The Starman Omnibus, Vol. 2
The second collection of the 1990s Starman comic shows the creators hitting their stride, establishing elements that would become hallmarks of the series: reluctant young hero Jack Knight’s growing confidence in the role of Starman he inherited from his father, flashbacks to 1940s adventures of his predecessor, and stories incorporating the various other superheroes who have operated under the Starman rubric. While the groundbreaking Watchmen (1986) opened the door earlier to other superhero tales set in a world recognizably our own, Starman eschewed that series’ knowing cynicism in favor of the moving coming-of-age story of an idealistic young man learning how to be a hero.