Customer Rating: 
Summary: Excellent - Very satisfying
Comment: As with my earlier review of the previous volume, I admit to my disappointment in the artwork here. I feel that the style is less to my liking, but, more importantly, a lot of personality is lost to the settings and backgrounds that we, the readers, were spoiled by Tony Harris to come to expect.
Wow, what an awkward sentence that was...
Art aside, this is an excellent story, and a worthy conclusion (and must read) to the series. The trip back in time is a little brief for my taste, but still very satisfying and, in an attempt to avoid spoiling anything, it does give more character and appreciation to certain characters who were otherwise... not fully given life to in this series.
Definitely a must-read, though disappointing in that, well, this is the end...
Customer Rating:
Summary: Awestruck and breathless, so how do I write a review?
Comment: For Starman fans, it goes without saying. James Robinson took the name of a third-tier DC Comics hero whose best days were in the 1940s and had never amounted to much since then, and delivered to readers the single best mainstream "DC Universe" series of the late 1990s. James Robinson, who I will always respect even more for the "Elseworlds" miniseries The Golden Age, wove an intricate and poignant tale of a young man coming into his own in the middle of the complex and often maddening DCU. And he did it with such grace that it's almost heresy to note my first reaction...
I remember seeing the promo art for Starman #0 as part of the hype for "Zero Hour: Crisis in Time" in 1994, and thinking "another lame revamp which won't last a year." Thank God that I was utterly wrong. (On the other hand, does anybody even remember "Anima?" Or "Xenobrood?" Or the new versions of "Fate" and "Manhunter?" Good grief.)
Anyway, enough about DC, Robinson, and even the importance of this series. "Sons of the Father" is not only a cleverly-titled wrap-up to this 10-volume trade paperback series, it is a breathtaking tour of what it really means to be a hero. And to be a father. Without giving anything away (I hate that, and refuse to do it here), I can honestly say that while not the best of the Starman TPBs, this is right up there with the early Robinson/Tony Harris collaborations.
If you're a Starman fan, why haven't you bought this already? If you aren't a Starman fan, you should be. If you know someone who isn't, help them. Christmas... birthday present... trying to get into that special, somewhat-bookish girl's pants? "Sons of the Father" is one hell of a read!
And I've never written anything directed to a fictional character, but...
JACK KNIGHT, WE MISS YOU! GODSPEED!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great end
Comment: A great end to a great series. The art takes getting use to but soon you feel strange and comfortable like Opal City. I did not follow this comic until it was in graphic novel format. It is the best way to enjoy the series. Collect all ten volumes if they are available.
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