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STARMAN VOL. 2 #68
Cover Date: August 2000
Cover Price: $2.50
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Cover Credits:
Art: Andrew Robinson (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | James Robinson |
| Art | Peter Snejbjerg |
| Lettering | Bill Oakley |
| Colors | Jason Wright |
| Color separations | Jamison |
| Editing | Peter J. Tomasi |
Supporting Character(s):
- Ted Knight (in flashback)
- Shade (in flashback)
- Kyle Theo (last in Starman: The Mist #1; in flashback; next in issue #71)
- Black Pirate (in flashback)
Villain(s):
- Culp (in flashback)
- Etrigan (in flashback)
- Rag Doll I (in flashback)
- Doctor Phosphorus (in flashback in between issues #56 and #63)
- Aaron Bodine (in flashback)
- Lupe Bodine (in flashback)
- Crusher (in flashback in between flashback in issue #8 and issue #64)
- Solomon Grundy (in flashback)
- Spider II (in flashback)
- Mist II (in flashback)
- Mist I (in flashback in between issue #24 and #71)
- Doctor Pip (in flashback)
Guest Appearance(s):
- Doctor Fate I (in flashback)
Other Character(s):
- Palomar St. John (in flashback)
- Abigail Moorland (in flashback)
Synopsis: - Culp reveals the steps that led to his current master-plan. The first discovery was the history of Jon Valor, a wrongly hanged pirate who swore no soul in Opal would rest until his name was cleared. His oath came true. Culp also discovered that Opal had been christened with the blood of innocents, and that ever since a confrontation between Ted Knight, Etrigan and some nazis, that Opal hosts a doorway to an empty dimension. He tricked Dr Fate and the Shade into opening this dimension up, and the Shade into sending some of his shadow-stuff into it, where it bred and grew.
- Culp then set about recruiting his aides, including Ragdoll, whose youth had been restored through a bargain with Neron, and the Spider, a descendant of the Ludlow clan who have been at war with the Shade for many years.
- Now, he has committed murders at the sights of ancient crimes and has set into motion the dark events that have befallen Opal City.
Credits:
| Story | James Robinson |
| Art | Peter Snejbjerg |
| Lettering | Bill Oakley |
| Colors | Jason Wright |
| Color separations | Jamison |
| Editing | Peter J. Tomasi |
Feature Character(s):
- Hamilton Drew (also in flashback)
- Ben Luddy (first appearance; in flashback; dies behind the scenes)
Guest Appearance(s):
- Elongated Man (in between issues #67 and #70)
- Sue Dibny (in between issues #67 and #70)
Synopsis: - We learn the history of Hamilton Drew, a great detective whose celebrated career began in 1911, and who investigated a number of supernatural cases alongside his more 'mundane' exploits. One of his tasks was to uncover evidence of Jon Valor's innocence, but in the midst of this he disappeared, only to reappear with many others some years later, rescued from the clutches of the 'poster demon'. He now lives in retirement, but has just been interrupted by the Elongated Man, who says that Opal City needs his help.