tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post8855911971953455269..comments2024-03-29T05:15:44.658-04:00Comments on Diversions of the Groovy Kind: Famous First Fridays: Jim Starlin's First Pro Comicbook StoryThe Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-9433813698876888012018-08-17T00:37:36.553-04:002018-08-17T00:37:36.553-04:00Man, what a godsend to have Starlin's first st...Man, what a godsend to have Starlin's first story for Marvel in JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY 1 (Oct 1972) inked by Michael Ploog. Starlin must have been immensely pleased. <br /><br />There's one other story Starlin did the same month for DC, in HOUSE OF MYSTERY 207, also Oct 1972, a 2-page story titled "The Spell". Accompanied by a fantastic cover and splash page by Wrightson, an outstanding 10-page story by little-known but very talented William Payne, and an excellent 9-page demon-boy story by Sheldon Mayer and Jack Sparling. A great issue from start to finish, the Starlin 2-pager is just the icing on the cake. <br /><br /> With Starlin's CAPTAIN MARVEL and WARLOCK runs that soon after followed, as well as his more brief runs on MASTER OF KUNG FU and SAVAGE TALES, Starlin I think better than anyone evolved the work that Lee, Kirby and Ditko founded. Even more so with his later "Metamorphosis Odyssey" in EPIC magazine 1-9, THE PRICE, and DREADSTAR graphic novels. And good as the first 5 issues were of the DREADSTAR comic series, I think it eventually suffered from its own longevity and success, and lacked the closure of the painted-art stories, and his earlier CAPTAIN MARVEL and WARLOCK runs. Dave Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12353225529813983401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-11839039857186415432009-09-11T07:15:26.776-04:002009-09-11T07:15:26.776-04:00I seem to recall seeing his name in the credits of...I seem to recall seeing his name in the credits of the Amazing Spider-Man, around #113, along with Tony Mortellaro. TM was presumably doing the backgrounds (kept sneaking his name onto billboards), no idea what Jim's role was.<br /><br />Did those British reprint weeklies get any kind of distribution in the US? If not, how did you find out about them?<br /><br /><br />cheers<br />B SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-23366243087665212052009-06-23T12:41:47.520-04:002009-06-23T12:41:47.520-04:00Jim Starlin's covers for the British comics ar...Jim Starlin's covers for the British comics are more attractive than many of the concurrent American Marvel Comics which were often too cluttered. BTW, Joe Sinnott inked the covers, and that never hurts!<br /><br />Nick C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-23164027293587375652009-06-19T09:40:42.330-04:002009-06-19T09:40:42.330-04:00The first time I ever saw Jim Starlin's work w...The first time I ever saw Jim Starlin's work was in Iron Man #55. I was a regular Iron Man buyer and loved George Tuska, but Starlin's work knocked me out. There was something about it.....very unique....that really worked for me. There was a lot of energy there! "Cosmic energy", as it turned out!<br /><br />Unfortunately, I missed all of his Captain Marvel and Warlock stuff when it came out (I caught up with it later in back issue bins). Didn't have the money to collect everything back then, though I sure wanted to!Chris Nyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04381409214303880118noreply@blogger.com