History ComicBook / Starlight

* RealityEnsues: Duke's arrival on Tantalus involved getting into a fight with the local police and generally making a ruckus that told everyone on the planet that he has returned. However, he and Krish had barely fled ten feet before Duke is forced to stop to catch his breath due to his old age. Then he gets run over by a car and thrown in jail.

A film adaptation is in the works at Creator/20thCenturyStudios, with Joe Cornish (''Film/AttackTheBlock'' , ''Film/TheKidWhoWouldBeKing'') set to direct.

%% * DragonRider: Duke is seen doing this in a flashback.

%% * PointyEars: A lot of the people on Tantalus.

* [[AwesomeMccoolName Awesome McCool Name]]: Duke [=McQueen=].

-->'''[=McQueen=]''': How many goons am I looking at here?
-->'''Mook''': Ten thousand soldiers in the Castle Without Doors. Another two thousand patrolling the skies.
-->'''[=McQueen=]''': Shouldn't be a ''problem''.

* BadassGrandpa: Duke [=McQueen=] can still kick your ass even after forty years.

* AcePilot: Duke
* AlcubierreDrive: The warp drive is implied to work this way.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish

* DragonRider: Duke is seen doing this in a flashback.

* IronicEcho: "Learn to beg."

* MindOverMatter: The Kingfisher.

* OldSuperhero

* PointyEars: A lot of the people on Tantalus.
* PreMortemOneLiner: See IronicEcho above.

* RetiredBadass: [=McQueen=] before and after the story.
* RetroRocket: Played straight in the flashbacks but Krish tells him that his own present day ship is a nostalgia model and most modern spaceships look different.
* ShortTitleLongElaborateSubtitle: ''Starlight: The Return of Duke [=McQueen=]''.

* SpiritualSuccessor: It's basically a sequel to ''Franchise/FlashGordon'' with the SerialNumbersFiledOff.

* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: Averted. Krish outright states that Earth has nothing interesting to look at.

A twelve-year-old (in Earth time) Tantalus resident named Krish Moor has literally come to his doorstep, seeking his help in dealing with a new threat to Tantalus's freedom named the Kingfisher. Despite his plea that he is an old man, [=McQueen=] nonetheless suits up in his iconic spacesuit and travels to Tantalus, aiming to aid the Resistance take down the telekinetic tyrant.

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Sort of. Krish is relatively eighty-six years old due to Tantalus's orbit around its sun, but is twelve and a half on Earth.
* XMeetsY: WordOfGod said it's meant to be ''Franchise/FlashGordon'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''.

Written by Creator/MarkMillar and drawn by Goran Parlov, the miniseries is not only ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon'' mashed up with ''Film/TheIncredibles'' but yet another story from Millar where he defies the DarkerAndEdgier tone he had become associated with.

* CaptainErsatz: [=McQueen=] is clearly supposed to be an aged Main/FlashGordon following his original adventures and return to Earth.

* SpiritualSuccessor: It's basically a sequel to ''Film/FlashGordon'' with the SerialNumbersFiledOff.

* XMeetsY: WordOfGod said it's meant to be ''Film/FlashGordon'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''.

* AlienNonInterferenceClause: Played for laughs. While there is no protocol dictating that Tantalus residents cannot come to Earth due to its primitive nature, nobody visits because it's ''boring''.

* ShortTitleLongElaborateSubtitle: ''Starlight: The Return of Duke McQueen''.

Written by Creator/MarkMillar and drawn by Goran Parlov, the miniseries is not only ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon'' mashed up with ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'' but yet another story from Millar where he defies the DarkerAndEdgier tone he had become associated with.

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Sort of. Krish is relatively eighty-six years old due to Tantalus's orbit around its sun, but is twelve and a half on Earth.

* DudeWheresMyRespect: Duke [=McQueen=] is a legendary warrior on the alien planet of Tantalus. On Earth, people believe he is lying about his adventures and shrug him off as a phony. That seems to change when Duke lands Krish's ship on the White House lawn. The series also ends with a poignant shot of Duke's hometown's sign displaying "Home of Duke [=McQueen=]."

Meet Duke McQueen, former Air Force pilot, father to two sons, widower, and former intergalactic hero of the planet Tantalus.

It's been forty years since Captain McQueen was whisked away to another galaxy via wormhole, and he's living a pretty crestfallen life afterwards, especially after the death of his wife thanks to breast cancer. Nobody believed Duke when he claimed he visited an alien world and was hailed its hero, but he didn't mind the scrutiny when he had a pretty decent life to live. With the death of his wife, McQueen's nostalgia for the glory days have caught up to him. Fortunately, destiny came to him one rainy night.

A twelve-year-old (in Earth time) Tantalus resident named Krish Moor has literally come to his doorstep, seeking his help in dealing with a new threat to Tantalus's freedom named the Kingfisher. Despite his plea that he is an old man, McQueen nonetheless suits up in his iconic spacesuit and travels to Tantalus, aiming to aid the Resistance take down the telekinetic tyrant.

* BadassGrandpa: Duke McQueen can still kick your ass even after forty years.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Duke McQueen is a legendary warrior on the alien planet of Tantalus. On Earth, people believe he is lying about his adventures and shrug him off as a phony. That seems to change when Duke lands Krish's ship on the White House lawn. The series also ends with a poignant shot of Duke's hometown's sign displaying "Home of Duke McQueen."

* ShroudedInMyth: Duke McQueen has become a legendary hero on Tantalus. His mere presence gives its people enough confidence to rebel against the Kingfisher.