The Mist

The Mist is a dangerous villain in James Robinson's acclaimed Starman series, serving as a nemesis to Jack Knight, the reluctant hero who inherits the Starman legacy from his father Ted Knight, the original Golden Age hero.

Few villains from the mid-1990s DC renaissance feel as genuinely dangerous and dramatically rich as The Mist, who made their debut in Starman #12 in 1995, conjured to life by the legendary creative team of James Robinson and Tony Harris. Emerging from one of the most celebrated runs of the Copper/Modern Age, The Mist haunts the pages of Starman alongside the likes of Jack Knight, The Shade, and the enigmatic Richard Swift — company that signals just how seriously this title took its rogues and its heroes alike. With 14 catalog appearances concentrated in that beloved series, The Mist is very much a creature of Opal City's shadowy mythology, a figure whose presence carries real weight whenever they appear. If you're diving into Robinson's Starman — and every collector should — The Mist is one of the reasons that run still resonates decades later.