James P. "Jim" Starlin is an American comic book writer and artist. With a career dating back to the early 1970s, he is best known for "cosmic" tales and space opera; for revamping the Marvel Comics characters Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock; and for creating or co-creating the Marvel characters Thanos and Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu. Death and suicide are recurring themes in Starlin's work: Personifications of Death appeared in his Captain Marvel series and in a fill-in story for Ghost Rider; Warlock commits suicide by killing his future self; and suicide is a theme in a story he plotted and drew for The Rampaging Hulk magazine. In the mid-1970s, Starlin contributed a cache of stories to the independently published science-fiction anthology Star Reach. Here he developed his ideas of God, death, and infinity, free of the restrictions of mainstream comics publishers' self-censorship arm, the Comics Code Authority. Starlin also drew "The Secret of Skull River", inked by frequent collaborator Al Milgrom, for Savage Tales #5 (July 1974). When Marvel Comics wished to use the name of Captain Marvel for a new, different character,[citation needed] Starlin was given the rare opportunity to produce a one-shot story in which to kill off a main character. The Death of Captain Marvel became the first graphic novel published by the company itself. ( In the late 1980s, Starlin began working more for DC Comics, writing a number of Batman stories, including the four-issue miniseries Batman: The Cult (Aug.-Nov. 1988), and the storyline "Batman: A Death in the Family", in Batman #426-429 (Dec. 1988 – Jan. 1989), in which Jason Todd, the second of Batman's Robin sidekicks, was killed. The death was decided by fans, as DC Comics set up a hotline for readers to vote on as to whether or not Jason Todd should survive a potentially fatal situation. For DC he created Hardcore Station.
Series
Books
Warlock and the Infinity Watch #17
1993
The Infinity Crusade
2018
The Infinity Gauntlet #3
1991
Lazgood's Boys
2017
Batman (1940-2011) #414
1940
Thanos
The Infinity Finale
2016
Hardcore Station (1998) #3
1998
Hardcore Station (1998) #4
1998
Thanos
The Infinity Siblings
2018
Thanos
The Infinity Relativity
2015
Hardcore Station (1998) #6
1998
Warlock and the Infinity Watch #8
1992
The Infinity War Crossovers Vol. 1
2018
Captain Marvel #31
1974
Batman (1940-2011) #416
1988
The Infinity Gauntlet #5
1991
'Breed
The Book of Genesis
2011
The Thanos Quest #2
Games and Prizes
1990
Green Lantern (2011-2016) #1
2011
Warlock #11
1976
Batman (1940-2011) #418
1988
FCBD 2014
Guardians of the Galaxy #1
2014
Batman
The Cult #3
1987
The Infinity Gauntlet #2
1991
The Incredible Hulk and the Thing
The Big Change
1987
Batman (1940-2011) #420
1940
Dreadstar, Vol. 1
The Metamorphosis Odyssey
2000
Infinity War (1992) #1
1992
Warlock and the Infinity Watch #26
2016
Silver Surfer Epic Collection, Vol. 6
Thanos Quest
2018
Warlock and the Infinity Watch #25
2018
Robin
The Teen Wonder
2009
Batman (1940-2011) #427
1988
Captain Marvel #29
1973
Captain Marvel #28
1973
Warlock #15
1976
The Infinity Gauntlet Prologue
2018
The Infinity Gauntlet #1
1991
Avengers
Die ruhmreichen Rächer
2018
Among Madmen
1990
Michael Chabon Presents... The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist
#1
2004
'Breed II
The Book of Ecclesiastes
2011
Batman
The Cult #1
1988
Batman
The Cult #2
2013
The Silver Surfer
Rebirth of Thanos
2006
Mystery in Space with Captain Comet plus The Weird, vol. 1
2007
Batman (1940-2011) #426
1988
Warlock #9
1975
Batman (1940-2011) #417
1988
Captain Marvel #30
1973
Hardcore Station (1998) #2
1998
Thor (1966-1996) #461
1993
Thanos
The Infinity Conflict
2018
The Infinity Gauntlet Omnibus
1991
Batman
A Death in the Family
1988
Infinity War (1992) #3
1992
Lady El
1992
Daredevil/Black Widow
Abattoir
1993
The Thanos Quest
2012
Batman
Ten Nights of the Beast
1988
The Thanos Quest #1
Schemes and Dreams
1990
Marvel-Verse
Thanos
2019
Mystery in Space with Captain Comet plus The Weird, vol. 2
2008
Marvel Spotlight (1971-1977) #31
2018
Warlock and the Infinity Watch (1992-1995) #20
1993
Batman (1940-2011) #429
1988
Warlock and the Infinity Watch (1992-1995) #22
1993
'Breed III
The Book of Revelations
2012
Batman (1940-2011) #424
1988
Batman
The Cult
1988
Silver Surfer (1987-1998) Annual #3
1990
Warlock #10
1975
Warlock and the Infinity Watch #4
1992
The Death of Captain Marvel
1982
Batman
The Cult #4
2013
Warlock and the Infinity Watch #12
1993
Marvel Masterworks
Captain Marvel, Vol. 3
1991
Batman (1940-2011) #415
1940
Batman - Una muerte en la Familia
¡Robin Vive!
2025
The Life and Death of Captain Marvel
1982
Marvel Masterworks
The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 18
2016
Batman
Una muerte en la familia
2024
Thanos
The Infinity Revelation
2014
La Cruzada del Infinito Primera Parte
2018
La Quête de Thanos
2022
Infinity War
2006
Marvel Platinum
The Definitive Captain Marvel
2019
Batman (1940-2011) #422
1988
Batman (1940-2011) #419
1988
Warlock and the Infinity Watch #2
1992
Silver Surfer
Homecoming
1991
Warlock and the Infinity Watch #23
2018
Batman
Second Chances
2015
Batman (1940-2011) #423
1988
Thanos
The Infinity Ending
2019
Doctor Strange (1974-1987) #25
2016
Doctor Strange (1974-1987) #26
2016
Superman
Zero Hour
1994
Hardcore Mindgames
2017
Hardcore Station (1998) #1
1998
Batman (1940-2011) #421
1940
Ghost Rider (1973-1983) #35
1979
Ghost Racers
2016
The Infinity Gauntlet Companion
2018
X-Factor Special
Prisoner of Love
1990
Avengers
Revelations
2015
The Infinity Gauntlet
1991
Thanos
Infinity Abyss
2002
The Infinity Gauntlet #4
1991
Dreadstar
1982
Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #34
1987
The Infinity War Crossovers Vol. 2
2018
The Infinity Gauntlet #6
1991
Thanos
The Final Threat #1
2012
Batman (1940-2011) #428
1988
Batman
Crimen y castigo
2010
