1994 through 2001 was one of the more literary-minded and ambitious mainstream superhero comics of its time. And that ambition is on full display in issues #9-16 of the series, as collected in Starman: Night and Day, by James Robinson and Tony Harris!

Having reluctantly accepted the mantle of Starman from his father Ted, Jack Knight puts a decidedly Gen-X stamp on the role, complete with tattoos, a leather jacket and a staggering knowledge of obscure pop-cultural ephemera. But all that edgy '90s attitude can't keep the past from encroaching on the present as he contends with Nash, the vengeful daughter of his dad's arch-nemesis, the Mist!

Can Jack, Ted, the blue-skinned alien Mikaal Tomas and the red-haired O'Dare siblings survive as Nash cuts a swath of murder and destruction through Opal City? And can this story blow the mind of that Starman waitin' in the sky we like to call ... The Comics Canon?

In This Episode!

• Stargirl
• Zero Hour
• Aliens with human-sounding names
• Jack Knight is kind of a jerk
• High Fidelity
• Quentin Tarantino and all those pop-cultural references
• Do you know any good sci-fi lit podcasts?
• A few science fiction writers we like
• Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.
• Green Lantern: Rebirth
• JSA: The Return of Hawkman
• James Robinson's Airboy

Join us in two weeks as we commemorate April Fool's Day with Superman and Batman: World's Funnest, by Evan Dorkin and various artists!

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