Barnstar

Now, Barnstar's kind of a tricky one. He never much left his native Texas, even during the war. Known more for crimefighting and dealing with threats to his homestead, Barnstar did at one point notably team up with Astronoman to repel a Xantabraxian threat to Austin.

He used to dress up in red like a cowboy, with a big white hat and a star on his chest. And he wasn't typical because he never claimed he had any real superpowers. He went on record several times saying he was "just lucky". Naturally, being behind two six-shooters tends to stack the odds in your favour some of the time, but he wasn't just fighting mere mortal men!

In a graceful retirement, the original Barnstar handed his title and weapons over to a successor in the late fifties. Shortly thereafter the original revealed his identity publicly, and informed the media that he was living happily with his wife, the similarly retired Dream Girl.

Some guys are just lucky, huh?

- Arthur S. Leighman