10 Incredible Comic Books With Near PERFECT Endings
3. Starman
James Robinson and Tony Harris’ Starman was a critically acclaimed 80-issue series that ran from 1994 to 2001. The story followed Jack Knight, collectibles dealer, reluctant hero, and son of Ted Knight, the Golden Age Starman. The strong cast of characters included The O’Dares, a family of police officers, and the Shade, a Golden Age villain who had long made Opal City his home. Opal City itself was as much of a character as any of the physical beings in the story, and Opal had a gorgeous Art Deco landscape that seemed both modern and trapped forever in the 1950s.
The series ended with “Sons of the Father”, which saw Ted Knight die saving Opal City from the Mist, his longtime foe. After the massive funeral attended by numerous superheroes and luminaries, Jack talked to Superman about meeting his father Jor-El on Krypton and about Jack's desire to retire.
Jack had his annual visit with the ghost of his brother David, and this time, his father. With the help of Doctor Fate, they sent him to 1951 to aid the previously unknown Starman of that era. Knight discovered that it was his brother David and, after they defeated the original Mist, Jack returned to the present. After he made sure that Opal City was in good hands, he drove off to meet his pregnant girlfriend Sadie in San Francisco.