Starman 1,000,000

STARMAN 1,000,000

Real Name: Farris Knight

Class: Human technology-user

Occupation: Superhero

Group Affiliation: Justice Legion A

Known Relatives: unnamed father (deceased)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Uranus, 853rd century

First Appearance: JLA #23 (October, 1998)

Powers: Starman utilized a starship and possessed the gravity rod, which could generate intense heat and had complete control over gravity, allowing Starman to fly.

History: (DC One Million #3 (BTS), 1 (BTS)) - Starman’s father died, and he was expected to take up his role as a superhero. The greatest heroes of the 853rd century, including Starman, teamed up to become Justice Legion A, with each member patrolling a different planet. In a world where anything was possible, Starman saw meaning in nothing, so he allied himself with the tyrant sun Solaris.

(DC One Million #1, 3, JLA #23, 1,000,000) - Superman Prime Kal-El prepared to return to Earth from his Fortress of Solitude in the center of the sun after one hundred centuries, and the Justice Legion prepared a massive celebration. They invited heroes from across time and space, including the JLA of the 21st century. Hourman sent the JLA to their time, but was unable to retrieve them, because he’d been implanted with a virus by Vandal Savage and Solaris, with the help of Starman. The Hourman Virus was actually a program looking for a system, forcing the Justice Legion to construct Solaris to contain it. Using tech from the Batcave and Cadmus the Legion created Solaris’ solar core, and traveled to the JLA Watchtower to power it using a time engine created by Steel in hopes of recovering the JLA from the 853rd Century. Starman arrived late at the Watchtower, having recovered the Knight Fragment, and Batman accused him of being a traitor. Starman regretted his betrayal of the Justice Legion when he met Ted Knight, the original Starman. To redeem himself he stopped the newly constructed Solaris from destroying Earth by opening up a black hole in its computer brain. Starman reflected that he might be remembered as a villain, but that his actions led to the creation of Solaris in the past, and thus his own present. He then activated the self-destruct mechanism in his suit, killing himself.

Comments: Created by Grant Morrison & Val Semeiks

Starman had a cameo in Martian Manhunter II #2,000,000.