obviously Mikaal and Tony were like groundbreaking in the 90's but wow. they have one kiss and it's silhouetted. meanwhile Jack and Sadie are show full-on in bed together multiple times.Hellboy <3 <3 <3

The penciler is not Tony Harris...

Such a great creative team on this series, and lo and behold it's broken, with Tony Harris leaving in the middle of this collection! A lot of this volume feels like a filler / set-up for the next star bound volume. I read the comic books Starman (series 2) #39-46; Starman 80-Page Giant #1; Starman: The Mist #1; The Power of Shazam! #35-36. 6 out of 12.

Not as bold as the previous three volumes, volume four of the Starman Omnibus series contains more self-contained, episodic stories as opposed to the huge stories told in volumes one through three. Although the stories contained aren't as grand in score as I'd prefer, it's still Robinson, so the stories are still poignant and extremely well written. At times, however, it seems that he spends too much time digging around in the past as opposed to developing the characters for the future. Thankful...

Well, this was a step down from previous volumes. There’s not a lot going on here, surprisingly. Only eight issues come from the main book, the rest being specials, miniseries, or crossover titles. And of those eight, three are “Times Past” stories. That’s not to say what’s here is bad, just a hodgepodge of varying quality.I was most disappointed by the opening story. It’s a Power of Shazam crossover about a Nazi conspiracy involving Bulletman. Sounds right up Robinson’s alley, right? Sadly, the...

The Hellboy crossover gets a five, but the rest just wasn't quite there. Still a really good read.

I've finished the entire series by this point but forgot to update them all. I will leave this very simple by saying that volume 4 is my very favorite of this series. I love what James Robinson has done with this long form of storytelling. Everything from the smallest detail has meant something grander to the story as a whole. I love Jack, I love Ted, I love everything about the Starman series. It has made me long for more legacy stories to be told as brilliantly as this one. I love James Robins...

It is difficult to fairly review a thing you adore. I've felt for a long time that Starman sags in the middle. Volumes 4 and 5 of the hardcover series 'sag' for different reasons (the latter because it felt like Jack was in space FOREVER). Robinson admits in the afterword that this volume collects much of the miscellany that hadn't previously been collected in the trades (Times Past vignettes, the Hellboy/Batman crossover, and so on). He's fleshing out the world of Jack and Opal but not exactly

The further I progress in the world that Robinson wrote and various artists drew, the more I love it. This is definitely one of my all time favorite books, and mythologies within the DC Universe. I am a big DC guy, just always have been, so it isn't any wonder that I love this book. I guess there could be an argument against that as Starman was kind of outside the core of the universe, but he has that DC feel to him, and brings in the past and present in such a way that is truly a joy to behold....

Lightning & Stars (39-40, Shazam 35-36). This is a nice crossover, featuring two comics with heavy Golden Age influence. It’s also just an OK superhero crossover, other than the high point of Starman #40 where Robinson does an awesome job of characterizing Captain Marvel [7+/10].Villian’s Redemption (41). This is more what I love about the series: a deeply personal story that’s simultaneously active, retrospective, and an interesting change [8/10].Times Past: 1944 (42). An OK story that gives so...

In this volume, Jack Knight continues struggling to live up to the Starman legacy...I hate to say it, but this volume felt like all filler and setup. Not only that, the book lost something when Tony Harris in the midst of this volume. Still, Starman filler and setup is still some of the best comics on the racks.This volume has an interesting mix of stories. There's superhero conflict between Starman and Captain Marvel over Bulletman's fate, lots of Times Past stories, including some that weren't...

Big as it is, this volume actually doesn't have much going on. It's mostly one shot stories and foreshadowing for the Starman in space storyline, which doesn't actually begin until the next volume. No, it doesn't sound promising, but the individual issues are, mostly, very nicely scripted, and serve to fill in the sense of real history that Robinson seemed to be making a priority when writing Starman. So yes, it is all basically filler issues, but they're good filler issues. Especially fun is th...

There are a couple of things the whole story leads up to, and this volume kinda leads up to one, without much touching the other. Regardless of how many side plots this one decided to explore (something starman's notorious for) I still love the volume because this is the one where starman manages to get into a tussle with captain marvel (that's no spoiler, the kid's right on the cover). In this way, you see how the writers famously give their own perspective not only on jack, but on all other su...

This collection of the Starman comics contains lot of the one-off projects done during it’s run. It comes across as more scattered and crossover oriented than the other volumes to this point. There is a one major occurrence in the main plotline with Jack Knight rocketing off into space to look for one of the previous incarnations of Starman, but that gets lost amid all the different types of stories told here. This is also the point where Tony Harris stopped doing the artwork for the regular boo...

This series has been enjoyable enough to get me this far, but this volume (despite some very sweet moments) felt at times tedious and I found myself longing for a little more substance. The early arcs in the series appeared to be hinting at a larger narrative thread, but this volume felt much more episodic and meandering. While Robinson's snarky-pop writing and the reliably good art from Harris are decent entertainment, it's not charming enough to keep me on board for the long haul. Still and al...

This book collects Issues 39-46 of Starman, The Power of Shazam #35 and #36, Starman 80 Page Giant #1, Starman-The Mist #1 and Batman/Hellboy/Starman #1 and #2The Book starts off with #39 and #40 and the crossover with the Power of Shazam. It's probably one of the oddest given that Starman was a pretty edgy title and Power of Shazam was as close to a "kids" book as DC had. Jack tries to protect a Golden Age superhero and give his dad cover to get the superhero to safety which includes a battle w...

Reprints Starman #39-46, The Power of Shazam #35-36, Starman Giant #1, Starman: The Mist #1, and Batman/Hellboy/Starman #1-2. Starman faces off against Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel and prepares for a trip to space to help Will Payton. The Starman mythology continues with trips to the past and the return of characters important in the Starman history. The sense of history of the character that is incorporated into the comic is one of the reasons to read. It brings the old DC Universe in context...

Even more than a decade later, this series still retains its power to thrill and excite, not to mention tug at the heartstrings. I'm just glad I finally got to read the second half of the Batman/Hellboy/Starman miniseries, and that it did not disappoint. Unfortunately, this is the last collection featuring Tony Harris as regular penciller, and Vol. 5 will feature the less than stellar art of Peter Snejbjerg. Still, I know the story is consistently good up until the end, and it manages to transce...

The Starman omnibus project continues in this fourth volume, which, although a little scattered in comparison to previous installments of the series, was still an immensely enjoyable read! Here we have the four-part Lightning and Stars story arc, in which Jack and his father team up to help James Barr (once the superhero Bulletman) out, when he is falsely accused of having been a Nazi spy, during WWII. The Shade and Matt O'Dare return for another adventure together, as do the entire O'Dare clan,...