Changes: Ernest Widdle (New Earth)

It's Lobo's fault he's dead! He hunted Rasputin -- even attacked me so he could get him! Well, that's it! I'll find him and make him pay -- even if I have to scour the whole galaxy! And when I get him -- no more Mr. Nice Guy! I'll smack his naughty wrist, but sore!

— Gold Star ^src

History

Ernest Widdle was secretly Harmony's greatest superhero, Gold Star. He was the most virtuous, upstanding and gosh-darn pleasant fella there was. With his power to "radiate rectitude" Gold Star made crime a rare occurrence on his home planet.

Origin

Ernest was one of two twin boys fathered by a philosopher whose field was the study of good and evil. He conducted an experiment using his own children. Ernest was raised in a loving, moral environment, whereas his brother Rasputin was handed over to slavers.
It would be many years later when Ernest had become Gold Star that he would be reunited with his long lost bother, who had become the violent criminal, Bludhound. His psychopathic twin had come to Harmony because he had a terminal disease, and his dying wish was to take his fortunate brother down with him. Bludhound had a large bounty on his head and was being pursued by Lobo.
When Gold Star intervened with the brawling thugs, he met his brother for the first time, but it was short lived. Bludhound's disease was in the final stages and he died before Lobo could kill him. Gold Star was devastated and vowed to track down Lobo and make him pay for the death of his twin.^[1]

Lobo would be contracted to protect a false preacher and open charlatan Phonus Balonus from assassination by religious fundamentals on a contract by Bunsen. Upon the contracts' completion with Balonus' enemies slain, Lobo sought to create his own church in the efforts of making easier money on the gullibility of the religiously faithful with Jonas Glim as a fellow pastor. Goldstar would intervene on the church in secret in effort to condemn Lobo and Jonas Glim as fraudsters and thieves only to be removed as a trouble-maker by the congregation. In prude efforts to shut Lobo down, Goldstar spied on Lobo set to scheme ripping a fortune from a desolated planet on the false prophesy of a staged disaster he'd team along with a prior demolitions ally to blow up a mountain. Upon the date Lobo and Jonas Glim would set their religious event on stage, Goldstar would remove a detonative timer to the mountain of explosives before revealing church-goers of Lobo's treachery, but failed to locate a second detonator that lead the mountain to explode and create a series of tectonic earthquakes that destroyed the planet, its denizens, but not before Lobo or Jonas' escape and the destruction of their dirty gains. Goldstar would be knocked unconscious and alone in the empty vastness of space.

Later Goldstar would gain amnesia to becoming a janitor to a men's restroom which lead to a run-in and spiteful mockery by Lobo and Jonas Glim in their bounty hunting means against a wanted club owner resulting the public restrooms' destruction.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Alien Physiology

Superhuman Strength: Gold Star could match Lobo's strength. He once crushed coal into a diamond.^[1]
Superhuman Durability: Gold Star could repel bullets and has easily recovered from a direct frag grenade explosion.^[1]
Superhuman Speed: Gold Star caught two people falling at terminal velocity.^[1]
Self-Sustenance: Gold Star has survived in the vacuum of space.
Flight: Gold Star had self-propelled flight.^[1]
Enhanced Senses

A-OK Vision: Gold Star could see distant and obscured objects.^[1]
A-OK Hearing: Gold Star could hear a conversation without the speakers even being in sight.^[1]

Niceness Vibes: Gold Star could force good will on the immoral.^[1]
Zombie Physiology: In death, Goldstar became a zombie, retaining his powers and powers associated with zombies.

Abilities

Business Management: Gold Star owned the Gold Star Rehab a "voluntary" rehabilitation centre for criminals.^[1]

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Gold Star Stickers.^[1]

Notes

Gold Star should not be confused with DC heroine Goldstar who is sister to Booster Gold on Earth.

Trivia

Ernest Widdle is a saccharine, goody-two shoes satire to Superman. Goldstar is the "heroic" foil of Lobo who completely hates Goldstar for his puritanical, unrealistic morals.

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 | Image                   = Ernest Widdle 001.jpg
 | RealName                = Ernest Widdle
-| CurrentAlias            = Goldstar
+| CurrentAlias            = Gold Star <!--Spelled with a space in his first appearance, Lobo #5-->
 | Aliases                 =
 | Identity                = Secret
-| Alignment               =
+| Alignment               = Good
 | Affiliation             =
-| Relatives               = [[Bludhound]]/Reginald Widdle (brother, deceased)
+| Relatives               = [[Rasputin Widdle]] (brother, deceased)
 | Universe                = New Earth
-| BaseOfOperations        = Planet Harmony, later mobile.
+| BaseOfOperations        = Planet Harmony, mobile.
 | Gender                  = Male
 | Height                  = 7'0"
 | Weight                  =
-| Eyes                    =
+| Eyes                    = Blue
 | Hair                    = Blond
 | UnusualFeatures         =
-| Citizenship             =
+| Citizenship             = Harmony
 | MaritalStatus           = Single
 | Occupation              = Crime-fighter, janitor, adventurer.
 | Education               =
-| Origin                  =
+| Origin                  = Alien
-| PlaceOfBirth            =
+| PlaceOfBirth            = Harmony
 | Creators                = Alan Grant; Val Semeiks
 | First                   = Lobo Vol 2 #5
 | Death                   = Lobo Vol 2 #44
+| Quotation               = It's '''Lobo's''' fault he's dead! He '''hunted''' Rasputin -- even attacked '''me''' so he could get him! Well, that's '''it!''' I'll '''find''' him and make him pay -- even if I have to '''scour''' the whole '''galaxy!''' And when I '''get''' him -- no more Mr. Nice Guy! I'll '''smack''' his naughty wrist, but '''sore!'''
-| HistoryText             =  Goldstar was the twin brother to the evil, space-faring maniac murderer [[Bludhound]] who was dying from a strange alien virus set to make his last amends to his long-lost brother, Goldstar, as to kill him.  Raised by erratic parents, their father used the twins as a social experiment of extremes treating Goldstar with morals, heroism, forthright scruples, and annoying human decency to become the puritanical goody-two shoes super-hero for Planet Harmony while [[Bludhound]] received the opposite upbringing to become a deranged, maniacal killer to their father's curiosity towards good and evil.
+| Speaker                 = [[Ernest Widdle (New Earth)|Gold Star]]
+| QuoteSource             = Lobo Vol 2 5
+| HistoryText             =  '''Ernest Widdle''' was secretly Harmony's greatest superhero, '''Gold Star'''. He was the most virtuous, upstanding and gosh-darn pleasant fella there was. With his power to "radiate rectitude" Gold Star made crime a rare occurrence on his home planet.
-[[Bludhound]] had a $100,000 dollar bounty for his capture for mass mayhem and multiple murders since pursued by [[Lobo]] in straits to capture [[Bludhound]] alive less his terminal disease killed him making his bounty worthless.  In Lobo and Bludhound's  fight in space lead a crash landing to Planet Harmony resulting in their falling rescue by Goldstar who both knocked out the hero unconscious before returning to their fight. The disease would kill [[Bludhound]]
+===Origin===
+Ernest was one of two twin boys fathered by a philosopher whose field was the study of good and evil. He conducted an experiment using his own children. Ernest was raised in a loving, moral environment, whereas his brother [[Bludhound (New Earth)|Rasputin]] was handed over to slavers.<br/>
+It would be many years later when Ernest had become Gold Star that he would be reunited with his long lost bother, who had become the violent criminal, Bludhound. His psychopathic twin had come to Harmony because he had a terminal disease, and his dying wish was to take his fortunate brother down with him. Bludhound had a large bounty on his head and was being pursued by [[Lobo (New Earth)|Lobo]].<br/>
+When Gold Star intervened with the brawling thugs, he met his brother for the first time, but it was short lived. Bludhound's disease was in the final stages and he died before Lobo could kill him. Gold Star was devastated and vowed to track down Lobo and make him pay for the death of his twin.<ref name=Lobo5>{{c|Lobo Vol 2 5}}</ref>
 Lobo would be contracted to protect a false preacher and open charlatan Phonus Balonus from assassination by religious fundamentals on a contract by [[Bunsen]].  Upon the contracts' completion with Balonus' enemies slain,  Lobo sought to create his own church in the efforts of making easier money on the gullibility of the religiously faithful with [[Jonas Glim]] as a fellow pastor.  [[Goldstar]] would intervene on the church in secret in effort to condemn Lobo and Jonas Glim as fraudsters and thieves only to be removed as a trouble-maker by the congregation.  In prude efforts to shut Lobo down,  Goldstar spied on Lobo set to scheme ripping a fortune from a desolated planet on the false prophesy of a staged disaster he'd team along with a prior demolitions ally to blow up a mountain.
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 Later Goldstar would gain amnesia to becoming a janitor to a men's restroom which lead to a run-in and spiteful mockery by [[Lobo]] and [[Jonas Glim]] in their bounty hunting means against a wanted club owner resulting the public restrooms' destruction.
+| Powers                  =
-Goldstar would come to die in Lobo Vol.2 #44 but would gain some zombie and flashback references up to Lobo Vol. 2 #55.
+* {{Alien Physiology}}
+:* {{Superhuman Strength}}: Gold Star could match [[Lobo (New Earth)|Lobo's]] strength. He once crushed coal into a diamond.<ref name=Lobo5/>
-| Powers                  = Goldstar exhibits powers of flight, super-strength, super-speed, invulnerability from "pure spirit", and can project energy beams that induce people to feel overjoyed or absent from ill-will or sleazy thoughts/feelings. He can spread energies of positivity or charity in criminals, even Lobo, even though its impulsive and disingenuous.  In death, Goldstar would become a zombie with retained powers and powers accompanied with zombies.
+:* {{Superhuman Durability}}: Gold Star could repel bullets and has easily recovered from a direct frag grenade explosion.<ref name=Lobo5/>
-| Abilities               = Goldstar is able to sense good intentions and reward people for them with his "Goldstar of approval" stickers.  He can fly unaided in outer space. He's a superb janitor.
+:* {{Superhuman Speed}}: Gold Star caught two people falling at terminal velocity.<ref name=Lobo5/>
+:* {{Self-Sustenance}}: Gold Star has survived in the vacuum of space.
+:* {{Flight}}: Gold Star had self-propelled flight.<ref name=Lobo5/>
+:* {{Enhanced Senses}}
+::* {{Enhanced Vision|A-OK Vision}}: Gold Star could see distant and obscured objects.<ref name=Lobo5/>
+::* {{Enhanced Hearing|A-OK Hearing}}: Gold Star could hear a conversation without the speakers even being in sight.<ref name=Lobo5/>
+:* {{Empathy|Niceness Vibes}}: Gold Star could force good will on the immoral.<ref name=Lobo5/>
+:* {{Zombie Physiology}}: In death, Goldstar became a zombie, retaining his powers and powers associated with zombies.
+| Abilities               =
+:* {{Business Management}}: Gold Star owned the ''Gold Star Rehab'' a "voluntary" rehabilitation centre for criminals.<ref name=Lobo5/>
 | Strength                =
+| Weaknesses              =
-| Weaknesses              = Goldstar is naïve to human evils, cruel jokes, subject to memory loss, and has been undead as a zombie in the past.  He holds noble, but unrealistic, morals.
+| Equipment               =
-| Equipment               = Goldstar owns a rehabilitation center or prison area able to reform caught criminals into society.  The center is maintained and cared in part by robotic servants.
+* Gold Star Stickers.<ref name=Lobo5/>
 | Transportation          =
 | Weapons                 =
+| Notes                   =
-| Notes                   = Goldstar/ Ernest Widdle should not be confused with DC heroine Goldstar/ [[Michelle Carter]] who is sister to [[Booster Gold]] on Earth.
+* [[Ernest Widdle (New Earth)|Gold Star]] should not be confused with DC heroine [[Michelle Carter (New Earth)|Goldstar]] who is sister to [[Michael Jon Carter (New Earth)|Booster Gold]] on Earth.
-| Trivia                  =  Ernest Widdle is a saccharine, goody-two shoes satire to [[Superman]].  Goldstar is the "heroic" foil of [[Lobo]] and Lobo completely hates Goldstar for his puritanical, unrealistic morals.
+| Trivia                  =
+* Ernest Widdle is a saccharine, goody-two shoes satire to [[Superman]].  Goldstar is the "heroic" foil of [[Lobo (New Earth)|Lobo]] who completely hates Goldstar for his puritanical, unrealistic morals.
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