{"id":4656,"date":"2010-12-07T06:45:10","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T11:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=4656"},"modified":"2010-12-07T01:38:36","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T06:38:36","slug":"mayfairstivus7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/12\/07\/mayfairstivus7\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayfairstivus Day 7 \u2013 Starman (Will Payton)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back for the seventh day of Mayfairstivus<\/strong><\/a>, the nine day celebration of Mayfair Games\u2019 DC Heroes Role-Playing Game!<\/em> Today we\u2019ll be looking at the 1989 character card for Starman (Will Payton)!<\/p>\n

The Will Payton Starman <\/em>series holds a special place in my heart.\u00a0 While the Jack Knight Starman <\/em>was the best-written, Will Payton’s adventures were the most fun.\u00a0 Will Payton was an upbeat, straightforward superhero that came along during a time when most superheroes were dark and gritty.\u00a0 Personally I was reading lots of these darker superhero comics, along with nearly all of DC’s mature readers proto-Vertigo<\/em> books (i.e. Sandman<\/em>, Doom Patrol<\/em>, Swamp Thing<\/em>, Hellblazer<\/em>, Animal Man<\/em>, Shade the Changing Man<\/em>, etc).\u00a0 Reading these types of titles was seriously starting to affect me.\u00a0 I found all the “extreme” superheroes and mind-trippin’ proto-Vertigo <\/em>books were weighing heavily on my shoulders.\u00a0 While I was interested in the books I was reading, I wasn’t necessarily having fun anymore.\u00a0 When I stumbled across Starman<\/em> #26 in 1990 it was like a breath of fresh air!\u00a0 Here was a superhero that was big on action and fun!\u00a0 This book rejuvenated my love for superhero comics!\u00a0 I immediately picked up all the back issues and stayed with the series until the end.\u00a0 Whenever I feel bogged down by too much drama in my monthly comics, I remind myself to seek out fun books like Starman<\/em>.<\/p>\n

DC HEROES ROLE-PLAYING GAME \u2013 SECOND EDITION \u2013 1989<\/h4>\n

\"Will<\/p>\n

\"Will<\/p>\n

As I mentioned, my first issue of Starman <\/em>was #26.\u00a0 This was the debut of Starman’s new costume.\u00a0 Maybe it’s because I started reading Starman <\/em>when he was wearing a different costume, but for whatever reason I’ve never cared for the costume shown above.\u00a0 The colors always make me think of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.\u00a0 In fact, I preferred the newer costume so much, at some point I re-drew the card front and used my own sketch below in place of the card above.\u00a0 Clearly my own personal Mayfair DC Heroes<\/em> stats would not include the Skill “Artist”.<\/p>\n

\"Will<\/p>\n

MAYFAIRSTIVUS<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Don\u2019t forget, the Mayfairstivus celebration continues at the following blogs!\u00a0 Be sure to check them out throughout the Mayfairstivus celebration (Dec. 1-9).<\/p>\n