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'Breed #1
'Breed: The Book of Genesis
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-read volume featuring 167-pages of blood-drenched action!
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176 pages, Paperback
First published May 24, 2011
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About the author
Jim Starlin
1,334 books443 followersJames P. "Jim" Starlin is an American comic book writer and artist. With a career dating back to the early 1970s, he is best known for "cosmic" tales and space opera; for revamping the Marvel Comics characters Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock; and for creating or co-creating the Marvel characters Thanos and Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu. Death and suicide are recurring themes in Starlin's work: Personifications of Death appeared in his Captain Marvel series and in a fill-in story for Ghost Rider; Warlock commits suicide by killing his future self; and suicide is a theme in a story he plotted and drew for The Rampaging Hulk magazine.
In the mid-1970s, Starlin contributed a cache of stories to the independently published science-fiction anthology Star Reach. Here he developed his ideas of God, death, and infinity, free of the restrictions of mainstream comics publishers' self-censorship arm, the Comics Code Authority. Starlin also drew "The Secret of Skull River", inked by frequent collaborator Al Milgrom, for Savage Tales #5 (July 1974).
When Marvel Comics wished to use the name of Captain Marvel for a new, different character,[citation needed] Starlin was given the rare opportunity to produce a one-shot story in which to kill off a main character. The Death of Captain Marvel became the first graphic novel published by the company itself. (
In the late 1980s, Starlin began working more for DC Comics, writing a number of Batman stories, including the four-issue miniseries Batman: The Cult (Aug.-Nov. 1988), and the storyline "Batman: A Death in the Family", in Batman #426-429 (Dec. 1988 – Jan. 1989), in which Jason Todd, the second of Batman's Robin sidekicks, was killed. The death was decided by fans, as DC Comics set up a hotline for readers to vote on as to whether or not Jason Todd should survive a potentially fatal situation. For DC he created Hardcore Station.
In the mid-1970s, Starlin contributed a cache of stories to the independently published science-fiction anthology Star Reach. Here he developed his ideas of God, death, and infinity, free of the restrictions of mainstream comics publishers' self-censorship arm, the Comics Code Authority. Starlin also drew "The Secret of Skull River", inked by frequent collaborator Al Milgrom, for Savage Tales #5 (July 1974).
When Marvel Comics wished to use the name of Captain Marvel for a new, different character,[citation needed] Starlin was given the rare opportunity to produce a one-shot story in which to kill off a main character. The Death of Captain Marvel became the first graphic novel published by the company itself. (
In the late 1980s, Starlin began working more for DC Comics, writing a number of Batman stories, including the four-issue miniseries Batman: The Cult (Aug.-Nov. 1988), and the storyline "Batman: A Death in the Family", in Batman #426-429 (Dec. 1988 – Jan. 1989), in which Jason Todd, the second of Batman's Robin sidekicks, was killed. The death was decided by fans, as DC Comics set up a hotline for readers to vote on as to whether or not Jason Todd should survive a potentially fatal situation. For DC he created Hardcore Station.
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July 14, 2016
Basically Jim Starlin creates his own version of Hellboy, but being Jim Starlin, it gets all cosmic and big instead of Mignola's gothic, mythical take.
Takes a little too much time to set stuff and get the story going, but there are some great ideas here and it's fun to see Starlin go all action movie and badass.
Takes a little too much time to set stuff and get the story going, but there are some great ideas here and it's fun to see Starlin go all action movie and badass.
September 15, 2018
This is one of the most entertainings reads I have found from the Master, Jim Starlin. It's like a modern book making fun of the 90's, except this was made right in the 90's. Basically 'Breed is like and 80's action movie full of one-liners and badass heroes, but at the same time the characters have a lot of depth and personality, specially Ray and Rachel. There's blood and a few gory scenes, what they way both characters take for granted the fact that they're in a world with demons and mystical stuff gives the levity this kind of story needs.
If you want a book that just exudes coolness and trippy imagery, this is highly recommended.
If you want a book that just exudes coolness and trippy imagery, this is highly recommended.
January 23, 2016
la obra desatada de Jim cargada de simpleza y brutalidad primaria , el fuego se combate con fuego, y los monstruos temeran a los montruos. no me canso de leerla
February 6, 2024
Nel complesso una buona storia lovecraftiana nei toni, almeno della prima parte.
Nella seconda parte si vira su toni più d'azione alla Howard.
Ricordo bene che quando uscì in Italia quest'opera ebbe delle critiche negative, che trovavo ingiuste all'epoca e che anche oggi trovo errate.
Starlin crea un mistero horror, con una trama a breve gittata ed una più lunga trama, che nelle mini successive verrà sviscerata. La storia ha un finale abbastanza adatto al tema, intrattiene, fa venir voglia di saperne di più ed infine è anche ben disegnata, se uno gradisce lo stile di Jim Starlin.
Io lo gradisco e pertanto le 4 stelle questo volume le merita.
Nella seconda parte si vira su toni più d'azione alla Howard.
Ricordo bene che quando uscì in Italia quest'opera ebbe delle critiche negative, che trovavo ingiuste all'epoca e che anche oggi trovo errate.
Starlin crea un mistero horror, con una trama a breve gittata ed una più lunga trama, che nelle mini successive verrà sviscerata. La storia ha un finale abbastanza adatto al tema, intrattiene, fa venir voglia di saperne di più ed infine è anche ben disegnata, se uno gradisce lo stile di Jim Starlin.
Io lo gradisco e pertanto le 4 stelle questo volume le merita.
July 30, 2016
great demon !!!!
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