Jim Starlin

James P. "Jim" Starlin (born October 9 1949) is an American comic book writer and artist, who has worked for Marvel Comics, DC Comics and others since the early 1970s. He is best known for "cosmic" tales and space opera and as the creator of the villain Thanos. Starlin was born in Detroit, Michigan. After writing and drawing stories for a number of amateur fan publications, he got his break into comics working for Roy Thomas and John Romita at Marvel Comics in 1972. Starlin, along with Len Wein, Marv Wolfman and Walter Simonson, were all part of the generation of artists and writers who arrived in comics at that time who were primarily fans of Stan Lee/Jack Kirby and the DC/Marvel Silver Age of Comics. His work was heavily influenced by the art of both Kirby and Steve Ditko . Starlin's first job was as a finisher on pages of Spider-Man. He then drew three issues of Iron Man, which introduced Thanos, a homage to Kirby's character Darkseid. He was then given the chance to draw...