Charity

Charity is a mysterious figure who inhabits the shadowy world of Opal City in DC's Starman series, moving in the same circles as Jack Knight and the enigmatic Shade. Her exact background and role remain deliberately enigmatic, fitting the series' moody, noir-tinged tone.

Few characters embody the moody, literary atmosphere of James Robinson and Tony Harris's celebrated Starman run quite like Charity, who made her debut in Starman #2 in 1994 — right at the dawn of one of DC's most acclaimed Modern Age series. Across her appearances in Starman and Starman Annual, she keeps rarefied company: Jack Knight, Ted Knight, the enigmatic Richard Swift, and the legendary Shade populate the same shadowy Opal City corners she inhabits. Her eight catalog appearances are a testament to the boutique, carefully curated world Robinson built, where every character felt essential rather than incidental. If you're diving deep into that celebrated run, Charity is exactly the kind of figure who rewards the attentive reader.