Classic Comics with Matthew B. Lloyd: “The Astral Avenger” – The Golden Age Starman

After my appearance on Superheroes for Dummies, I decided I wanted to do an episode focused on the Golden Age Starman. We’ll look at the three artists who workded on the strip, Jack Burnley, Mort Meskin and Emil Gershwin. We’ll read through three stories, and take a talk briefly about the two main writers, Alfred Bester and Gardner Fox.

You can follow the show @ComicsLloyd on Twitter or send an email to ClassicComicsMBL@gmail.com. You can find me on Twitter @MattB_Lloyd and at www.dccomicsnews.com where I write reviews and edit news stories.

You can also check out my chapter in “Politics in Gotham: The Batman Universe and Political Thought.”

https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Gotham-Universe-Political-Thought/dp/3030057755

Golden Age Starman Links

Alfred Bester

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Bester#Early_SF_career,_comic_books,_radio_(1939%E2%80%931950)

Gardner Fox

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardner_Fox

Jack Burnley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Burnley

Earth-Two Starman at Fandom

https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Theodore_Knight_(Earth-2)

Starman Archives

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=starman+archives&ref=nb_sb_noss_2