Jim Starlin

Jim Starlin 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 [gcd_link_publisher](78) characters [gcd_link_feature](1210) and [gcd_link_feature](12853), and for creating or co-creating the Marvel characters [gcd_link_character](5680), [gcd_link_character](29465), [gcd_link_character](5750), and [gcd_link_character](6401). Starlin wrote the miniseries [gcd_link_series](4245) and its many sequels including [gcd_link_series](4458) and [gcd_link_series](4703), all detailing Thanos's pursuit of the Infinity Gems and his conflict with the heroes of the Marvel Universe. For [gcd_link_publisher](54), he drew many iconic characters, including [gcd_link_character](15699), and wrote the seminal storyline A Death in the Family which featured the death of [gcd_link_character](146) , the second [gcd_link_character](13), during his run on [gcd_link_series](141). For the [gcd_link_brand_group](2002) imprint, he created his own feature, [gcd_link_feature](2369).