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Real Name

Gavyn

Current Alias

Starman

Aliases

Prince Gavyn, Will Payton

Identity

Secret

Alignment

Good

Relatives

Clryssa (Sister; deceased); Rilsom the First (see Notes)

Universe

Earth-One, New Earth

Base Of Operations

Throneworld

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Height

6' 0"

Weight

180 lbs (82 kg)

Eyes

Blue

Hair

Blond

Status

Marital Status

Single

Occupation

Prince

Origin

Origin

Place of Birth

Thrownworld

Creators

Paul Levitz, Steve Ditko

First appearance

Adventure Comics #467
(January, 1980)

History

Prince Gavyn was the spoiled blond playboy prince of an alien empire who discovered he was a mutant who could survive unaided in space. By ancient royal custom, he was thrown out of an spaceship airlock to prevent him from challenging his more mature sister's claim to the leadership of the imperial planet Throneworld. He was given jeweled wristbands and a staff by the mysterious mystic Mn'torr which allowed him to channel his cosmic powers into the ability to fly and shoot bolts of energy. He kept his true identity a secret and served as a masked protector of the realm, but after the assassination of his sister only one year into her reign he became ruler of their people. He was believed to have died in the Crisis on Infinite Earths, but his fate was far different.

It was revealed that Gavyn was converted into pure energy, which became the source of the beam of light that struck Will Payton, a later Starman, granting him his powers.^[1] It is currently unclear whether the two men, Gavyn and Payton, fused into one being with shared memories or if Payton was killed by the bolt that struck him and was replaced by the essence of Gavyn with Payton's memories.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Alien Physiology:
• Flight:
• Energy Projection:
• Unaided survival in space

  Abilities

• Leadership: Gavyn is the hereditary ruler of his homeplanet.

Notes

• Although this character was originally introduced during DC's Earth-One era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985-86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis New Earth continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.
• Rilsom aka Emperor Rilsom the First is Gavyn's "Great-Great-Great Grandfather several Dozen Generations removed" according to DC Comics presents #36

See Also

• Discuss Gavyn (New Earth) on the forums
• Appearances of Gavyn (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Gavyn (New Earth)
• Images featuring Gavyn (New Earth)

Links and References

• Starman at Wikipedia

Footnotes