Spoil the ending to a cancelled DC series for me

[drwho]

I got like 30 issues of Starman and found the book to be good, but had to drop it. So anyways what I do know is he retires the end of the series. What I would like to know is the why he chooses to retire from being Star Man at the end? Also what ends up happening to Shade, the alien star man, and the other human star man in the book?

[Aaron Kashtan]

I got like 30 issues of Starman and found the book to be good, but had to drop it. So anyways what I do know is he retires the end of the series. What I would like to know is the why he chooses to retire from being Star Man at the end? Also what ends up happening to Shade, the alien star man, and the other human star man in the book?

As I recall, Jack retires because he's had it with being a superhero, and more importantly because he's a single parent to his and Nash's son. Also, in #80 he learns that his girlfriend Sadie is pregnant with his future daughter, so he leaves Opal and moves across the country to join her.

I can't remember what happened to Shade and Mikaal. As for the other human Starman, are you referring to Will or Ted? I can't remember what happened to Will, and Ted dies sometime near the end of the series. I think this occurs during the Grand Guignol storyline, but I forget who kills Ted.

Sheesh, and it hasn't even been that long since I read those issues. What's happening to my memory?

[Dr.Geekibus]

The series wasn't cancelled. James Robinson ended it at that point. At the end of Grand Guignol, these giant bombs were planted throughout a building and wired to the Mist's vital signs (the original mist who came back during GG). Ted Knight showed up with a souped up version of the cosmic rod and took the whole building (mist included) up into space where it detonated harmlessly. Ted purposely sacrificed himself so that Jack wouldn't do anything to risk himself. Ted himself was dying from cancer after an encounter with Dr. Phosphorous.

The death of his father along with the death of Nash (leaving jack with his son) prompted Jack to reconsider being Starman. He had one last visit with his brother David (who had been shunted along at the time of his death into Dr. Fate's amulet). It turns out that David was allowed to have one year as the 1950's Starman and after seeing Jack one last time he and his Dad went on to the great hereafter.

I believe Mikaal went out into space, the Shade stayed in Opal and worked on his journals and the other human Starman Will Payton stayed on Throneworld maintaining the empire as Prince Gavyn (another Starman).

Jack gave his cosmic rod to Courtney (Stars and Stripes) and went off to join Sadie and their daughter in San Francisco.

That's what I remember. I apologize if any of this is offbase.

[Agentum]

Robinsons Starman is a series with an real ending.

Jack chosed to live his life with his new family instead of being a superhero.

I hope they never make him come back, this series is too good to destroy with pointless deaths and rapings.

Is Opal city referenced to at all in newer books?

I guess not, Elongated man and wife lived there but the vife is dead and he is crazy so...

[Count Vertigo]

The BEST series DC has ever put out I think. Grand Guignol was a helluva way to end it. It had a very epic feel and each time I read it, I had dramatic musical scores going through my head.

It sucks having ADD.;)

[Agentum]

I don't know if it's the best of all time from DC, but as a 90s book it's the best of it's time about superheroes, only The Spectre can compete.
I like long series that has an ending and you can feel that almost everything intresting has been told, a lot of series often decline in quality and end without a real ending.
Not counting miniseries or single issues of course.