Friday, November 30, 2018

Doctor Star & The Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows

Doctor Star & the Kingdom of Lost TomorrowsDoctor Star & the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows by Jeff Lemire
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Jimmy Robinson is a super hero named Doctor Star, a cosmic adventurer since World War II. Now, his son is dying of cancer and Jimmy wants to make up for lost time...

While I love Black Hammer, I had some misgivings about this one going in. James Robinson's Starman run is one of my favorite runs of all time and I was afraid this one might stray from homage to ripoff. Hell, Doctor Star's real name is Jimmy Robinson! Fortunately, while it is clearly a Starman homage set in the Black Hammer universe, it stands on its own merits.

When scientist Jimmy Robinson taps the Para-Zone and captures a mote of its power, he becomes Doctor Star, super hero and space adventurer, shoving his family into the background in favor of fame and adventure. After a mishap shoves him 18 years into the future, he has to deal with a family that passed him by.

For something I was afraid would be a straight up ripoff at the beginning, this was a touching tale at times. Sure, Doctor Star uses the Starman mythos as a base, it also combines the man out of time element of Captain America with a side dish of Green Lantern. While it could have easily been about the heroics, it was the human side of things Jeff Lemire chose to explore and it made for a great story.

Jeff Lemire's love letter to James Robinson's Starman wound up standing on its own as a touching tale of a man trying to reconnect with his son. Four out of five stars.

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