A Special Connection

I have a special connection to StarmanJack Knight. I'm sure that you have your own special connection.

Although Starman #72 - Grand Guignol, Douzieme Partie: Finale has a cover date of December 2000, it came out around the same month my dad passed away from prostate cancer. The same time that [SPOILER ALERT!] Ted Knight and The Mist died, like Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty going over Reichenbach Falls, Dad passed away. I held his hand. Promised him that my wife and I would would look after Mom. He had fought the good fight. If he was tired. If he wanted to rest. It was okay. We didn't want him to go. But, we didn't want him to suffer anymore. The Next morning, Mother's Day, Dad was gone. James Robinson's Starman kinda helped me through that time.

Everything that had built up to Ted's final bow, The Shade, Tales of Times Past, and Talking With David. Maybe especially the Talking With David issues.

Dad's name was Eric, not Ted. Mom's name was Doris. Kinda like David and Jack's mom.

I've come back to the Talking With David issues. Especially Starman #19 - Talking With David, '96. Sure it sets up the introduction of The Black Pirate later on, but the reveal at the end of the issue is incredible. Even more special, now.

Adele Doris Drew only has four appearances in the Starman series. Precious little is known about her. Starman #69 - Grand Guignol, Neuvieme Partie: Heroes Reborn, Renewed... and Remembered is probably her strongest appearance. She's part of an all-female Justice Society. It's at the conclusion of this story that Ted proposes.

A little over a month ago, Mom passed away suddenly. She took a tumble in the bathroom. The paramedics checked her out. She seemed fine. They didn't think she needed to go to the emergency room; but, they would come back if needed.

She put on a pot of coffee.

She sat down in her chair.

It looked like she had just nodded off, watching television.

I've been sharing Mom Stories on Facebook. It's very therapeutic.

Starman is Comfort Comics right now. On top of being Great Story. Hanging out with old friends, in The Opal.

What comics do you have a special connection too? What's the connection?

I have a pretty special connection to the 2000’s Astonishing X-Men comics. I remember being little, my dad dropping a crate of comics in front of me, and I just read them over and over and over again. Anytime I read them I have a nostalgia attack.

@revan-: Yep.

(Mom rewarded me for something with a three-pack of comics. The three-pack had The Amazing Spider-Man 147, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk. Mom supported my comic book addiction for the reading. Dad looked at the expense of it. I still get nostalgic about those three first comics. I wore them out! I had a couple of issues of Batman; one with the return of both Robin and The Riddler. Wore them out, too!)