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
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
Batman (1940-2011) #418
1988
FCBD 2014
Guardians of the Galaxy #1
2014
Batman
The Cult #3
1987
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
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) #417
1988
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 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
The Life and Death of Captain Marvel
1982
Marvel Masterworks
The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 18
2016
Thanos
The Infinity Revelation
2014
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
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
