Rick Starr

Richard 'Rick' Starr is the son of Thaddeus Starr, founder of Allied Solar Enterprises, whose resources give Rick access to futuristic weaponry and his spacecraft, the Solar King. Operating from a base in the Asteroid Belt alongside shape-shifting alien Cryll, Rick uses his skills as a pilot, scientist, and marksman to patrol the solar system as Space Ranger.

Rick Starr burst onto the Silver Age DC scene in 1958, debuting in the pages of Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane before carving out his real home in cosmic titles like Mystery in Space and Tales of the Unexpected — the kind of imaginative, star-spanning anthology books that defined DC's golden era of science fiction storytelling. Over a remarkable span stretching all the way to 2021, this space adventurer accumulated 60 catalog appearances and three key-issue nods, a testament to the lasting affection collectors hold for DC's Silver Age sci-fi heroes. Created by the prolific Otto Binder and Kurt Schaffenberger, Rick shares his adventures with some genuinely elite company — Green Lantern, The Flash, Adam Strange, and others — placing him squarely in the heart of DC's imaginative cosmic mythology. If you love the optimistic, rocket-fueled wonder of early Silver Age DC, Rick Starr is exactly the kind of discovery that makes digging through back-issue bins so rewarding.