Star Hawkins
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| Star Hawkins | |
 Star Hawkins and Ilda, art by Vince Colletta |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Strange Adventures #114, (March 1960) |
| Created by | John Broome (writer) Mike Sekowsky (artist) |
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| Abilities | A seasoned detective. |
Star Hawkins was a science fiction detective feature published by DC Comics in their Strange Adventures title. He first appears in Strange Adventures issue #114 (March 1960), then appeared in about every third issue until #162 (1964). He later came back in issue #173 (1965) and again appeared in about every third issue until #185 (1966). He was created by John Broome and Mike Sekowsky.
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[edit] Fictional character biography
Star was a private detective in the 21st Century (the year 2079, to be exact), who had a robot receptionist, Ilda. The series wasn't totally serious, being played something for laughs. For instance, Ilda (who had a sort of protective "crush" on her human employer) often used her robot strength and other abilities to assist Hawkins solve his cases, but made sure to do this in such a way that Hawkins believed he had succeeded on his own.
In DC Comics Presents #33 (1981), a 'Whatever happened to?....' tale, set in 2092, Star retired, as did Ilda. He married heiress Stella Sterling, while his receptionist Ilda married her robot bodyguard, Automan, himself the star of a short series in Tales of the Unexpected.
[edit] Death
At some stage in his career, Hawkins was transported back to the 20th Century. While living there, he became good friends with Captain Comet, another space-based hero. At some undetermined date Hawkins lost his private investigator lisence, and by 2006 was an elderly man living on Hardcore Station. He was murdered by an unknown telepath.
[edit] Other versions
A version of Star Hawkins appears in the Twilight mini-series by Howard Chaykin and Jose Luis Garcia Lopez in 1990.
