Then, in 2019, Marvel released what I considered at the time to be the ultimate Starlin/Captain Marvel/Warlock edition ('ultimate' in that I would never need to buy another): The Thanos Wars: Infinity Origin omnibus, reprinting all of Starlin's Captain Marvel and Warlock stories, plus The Death of Captain Marvel graphic novel in a single edition. A couple of years later, I bought the two volumes of MMW Warlock, the first of which comprised the Thomas/Kane era, the second Starlin. In 1992 I bought the six-issue Warlock reprint series, which was identical to Warlock Special Edition, but it was printed on different paper stock and I wanted to file it in the same box with the then-current new Warlock series. when I was in college, I picked up all of the original backissues.

It reprinted the Starlin version, of which I had been completely unaware of at the time. Then, in 1982, I bought the six-issue Warlock Special Edition and it wasn't what I expected at all.

When I was a kid, I was aware of the Thomas/Kane 'Jesus Christ - Superhero' version of Adam Warlock from his appearances in Hulk, but I hadn't read the series. 'Size' as in omnibus editions and gallery editions and MONSTER-SIZE editions. What can we add to the comic book? That's something we may have to think about.' I've got my answer: SIZE. Add a couple of pages to that, and you've got a comic book. You add a couple of panels to that, and you've got a comic strip. Hardcover, 360 pages, full color.I'm going to paraphrase Jack Kirby from the '80s documentary 'Masters of the Comic Book Art' (available on You Tube): 'The way I understand it, the editorial cartoon came first. Forced to confront an evil version of himself and the nihilistic menace Thanos, Warlock's conflicts weren't just knuckle-grinding throw-downs - they were existential struggles for his very soul.įeaturing the first-ever assembling of the Infinity Gems, the debuts of Gamora and Pip the Troll and an all-out struggle to save the universe - joined by the Avengers, Captain Marvel and Spider-Man!Īnd now, the full grandeur of Starlin's saga is unleashed on the oversized pages of a Gallery Edition! In this star-spanning spectacle, Starlin evolved Adam Warlock to the next level, imbuing the character with the inner demons of a man-god on the brink of insanity. Cover by Jim Starlin.Īt Marvel in the 1970s, no one mastered the startling scope of cosmic adventure like Jim Starlin! Art by Jim Starlin, Alan Weiss, Al Milgrom, Steve Leialoha, and Joe Rubinstein.

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