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!!'''Adventure Comics #62''' (May, 1941)

[[folder:The Mist I]]
!!The Mist I
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!!!'''Adventure Comics''' #67 (October, 1941)

Many years ago, the scientist now known only as the Mist created an "Invisio - Solution" that could turn people and objects invisible. He tried to sell it to the US government during World War I only to be met with rejection and scornful disbelief. The Mist vowed revenge and after World War Two began in Europe, he sent invisible agents to steal all of America's military secrets. He also tried to use invisible planes to bomb factories geared for defense. However, the Mist's schemes were thwarted by the man who would become his archenemy, Starman. Over the following half-century, the children of both men got caught up in that feud.

* DealWithTheDevil: Made a deal with the demon-lord Neron, restoring his sanity and curing his senility.
* EvilOldFolks: The Mist was not a young man when he began his career as a supervillain in the 1940s. His career continued into the 1990s.
* {{Intangibility}}: Prolonged exposure to the Invisio-Solution granted the Mist the ability to turn his body intangible.
* {{Invisibility}}: The Mist's signature creation--Invisio-Solution--a chemical which can make organic and inorganic materials invisible.
* MassHypnosis: He is able to hypnotically control those that come into contact with his vaporous state.
* NotMyDriver: The Mist pulls this on a pair of henchmen who betrayed him in ''Comicbook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' #195.
* RealAwardFictionalCharacter: He fought in World War I as a Captain in the Canadian Army, winning the Victoria Cross.

[[folder:The Mist II]]
!!The Mist II
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!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Starman'' Vol 2 #0 (October, 1994)

The daughter of the original Golden-Age Mist, Nash grew up as a meek stuttering girl with only her brother Kyle as a friend. Before her brother was killed she couldn't stand any kind of violence, but after her brother's death and her beloved father's descent into madness, she under went a major personality shift into a sadistic, calculating evil woman who dedicated her self to destroying Jack Knight and the entire Starman legacy.

* PayEvilUntoEvil: Lampshaded. [[spoiler:After regaining the entirety of his memories, he becomes more willing to kill violent criminals, at least in the ''Starman'' series. David Knight's ghost is startled when he blows up a car full of bank robbers, but Mikaal points out that they endangering civilians (with their reckless driving and shooting) and had probably killed at least one guard]].

* ThouShaltNotKill: Lampshaded. [[spoiler:After regaining the entirety of his memories, he becomes more willing to kill people who pose a threat to innocents, at least in the ''Starman'' series]].

* TargetedToHurtTheHero: In the 80's, while Ted was still Starman, he and fellow JSA members Flash and Green Lantern busted Rag Doll, who threatened to use his cult to kill their families. As he was fleeing, there was a flash and Rag Doll was on the ground, dying. Although Flash and Lantern denied any such thing, Jack believes that Ted blasted Rag Doll with lethal force to protect him and David.

* {{Flight}}: One of his powers.

* FusionDance: His discorporated essence wound up empowering Will Payton.

* LongLived: A young man (implicitly in his late teens or early 20s) when he arrived on Earth, he hasn't changed much by ''Starman '94'', which explicitly takes place over twenty years later, nor his post-''Starman'' appearances which take place roughly (''[[ComicBookTime very]]'' roughly) twelve years after.

* AddledAddict: He was planning to protect the people of Earth from the threat of his own race, and its own criminals. Then the 70s happened, and he ended up pursuing sex and drugs with the zeal his race normally shows for violence.

* {{Expy}}: Of the similarly-named Quip, the [[DepravedDwarf evil dwarf]] from the Victorian novel ''Literature/TheOldCuriosityShop'' by Literature/CharlesDickens. (Accordingly, the Shade as a young man has some commonalities -- and shares a first name with -- Dick Swiveller from the same novel.)

* CastingAShadow: Culp has the ability to manipulate shadow-matter to a variety of effects.

-> See ComicBook/DoctorMidNite

* MillionairePlayboy: Ted Knight is filthy rich. He has no job, went to an exclusive prep school, has a butler to drive him around, and is never once seen working. He's described as "wealthy playboy Ted Grant". He outdoes Bruce Wayne in the RichIdiotWithNoDayJob category. Later on he's always seen doing something related to his astronomy hobby, but he clearly has all the time and funds that he needs to pursue that hobby.

* InformedAttribute: The fact that Starman is a member of this group is never mentioned in his solo series.

* [[KnightInSourArmor (Jack) Knight In Sour Armor]]: To put it mildly, Jack has a very caustic personality at the start of the series, though not nearly so much as in his youth.

* IHaveBrothers Hope O'Dare has four brothers. She and her brothers are all cops and it's mentioned that she is the one everyone is frightened of.

* CripplingTheCompetition: ComicBook/GreenArrow got the Spider's aiming eye with an arrow, hoping to end the criminal's career by maiming him.