Comic Title: Starman #19
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1990
On Sale Date: January 2, 1990 Shipping Date January 4, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #175

Shipping Date January 2, 1990
Source: Previews, #10

Shipping Date January 4, 1990
Source: Advance Comics, #12

Direct Market Date January 4, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #132, #133

Copyright Date January 2, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Brian Michael Augustyn

Title: "Heavy Artillery"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Starman (Will Payton)

Writer: Roger Stern
Penciller: Tom Lyle
Inker: Scott Hanna
Letterer: Robert M. Pinaha
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Feature Character(s)

• Starman (last appearance in Starman #18; next appearance in Starman #20)

Supporting Character(s)

• Glenn Wharton (last appearance in Starman #11; next appearance in Starman #25)
• Sylvia Wharton (last appearance in Starman #11; no further appearances)
• Phil Easton (last appearance in Starman #15; next appearance in Starman #20)
• Jayne Payton (last appearance in Starman #18; next appearance in Starman #20)
• Carol Simon (last appearance in Starman #18; next appearance in Starman #20)
• Kitty Faulker (last appearance in Starman #14; next appearance in Starman #20)

Villain(s)

• Harold Melrose (last appearance in Starman #12; next appearance in Starman #20)
• Duncan (next appearance in Starman #20)
• Carl Prescott (next appearance in Starman #20)
• Thomas Jarred (aka Artillery; first name not given in this story; next appearance in Starman #20)

Other Character(s)

• Ted Morgan (a deliveryman; no further appearances)
• Juanita (a receptionist; next appearance in Starman #20)
• Two fighter pilots (next appearance in Starman #21)
• Seligman and Beck (pilots; names revealed in Starman #21; die in this story; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Harold Melrose has been released from federal custody in order to assist with the development of a battle suit for the military. When the battle suit, codenamed Artillery, is ready for testing, Melrose sends the pilot Jarred to Phoenix. There, Artillery battles Starman and shoots down two civil defense planes. Starman eventually takes down his armored opponent and learns that Melrose was behind the attack. He leaves Jarred in the custody of Mexican authorities before returning home. Unbeknownst to Starman, some ordinance from Artillery has sparked a forest fire.