WHITE STAR

Real Name: "Cowboy" Jim Jonas

Class: Human

Occupation: Rodeo performer, mysteryman

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Gotham City, 1940s era

First Appearance: Green Lantern I #34 (October, 1948)

Powers: White Star was skilled with a lasso and an excellent horseman.

History: (Green Lantern I #34) - Alan (Green Lantern) Scott and Doiby Dickles attended a rodeo with "Cowboy" Jim Jonas the star of the show. Alan commented that Jim would make a heck of a crimefighter, and Jim overheard him. He planned on posing as a crimefighter to commit crimes and was worried Alan was onto him. His gang tried to rough up the duo, but Alan changed into GL and chased them away. "Cowboy" Jim soon made his debut as Wild West mysteryman White Star, smashing a counterfeiters ring, and began to cultivate a rivalry with GL, seeking to become the most popular crimefighter in Gotham. Doiby wanted GL to show him up, but GL said he was happy to have another crimefighter in the city, and he could use a dozen more if Gotham was to be crime-free. White Star sent GL a message about a tip he'd gotten concerning a robbery at the Stem Warehouse, and challenged him to show up. GL and Doiby couldn't see anyway into the building for the crooks to get in, so GL dissolved one of the walls when White Star showed up. The crooks then arrived and rushed through the hole. White Star tripped GL with his lasso, and the crooks knocked GL and Doiby out. White Star told the press he couldn't stop the criminals because he had to keep the unconscious GL safe, and GL began to suspect he was in fact a criminal. HE invited GL to the Midas Gold-Refining Plant to stop another robbery, and told the police the head of the crooks would be showing up disguised as GL. The cops bought this story, but when GL cleared up the confusion they found White Star and the gang robbing the refinery. White Star got away, but left behind his personalized lasso, allowing GL to confront him at the rodeo and capture him, exposing him as a fraud.

Comments: Created by John Broome & Irwin Hasen.