Ted Knight aka Starman

1926-1944

Ted Knight was born to a normal family, and had a normal childhood. His father was the stereotypical military man, and was a war vet. His whole life Ted was in love with the sky and the stars. His mother was a housewife, and enjoyed partaking in several fun activities to keep her son distracted, but because Ted was so close to his parents, he didn’t really make time for friends. He was never bullied, but it’s not like being alone was any better. Eventually Ted would grow up and enlist in the U.S. Army Air Force, just like his father. It gave him a chance to see the sky he loved from a new point of view. On one mission Ted was flying his plane while en route to Berlin, when his engine was suddenly hit by some sort of energy wave and he downward spiraled into the nearby mountain range. Ted was somehow still alive, most likely as a result of the wave’s otherworldly properties. Ted was able to make it out of the plane, and when came out, the ground was filled cracks that glowed yellow. He walked to the source and there he saw a staff of some sort, which seemed to have caused the explosion. Ted picked up the rod, and decided he’d take it for safekeeping. Ted was able to call for backup and was taken back home and checked for injury. Ted didn’t have the knowledge or the resources to further examine the rod, but after multiple accidents that were caused by it, he was able to determine that the rod could release and absorb energy, even being able to create simple constructs like a force field. Ted began to think that he could be helping people everywhere with this staff, but he couldn’t let the army get in the way of that. Ted would later get himself honorably discharged from the Air Force. Ted figured that he could follow in the steps of the current Vigilantism Movement and fashion himself a suit that he could use to become a hero. So, he did just that. Ted decided that after all this time, he was still so fascinated with the sky, the clouds, and the stars. Starman was a sensational hero, and would soon be recognized by the Green Lantern, and would recruited into the team he was putting together.