Comic Title: Starman #26
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1990
On Sale Date: July 31, 1990 Shipping Date July 31, 1990
Source: Previews, #17

Shipping Date July 31, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #181

Copyright Date July 31, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

Direct Market Date August 2, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #162

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Katie Main

Title: "Next Year's Model"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Starman (Will Payton)

Writer: Roger Stern
Penciller: Dave Hoover
Inker: Carlos Garzon
Letterer: Robert M. Pinaha
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Feature Character(s)

• Starman (last appearance in Justice League America #42; next appearance in Starman #27)

Guest Star(s)

• Starman (David Knight) (son of the original Starman; first appearance; next appearance in Starman #27)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jayne Payton (last appearance in Starman #25; next appearance in Starman #27)
• Marie Payton (last appearance in Starman #25; next appearance in Starman #27)

Villain(s)

• Nimbus (Andy Murphy; formerly the Mist; first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Starman #27)

Other Character(s)

• Jules Black (David's attorney; no further appearances)
• An unnamed trucker (no further appearances)
• Steve, Rudy, and Billy (children; no further appearances)
• Barry (a talk-show host; no further appearances)
• Snider (one of Marie's co-workers; no further appearances)
• Bob (a reporter; next appearance in Starman #27)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Justice Society of America (in Will's thoughts)
• Hawkman (in Will's thoughts)
• Flash (in Will's thoughts)
• Doctor Fate (in Will's thoughts)
• Doctor Mid-Nite (in Will's thoughts)
• Starman (Ted Knight) (in Will's thoughts)

Comments:
This story continues in Starman #27.

Synopsis:
David Knight, the son of the original Starman, plans to take over his father's super-hero legacy. He then learns there is another Starman already using the name. Angered, David contacts the media and arranges a challenge to the new Starman.

Will agrees to meet David at the Astrodome. He is cordial and even offers to change his name if necessary. However, David sucker punches him and starts a fight. David's trainer Andy Murphy encourages both men to fight. It results in David being knocked out. Murphy then takes Starman's cosmic converter belt. He reveals that he is actually the original Starman's former foe the Mist, though he now chooses to call himself Nimbus.