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Warlock by Jim Starlin: The Complete Collection by Jim Starlin (11-Feb-2014) Paperback
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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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April 15, 2018
Adam Warlock teams with Pip the Troll and battles The Magus and his Church of Universal Truth. But The Magus is Adam Warlock's future self...
I picked this up in 2016 at the Planet City ComiCon, hours before Dan-Kemper III. Adam Warlock is one of those Marvel characters I never read a hell of a lot about. With the Infinity War movie on its way and the Infinity stones being a prominent part of that, I decided to finally give it a read.
Warlock is a cosmic tale of a man battling his own nature and fighting the destructive impulses of the Soul Gem on his forehead. In some ways, he reminds me of Michael Moorcock's Elric, a character as at home with soliloquies as with destruction.
The tale sees Warlock team with Pip the Troll, Gamora, and even Thanos. Once the Magus is dealt with, the real quest begins...
The artwork is great for the time period and the tale itself is interesting but the presentation is a product of the time it was created. Warlock delivers monologue after overblown, dramatic monologue and Magus and Thanos are almost as bad. It was enjoyable but in a cheesy sort of way at times.
The easiest parts of the collection were the end, with Adam Warlock, Moondragon, and Captain Marvel teaming with the Avengers to battle Thanos. The ending provided a satisfying conclusion to the tales of both Warlock and Thanos. It's kind of a shame Marvel has trotted them out dozens of times since.
I'm glad I read Warlock: The Complete Collection for its historical significance in the Marvel canon but it wasn't a breezy experience by any means. Three out of five stars.
I picked this up in 2016 at the Planet City ComiCon, hours before Dan-Kemper III. Adam Warlock is one of those Marvel characters I never read a hell of a lot about. With the Infinity War movie on its way and the Infinity stones being a prominent part of that, I decided to finally give it a read.
Warlock is a cosmic tale of a man battling his own nature and fighting the destructive impulses of the Soul Gem on his forehead. In some ways, he reminds me of Michael Moorcock's Elric, a character as at home with soliloquies as with destruction.
The tale sees Warlock team with Pip the Troll, Gamora, and even Thanos. Once the Magus is dealt with, the real quest begins...
The artwork is great for the time period and the tale itself is interesting but the presentation is a product of the time it was created. Warlock delivers monologue after overblown, dramatic monologue and Magus and Thanos are almost as bad. It was enjoyable but in a cheesy sort of way at times.
The easiest parts of the collection were the end, with Adam Warlock, Moondragon, and Captain Marvel teaming with the Avengers to battle Thanos. The ending provided a satisfying conclusion to the tales of both Warlock and Thanos. It's kind of a shame Marvel has trotted them out dozens of times since.
I'm glad I read Warlock: The Complete Collection for its historical significance in the Marvel canon but it wasn't a breezy experience by any means. Three out of five stars.
November 19, 2023
I became a big fan of Adam Warlock when I was a kid and it started with that name, Adam + Warlock. the Bible and witchcraft were two of my great interests as a lad and so how could I possibly resist. it also helped that before he became known as Adam Warlock, his name was simply Him. the more I read about this character - and I didn't read all that much, having maybe two or three dozen comics that I just read repeatedly - the more I became fascinated. his nemesis with lavender skin and a giant white afro - Magus, god-king of a galactic empire - was actually Adam Warlock from the future, and that boggled my mind. his sidekicks were an earthy troll who I found to be surprisingly attractive and a deadly female assassin named Gamora. he was often hysterically yet regally melodramatic, shouting monologues into the void about Fate and the horrors of being alive. he was literally insane, having spent an eternity with himself while trapped in some kind of inbetween dimension. best of all, he had a "vampire soul gem" embedded in his forehead that devoured and absorbed the souls of those he had vanquished, which reminded me of the magic blade Stormbringer, held by my personal hero Elric of Melnibone. there was just so much to love about this amber-skinned, ultra-powered weirdo dressed in scarlet, gold, and skulls and apparently addicted to eye shadow.
Jim Starlin redeveloped Adam Warlock from Stan Lee's and Jack Kirby's original creation, taking Him away from Counter-Earth (and away from another favorite complicated character, the High Evolutionary) and into space to fight evil empires and Himself. this is a fun, breathless, vividly colorful book chock-full of dumbass action sequences, equally dumbass quips from Adam's dumbass, cigar-chomping troll sidekick (still sexy yet also repulsive), adventures spanning time and space full of trippiness and sturm und drang, a surprising supporting turn from Gamora's dad Thanos, and Adam Warlock being the incredible drama queen and Jesus figure that he was literally designed to be thanks to Science. it's all very screamingly psychedelic, especially when the Warlock turns green.
the MCU universe brought out Adam Warlock as a sort of b-villain turned ally in Guardians of the Galaxy III. although they kept his name, they clearly decided the childlike, just-born boy in a man's body persona of Him was the way to go, rather than the galactic god-hero of future adventures. I didn't mind this version and he was a fun part of the film. I did miss the insane monologues about Destiny though.
Jim Starlin redeveloped Adam Warlock from Stan Lee's and Jack Kirby's original creation, taking Him away from Counter-Earth (and away from another favorite complicated character, the High Evolutionary) and into space to fight evil empires and Himself. this is a fun, breathless, vividly colorful book chock-full of dumbass action sequences, equally dumbass quips from Adam's dumbass, cigar-chomping troll sidekick (still sexy yet also repulsive), adventures spanning time and space full of trippiness and sturm und drang, a surprising supporting turn from Gamora's dad Thanos, and Adam Warlock being the incredible drama queen and Jesus figure that he was literally designed to be thanks to Science. it's all very screamingly psychedelic, especially when the Warlock turns green.
the MCU universe brought out Adam Warlock as a sort of b-villain turned ally in Guardians of the Galaxy III. although they kept his name, they clearly decided the childlike, just-born boy in a man's body persona of Him was the way to go, rather than the galactic god-hero of future adventures. I didn't mind this version and he was a fun part of the film. I did miss the insane monologues about Destiny though.
April 3, 2024
Somewhat dated, but I'll always love Jim Starlin's incredibly creative early work featuring the messianically tortured Adam Warlock. Thanos is there too! So cosmic....
December 22, 2021
Warlock by Jim Starlin is not as good as Captain Marvel by Jim Starlin: The Complete Collection, but its still worth a read, if not for the art alone which is pretty awesome, some of the best Marvel art from the seventies, with a lot of psychedelic visuals, unfortunately the stories were not as good, a bit too whacky and repetitive for my taste, with a lot of exposition and over-the-top dialogue, which you can argue it is also part of the charm. Only recommended for fans of Adam Warlock and the Infinity saga.
March 18, 2023
3.5 stars. Pretty good stuff. I actually read the oversized, giant Gallery edition of this but since it’s not listed on here, I’m using this complete collection which has the same contents. We start off with Warlock learning of an evil entity in charge of the Universal Church of Truth which is going around the universe converting people with violence. He learns that the leader, the Magus, is the future version of himself and we learn of how he became this version. He is here now, from the future, to ensure Warlock continues the path to this outcome. Pretty solid story that also contains the first appearance of Gamora. Then we move to some early Thanos stories and see his early schemes of vast genocide trying to appease Death. Here he going around blowing up suns destroying solar systems and it’s up to the combined might of the Avengers, Adam Warlock and Captain Marvel ( Mar-Vell ) to stop him. This was my first foray into Jim Starlin stories and it was pretty fun and his art looked great in this big 13 inch tall book.
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April 16, 2017Weird, wordy, glorious. Dialogue that never met a polysyllable it didn't like. Mighty thews. Elric in Spaaaaaaaaaaace. "Perhaps, on reflection, we should not have named him Thanos." Time travel, pre-destination, Gamora.
Is this where Ed Brubaker got the "Happily Ever After in a closed sub-universal hallucination" ending for Sleeper? Or is Starlin cribbing that from some earlier ur-source?
Is this where Ed Brubaker got the "Happily Ever After in a closed sub-universal hallucination" ending for Sleeper? Or is Starlin cribbing that from some earlier ur-source?
August 11, 2018
It’s pretty cheesy, but I think I really enjoy the over-stuffed, bombastic, space opera-ness of it all.
January 23, 2016
Just terrific. The 70s were truly the wild west at Marvel with some artists chugging away making lowest common denominator pablum and another handful (Gerber, Starlin, Englehart, etc...) producing absurd, psychedelic masterpieces. This is one of those. Adam Warlock is a brooding, Hamlet-esque, golden skinned Demi-god. (You with me?) His morality is an existential burden that pulls him forward to fight massive religious cults, Thanos, himself (It's complicated.) and even Starlin's own editors (here portrayed as brainwashing clowns). Some writers never get comfortable in the larger than life, almost farcical, world of comics... Jim Starlin seems born for it. Never once do you wince as Warlock muses Shakespearean while hovering above an alien world... in tights. It's just what it is and it is so right. And Starlin as an artist... well, no one does Space in comics like he does. I mean that worlds swirl and churn, stars are alive, colors envelop you as a reader and rarely have I been more content to leave a full page illustration open and just breathe it in that with these stories.
The counter culture that 60s comics feigned, became reality at Marvel in the 70s. There may be no better example of it.
The counter culture that 60s comics feigned, became reality at Marvel in the 70s. There may be no better example of it.
March 24, 2014
FINAL:
I'm glad I got it for the Pip the Troll story, and the weird story with a villain that's a guy completely paralyzed and bedridden. Avengers vs Thanos might be a better value for most, because you get both the Captain Marvel vs Thanos arc and the Warlock vs Thanos arc (but not all the Warlock's). But this is the one I finally bought. I had bought Warlock 9-15 as a kid on the newsstand, and it kept the little tyke's attention just fine.
I like Jim Starlin as both a writer and an artist. Plus back then I feel there were less silent panels, and more panels period. The speech is admittedly purple. Caveat: this review might be filtered through my childhood haze.
It's cool having a hero with all kinds of neuroses.
I just wish these things were reprinted on yellow paper like the original.
My childhood memories give it 5 stars. Back off, suck fairy!
He was so emo. But I prefer the old feathered hair. You know they're only doing this because of Thanos in the next Avengers movie.
Warlock had a lot of soliloquies (Warlock 12 - A Trollish Tale)
I'm glad I got it for the Pip the Troll story, and the weird story with a villain that's a guy completely paralyzed and bedridden. Avengers vs Thanos might be a better value for most, because you get both the Captain Marvel vs Thanos arc and the Warlock vs Thanos arc (but not all the Warlock's). But this is the one I finally bought. I had bought Warlock 9-15 as a kid on the newsstand, and it kept the little tyke's attention just fine.
I like Jim Starlin as both a writer and an artist. Plus back then I feel there were less silent panels, and more panels period. The speech is admittedly purple. Caveat: this review might be filtered through my childhood haze.
It's cool having a hero with all kinds of neuroses.
I just wish these things were reprinted on yellow paper like the original.
My childhood memories give it 5 stars. Back off, suck fairy!
He was so emo. But I prefer the old feathered hair. You know they're only doing this because of Thanos in the next Avengers movie.
Warlock had a lot of soliloquies (Warlock 12 - A Trollish Tale)
May 20, 2021
A tormented, Moorcockian hero of cosmic scale . . .
At some point in the 80s, I had part of this print run from the 70s, found at a fleamarket. I never got to read the whole thing. Now, thanks to Comixology, I have - Adam Warlock is a cosmic-level character who has a lot in common with Michael Moorcock's Elric, but in comic-book trappings rather than sword-and-sorcery. With a empirically gem, a troll companion named Pip and a beautiful green assassin named Gamora, he's on a quest to face a villain, the Magus, who is none other than a twisted future version of himself!
At some point in the 80s, I had part of this print run from the 70s, found at a fleamarket. I never got to read the whole thing. Now, thanks to Comixology, I have - Adam Warlock is a cosmic-level character who has a lot in common with Michael Moorcock's Elric, but in comic-book trappings rather than sword-and-sorcery. With a empirically gem, a troll companion named Pip and a beautiful green assassin named Gamora, he's on a quest to face a villain, the Magus, who is none other than a twisted future version of himself!
January 12, 2019
As Pip the Troll just might say, “Holy Goosh, ain’t Jim Starlin’s work on Warlock and Strange Tales the grooviest greatest comics ever?!?”
And isn’t Warlock #10 the single best cosmic comic in the history of whenever and then some?
My 12-year-old self definitely would have said so, and 40-some years later now I think I’d still agree with that miserable kid growing up in Iowa City.
A present from Logan, Christmas 2018!
And isn’t Warlock #10 the single best cosmic comic in the history of whenever and then some?
My 12-year-old self definitely would have said so, and 40-some years later now I think I’d still agree with that miserable kid growing up in Iowa City.
A present from Logan, Christmas 2018!
December 11, 2015
One of my all time favorite stories. I remember buying a Warlock comic when I was a kid that reprinted three of the issues in this book. I must have read it a hundred times.
There's a lot of nostalgic value in these stories, but reading them again for the first time in years, I still think they're fantastic.
There's a lot of nostalgic value in these stories, but reading them again for the first time in years, I still think they're fantastic.
June 12, 2022
This is one of my favourite stories by one of my favourite writer/artists in a glorious gallery edition.
Gallery editions - in case you don't know - are roughly the same size as an Absolute edition (maybe they are Marvel's version of DC's absolute editions?) and not every story's art makes sense to blow up to this size but Starlin's level of detail and this cosmic story fit perfectly and even though I have it in comic book form I am so happy I got it in this edition.
My short review is - I love this self contained story for both the art, the ideas, the execution and the flawed hero of Adam Warlock. Jim Starlin had worked magic on taking Captain Marvel and making him more epic than previous writers did and here he takes a D list character of Him/Adam Warlock and gives him a unique and perfect story.
Starlin would also go on to do another run with his own creation Dreadstar which was even better but this story holds a special place in my heart because I read it in a time when story arcs like this were rarely being done and the creative ideas blew my mind (Adam having a conversation with his future self and then us seeing the conversation 15 issues later from his "future self's" POV was groundbreaking). It starts as a story of Adam going up against a galactic dictator called Magus and we get a twist in the first issue of who Magus is.
Now - no story is perfect and due to time constraints we get to my first nitpick. The identity of Magus is reveal too soon. We don't get any build up of the mystery. In fact - that is a general nitpick. While I feel like a hypocrite saying to "draw things out" - because I find modern stories (comic events especially) draw things out waaay too much some of the clever touches of this story lose their dramatic impact because Starlin was forced to rush his story.
The story eventually shifts to the first "Infinity Gauntlet" with Thanos collecting the 6 gems to have absolute power. In this collection he combines their powers into one big gem and it wasn't until later he thought to accessorize a glove with them in the Infinity Gauntlet mini-series.
So you get two amazing stories - Magus and Thanos in one nice collection.
We also get the first appearances of Pip the Troll (most won't know him but he showed up at the end of The Eternals movie) and Gamora (everyone knows her from the Guardians of the Galaxy movie).
Second nit pick - these two characters needed more time to interact with Adam. Pip is called his friend and Gamora is called his potential lover but both those titles are forced because Adam barely gets any time to interact with them. So again - due to a rushed story - the friendships between these three are not developed. Gamora's death is so rushed it happens off screen (and it is odd because we last see her being attacked by Drax but never see the conclusion to that battle).
The pencil art is all by Starlin and it is AMAZING. Third nit pick - when Starlin inks himself or is inked by Josef Rubinstein (for the two annuals at the end) his art is beyond gorgeous. When Steve Leialoha inks - it is down a few notches.
In the end I love this story, the art and this format. I have read it a few times and still love it but do recognize it isn't a perfect story (as I noted - pacing hurts a lot of the drama) however it is perfect for me.
Gallery editions - in case you don't know - are roughly the same size as an Absolute edition (maybe they are Marvel's version of DC's absolute editions?) and not every story's art makes sense to blow up to this size but Starlin's level of detail and this cosmic story fit perfectly and even though I have it in comic book form I am so happy I got it in this edition.
My short review is - I love this self contained story for both the art, the ideas, the execution and the flawed hero of Adam Warlock. Jim Starlin had worked magic on taking Captain Marvel and making him more epic than previous writers did and here he takes a D list character of Him/Adam Warlock and gives him a unique and perfect story.
Starlin would also go on to do another run with his own creation Dreadstar which was even better but this story holds a special place in my heart because I read it in a time when story arcs like this were rarely being done and the creative ideas blew my mind (Adam having a conversation with his future self and then us seeing the conversation 15 issues later from his "future self's" POV was groundbreaking). It starts as a story of Adam going up against a galactic dictator called Magus and we get a twist in the first issue of who Magus is.
Now - no story is perfect and due to time constraints we get to my first nitpick. The identity of Magus is reveal too soon. We don't get any build up of the mystery. In fact - that is a general nitpick. While I feel like a hypocrite saying to "draw things out" - because I find modern stories (comic events especially) draw things out waaay too much some of the clever touches of this story lose their dramatic impact because Starlin was forced to rush his story.
The story eventually shifts to the first "Infinity Gauntlet" with Thanos collecting the 6 gems to have absolute power. In this collection he combines their powers into one big gem and it wasn't until later he thought to accessorize a glove with them in the Infinity Gauntlet mini-series.
So you get two amazing stories - Magus and Thanos in one nice collection.
We also get the first appearances of Pip the Troll (most won't know him but he showed up at the end of The Eternals movie) and Gamora (everyone knows her from the Guardians of the Galaxy movie).
Second nit pick - these two characters needed more time to interact with Adam. Pip is called his friend and Gamora is called his potential lover but both those titles are forced because Adam barely gets any time to interact with them. So again - due to a rushed story - the friendships between these three are not developed. Gamora's death is so rushed it happens off screen (and it is odd because we last see her being attacked by Drax but never see the conclusion to that battle).
The pencil art is all by Starlin and it is AMAZING. Third nit pick - when Starlin inks himself or is inked by Josef Rubinstein (for the two annuals at the end) his art is beyond gorgeous. When Steve Leialoha inks - it is down a few notches.
In the end I love this story, the art and this format. I have read it a few times and still love it but do recognize it isn't a perfect story (as I noted - pacing hurts a lot of the drama) however it is perfect for me.
June 26, 2017
This volume basically is a sequel to the mythology that Jim Starlin started in Captain Marvel by Jim Starlin: The Complete Collection, where he introduced Thanos to the Marvel Universe. And in other sense it's a sequel to Marvel Masterworks: Warlock, Vol. 1 which was Warlock's introduction (by other creators). Jim Starlin does everything in the first 3 issues / chapters: the writing / pencilling / inking . His artwork is glorious and it really pops when you read this digitally on an iPad. I thought Starlin's artwork could not get any better by the end of Captain Marvel but here he takes it to another level entirely. After a brief recap to get readers acquainted with Warlock, the reader is introduced to the Universal Church of Truth which is out to punish a young rebel who is seeking Warlock's help. We get our first distorted view of the leader of this church, The Magus.
The 2nd Warlock story by Starlin, Death Ship in ST 179, may be my favorite issue of this run. The pencils and inks by Starlin are superb and in fine detail. From the cover you get the idea that Warlock is trapped with a bunch of crazy alien monsters. Incidentally, take a close look at the upper right hand corner of the cover. Warlock is captured and taken prisoner on this ship, which is manned by Captain Autolycus. He is sent to the brig but quickly learns these are not menacing aliens but persecuted beings who have been harmed by the Church.
Warlock's tale takes a wild twist into Michael Moorcock territory during his battle with Autolycus, who has gotten the better of him and about to deliver the final death blow. The gem upon Warlock's forehead - given to him by The High Evolutionary in Marvel Premiere 1, a strange undefined source of power - suddenly roars to life and steals the soul of Autolycus! The Captain's memories flood in Warlock and fill him with a sense of dread. For fans of Moorcock, they could see the similarities between the Soul Gem and the Stormbringer, Elric of Melnibone's sword who not only took souls but lusted after them. Re-reading this again, decades later, I paid close attention to Marvel Premiere 1 where the High Evolutionary gives Warlock the gem. It really seems to come out of left field. The HE has the gem and gives it to Warlock for an extra boost to his power set for the mission on Counter-Earth. No explanation is given as to how the HE came to possess this gem; HE doesn't make any claim to have manufactured it on his own.
I am not going to review the Warlock saga issue by issue - other people have done that better than me. How did it feel to be reading these tales, as a young person in the 1970s? It seemed revolutionary! In the Captain Marvel stories, Starlin had some interesting concepts, not necessarily about Thanos and Death, but rather about the nature of a warrior. In Warlock he seemed to be taking on several themes. The duality of man's own nature. The tyranny of a church. Order vs Chaos. The possibility that a tyrant such as the Magus was actually a Champion of Life. Did certain tyrants throughout our actual history move humans forward?
You can read my complete review on my website, illustrated with images, but I had just as much fun re-reading this digital collection as I did reading the original comics in the 1970s.
http://www.giantsizemarvel.com/2017/0...
The 2nd Warlock story by Starlin, Death Ship in ST 179, may be my favorite issue of this run. The pencils and inks by Starlin are superb and in fine detail. From the cover you get the idea that Warlock is trapped with a bunch of crazy alien monsters. Incidentally, take a close look at the upper right hand corner of the cover. Warlock is captured and taken prisoner on this ship, which is manned by Captain Autolycus. He is sent to the brig but quickly learns these are not menacing aliens but persecuted beings who have been harmed by the Church.
Warlock's tale takes a wild twist into Michael Moorcock territory during his battle with Autolycus, who has gotten the better of him and about to deliver the final death blow. The gem upon Warlock's forehead - given to him by The High Evolutionary in Marvel Premiere 1, a strange undefined source of power - suddenly roars to life and steals the soul of Autolycus! The Captain's memories flood in Warlock and fill him with a sense of dread. For fans of Moorcock, they could see the similarities between the Soul Gem and the Stormbringer, Elric of Melnibone's sword who not only took souls but lusted after them. Re-reading this again, decades later, I paid close attention to Marvel Premiere 1 where the High Evolutionary gives Warlock the gem. It really seems to come out of left field. The HE has the gem and gives it to Warlock for an extra boost to his power set for the mission on Counter-Earth. No explanation is given as to how the HE came to possess this gem; HE doesn't make any claim to have manufactured it on his own.
I am not going to review the Warlock saga issue by issue - other people have done that better than me. How did it feel to be reading these tales, as a young person in the 1970s? It seemed revolutionary! In the Captain Marvel stories, Starlin had some interesting concepts, not necessarily about Thanos and Death, but rather about the nature of a warrior. In Warlock he seemed to be taking on several themes. The duality of man's own nature. The tyranny of a church. Order vs Chaos. The possibility that a tyrant such as the Magus was actually a Champion of Life. Did certain tyrants throughout our actual history move humans forward?
You can read my complete review on my website, illustrated with images, but I had just as much fun re-reading this digital collection as I did reading the original comics in the 1970s.
http://www.giantsizemarvel.com/2017/0...
March 11, 2016
Pretty interesting book. It reads alot like a underground comic, but released by Marvel. You don't get the normal fight, fight, fight, that you get in a lot of superhero comics. Rather you have Warlock dealing with problems of mortality and struggling against a dark nature he can't control. There's also a lot of the cosmic aspect of Marvel being set up here. It seems like Jim Starlin had a huge influence on that part of the universe and you can see why. He definitely had some insanely great ideas.
The art work is also fantastic. Just as the writing seems more indie than mainstream, so does the art. The court room scene is one in particular where the art is just insane and great. And when two cosmic beings start going at it, oh boy is it awesome. Just crazy energy flying all over the place.
The big downside of this book is that it is VERY text heavy. And since it's a collection that took place across four different titles, you get alot of parts where they are summarizing what happen in another title. Of course you could just skip over or skim through those parts, so its not a big deal.
Definitely worth the read if you like Marvel Cosmic, or have an interest in 70's era marvel, where they were going through an underground phase.
The art work is also fantastic. Just as the writing seems more indie than mainstream, so does the art. The court room scene is one in particular where the art is just insane and great. And when two cosmic beings start going at it, oh boy is it awesome. Just crazy energy flying all over the place.
The big downside of this book is that it is VERY text heavy. And since it's a collection that took place across four different titles, you get alot of parts where they are summarizing what happen in another title. Of course you could just skip over or skim through those parts, so its not a big deal.
Definitely worth the read if you like Marvel Cosmic, or have an interest in 70's era marvel, where they were going through an underground phase.
January 27, 2020
Wow! Wow! Ok, calm down... I remember reading a few of these stories in the past, but now everything placed in one great fancy omnibus makes it a whole different thing. Starlin's prose and text are remarkable: picaresque sometimes, playful and dark and gloomy in many others.
While cosmic sagas plots tend to exaggerate sometimes in the poetic freedoms, at this time we can literately ignore the obvious intended ones (for example when Warlock realizes he has become as big as a solar system because he has traveled gazillions of light-years from earth thus experiencing atomic expansion) as mere fun ideas.
Starlin could do it. He is the man.
It was 1975. Yes, 1975, years before Alan Moore and one guy was giving nods to space opera master authors like Jack Vance and creating a whole universe of greedy alien beings not as much different from us nasty humans.
Wait, you get Thanos, Gamora, the Magus, Pip the Troll and a bunch of wonderful characters in the plot just as much layered as Warlock himself, an Elric like a tormented hero. I told you this was 1975 right? Wait, Starlin also is the artist of this spectacular space cosmic saga that can be read by old guys like me or 12 old kids after fantastic comics with the same intensity and enjoyment.
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While cosmic sagas plots tend to exaggerate sometimes in the poetic freedoms, at this time we can literately ignore the obvious intended ones (for example when Warlock realizes he has become as big as a solar system because he has traveled gazillions of light-years from earth thus experiencing atomic expansion) as mere fun ideas.
Starlin could do it. He is the man.
It was 1975. Yes, 1975, years before Alan Moore and one guy was giving nods to space opera master authors like Jack Vance and creating a whole universe of greedy alien beings not as much different from us nasty humans.
Wait, you get Thanos, Gamora, the Magus, Pip the Troll and a bunch of wonderful characters in the plot just as much layered as Warlock himself, an Elric like a tormented hero. I told you this was 1975 right? Wait, Starlin also is the artist of this spectacular space cosmic saga that can be read by old guys like me or 12 old kids after fantastic comics with the same intensity and enjoyment.
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November 29, 2018
Jim Starlin's massive silver age space opera is fascinating: bombastic, cheesy, and very much of its time, and yet Starlin manages to uncontinuously weave elements of it into later classic works and introduce characters vital to the larger Marvel universe. During the various Infinity crises of the 1980s and 1990s, Starlin will incorporate even some of the most silly elements and key Marvel antagonists like Magus (Warlock's shadow side) and Thanos are developed here. Very much of its era, but highly enjoyable.
July 30, 2024
I first learned about Adam Warlock through the Infinity Gauntlet series and Silver Surfer. I was always intrigued by him as a character but knew little about his back story. I saw this collection at my local library so just picked it up on a whim and I'm glad I did!
This was a psychedelic, introspective, existential journey! The bad guy was himself...in the future! He had to stop him...by killing himself...in the future! He then had to live with the fact that he knew he'd eventually show up and kill himself at some point in the future!
This dealt with what it means to have free will, to be a human, and what it takes to be a "good" person. Definitely not the road I expected to go down but much appreciated all the same!
This was a psychedelic, introspective, existential journey! The bad guy was himself...in the future! He had to stop him...by killing himself...in the future! He then had to live with the fact that he knew he'd eventually show up and kill himself at some point in the future!
This dealt with what it means to have free will, to be a human, and what it takes to be a "good" person. Definitely not the road I expected to go down but much appreciated all the same!
January 29, 2018
Adam Warlock has no personality. To make up for this his adventures include Pip the Troll a character with the worst personality. The stories are mostly written by LSD and Jungian psychology. Nearly every single issue includes a massive recap. It took me four full months to complete this collection. Whatever other people got from it, I did not. I wish my copy had been the only left in a cab instead of the missing issue ( which was also just aweful.)
May 6, 2020
Oh man, if you like that over-the-top stuff from Marvel, that weird cosmic shit, this is your jam. A guy is created on a planet for some reason, then has to fight himself FROM THE FUTURE who has purple skin and a purple afro. There's a weird virtual reality jail thing populated by clowns. I wish I was making some of this up.
December 14, 2022
First appearing as a character simply called Him (created by Jack Kirby & Stan Lee), Adam Warlock had a rough beginning (and that’s putting it mildly). His first appearances were as a trial guest-appearance of Him in Fantastic Four #66-67 (see The Mystery of the Black Panther) and then as an antagonist in Thor #165-166 (see Thor Epic Collection Vol. 4: To Wake the Mangog). Then character then got recreated and reimagined in Marvel Premiere #1-2 with a complete makeover by Roy Thomas & Gil Kane, and rechristened as Adam Warlock. He then got his own short lived solo-series, The Power of Warlock #1-8, before being abruptly and unceremoniously cancelled (sales must have been abysmal)(you can find these, published in black & white, in Essential Warlock, Vol. 1). About a year later, the embarrassing cliffhanger gets resolved in the pages of Incredible Hulk #176-178 (these 3-issues can also be found in Crisis on Counter-Earth). And that brings us up to this volume.
Created by Kirby & Lee and reinvented by Thomas & Kane, yes, Warlock has has had quite an array of comic book legends have their hands in on his genesis. But Jim Starlin would take the character to unimaginable heights. Beginning in the pages of Strange Tales #178-181, Starlin would reinvent the character from the ground up, and give the comics world yet another cosmic powerhouse without rival. But not only is Adam Warlock re-envisioned, the priceless artifact that the High Evolutionary gifted him is finally acknowledged and revealed: the Soul Gem (but even this isn’t really fully developed until the end of series). In any case there is groundwork for a truly Visionary take on the character and lots of elements that Starlin would use again and again in his own creator-owned work like Dreadstar Omnibus, Vol. 1(5/5).
Warlock #9-15 - Starlin finishes off the narrative arc he’d begin in the pages of Strange Tales and then moves into some new and interesting territory. Unfortunately, just as the Soul Gem mystery begins to come right to the forefront, the comic gets canceled right out from under him (5/5).
Avengers Annual #7 - An absolute masterwork that wraps up the Adam Warlock epic odyssey very well (5/5).
Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2 - The threat of Thanos is ended, at least for now, and the destiny that was presented for Adam Warlock is fulfilled. Another masterwork (5/5).
Starlin's take on the character is nothing short of inspired and brilliant, visionary. This volume is also a great primer for anyone interested in getting to know more about the Avengers' villain Thanos.
Created by Kirby & Lee and reinvented by Thomas & Kane, yes, Warlock has has had quite an array of comic book legends have their hands in on his genesis. But Jim Starlin would take the character to unimaginable heights. Beginning in the pages of Strange Tales #178-181, Starlin would reinvent the character from the ground up, and give the comics world yet another cosmic powerhouse without rival. But not only is Adam Warlock re-envisioned, the priceless artifact that the High Evolutionary gifted him is finally acknowledged and revealed: the Soul Gem (but even this isn’t really fully developed until the end of series). In any case there is groundwork for a truly Visionary take on the character and lots of elements that Starlin would use again and again in his own creator-owned work like Dreadstar Omnibus, Vol. 1(5/5).
Warlock #9-15 - Starlin finishes off the narrative arc he’d begin in the pages of Strange Tales and then moves into some new and interesting territory. Unfortunately, just as the Soul Gem mystery begins to come right to the forefront, the comic gets canceled right out from under him (5/5).
Avengers Annual #7 - An absolute masterwork that wraps up the Adam Warlock epic odyssey very well (5/5).
Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2 - The threat of Thanos is ended, at least for now, and the destiny that was presented for Adam Warlock is fulfilled. Another masterwork (5/5).
Starlin's take on the character is nothing short of inspired and brilliant, visionary. This volume is also a great primer for anyone interested in getting to know more about the Avengers' villain Thanos.
May 14, 2017
I have a great love for the Marvel Comics of the 80s and especially the 60s (I'm a certified Lee/Kirby/Ditko fanatic), and to a lesser extent the 70s. I'm comparatively lukewarm to that decade because many of what are now considered the leading lights of the era (Englehart and Gerber) have always left me cold. You can now add Starlin to that list as well. I was never big on the Infinity Gauntlet but I had always heard his run on Warlock spoken of in hushed tones of reverence. And maybe I would have felt the same if I'd first read it at a younger age. But now? No thanks.
There are some interesting ideas here (when Starlin's not being painfully preachy) but the execution is lacking. Things often feel muddled, awkward, anti-climactic (and cliched), overwrought, and self-contradictory (though the latter is probably an artifact of the editorial whims and the realities of serial publishing). And dear god is the comic relief painful. Starlin's art is also sketchy at best. He does some interesting things with layouts (which anticipate much of Frank Miller's late 70s/early 80s work), but his storytelling is often quite muddled and his figures are just awful; hilariously over-muscled (even by mainstream comic standards) and forever stuck in these ridiculous, clunky poses.
However, when Starlin is on, he at least moves things at a brisk pace and can keep things reasonably entertaining. Just try not to reflect on it at all.
There are some interesting ideas here (when Starlin's not being painfully preachy) but the execution is lacking. Things often feel muddled, awkward, anti-climactic (and cliched), overwrought, and self-contradictory (though the latter is probably an artifact of the editorial whims and the realities of serial publishing). And dear god is the comic relief painful. Starlin's art is also sketchy at best. He does some interesting things with layouts (which anticipate much of Frank Miller's late 70s/early 80s work), but his storytelling is often quite muddled and his figures are just awful; hilariously over-muscled (even by mainstream comic standards) and forever stuck in these ridiculous, clunky poses.
However, when Starlin is on, he at least moves things at a brisk pace and can keep things reasonably entertaining. Just try not to reflect on it at all.
July 6, 2015
What more can you say about this than what has already been said. One of Starlin's best space operas, the old narrative makes some of the stories a little tedious to read, but the story is superb, the characters are great and it's all worth it to se the clash between the Champion of Life and the Champion of Death.
May 3, 2017
With every book of his I read, Jim Starlin is becoming more and more my favorite comic book writer/artist. Warlock was even better than Captain Marvel. It's weirder, more epic, and more philosophical. The story with the Magus was amazing, and the confrontation with Thanos epic. I already can't wait to read the next book I plan to read by him--Silver Surfer: Rebirth of Thanos.
January 1, 2021
I read it back in the day.
I read it when I first got comics on Kindle.
I just re-read it for fun.
My opinion is it holds up much better than all the other bronze age stuff.
I read it when I first got comics on Kindle.
I just re-read it for fun.
My opinion is it holds up much better than all the other bronze age stuff.
April 19, 2021
Reprints Strange Tales (1) #178-181, Warlock (1) #9-15, Avengers (1) Annual #7, and Marvel Two-In-One (1) Annual #2 (February 1975-May 1977). Warlock is tripping space and exploring the depths of his Soul Gem. When he learns that a force called the Magus is taking over portions of space, he finds himself teamed with a mouthy troll named Pip, Warlock’s enemy Thanos, and the deadly Gamora on a quest to stop the Magus once and for all. Warlock is going to discover that killing the Magus will mean facing his own mortality…and those he considers allies in his fight could be the death of him.
Written and illustrated by Jim Starlin, Warlock by Jim Starlin: The Complete Collection is a Marvel Comics space-fantasy comic book collection. The issues in the volume have been collected multiple times including Essential Warlock, Avengers vs. Thanos, Guardians of the Galaxy Solo Classic Omnibus, Marvel Masterworks: Warlock—Volume 2, Gamora: Guardian of the Galaxy, The Thanos Wars: Infinity Origin, Drax: Guardian of the Galaxy, Thanos vs. Hulk, and Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude—Volume 1 among others.
I think my first encounter with Warlock was in Incredible Hulk (1) #158 (December 1972) where he had a small cameo, but then he took Marvel by storm in the 1990s with The Infinity Gauntlet. I wish that this collection had existed before The Infinity Gauntlet was released because in the “pre-internet” days, there a lot of “who are these people”.
While Warlock had been around for years (previously called Him), he never seemed to take off as the creators seemed to plan. He bounced around Fantastic Four and Thor before landing in his own book, but that book ended. Starlin relaunched Warlock in the issues of this volume and created some of the heady issues of the time. The issues in the collection demonstrate some of Marvel’s weirdest.
The story also served to introduce some major players. Thanos had some major battles with the Avengers and Captain Marvel, but really takes root here with his attempts to kill the world with the Infinity Stones. The story also introduces Gamora (who he raised) but demonstrated that Gamora had a slightly independent streak. Pip the Troll also comes to play in the volume and kind of serves as the jokes in a book that sometimes got too heavy but would sometimes turn oddly light (like in the clown issue).
The biggest thing that Starlin’s run on Warlock did was set-up Starlin’s 1990s fares with Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet by having the “deaths” of Warlock, Thanos, Gamora, and Pip. All the characters were resurrected for the big event. This collection also sets up the follow-up series Infinity War which featured the Magus (Warlock’s alternate timeline version) who became the villain of that series.
Starlin’s run on Warlock is fantastic and monumental. This is one of those “must have” collection if you are a Marvel fan and if you aren’t willing to either buy it or hunt down the issues, read them online because they are a treat. They demonstrate how much range Marvel had in the 1970s and how writers as artists sometimes can work to create great reads. The book does not read like a current book and sometimes stories that would be stretched out five or six issues now are compacted into two, so it is not always the easiest read. Warlock might be dead at the end, but he returned in Infinity Gauntlet in 1991.
Written and illustrated by Jim Starlin, Warlock by Jim Starlin: The Complete Collection is a Marvel Comics space-fantasy comic book collection. The issues in the volume have been collected multiple times including Essential Warlock, Avengers vs. Thanos, Guardians of the Galaxy Solo Classic Omnibus, Marvel Masterworks: Warlock—Volume 2, Gamora: Guardian of the Galaxy, The Thanos Wars: Infinity Origin, Drax: Guardian of the Galaxy, Thanos vs. Hulk, and Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude—Volume 1 among others.
I think my first encounter with Warlock was in Incredible Hulk (1) #158 (December 1972) where he had a small cameo, but then he took Marvel by storm in the 1990s with The Infinity Gauntlet. I wish that this collection had existed before The Infinity Gauntlet was released because in the “pre-internet” days, there a lot of “who are these people”.
While Warlock had been around for years (previously called Him), he never seemed to take off as the creators seemed to plan. He bounced around Fantastic Four and Thor before landing in his own book, but that book ended. Starlin relaunched Warlock in the issues of this volume and created some of the heady issues of the time. The issues in the collection demonstrate some of Marvel’s weirdest.
The story also served to introduce some major players. Thanos had some major battles with the Avengers and Captain Marvel, but really takes root here with his attempts to kill the world with the Infinity Stones. The story also introduces Gamora (who he raised) but demonstrated that Gamora had a slightly independent streak. Pip the Troll also comes to play in the volume and kind of serves as the jokes in a book that sometimes got too heavy but would sometimes turn oddly light (like in the clown issue).
The biggest thing that Starlin’s run on Warlock did was set-up Starlin’s 1990s fares with Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet by having the “deaths” of Warlock, Thanos, Gamora, and Pip. All the characters were resurrected for the big event. This collection also sets up the follow-up series Infinity War which featured the Magus (Warlock’s alternate timeline version) who became the villain of that series.
Starlin’s run on Warlock is fantastic and monumental. This is one of those “must have” collection if you are a Marvel fan and if you aren’t willing to either buy it or hunt down the issues, read them online because they are a treat. They demonstrate how much range Marvel had in the 1970s and how writers as artists sometimes can work to create great reads. The book does not read like a current book and sometimes stories that would be stretched out five or six issues now are compacted into two, so it is not always the easiest read. Warlock might be dead at the end, but he returned in Infinity Gauntlet in 1991.
July 7, 2020
Early to mid 70s Marvel was a strange place. The relative free reign given by editor-in-chief Roy Thomas meant that creators like Steve "Howard The Duck" Gerber and Jim Starlin could indulge in trippy flights of fancy that expanded the Marvel universe onto a surreal cosmic level. They ran with it while they could and created some of the most memorable comics ever published.
Starlin was one of the best, an all-rounder who wrote and drew his creations, and his run on Captain Marvel is legendary. But his strangest cosmic work is this collection, where he takes the character of Adam Warlock (created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane) and fashions a tortured, messianic figure, full of self doubt and righteous anger.
These collected comics (Strange Tales, Warlock's own comic, an Avengers annual and a Spider-Man/Thing team-up) tell the Starlin's complete Warlock saga, where he fights not only a future , evil version of himself, but also the mad Titan Thanos. Yes, Thanos. Starlin originated the character, along with that of Gamora, who also appears here, and the concept of the Infinity Stones. Much of the Marvel Cinematic Universe draws on these 1970s comics for plot and storylines. Such is the richness of these tales.
Warlock is perpetually beset by disaster and his tortured soul wanders the stars while lamenting his lot. It's not your average superhero fare! The writing and artwork are superb and the book is rounded out with scans of a "lost" issue of Warlock (left in the backseat of a New York cab!) and a brief biography of Starlin.
This really is one of the best. Excelsior!
Starlin was one of the best, an all-rounder who wrote and drew his creations, and his run on Captain Marvel is legendary. But his strangest cosmic work is this collection, where he takes the character of Adam Warlock (created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane) and fashions a tortured, messianic figure, full of self doubt and righteous anger.
These collected comics (Strange Tales, Warlock's own comic, an Avengers annual and a Spider-Man/Thing team-up) tell the Starlin's complete Warlock saga, where he fights not only a future , evil version of himself, but also the mad Titan Thanos. Yes, Thanos. Starlin originated the character, along with that of Gamora, who also appears here, and the concept of the Infinity Stones. Much of the Marvel Cinematic Universe draws on these 1970s comics for plot and storylines. Such is the richness of these tales.
Warlock is perpetually beset by disaster and his tortured soul wanders the stars while lamenting his lot. It's not your average superhero fare! The writing and artwork are superb and the book is rounded out with scans of a "lost" issue of Warlock (left in the backseat of a New York cab!) and a brief biography of Starlin.
This really is one of the best. Excelsior!
September 5, 2019
This volume contains issues 178-181 of Strange Tales, issues 9 -15 of Warlock, Avengers Annual #7, and Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2, and the rough pencils for a filler issue of Warlock that would've been issue 16.
Everyone says that Starlin was the king of the cosmic comic story. Part of that is because no one else really was telling similar stories. Certainly no one else was creating characters that were solely based on those story lines. Warlock, now given independent life when the soul gem is implanted on his forehead by the High Evolutionary, comes into conflict with first a future version of himself that has gone mad, the Magus, and founded a soul-crushing warlike church to worship himself, and then against Thanos, the Mad Titan who is on a war of extermination to win back his former lover, Death.
Starlin obviously had a plan for the character, but the series was cancelled before it came to fruition, so he quickly wrapped it up in the pages of the two annuals. Starlin is to fault with the series cancellation. The two issues following the Magus’s defeat was a terrible filler story where he goes up against a terrible villain with a terrible name, Star-Thief, whom he doesn’t even really defeat. Had he gone directly into the storyline we see in the two Annuals, I think the comic would’ve at least lasted another ten issues (remember the 70s were a volatile time for comics). On the other hand, I could be dead wrong. Ah well.
Everyone says that Starlin was the king of the cosmic comic story. Part of that is because no one else really was telling similar stories. Certainly no one else was creating characters that were solely based on those story lines. Warlock, now given independent life when the soul gem is implanted on his forehead by the High Evolutionary, comes into conflict with first a future version of himself that has gone mad, the Magus, and founded a soul-crushing warlike church to worship himself, and then against Thanos, the Mad Titan who is on a war of extermination to win back his former lover, Death.
Starlin obviously had a plan for the character, but the series was cancelled before it came to fruition, so he quickly wrapped it up in the pages of the two annuals. Starlin is to fault with the series cancellation. The two issues following the Magus’s defeat was a terrible filler story where he goes up against a terrible villain with a terrible name, Star-Thief, whom he doesn’t even really defeat. Had he gone directly into the storyline we see in the two Annuals, I think the comic would’ve at least lasted another ten issues (remember the 70s were a volatile time for comics). On the other hand, I could be dead wrong. Ah well.
January 10, 2025
Rileggere queste storie, oramai molto datate e male invecchiate, è stato strano.
Infatti, eccettuato il finale di questo volume, che ripresenta i due annual in cui Warlock e Thanos trapassano per la prima volta nell'universo Marvel, il resto delle storie è davvero troppo impregnato delle contestazioni e delle riflessioni filosofiche della prima metà degli anni '70.
Anni che negli USA sono stati pesantemente caratterizzati da contestazione giovanile, sconfitta in Vietnam, abuso di droghe, malessere sociale e depressione genrale del popolo americano.
Un poco come oggi, insomma, dopo il ritiro dall'Afghanistan, l'abuso di fentanyl, ed i problemi sociali e di polarizzazione marcata della società USA.
La prima metà abbondante del volume è invecchiata molto male: troppo verbosa, noiosa nella trama, noiosa nella caratterizzazione di Adam Warlock stesso. Pure il tratto di Starlin e la sua mania di riempire di vignette le tavole sono invecchiati male.
La seconda metà, con la storia da Marvel Team-Up disegnata da Byrne ed i due annual, rimangono invece delle buone storie ben scritte e ben disegnate.
Quindi il voto per questo volume per me è 3 stelle.
Ma se dovete rileggerlo, saltate subito alle ultime storie, risparmiatevi una sofferenza inutile.
Infatti, eccettuato il finale di questo volume, che ripresenta i due annual in cui Warlock e Thanos trapassano per la prima volta nell'universo Marvel, il resto delle storie è davvero troppo impregnato delle contestazioni e delle riflessioni filosofiche della prima metà degli anni '70.
Anni che negli USA sono stati pesantemente caratterizzati da contestazione giovanile, sconfitta in Vietnam, abuso di droghe, malessere sociale e depressione genrale del popolo americano.
Un poco come oggi, insomma, dopo il ritiro dall'Afghanistan, l'abuso di fentanyl, ed i problemi sociali e di polarizzazione marcata della società USA.
La prima metà abbondante del volume è invecchiata molto male: troppo verbosa, noiosa nella trama, noiosa nella caratterizzazione di Adam Warlock stesso. Pure il tratto di Starlin e la sua mania di riempire di vignette le tavole sono invecchiati male.
La seconda metà, con la storia da Marvel Team-Up disegnata da Byrne ed i due annual, rimangono invece delle buone storie ben scritte e ben disegnate.
Quindi il voto per questo volume per me è 3 stelle.
Ma se dovete rileggerlo, saltate subito alle ultime storie, risparmiatevi una sofferenza inutile.
February 17, 2019
So my kid felt likes all the marvel comic movies. We watch them endlessly. My favorites are the guardians of the galaxy, so I asked Glen about comics. Jeez, he got suuuuper excited. Dragged a bunch out of his comic closet, and presented me with this (actually read in comic form, not graphic novel or whatever).
This cosmic dude Adam warlock, hanging out with a troll named pip, thanos and gamora....
Not really what I read asking for, I was looking for star lord, rocket, groot....I got a glimpse of Drax lol.
But! I like old science fiction. I've been reading a lot of 70s science fiction magazines. This reminded me a lot of that, with some characters I knew and with pictures.
I liked the story, and Adam's journey, his battle with himself. The science gets a little wonky, but meh. I think I actually like thanos the best? And pip was fun, I'm glad to meet him. The last two comics featured the avengers, and that was fun too!
I've only just started, Glen has a whole box lined up for me. He promises guardians of the galaxy eventually lol.
This was a fun start, a bit of a space opera and I enjoyed it.
This cosmic dude Adam warlock, hanging out with a troll named pip, thanos and gamora....
Not really what I read asking for, I was looking for star lord, rocket, groot....I got a glimpse of Drax lol.
But! I like old science fiction. I've been reading a lot of 70s science fiction magazines. This reminded me a lot of that, with some characters I knew and with pictures.
I liked the story, and Adam's journey, his battle with himself. The science gets a little wonky, but meh. I think I actually like thanos the best? And pip was fun, I'm glad to meet him. The last two comics featured the avengers, and that was fun too!
I've only just started, Glen has a whole box lined up for me. He promises guardians of the galaxy eventually lol.
This was a fun start, a bit of a space opera and I enjoyed it.
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