Comic Title: Starman #17
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1989
On Sale Date: October 31, 1989 Shipping Date October 31, 1989
Source: Previews, #8

Shipping Date October 31, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #172

Shipping Date November 2, 1989
Source: Advance Comics, #10

Copyright Date October 31, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Brian Michael Augustyn

Title: "Deadly Attraction"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Starman (Will Payton)

Writer: Roger Stern
Penciller: Tom Lyle
Inker: Scott Hanna
Letterer: Timothy Harkins
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Feature Character(s)

• Starman (last appearance in Starman #16; next appearance in Starman #18)

Guest Star(s)

• Power Girl (last appearance in Captain Atom #34; next appearance in Starman #18)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jayne Payton (last appearance in Starman #16; next appearance in Starman #18)
• Marie Payton (last appearance in Starman #16; next appearance in Starman #18)
• Carol Simon (last appearance in Starman #16; next appearance in Starman #18)

Villain(s)

• Doctor Polaris (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Starman #18)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Flash (last appearance in Captain Atom #34; next appearance in Justice League Europe #7)

Other Character(s)

• Rick (last appearance in Starman #13; no further appearances)
• Muggs (last appearance in Starman #9; next appearance in Starman #18)
• Chuck Irwin (last appearance in Starman #3; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Raymond Deming (in flashback)

Comments:
This story takes place prior to Justice League Europe #7 in which Power Girl was critically injured. An editor's note confirms this sequence of events.

Power Girl mentions that Doctor Polaris was given amnesty for helping during the war with the Anti-Monitor.

This story continues in Starman #18.

Synopsis:
Power Girl uses the Justice League teleportation device to travel from Paris to New York. Her trip is side-tracked, and she winds up in the New Mexico lab of Doctor Neal Emerson. Her sudden arrival triggers Emerson's split personality causing him to become Doctor Polaris again.

Power Girl is initially trapped by Polaris, but when his mind begins to waver, she escaped. Unable to contact the Justice League for help, Power Girl seeks out Starman to assist her. Starman arrives on the scene, but Doctor Polaris is able to take them both down.