James P. Starlin (1949-10-09) October 9, 1949 (age 74) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Nationality
American
Area(s)
Writer, Penciller, Artist, Inker, Colourist
Pseudonym(s)
Steve Apollo
Notable works
Batman Captain Marvel Cosmic Odyssey Dreadstar Silver Surfer The Thanos Quest The Infinity Gauntlet Marvel Graphic Novel Adam Warlock
Awards
Full list
James P. Starlin (born October 9, 1949)[1] is an American comics artist and writer. Beginning his career in the early 1970s, he is best known for space opera stories, for revamping the Marvel Comics characters Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock, and for creating or co-creating the Marvel characters Thanos, Drax the Destroyer, Gamora, Nebula, and Shang-Chi, as well as writing the acclaimed miniseries The Infinity Gauntlet and its many sequels including The Infinity War and The Infinity Crusade, all detailing Thanos' pursuit of the Infinity Gems to court Mistress Death by annihilating half of all life in the cosmos, before coming into conflict with the Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic Four, and the Elders of the Universe, joined by the Silver Surfer, Doctor Strange, Gamora, Nebula, and Drax.
Later, for DC Comics, he drew many of their iconic characters, including Darkseid and other characters from Jack Kirby's Fourth World, and wrote the seminal storyline A Death in the Family which featured the death of Jason Todd, the second Robin, during his run on Batman. For Epic Illustrated, he created his own character, Dreadstar.
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The character would later be significantly developed by Roy Thomas and JimStarlin. Debuting in the Silver Age of Comic Books, the character has appeared...
American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-artist JimStarlin, the character first appeared in The Invincible Iron Man #55 (cover date...
Comics. In addition to an eponymous, six-issue limited series written by JimStarlin and pencilled by George Pérez and Ron Lim, crossover chapters appeared...
Monarchy, administered by a puppet king. The comic book, created by JimStarlin, was bimonthly during most of its run. Epic published 26 issues, after...
American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer/artist JimStarlin, the character first appeared in Strange Tales #180 (June 1975). Gamora...
appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by JimStarlin, the character first appeared in The Invincible Iron Man #55 (February...
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facility, which run amok after the facility's electricity is turned off. JimStarlin and Wrightson produced Heroes for Hope, a 1985 one-shot designed to raise...
September 20, 2013. Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 235: "Written by JimStarlin, with art by Jim Aparo and haunting covers by Mike Mignola, 'A Death in the Family'...
first issue in the Marvel Graphic Novel series. Written and drawn by JimStarlin, it follows Mar-Vell, the superhero Captain Marvel, as he comes to accept...
Shaheen published an assessment of Islamophobia pervasive in JimStarlin's plot and Jim Aparo's interior pencils for "Death in the Family," particularly...
supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by JimStarlin and Jim Aparo, the character first appeared as an adversary of Batman. KGBeast...
was a key reason. A few months later, contracts with writer/artist JimStarlin were finalized for The Death of Captain Marvel and Dreadstar. The Death...
Giant-Size Defenders #3 (Jan. 1975) and was created by Steve Gerber and JimStarlin. Michael Korvac debuted in Giant-Size Defenders #3 (1975) with no first...
to sustain his existence. Additional material written by John Byrne, JimStarlin, and Louise Simonson explored Galactus' role and purpose in the Marvel...
appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Writer Len Wein and artist JimStarlin created the first version of the character, who debuted in DC Comics...
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