more free comics?!

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big box of comics, comic books, Dreadstar, Eclipse Comics, Epic Comics, Jim Starlin, MiracleMan, Neil Gaiman

Just when I’d wrapped up a series of posts about the big box of free comics I got thanks to readers who used my affiliate links to find books at MyComicShop.com, another note from the retailer arrived to say I’d earned an additional $80 in store credit. That same week, I’d found a good deal on eBay to replace one of my favorite (and previously sold) action/crime series, DC/Vertigo’s The Losers, so I was left with very few holes in my collection. The Dark Horse Conan stories I’d like to read again were either too pricey or currently out of stock, so I dug around in my short boxes until it hit me: I still don’t have the complete original Miracleman series!

Over the years, I’d tracked down affordable copies in respectable condition of issues #1–20, and this quest was aided near the end by Marvel’s reprints of the original series. As Marvel made new, high-quality reprints available, the ridiculous prices for the original books decreased. Issue #15, one of the last gems to enter my collection, used to run from $150 up to several hundred bucks. Now I have a copy in wonderful, though not perfect, condition — and it didn’t cost an arm and a leg.

I didn’t worry too much about collecting issues #21–24 because Marvel reprinted #21 and 22 in their repackaging of Neil Gaiman’s Golden Age storyline, and it seemed that Gaiman was slated to finish the Silver Age story that ended with a cliffhanger and was never completed due to Eclipse Comics’ demise. But here we are, years later, and we still haven’t seen the end of that story. I’m glad for Gaiman’s recent success with American Gods, but it isn’t a project that interests me. The gods I want to read about have “Miracle” in their names!

So, armed with some store credit, I picked up issues #21-23 of the original series, leaving me with only the rare (and still a bit pricey) #24 on my wish list. I’ve read them all before, thanks to scans posted online, but it’s just a different and more satisfying experience to read the physical copies.

Those three books ate up most of my store credit, but I had just enough left over to pick up another story I’ve read before but was partially incomplete in my collection: The Price by Jim Starlin. Sure, I have the color “remastered” version that was the Dreadstar Annual, but I have never seen nor owned the original magazine-sized black-and-white edition, and I just love the black-and-white painted art of the original Metamorphosis Odyssey that appeared in Epic Illustrated and started the whole Dreadstar saga.

The original art reveals just how much the coloring/painting process enhanced the artwork’s mood and the story’s vibrancy. The original feels cold compared to the color version. It lacks the brilliant reds of the robes worn by members of the Church of the Instrumentality, the eye-popping colors that bring various cosmic and mystical energies to life on the page, and the powerful emotions suggested by the reprint’s color artwork.

However, the front and back-cover paintings are rendered in their original full-color and full-size glory, unlike in the reprint where they are shrunk and surrounded by additional cover elements that distract from their beauty—a complaint that at least one reader expressed in the original letters column of Dreadstar when the Annual was discussed.

I’m pleased to now have both versions of The Price in my Dreadstar collection, and the original was the one piece I’ve felt was missing over the years. How I assembled, lost, and re-assembled the entire original series four times is a saga of collector triumph and tragedy, but I’m happy to now have every issue I ever wanted from one of my all-time favorite stories in any medium.

Now if we could just see the end of Miracleman, all would be right with the universe.

Thank you, readers and fans of sequential art for visiting this site and using it to find the books you want!

Collectors’ Guide:

Miracleman #1-24 (original 1985 series, Eclipse Comics)

Miracleman (reprint series by Marvel Comics, includes original issues #1-16)

Miracleman Golden Age (reprint series by Marvel, includes original issues #17-22 )

The Price (original magazine-sized b&w edition, Eclipse Comics)

Dreadstar Annual #1 (full-color reprint of the original, Epic/Marvel comics)

Rampaging Hulk 4: Jim Starlin + Alex Niño

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Anyone… Anything… can be smashed!

This book features a rare collaboration between two of my favorite artists: Jim Starlin and Alex Niño. Collector’s Guide: From Rampaging Hulk #4; Marvel Comics, 1977. “The Other Side of Night.”

Jim Starlin’s Origin of God and Birth of Death!

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Death, Eclipse Comics, first issue, God, indie box, Indie Comics, Jim Starlin, origin, science fiction, Star Reach, Star Reach Classics

Jim Starlin’s single-page origin of god and his short origin of death originally appeared in the first issue of the 1974 series Star Reach. Star Reach Productions published its own Greatest Hits in 1979. In 1984, Eclipse reprinted six issues of highlights from the series as Star Reach Classics. We recommend it for fans of classic 70s science fiction. It’s in stock far more often than the original issues, and Eclipse printed it on high-quality paper, a really nice production. You can get most of them for just a couple dollars a piece.

Starlin gives us some of his finest 70s illustration, artistically superior to his more famous work on Captain Marvel, and on par with his best Warlock stories. If you enjoy these, you will enjoy Starlin’s Darklon the Mystic from that same era. Diversions of the Groovy Kind hosts some pages from Warren’s Eerie magazine where you can read part of Darklon in black and white. Or, you can drop a dollar on a back issue by Pacific Comics that reprints the complete Darklon story in color.

Collector’s Guide: From Star Reach Classics #1; Eclipse, 1984.

Thanos of Titan Has Come to Make Amends!

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Adam Warlock, Gamora, Jim Starlin, Pip the Troll, Thanos, Warlock

Always trying to conquer the universe just to destroy the whole damn thing can become a stressful occupation after a while. Jim Starlin’s stony-faced Titan, Thanos, ponders his failure to win as the ultimate bad guy of all bad guys ever, and he has a change of heart. For the first issue of Thanos’ short-lived solo series, Starlin brings back his familiar cast of characters: Adam Warlock, Gamora, and Pip the Troll. Starlin’s story takes up the first half of this series, with Keith “Legion of Superheroes” Giffen picking up the script for the second half.

Collector’s Guide: from Thanos #1. Reprinted in Thanos TPB #4. Reprinted in Thanos: Epiphany.

Abduction, Death, and Rebirth!

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Akhenaten, Dr. Doom, Jim Starlin, Marvel Universe The End, Thanos

In Marvel Universe The End, Jim Starlin digs into his bag of tricks from the Metamorphosis Odyssey. In this second issue, we witness the partial origin of the bad guy of the series: Akhenaten, an Egyptian pharoah who gets super-powered by aliens. Starlin used a variation of this name and the Egyptian theme for Aknaton, one of the prime movers in the Metamorphosis Odyssey which would later become Dreadstar.

Akhenaten was, for those of you who fell asleep in Ancient Civilizations 101, a real-life ruler of Egypt whom historians still argue over. He also ruled under the name Amenhotep IV. His claim to fame was the alleged installation of sun-god worship as a monotheistic practice nearly 1300 years before the birth of christianity. Reportedly, his polytheistic people were not thrilled with the idea.

Dr. Doom and Thanos aren’t too pleased with Starlin’s version, either. Let’s have a look!

Collector’s Guide:
– From Marvel Universe The End #2;
– reprinted in Marvel Universe The End Hardcover.
– reprinted in Marvel Universe The End paperback.
– reprinted in Thanos TPB #3.

The Infinite Well Remembers My Touch!

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Al Milgrom, Galactus, Infinity Wars, Jim Starlin, Magus, Ron Lim, Thanos, Warlock

Ron Lim goes all out with cosmic fireworks for the final showdown of Infinity War. While we couldn’t get into this series at all, despite being fans of Starlin’s older work, we do like a good light show.

This series follows the events of Infinity Gauntlet. Jim Starlin brings back Thanos and Warlock for another struggle for the fate of the entire universe. Warlock’s evil other self, the Magus, intends to conquer everything. We would have preferred the Magus stay dead after all the trouble Warlock went through to make sure he never existed. But, these Warlock/Thanos events proved too popular for Marvel to let the dead rest. And who are we to begrudge Jim Starlin the opportunity to cash in at Marvel with characters he revitalized or created in the 1970s? After the Metamorphosis Odyssey, he’d certainly earned the artistic right to crank out several volumes of standard superhero fare for a mainstream audience.

Collector’s Guide: from Infinity War #6; Marvel, 1992. Reprinted in Infinity War TPB; Marvel, 2006.

Jim Starlin’s Psychic Battle Motif: Dreadstar 2

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Dreadstar, Epic Comics, Indie Comics, Jim Starlin, Willow

We include this scene from Dreadstar #2 in our Psychic Battle series even though it is not formally a battle. What we see here is different side of Starlin’s theme of psychic union or merger. Here, our protagonists are not vying for supremacy but seeking to cooperatively merge. Jim Starlin depicts their faces merging, so that they become one being together on the psychic plane.

While there is a scene within this scene in which Syzygy asserts his dominance over Willow to get at what is obstructing her powers, his goals are far different than what we saw yesterday in the battle between Willow and Monalo. Syzygy seeks to empower her. To this end, he brings her to a white light. It embodies the pure, unsullied essence of the human spirit — an image to which Willow would return for strength and comfort many, many times.

Collector’s Guide: From Dreadstar #2; Epic, 1983. Reprinted in Dreadstar and Company #2.

Jim Starlin’s Psychic Battle Motif: Dreadstar 29

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Dreadstar, First Publishing, Indie Comics, Jim Starlin, Monalo, Willow

In Dreadstar #29, two telepaths battle on the psychic plane. As the metaphorical violence escalates, they become locked in a battle for supremacy of identity. Monalo, the evil telepath, attempts to absorb or erase his opponent’s ego boundaries. He wants to take over her entire being. The good telepath, Willow, asserts herself against this onslaught — and the battle threatens to tear them both apart.

Jim Starlin depicts their bodies in a merged being, spilt down the center, with characteristics from both. You can see the many similarities between this page from 1987 and yesterday’s page from 2002, a battle between Moondragon and Doctor Strange in Infinity Abyss.

Collector’s Guide: From Dreadstar #29; 1987, First Publishing

Jim Starlin’s Psychic Battle Motif: Infinity Abyss 3

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Doctor Strange, Infinity Abyss, Jim Starlin, moondragon, Thanos, Warlock

In the third issue of Infinity Abyss, Jim Starlin uses one of his favorite themes: the psychic/mystic battle in which the two combatants appear to merge. Here we see the bodies of Doctor Strange and Moondragon appear as a single entity. Starlin uses this device to show antagonists struggling for ego supremacy. They fight to maintain their very identities while subsuming the identity of their opponent.

The final page of Infinity Abyss #3 recapitulates this struggle on the cosmic plane. The two beings Eternity and Infinity appear before Adam Warlock in a similarly merged being.

We’ve looked at Starlin’s use of the dual identity before in a psychic battle between Thanos and Galactus. Tomorrow, we’ll dig deeper into the Starlin archives for a scene from Dreadstar.

Collector’s Guide: Collected in Infinity Abyss TPB. Originally printed as Infinity Abyss #3; Marvel, 2002.

Jim Starlin’s Doctor Strange: The Creators Chronicles!

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Creators Chronicles, Doctor Strange, Jim Starlin, Quadriverse, Rudy Nebres

Jim Starlin kicks off a six-issue Doctor Strange story arc that would eventually be known as “The Creators Chronicles.” We will share a few more issues from this arc in the coming days! The story takes Strange on a wild ride where the entire universe is recreated due to his blundering, and also ties off an interesting plot thread from Starlin’s original Warlock run.

Marv Wolfman gets scripting credit on this issue, and the plot continues nicely from Marv’s previous issue. But make no mistake — this whole arc was masterminded by Starlin. Inker Rudy Nebres gives Starlin’s pencils a smooth, flowing quality. Nebres handled all the artwork on the previous issue with Marv. It’s worth checking out for his unique and dynamic layouts.

Collector’s Guide: From Doctor Strange #23; Marvel, 1977.

Power – Like All Things in Life – Has Its Price!

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Dreadstar, Jim Starlin, Metamorphosis Odyssey, Syzygy Darlock, The Price

Behold the tale of Syzygy Darklock, cursed with saving the galaxy! We found color scans of Jim Starlin’s The Price and thought you might enjoy them. Eclipse published the original in black and white — the only chapter of Starlin’s Metamorphosis Odyssey not published under the Epic imprint. Here, in the pages of the only Dreadstar Annual, Jim’s painted artwork comes to life in color.

In this scene, Syzygy confronts the demon who murdered his brother. The demon reveals he was bound by another and forced to commit the killing. The demon takes Syzygy to a plane of mystic power so that Syzygy can exact revenge for both of them. But, the gaining of this power has painful consequences.

In later scenes, Syzygy must gain even more power, and the sacrifices become even more terrible. Dude, this is one twisted story! But, it taught us a very important lesson: Power, like all things in life, has its price.

Collector’s Guide: From Dreadstar Annual #1; Epic. Originally printed in black and white in The Price graphic novel; Eclipse.

Fans of Syzygy Darklock will enjoy Jim Starlin’s earlier, unrelated character Darklon the Mystic as explored on Diversions of the Groovy Kind. Darklon’s first adventure was also called The Price. Groove has the black and white originals. You can also buy the color reprint of Darklon’s complete saga.

Man-Thing: No Choice of Colors!

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Whatever knows fear, blogs at the touch of Man-Thing! Here he is, Marvel’s mucky monstrosity in some of our favorite swamp stories. We bet you never knew injecting yourself with chemical mutagens and fatally wrecking your car would be so much fun!

Today’s Man-Thing memoir rises from the muck of Adventure into Fear. Man-Thing’s most famous writer Steve Gerber mans the helm, with a smashing art team of Jim Starlin and Rich Buckler.

Collector’s Guide:
– From Fear #12 (a/k/a Adventure into Fear); Marvel, 1973.
– Reprinted in color in the Man-Thing Omnibus Hardcover; 2012.
– Reprinted in black and white in Essential Man-Thing TPB #1

Metamorphosis Odyssey Chapter 3: Juliet!

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Aknaton, Dreadstar, Epic Illustrated, Jim Starlin, Juliet, Metamorphosis Odyssey

What can we say about Metamorphosis Odyssey? This is why Guttenberg invented the printing press! It’s what the ancient Egyptians hoped for when they first put words and pictures together on a piece of papyrus! The Iliad? A warm-up. Beowulf? Amateurs. The Brothers Karamazov? Not even close. So read it, buy it, and store 1000 copies in a weatherproof, impact-resistant time capsule for future generations.

Collector’s Guide:
If you must have it all, you need Epic Illustrated #1-9 plus #15, The Price graphic novel (or Dreadstar Annual #1), and the Dreadstar graphic novel. That sets you up for Dreadstar #1-26 at Epic and #27-40 at First Comics.

Whoa! There goes the kids’ college fund! But don’t worry: You can read the 10-page “Cliff Notes” version at Planets Disappeared In Atomic Infernos! You’ll also enjoy the chapter where Oedi and Dreadstar first meet Willow.

Now get ready for action!

Metamorphosis Odyssey Chapter 2: Za!

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Aknaton, Dreadstar, Epic Illustrated, Jim Starlin, Metamorphosis Odyssey, Za

What can we say about Metamorphosis Odyssey? This is why Guttenberg invented the printing press! It’s what the ancient Egyptians hoped for when they first put words and pictures together on a piece of papyrus! The Iliad? A warm-up. Beowulf? Amateurs. The Brothers Karamazov? Not even close. So read it, buy it, and store 1000 copies in a weatherproof, impact-resistant time capsule for future generations.

Collector’s Guide:
If you must have it all, you need Epic Illustrated #1-9 plus #15, The Price graphic novel (or Dreadstar Annual #1), and the Dreadstar graphic novel. That sets you up for Dreadstar #1-26 at Epic and #27-40 at First Comics.

Whoa! There goes the kids’ college fund! But don’t worry: You can read the ten-page “Cliff Notes” version at Planets Disappeared In Atomic Infernos! You’ll also enjoy the chapter where Oedi and Dreadstar first meet Willow.

Now let’s do this!

Metamorphosis Odyssey Chapter 1: Aknaton!

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Aknaton, Dreadstar, Epic Illustrated, Infinity Horn, Jim Starlin, Metamorphosis Odyssey, Osirosian, Zygotean

What can we say about Metamorphosis Odyssey? This is why Guttenberg invented the printing press! It’s what the ancient Egyptians hoped for when they first put words and pictures together on a piece of papyrus! The Iliad? A warm-up. Beowulf? Amateurs. The Brothers Karamazov? Not even close. So read it, buy it, and store 1000 copies in a weatherproof, impact-resistant time capsule for future generations.

Collector’s Guide:
If you must have it all, you need Epic Illustrated #1-9 plus #15, The Price graphic novel (or Dreadstar Annual #1), and the Dreadstar graphic novel. That sets you up for Dreadstar #1-26 at Epic and #27-40 at First Comics.

Whoa! There goes the kids’ college fund! But don’t worry: You can read the 10-page “Cliff Notes” version at Planets Disappeared In Atomic Infernos! You’ll also enjoy the chapter where Oedi and Dreadstar first meet Willow.

Now let’s rock this thing!

Captain Marvel Gallery 5

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Captain Marvel, Death of Captain Marvel, Jim Starlin, Life of Captain Marvel, Mar-Vell

As we prepare to bid a fond farewell to the rockin’ year of 2011, let’s also say Good-bye to Captain Marvel. A moment of silence please… Now don’t be too sad, just like the year will soon be reborn, Captain Marvel won’t be gone for good! Honor Mar-Vell in our Captain Marvel Gallery.

Life of Captain Marvel reprints the complete Jim Starlin stories from his legendary epic. Reprinted on high-quality glossy paper with a few special extras, Life of Captain Marvel is a fine companion piece to Jim Starlin’s Death of Captain Marvel graphic novel. Marvel put both the Life and Death into one single omnibus in 2002, The Life and Death of Captain Marvel.

Captain Marvel Gallery 4

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Life of Captain Marvel reprints the complete Jim Starlin stories from his legendary epic that kick-started his career at Marvel Comics. Reprinted on high-quality glossy paper with a few special extras, Life of Captain Marvel is a fine companion piece to Jim Starlin’s Death of Captain Marvel graphic novel. Marvel put both the Life and Death into one single omnibus in 2002, The Life and Death of Captain Marvel.

Captain Marvel Gallery 3

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Life of Captain Marvel reprints the complete Jim Starlin stories from his legendary epic that kick-started his career at Marvel Comics. Reprinted on high-quality glossy paper with a few special extras, Life of Captain Marvel is a fine companion piece to Jim Starlin’s Death of Captain Marvel graphic novel. Marvel put both the Life and Death into one single omnibus in 2002, The Life and Death of Captain Marvel.

Captain Marvel Gallery 2

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Rock out to these portraits of Thanos, Captain Marvel, The Controller, and the Avengers. You can find these on the back covers of the Life of Captain Marvel. See the rest of our Captain Marvel Gallery!

Collector’s Guide: Life of Captain Marvel reprints the complete Jim Starlin stories from the epic that kick-started his career at Marvel Comics. Reprinted on glossy paper, Life of Captain Marvel is a fine companion piece to Jim Starlin’s Death of Captain Marvel graphic novel. Marvel put both into one omnibus, The Life and Death of Captain Marvel.

Captain Marvel Gallery 1

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Life of Captain Marvel reprints the complete Jim Starlin stories from his legendary epic that kick-started his career at Marvel Comics. Reprinted on high-quality glossy paper with a few special extras, Life of Captain Marvel is a fine companion piece to Jim Starlin’s Death of Captain Marvel graphic novel. Marvel put both the Life and Death into one single omnibus in 2002, The Life and Death of Captain Marvel.

Jim Starlin’s Warlock Takes on 1000 Clowns!

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In the mid-1980s, we discovered Warlock. We’d been rocking out with Dreadstar and wanted to read more from this cat Jim Starlin. We liked the series, but it wasn’t until we got to 1000 Clowns that we realized Jim Starlin was talking to us. He was writing a metaphor about our lives. Yes, just for us, little Martians that we were.

In 1000 Clowns, Jim Starlin lays it on the line. The people telling you what to believe and telling who you are — they’re all tools. They’re clowns, and they are indoctrinating you into their ridiculous beliefs. Starlin further demonstrates the only way to overcome their programming is to confront the deepest, darkest side of yourself. Starlin cautions that although you will gain incredible self-awareness this way, it may also drive you a bit insane — this integration with what Carl Jung called The Shadow.

Jim, you just about drew the roadmap for our teens and twenties, and we’d like to thank you. It was a rough ride at times. But, like Warlock, we eventually found a way to alter our unalterable future.

Collector’s Guide:
– Originally printed in Strange Tales #181; Marvel,
– Reprinted in Fantasy Masterpieces #11; Marvel Comics, 1968.
– The complete Starlin Warlock epic was reprinted in 1982 as Warlock Special Edition and again in 1992 as the Warlock Limited Series. Both reprints are the same material, but with different covers.

Note: Starlin might have taken the title to this story about non-conformism from a 1962 play called A Thousand Clowns.

Epic Illustrated 15: Dreadstar and Oedi Meet Willow!

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This is the final chapter of Metamorphosis Odyssey to appear in Epic Illustrated. From here, Jim Starlin launched the ongoing Dreadstar series. You learn more of the origin of Willow in Dreadstar #2. Here, Oedi (the cat man) and Vanth Dreadstar run into a spot of trouble on a mission. Vanth shows us – and Willow – a little something about the power of believing in yourself.

Collector’s Guide: From Epic Illustrated #15. If you must have it all, you need Epic Illustrated #1-9 plus #15, The Price graphic novel (or Dreadstar Annual #1), and the Dreadstar graphic novel. That sets you up for Dreadstar #1-26 at Epic and #27-40 at First Comics.

Whoa! There goes the kids’ college fund! But don’t worry: You can read the “Cliff Notes” version at Planets Disappeared In Atomic Infernos!

Jim Starlin’s Psychic Battle Motif: Thanos vs. Galactus

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Galactus, Jim Starlin, Thanos

Jim Starlin‘s take on Galactus isn’t an imitation of Jack Kirby at all, but it’s still radically cosmic! In this scene from Thanos, Jim pits his old stand-by Thanos against the Ravager of Worlds in a truly mind-warping vision of the telepathic plane. WOW!

Collector’s Guide: From Thanos #3; Marvel Comics. Reprinted in the Thanos TPB #4; 2004.

You may also be interested in viewing our complete Galactus Gallery, just the Origin of Galactus, or our extensive Jack Kirby Gallery. Enjoy!

More Than an Untrained Mind Can Handle!

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Blowout, DC Comics Presents, Dreadstar, Elastic Four, Jim Starlin, Superman

Jim Starlin re-worked many of his older ideas in Dreadstar. Take for example the cover of DC Comics Presents #93: Superman meets the Elastic Four! (Believe us, the cover is the best part of this issue…) All these stretchy dudes bring to mind the cover of Dreadstar #21!

Today’s gallery features the scene from Dreadstar #21 where the teleportation drive blows up. Plenty of distorted bodies and Ditko-esque special effects here!

Collector’s Guide:
– From DC Comics Presents #93.
– From Dreadstar #21.

 

OMAC Gallery 9

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Jack Kirby, Jim Starlin, OMAC

Are you ready for the World That’s — Over?!? That’s right, after eight classic issues, Jack Kirby brought OMAC to an end on a screaming cliff hanger. So, as a bonus to you, here is an eight-page Jim Starlin story that wraps up that cliff hanger and begins a new story. Too bad Jim Starlin didn’t stay on the series for long — it looks like he might have done the King proud! The OMAC back-up feature lasted ten issues in Warlord in 1980. Jim Starlin later got another chance for a Kirby tribute when he wrote and drew The Death of the New Gods in 2007.

Just joining our OMAC exhibit? Click OMAC Gallery here to see what we’ve got for you so far.

Are you feeling a strange compulsion to join the world that’s coming by buying some classic OMAC?

Collector’s Guide: Omac #1-8 (1974, Jack Kirby); Jack Kirby’s Omac One Man Army Corps Hardcover (2008, 176 pages, full color. Reprints complete 1974 series.); Omac One Man Army Corps #1-4 (1991, John Byrne, TPB format, black & white.); Omac (2006 2nd Series, Bruce Jones & Renato Guedes).