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Jim Starlin

1949 - Today

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James P. Starlin (born October 9, 1949) 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, and Shang-Chi. Starlin wrote the miniseries The Infinity Gauntlet and its many sequels including The Infinity War and The Infinity Crusade, all detailing Thanos's pursuit of the Infinity Gems and his conflict with the heroes of the Marvel Universe. For DC Comics, he drew many iconic characters, including Darkseid, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Jim Starlin is the 165th most popular comic artist, the 11,527th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,602nd in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Jim Starlin ranks 165 out of 226. Before him are Seishi Kishimoto, Inio Asano, Mort Walker, Yoshitoshi ABe, Marv Wolfman, and Oh! great. After him are Alison Bechdel, Peter David, Tooru Fujisawa, Jules Feiffer, Bill Watterson, and Yuu Watase.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Jim Starlin ranks 683. Before him are Percy Rojas, Paul Orndorff, Soumaïla Cissé, Osamu Muramatsu, Evgeny Lovchev, and Boy Hayje. After him are Aleksandr Salnikov, David Perdue, Ingrid Newkirk, Scott Asheton, Ann Reinking, and Aleksandar Tomov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Starlin ranks 11,529 out of 20,380. Before him are William Eustis (1753), N. Scott Momaday (1934), B. J. Novak (1979), Kurt Sutter (1960), Ja Rule (1976), and Ezra Taft Benson (1899). After him are Nicki Aycox (1975), Phyllis Somerville (1943), Thane Baker (1931), Abby Mann (1927), Eric Van Lustbader (1946), and George Amick (1924).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Jim Starlin ranks 39. Before him are Alex Raymond (1909), Harvey Kurtzman (1924), Neal Adams (1941), Mike Mignola (1960), Mort Walker (1923), and Marv Wolfman (1946). After him are Alison Bechdel (1960), Peter David (1956), Jules Feiffer (1929), Bill Watterson (1958), Harvey Pekar (1939), and Robert Kirkman (1978).

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