DC Multiverse Page Punchers Starman review (2025)

Starman was an unexpectedly fun addition to the Justice Society in Geoff Johns’ second spin with the team. He was a classic character just with a slight name tweak, which hid his past or is that future (?) as a member of the Legion of Super Heroes. That wasn’t the only team association he shared. He was also part of Superman’s hero contingent in an alternate future during Kingdom Come. Adding this context to what initially seemed to just be the JSA’s comic relief was a really cool twist for his appearance in the present day.

McFarlane Toys interestingly must be fans of this era of Justice Society. For the recent Page Punchers wave, we got a Kingdom Come Superman from the point when he was brought over to the main timeline and joined Hawkman, Mr. Terrific, Green Lantern, Stargirl, etc. And as a bonus, they opted to make Starman and Damage the Platinum Edition releases with JSA #10. No complaints from me as that helped to fortify the ranks further.

This presentation does prove restrictive in some areas however, but it’s good to add another member of the JSA to the shelf.

Packaging: The Page Punchers packaging is similar to the old school Toy Biz Marvel Legends setup with the clamshell packaging and a comic book.

This doesn’t make for the most dynamic presentation especially since the included Justice Society of America #10 doesn’t feature Starman on the cover.

Likeness: Starman uses the Green Lanterns body. This makes for a better choice for Starman than it did Damage, whose basic spandex outfit, didn’t need all of the texturing of the Lanterns mold. With Starman it’s a better fit since his outfit lends itself better to texturing as it plays up the paint job.

There’s not much required sculpting wise with Starman’s outfit as he’s wearing a full suit with separate gloves and boots. The most distinct aspect of his look is covered via paint, but next up would be his masked portrait, which adds an element of mystery. Similar to Damage, Starman’s head seems a bit undersized. Here’s a case where the slimming black doesn’t work in his favor.

Scale: Starman scales up just fine with his JSA teammates including Mr. Terrific, Wildcat and Power Girl.

Paint: Starman has a relatively simple paint job — it’s just painting the eyes white and adding random white paint to serve as a starfield within the body. The starfield is executed really well.

The white isn’t overdone and has a sparkly sheen to it. I love how that turned out and helps to make him stand out among his teammates.

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Articulation: Starman is a gesturing hero, so it naturally makes sense for him to have a trigger hand sculpt instead of a gesturing open hand (sigh).

McFarlane figures offer exactly 22 points of articulation and that proves to be more than enough for Starman to hit all of his standard action poses. For Starman some extra hands would definitely help to play up more of his personality through these poses.

Starman has:

• neck
• ball-jointed shoulders
• butterfly shoulders
• elbow
• wrist
• wrist hinge
• torso
• waist
• hip
• thigh
• knee
• ankle
• toe

Accessories: Starman doesn’t come with anything besides the faithful black circular stand and a reprint of JSA #10.

With some of the DC Multiverse figures, McFarlane gets some serious geek points for some of the unexpected accessories thrown in. There were certainly some missed opportunities with Starman.

An unmasked portrait would have been amazing. So far, we only have a Platinum Edition Lightning Lad for our Legion. Giving Starman his classic beard portrait would have given Garth some company. An alternate right fist with the Legion flight ring would have been a very cool extra touch as well.

Worth it?  I got Starman for the usual $22.99 price, which is an OK value. It’s neither bad nor great. The minimal accessories really hurt in this case.

Rating: 8.5 out of 10

Starman fares better than his mold-mate Damage thanks to the great execution of the starfield paint job. He definitely needed some more accessories whether expressive hands or a Legion-complementary head sculpt.

Where to get it?  Starman is the red platinum figure for this wave, which made him harder to find compared to other figures especially when he’s paired with fellow platinum line mate Damage.  There’s no guarantee if GameStop or Amazon will have them in stock online either.

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