Crossword clues for starman
starman
- David Bowie single with the lyric "If we can sparkle he may land tonight"
- 1984 title role for Jeff Bridges
- He's "waiting in the sky" in a classic David Bowie song
- David Bowie song whose title subject is "waiting in the sky"
- David Bowie hit with the line "If we can sparkle he may land tonight"
- David Bowie classic with the line "He'd like to come and meet us / But he thinks he'd blow our minds"
- 1984 movie about a UFO crash in Wisconsin
- 1972 David Bowie hit
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context science fiction English) A spaceman 2 (context science fiction English) An inhabitant of a star
Wikipedia
Starman is a 1984 American science fiction romance film directed by John Carpenter, that tells the story of a humanoid alien ( Jeff Bridges) who has come to Earth in response to the invitation found on the gold phonograph record installed on the Voyager 2 space probe.
The original screenplay was written by Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon, with Dean Riesner doing uncredited re-writes. Bridges was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role.
The film inspired a short-lived television series of the same name in 1986.
StarMan is a 1996 fantasy novel by Sara Douglass. It follows the second book in the series, Enchanter, with Axis marching north with his army to confront a formidable enemy.
Starman is a name used by several different DC Comics superheroes, most prominently Ted Knight and his sons David and Jack.
Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Jack Burnley, the original Starman, Ted Knight, first appeared in Adventure Comics #61 (April 1941). An astronomer, Knight invented a "gravity rod", later reinvented as a "cosmic rod", allowing him to fly and manipulate energy, and donned a red and green costume with a distinctive finned helmet.
Like most Golden Age heroes, Starman fell into obscurity in the 1950s. In the ensuing years, several characters, with varying degrees of relation to the original, briefly took the mantle of Starman.
In Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #1 (September 1994), writer James Robinson and artist Tony Harris introduced Jack Knight, the son of the first Starman. A reluctant, non-costumed hero, he inherited his father’s name and mission and used his technology to create a cosmic staff. He starred in a critically acclaimed series, written by Robinson, from 1994 until 2001.
The current successor of Starman is Stargirl, formerly the second Star-Spangled Kid.
Below, in chronological order of activity (not of appearance), are the characters to have used the name "Starman".
Starman (Theodore Henry "Ted" Knight) is a fictional superhero in the , and a member of the Justice Society of America. Created by artist Jack Burnley and editors Whit Ellsworth, Murray Boltinoff, Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and Bernie Breslauer, he first appeared in Adventure Comics #61 (April 1941).
Starman (Jack Knight) is fictional character, a comic book superhero in the , and a member of the Justice Society of America. He is the son of the original Starman, Ted Knight. Created by James Robinson and Tony Harris, he first appeared in Zero Hour #1 (September 1994).
Starman is also the name of the popular and critically acclaimed comic book series chronicling Jack Knight's adventures, which ran from October 1994 to August 2001, totalling 81 issues as well as some annuals and special issues.
Starman is an American science fiction television series, starring Robert Hays and Christopher Daniel Barnes and continuing the story from John Carpenter's 1984 film. The series ran on the ABC network from September 19, 1986 to May 2, 1987.
"Starman" is a song by David Bowie, recorded on 4 February 1972 and released as a single that April. The song was a late addition to The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, included at the insistence of RCA’s Dennis Katz, who heard a demo and loved the track, believing it would make a great single. It replaced the Chuck Berry cover " Round and Round" on the album.
Starman is a Mexican professional wrestler active as a tecnico in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since 1996. Starman's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans.
Starman was a British pop band formed in 2009 by Andrew Stone, a dance teacher at London-based Pineapple Dance Studios.
Usage examples of "starman".
TIME OF THE PROPHECY OF THE DESTROYER, The: the time that begins with the birth of the Destroyer and the StarMan and that will end when one destroys the other.
Wanax Sarakos, aided by the starmen serving Colonel Parsons, invaded the land and drove Bheroman Enipses from his castle.
The feel of him tearing her belly out, then her throat, and all the while Axis locked in his duty as StarMan and doing nothing, nothing, nothing.
The entire ship's company, from Collingswood to the newest able starman, was under constant stress nearly every metscycle.
He hoped they had found a place to hide among the crevices of the ice packs, there to await the day when Gorgrael was defeated by the StarMan.
The Resistance was supposed to recruit all the old starmen that they could find, steal some ships, and try to get to the Novas before the Ryqril figured out what they were doing.
He sat at the great circular table in the Privy Chamber, and about him sat Crest-Leaders, Princes, Chieftains, Enchanters and, halfway around the table from him, the StarMan himself, the Enchantress by his side.
For each of them, Agnes put one scoop of vanilla ice cream in a tall glass of root beer, and after changing quickly into their pajamas, they sat together in Barty's bed, enjoying their treats, while she read aloud the last sixty pages of Starman Jones.
Think not of the horror of siring Gorgrael, but the joy and wonder of siring the StarMan, joy and wonder that GoldFeather can share with you.