Dr. Stellar is a fictional character

Fictional character

A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...

, a Big Bang Comics

Big Bang Comics

Big Bang Comics first appeared in 1994, with five issue mini-series , published by Caliber Comics. Their second series was published by Image Comics. Currently their titles are self-published.-Publication history:...

 superhero

Superhero

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 who first appeared in Big Bang #4.

Fictional character history

The son of a normal human woman and an alien cop, Peter Starr soon became aware of his power to control stellar energy. His father tried to recruit his son into the Galactic Police, but was killed by alien crooks. Donning his fathers laserproof police uniform, Peter Starr avenged his fathers' death and used the police uniform to fight crime on Earth as Dr. Stellar.

During World War Two, Peter Starr Ph.D worked as an astronomer

Astronomer

An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...

 in Constellation City, and built a solar-light enhancer as a guide for American warplanes to help shorten the time of the war. Although Prof. Panic (Fear

Fear

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 incarnate) tried to steal the idea and sell it to the Axis powers, Dr. Stellar halted Panics' plans, and Starr soon won the heart of sociologist Diana Devon.

Publication history

Dr. Stellar first appeared on the fictitious cover of Red Hot Comics #14 as a back-up feature to The Badge. When the Caliber Press series ended, the Big Bang creators received a large portion of fan-mail asking to see Dr. Stellar in action.

Dr. Stellar did far better than Vita-Man

Vita-Man

Vita-Man is a fictional superhero published by Big Bang Comics. He first appears in Big Bang Comics #1, and was created by Gary Carlson and Mark Lewis. He is based on Hourman.-Publication history:...

 and Robo-Hood, waiting only until BB #4 to appear, but had to wait until World Class Comics to receive his own title.

Dr. Stellar combines elements of Dr. Mid-Nite, Starman

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, and Adam Strange

Adam Strange

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.