Jim Starlin

Jim Starlin
Starlin at the 2021 San Diego Comic-Con
BornJames P. Starlin
(1949-10-09) October 9, 1949 (age 75)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
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
AwardsFull 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.

  1. ^ "Jim Starlin". Facebook. Retrieved October 10, 2012. Note: Birth date is listed as October 19 at Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Iola, Wisconsin. Archived from the original on October 30, 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2010.