Jim Starlin

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  • Bibliography:
    84 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1987
  • Latest Book:
    April 2025
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DC Comics: The New 52

Stormwatch Vol. 4: Reset (Jun-2014)

DC Comics: Batman

Batman Stories (Oct-1994)
Batman: Death in the Family (Dec-1995)
Batman: A Death in the Family (Oct-2009)
Batman: The Cult (Dec-2009)
Batman: The Caped Crusader Vol. 1 (Aug-2018)

Famous Characters: Batman

Batman Stories (Oct-1994)
Batman: Death in the Family (Dec-1995)
Batman: A Death in the Family (Oct-2009)
Batman: The Cult (Dec-2009)
Batman: The Caped Crusader Vol. 1 (Aug-2018)

Marvel's Captain America

Captain Marvel: The Death of Captain Marvel (Jun-2010)

Marvel's Captain Marvel

The Life of Captain Marvel (Oct-1991)
Life and Death of Captain Marvel (Jun-2002)
Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel, Volume 3 (Apr-2008)
Captain Marvel: The Death of Captain Marvel (Jun-2010)
Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel, Volume 6 (May-2016)
Captain Marvel by Jim Starlin: The Complete Collection (Dec-2016)
The Death of Captain Marvel (Jan-2019)

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Guardians of the Galaxy: Mother Entropy (Sep-2017)

Marvel's Hulk

Hulk - Thing: The Big Change (1987)
Thanos vs. Hulk (Jun-2015)

Marvel's The Avengers

Avengers vs. Thanos (Mar-2013)
Avengers: Revelations (Feb-2015)

Book List in Order: 84 titles

  • Hulk - Thing: The Big Change

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    Marvel's Hulk

  • Among Madmen

    When people around the world inexplicably begin changing into vegetables or violent psychopaths, Tom Laker and his wife, Maria, leave New York in hopes of finding safety in the rural community of Shandaken...

  • The Life of Captain Marvel

    Marvel's Captain Marvel

  • X-Factor: Prisoner of Love

  • Lady El

    Enraged that her creator does not really love her, Lady El, a poor black woman whose brain has been hooked up to a computer system after her body died in a freak subway accident, wreaks havoc on the world. Original....

  • Batman Stories

    DC Comics: Batman
    Famous Characters: Batman

  • Batman: Death in the Family

    DC Comics: Batman
    Famous Characters: Batman

    Written by Jim Starlin; Art by Jim Aparo and Mike DeCarlo Batman readers were allowed to vote on the outcome of the story and they decided that Robin should die! As the second person to assume the role of Batman's sidekick, Jason Todd had a completel...

  • Dreadstar, Volume 1: Metamorphosis Odyssey

  • Dreadstar, Volume 2: Price



  • Dreadstar, Volume 3: Plan M

  • Dreadstar, Volume 4: Secret of Z

  • Life and Death of Captain Marvel

    Marvel's Captain Marvel

  • Thanos Vol. III: Marvel Universe - the End

  • Thanos Volume 4: Epiphany

    The most powerful, enigmatic villain in the Marvel Universe takes center stage in a galaxy-spanning tale woven by his creator, Jim Starlin (MARVEL UNIVERSE: THE END). He's held ultimate power in his hands, only to see it all slip away time and again....

  • Jim Starlin's Dreadstar, Volume 1

    • The first complete chapter of Jim Starlin's epic saga, collected in two volumes, chronicling the adventures of Vanth Dreadstar, last survivor of the destroyed Milky Way Galaxy. Dreadstar finds himself transported to the Empirical Galaxy, whe...

  • Dreadstar

    The first complete chapter of Jim Starlin's epic saga, collected in one volume, chronicling the adventures of Vanth Dreadstar, last survivor of the destroyed Milky Way Galaxy. Dreadstar finds himself transported to the Empirical Galaxy, where he is r...

  • Jim Starlin's Dreadstar, Volume 2

    • The first complete chapter of Jim Starlin's epic saga, collected in two volumes, chronicling the adventures of Vanth Dreadstar, last survivor of the destroyed Milky Way Galaxy. Dreadstar finds himself transported...

  • Essential Marvel Two-in-One, Volume 1

    The Thing can't stay out of trouble, but at least he makes friends wherever he goes! The Ever-Lovin' Idol o' Millions teams up with heroes both frontline and forgotten against menaces spanning time and space! Gods! Aliens! Spies! Demons! Dinosaurs! T...

  • Infinity War

    Collects Infinity War #1-6, Warlock and the Infinity Watch #7-10 and Marvel Comics Presents #108-111. After Adam Warlock's return in Infinity Gauntlet, his worse half the Magus wasn't far behind! The struggle for ultimate power over the universe cont...



  • Jim Starlin's Kid Kosmos: Kidnapped

    • Dynamite and legendary creator Jim Starlin present the return of the Cosmic Guard in the Kid Kosmos original graphic novel! Kid Kosmos is a direct continuation of the Cosmic Guard mini-series, and features 122 pages of original story and art...

  • Mystery in Space, Volume 1

    When the telepath Captain Comet returns from the dead, he has to figure out what exactly happened and how he is linked to his predecessor, while the classic enemy "The Weird" reveals how he came to be....

  • Jim Starlin's Cosmic Guard

    • With such past creative credits as Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers, Batman, Breed, Captain Marvel, Cosmic Odyssey, Dreadstar, The Infinity Saga, and a list of so many more, creator/writer/artists/visionary Jim Starlin presents his newest creati...

  • Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel, Volume 3

    Marvel's Captain Marvel

    Written by JIM STARLIN, MIKE FRIEDRICH, STEVE ENGLEHART, GERRY CONWAY & MARV WOLFMAN Penciled by JIM STARLIN & WAYNE BORING Cover by JIM STARLIN He's back and better than ever - the hero that wouldn't die, Captain Marvel! After a few years in hiatus,...

  • Death of the New Gods

    Created by legendary comics creator Jack Kirby, The New Gods are a group of immortal "gods" from the "Fourth World", which consists of the two warring planets New Genesis and Apokolips. The leader of Apokolips is one of DC Comics most feared villains...

  • Infinity Crusade - Volume 1

    Collects Infinity Crusade #1-3, Warlock Chronicles #1-3 & Warlock and the Infinity Watch #18-19. The Goddess has come. Captain America and Spider-Man are on her side; Thanos and Mephisto stand against her. So how can she be the bad guy? It's the...

  • Infinity Crusade - Volume 2

    Collects Infinity Crusade #4-6, Warlock Chronicles #4-5 & Warlock and the Infinity Watch #20-22. The Goddess has half of the Marvel Universe on her side, but if she doesn't get her way, she's ready to destroy all of it! The Fantastic Four, the A...

  • Rann/Thanagar: Holy War Vol. 1

  • Death of the New Gods SC

    Created by legendary comics creator Jack Kirby, The New Gods are a group of immortal "gods" from the "Fourth World", which consists of the two warring planets New Genesis and Apokolips. The leader of Apokolips is one of DC Comics ...

  • Cosmic Odyssey

    Don't miss this new printing of the classic 1988 miniseries from Jim Starlin and Mike Mignola! COSMIC ODYSSEY assembles Superman, Batman, Green Lantern John Stewart, Martian Manhunter, Starfire, The Demon and others -- at the behest of Darkseid!...



  • Batman: A Death in the Family

    DC Comics: Batman
    Famous Characters: Batman

    Batman readers were allowed to vote on the outcome of the story and they decided that Robin should die! As the second person to assume the role of Batman's sidekick, Jason Todd had a completely different personality than the original Robin. Rash and ...

  • Rann/Thanagar: Holy War Vol. 2

    Spinning out of the pages of INFINITE CRISIS, MYSTERY IN SPACE and 52, this star-spanning adventure features some of DC's finest cosmic heroes including Adam Strange, Hawkman, Captain Comet and more! As the nefarious Lady Styx continues her galactic ...

  • Batman: The Cult

    DC Comics: Batman
    Famous Characters: Batman

    A new printing of the classic Batman tale collecting the 4-issue miniseries from 1989. Deacon Blackfire, a charismatic shaman with roots as old as Gotham City itself, has amassed the city's homeless into an army, one he seemingly uses to fight crime....

  • Strange Adventures

    Spinning out of the pages of INFINITE CRISIS, MYSTERY IN SPACE and 52, this star-spanning adventure features some of DC's finest cosmic heroes including Adam Strange, Comet and the reverse Superman known as Bizarro. A deadly peril threatens the unive...

  • Jim Starlin's Dreadstar: The Beginning

    For the first time, the original, classic episodes of Dreadstar: Metamorphosis Odyssey from Marvel/Epic Illustrated are collected in full-color under the careful direction of creator Jim Starlin. These gorgeous, painted pages originally appeared in E...

  • Captain Marvel: The Death of Captain Marvel

    Marvel's Captain America
    Marvel's Captain Marvel

    Witness the classic and tragic end of one of the greatest heroes of all time, Mar-Vell of the Kree, who became the Earth hero Captain Marvel! After dozens of battles on Earth and across space, and with the power of his Nega-bands and his all-knowing ...

  • Art of Jim Starlin

    Desperado and IDW are proud to present a retrospective volume devoted to the career of one of the most popular and prolific comic book artists of the last 35 years - Jim Starlin! Covering everything from his humble beginnings to his rise as one of th...

  • Breed, Volume 1

    • Ray Stoner discovers that he's not exactly who he thinks he is. He's not human...he's Breed -- half human/half demon and in trouble with just about everyone!
    • Jim Starlin's groundbreaking series, BREED, is collected into this must-...

  • Breed, Volume 2

    • Ray Stoner continues his journey of discovery, learning more about his demonic heritage and the "Fathers" dark designs for Earth. This section of the 'Breed saga starts off in a Shaolin temple in Tibet in the mid seventies, continues through...

  • Dreadstar II Metamorphosis Odyssey



  • Silver Surfer: Rebirth of Thanos

    Collects Silver Surfer #34-38 & Thanos Quest #1-2. The quest that led to INFINITY GAUNTLET begins here! Back from the dead, Thanos is after the power to bring the rest of the universe with him on a return trip! Can the Silver Surfer, Drax the Des...

  • Dreadstar Omnibus

    Jim Starlin's Dreadstar is now available in the Omnibus format! The first and complete arc (made up of the first 12 issues) from Starlin's epic saga is collected in one place! The pages in this new edition have been produced by digitally scanning fro...

  • Breed Volume 3

    • The spectacular conclusion to the 'Breed saga! Readers will finally learn who the mysterious woman is that Ray Stoner has been seeing in the mystic waters all these years. The demonic Fathers finally make their big push to devour everything,...

  • Marvel Universe: The End

    Collects Marvel Universe: The End #1-6. A catastrophic, existence-ending event forces Earth's mightiest heroes and villains to join forces to fend off Armageddon. Led by the demigod Thanos, Earth's superhumans must stand shoulder-to-shoulder to fac...

  • Avengers vs. Thanos

    Marvel's The Avengers

    Collects Iron Man (1968) #55; Captain Marvel (1968) #25-30; Marvel Feature (1971) #12; Daredevil (1964) #105-107; Captain Marvel (1968) #31-33;Avengers (1963) #125; Warlock (1972) #9-11, 15; Avengers Annual (1967) #7; Marvel Two -In-One Annual #2; ma...

  • Mindgames

    Dr. Zareb Alter, a licensed telepathic therapist on Earth, has a problem. He is in reality Xenos DeFoncé, of the notorious DeFoncé crime organization of Hardcore Station and his family members are trying to pull him back into their dirty business. ...

  • Thanos: Redemption

    Collects Thanos (2003) #1-12. The most powerful, enigmatic villain in the Marvel Universe takes center stage. He's held ultimate power in his hands, only to see it all slip away time and again. His attempts at conquest and destruction have all been t...

  • Warlock by Jim Starlin: The Complete Collection

    At '70s Marvel, no one mastered the startling scope and high-concept complexity of cosmic adventure like Jim Starlin! And his work on Adam Warlock set the tone for star-spanning spectacle that is considered a high-water mark to this day. Starlin evol...

  • Stormwatch Vol. 4: Reset

    DC Comics: The New 52

    On their first off-planet mission, the new StormWatch has to prove itself, but a run-in with the Kollective, creatures made of psychic energy who can move anywhere in time and in the universe, threatens to force Stormwatch to seek intergalactic crimi...

  • Thanos: The Infinity Revelation

    There is an imbalance in the universe. And, since his latest return from oblivion, Thanos himself feels… incomplete. Now the so-called Mad Titan would put both wrongs right. A pilgrimage to Death's dark domain, and the revelatory waters of the Infi...



  • Avengers: Revelations

    Marvel's The Avengers

    Four oversized tales that will rock the Avengers' world! First, Jim Starlin and Ron Lim return to Thanos! Learn how a devastating defeat in Thanos' past will soon redefine the Marvel Universe as the Mad Titan faces Mephisto, his future self, the Aven...

  • Thanos vs. Hulk

    Marvel's Hulk

    Cosmic legend and fan-favorite creator Jim Starlin delivers an epic tale of Smash versus Space as the Emerald Avenger goes head-to-head with the Mad Titan! It's bad enough that the Hulk has been kidnapped by Pip the Troll and traded to Annihilus, lor...

  • Thanos: The Infinity Relativity

    Annihilus, lord of the Negative Zone, makes a renewed assault on the positive universe, searching for a source of infinite power. To stop him, a fragile alliance of cosmic protectors forms. The Guardians of the Galaxy. Gladiator, Majestor of the Shi'...

  • Infinity War Aftermath

    The Infinity War is over- now continue the story with the Infinity Watch! Can a comatose Adam Warlock overcome his identity crisis and put himself back together again? If he does, Silver Surfer has a favor to ask, one that would pit Warlock against M...

  • Eerie Archives Volume 21

    The apocalypse arrives! Robots attack, alien invaders descend, and other threats strive to eradicate mankind! Fan-favorite characters the Rook, Darklon, and Hunter return, and Eerie issues #100 to #103 are collected! Brought to you by comic...

  • Infinity Watch Vol. 1

    Collects Warlock and the Infinity Watch #1-22. Run the Gauntlet from War to Crusade in this essential companion to Jim Starlin's Infinity Trilogy! In the aftermath of the Infinity Gauntlet event, Adam Warlock wears the almighty glove - but no single ...

  • Thanos: The Infinity Finale

    After Revelation and Relativity comes a grand Finale! Desperate times called for mad measures. Facing checkmate in his latest grand game of cosmic chess, Thanos took himself off the board - violently. Yet for the paramour of Death, oblivion is so oft...

  • Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel, Volume 6

    Marvel's Captain Marvel

    The Marvel Masterworks once again presents Captain Marvel -- and this volume completes his adventures! From the epic Battle of Titan to the all-time classic Death of Captain Marvel, you can now experience every page of his cosmic quest in painstaking...

  • Infinity Watch Vol. 2

    The uncanny adventures of Adam Warlock and his Infinity Watch conclude! But before the band break up and go their separate ways, there are plenty of adventures to be had -like a battle for Monster Island against the Avengers! There will be new love f...

  • The Infinity Entity

    When last we saw Adam Warlock, he was a captive of Annihilus of the Negative Zone. So where do we find him now? Hanging with the Original Avengers? Then things start getting weird. But what else would you expect from the cosmic team of Jim Starlin an...

  • The Infinity Gauntlet

    Collects Infinity Gauntlet (1991) #1-6. Continuing the series of graphic novels handpicked by Marvel Editorial to showcase pivotal storylines written and drawn by some of Marvel’s most acclaimed creators! For the dark Titan, Thanos, the Infinity Ga...

  • Gamora: Guardian of the Galaxy

    Everyone knows that she's the deadliest woman in the galaxy - now find out how Gamora earned that reputation! From the strange tale of her first encounter with Pip the Troll, follow Gamora through her early adventures at the side of Adam Warlock. Lea...

  • Captain Marvel by Jim Starlin: The Complete Collection

    Marvel's Captain Marvel

    Collects Captain Marvel (1968) #25-34, Iron Man (1968) #55, Marvel Feature (1971) #12, Marvel Graphic Novel #1 and material From Daredevil (1964) #105 and Life Of Captain Marvel #1-5. The ultimate collection of the creator that defined Captain Marvel...

  • Cosmic Odyssey: The Deluxe Edition

    A deadly force like none the universe has ever seen is rising. Millennia ago, it wiped out hundreds of star systems and pushed the planets of New Genesis and Apokolips back into the Stone Age. Now, Lord Darkseid alone has seen the danger that is comi...

  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Mother Entropy

    Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

    Collects Guardians Of The Galaxy: Mother Entropy #1-5. When the Guardians are entrusted with an important but seemingly straight-forward delivery, nothing can go wrong, right? Right! Until everything starts going very wrong. Things might get a little...

  • Infinity War: Infinite Collection

  • THE ART OF JIM STARLIN: A Life in Words and Pictures

    A retrospective volume devoted to the career of one of the most popular and prolific comic book artists of the last 35 years ― Jim Starlin! Covering everything from his humble beginnings to his rise as one of the industry's top creative talents, th...

  • Batman: The Caped Crusader Vol. 1

    DC Comics: Batman
    Famous Characters: Batman

    Gotham City has endured much through its dark, twisted history, and even the cosmic changes wrought by the Crisis on Infinite Earths couldn’t give the town a fresh start -- the grime is in its DNA. The Crisis did, though, allow for the reintroducti...

  • Black Book: The Art of Jim Starlin

    A new collection of Jim Starlin artwork, most of it never published previously. The 112-page hardcover spans Jim Starlin's entire cosmic career, including classic images, rare private commissions, personal work, and never-before-published sequential ...

  • The Death of Captain Marvel

    Marvel's Captain Marvel

    As Protector of the Universe and de facto defender of Earth, the Kree Captain Mar-Vell has triumphed over foes large and small. But when Mar-Vell is diagnosed with cancer, he fi nds himself face-to-face with a foe that even his vast might can't defea...

  • Dreadstar Omnibus, Volume 2

    • The second complete chapter of Jim Starlin’s epic saga, collected in one volume, chronicling the adventures of Vanth Dreadstar, last survivor of the Milky Way Galaxy. This volume contains issues #13 to 26, fully remastered. Created by the ...

  • Infinity by Starlin & Hickman Omnibus

    From the epic that began it all - to the blockbuster event to end all blockbuster events! For Thanos, the Infinity Gauntlet is the ultimate prize. With it comes omnipotence: absolute control of time, space, power, reality, the mind and the soul. On t...

  • Infinity War Omnibus

    The epic sequel to the Infinity Gauntlet! Adam Warlock's dark half has resurfaced. The Magus is here. And the cosmos shall feel his wrath! As the Magus schemes for ultimate power, an army of evil doppelgangers overwhelms Earth's heroes, Dr. Strange a...

  • The Thanos Wars: Infinity Origin Omnibus

    Before he eradicated half the Marvel Universe, Thanos fought his first Infinity Gem-powered wars against Captain Marvel, Adam Warlock and the combined might of the Avengers. Created by the incomparable Jim Starlin, these epic battles redefi ned the s...

  • Thanos: The Infinity Ending

    The cosmic conclusion to Jim Starlin and Alan Davis’ epic trilogy! All hail Thanos, lord of all that is -- including himself! In the far future, Thanos has become the most powerful being in reality. But it’s not enough to rule in his own time. ...

  • Dreadstar Guidebook

    The Dreadstar Guidebook is a special 96-page hardcover companion volume to Dreadstar Returns. In the vein of The Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe and DC’s Who’s Who, The Dreadstar Guidebook is the ultimate fountain of information ...

  • Dreadstar Returns

    The first all-new Dreadstar adventure in thirty years, DREADSTAR RETURNS in Vanth Dreadstar's most cosmic, and personal, adventure ever in this all-new, over-sized 100-page hardcover written and illustrated by series creator and comic book legend Jim...

  • Batman: A Death in the Family The Deluxe Edition

    The game-changing Batman epic returns in a new deluxe edition hardcover! As the second person to assume the role of Batman’s sidekick, Jason Todd had a completely different personality than the original Robin. Rash and prone to ignore Batman’s in...

  • The Death of Captain Marvel Gallery Edition

    Collects Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) #12-13; Captain Marvel (1968) #1, 34; Marvel Spotlight (1979) #1-2; Marvel Graphic Novel (1982) #1: The Death of Captain Marvel. Celebrate the life and honor the death of one of the Marvel Universe's greatest heroe...

  • Warlock by Jim Starlin Gallery Edition

    Collects Strange Tales (1951) #178-181, Warlock (1972) #9-15, Avengers Annual (1967) #7, Marvel Two-In-One Annual (1976) #2. At Marvel in the 1970s, no one mastered the startling scope of cosmic adventure like Jim Starlin! In this star-spanning spect...

  • Warlock By Jim Starlin

  • Order and Outrage Volume 1

    Gene manipulation has always been solely for those who can afford the expensive prenatal treatments.Income determines status and, more importantly, survival. If your genes have not been optimized, the Order has no use for you.You are non-essential. L...

  • Batman: The Cult Deluxe Edition

    One of the most influential Batman stories of all time is back in print for the first time in more than a decade, now available as an oversize deluxe edition hardcover!In 1988, comics legends Jim Starlin (creator of Thanos) and Bernie Wrightson (co-c...

  • Batman: The Cult (New Edition)

    One of the most acclaimed and unique Batman stories is back in print, from comics legends Jim Starlin and Bernie Wrightson!Deacon Blackfire, a charismatic shaman with roots as old as Gotham City itself, has amassed the city's homeless into an army, o...

  • From the DC Vault: Death in the Family: Robin Lives!

    What if one of the darkest hours in Batman's crime-fighting career never happened?Thirty-five years ago, comic fans voted on Jason Todd's fate after his brutal encounter with The Joker, which set Jason on the path to becoming the gun-toting vigilante...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jim Starlin has published 84 books.

The next book by Jim Starlin, From the DC Vault: Death in the Family: Robin Lives!, will be published in April 2025.

The first book by Jim Starlin, Hulk - Thing: The Big Change, was published in January 1987.

No. Jim Starlin does not write books in series.
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