Takion (Joshua Saunders) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Paul Kupperberg and Aaron Lopresti, first appearing in an eponymous series in 1996 that lasted for 7 issues.[1]
Publication history
In 2019, Kupperberg wrote about the creation of Takion on his website, stating:[2] "'Unbeknownst to me and Dan [Thorsland], over in editor Archie Goodwin's office, a very different version of Starman was in development with writer James Robinson and artist Tony Harris. It only became beknownst when we fed our Starman proposal into the pipeline for review by the senior editors our Starman was bounced like a Spalding. Instead of just chalking it up to experience and sticking the proposal in a drawer, Dan suggested we salvage what we could from it and use that as a foundation to create an entirely new character. This we did and, after a bunch of talking and a few drafts, 'Will Payton…Starman' became 'Josh Saunders...Takion'."