Starman is a name used by several different fictional DC Comics superheroes, most prominently Ted Knight and his son Jack. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Jack Burnley, the original Starman, Ted Knight, first appeared in Adventure Comics #61 (April 1941). An astronomer, Knight invented a “gravity rod,” later reinvented as a “cosmic rod,” allowing him to fly and manipulate energy and donned a red and yellow costume with a distinctive finned helmet. The current successor of Starman is Stargirl, formerly the Star-Spangled Kid.