Gavok posted:

From Starman #78. The story of Starman is that the original hero had two sons, Daniel and Jack. Jack thought the whole superhero concept was stupid and looked down on his father for it. Daniel, while kind of an rear end, looked up to his father and took up the mantle ASAP. The very first issue begins with him being shot and killed. Jack spends the rest of the series as the new Starman, at first reluctantly, but grows to respect what his father's done. During that time, he'd randomly be visited by Daniel's ghost and the two dysfunctional brothers would get closer each time.

After his final meeting with Daniel, Jack is brought back to the 50's for some yet-unknown reason. During this time there was another Starman who nobody ever knew the identity of. Turns out it was Daniel. Jack is able to figure out that Daniel was pulled into the past an instant before being shot and will later find himself back to that spot. In other words, Daniel is going to die very soon and doesn't know it. Jack knows how time travel is and how he can't do or say anything to change stuff, so he tries to keep his mouth shut and lie to his brother. Soon the burden is too much for him and time and space be damned, he just can't take lying to Daniel anymore.