COMIC ARTIST

Jim Starlin

1949 - Today

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James P. Starlin (born October 9, 1949) is an American comics artist and writer. Beginning his career in the early 1970s, he is best known for space opera stories, for revamping the Marvel Comics characters Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock, and for creating or co-creating the Marvel characters Thanos, Drax the Destroyer, Gamora, Nebula, and Shang-Chi, as well as writing the acclaimed miniseries The Infinity Gauntlet and its many sequels including The Infinity War and The Infinity Crusade, all detailing Thanos' pursuit of the Infinity Gems to court Mistress Death by annihilating half of all life in the cosmos, before coming into conflict with the Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic Four, and the Elders of the Universe, joined by the Silver Surfer, Doctor Strange, Gamora, Nebula, and Drax. Later, for DC Comics, he drew many of their iconic characters, including Darkseid and other characters from Jack Kirby's Fourth World, and wrote the seminal storyline A Death in the Family which featured the death of Jason Todd, the second Robin, during his run on Batman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Starlin has received more than 970,593 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Starlin is the 165th most popular comic artist, the 10,601st most popular biography from United States and the 38th most popular American Comic Artist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 970k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Jim Starlin ranks 165 out of 226. Before him are Eduardo Risso, Yuu Watase, Makoto Yukimura, Moyoco Anno, David Beauchard, and Len Wein. After him are Oh! great, Marv Wolfman, Alison Bechdel, Hiroyuki Takei, John Byrne, and Harvey Pekar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Jim Starlin ranks 629. Before him are Peter Kern, Brian Kidd, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Anne-Marie Lizin, Gregory Areshian, and Anna-Maria Müller. After him are Zbigniew Wassermann, Roy Bittan, Nick Lowe, Scott Asheton, Julio Cardeñosa, and Owen Arthur.

Others Born in 1949

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Starlin ranks 10,601 out of 20,380. Before him are Joseph Stadler (1880), Barrie M. Osborne (1944), George Saunders (1958), Bob Skelton (1903), Donald Piper (1911), and Thora Birch (1982). After him are Gladys Brockwell (1893), David McCullough (1933), Maxine Kumin (1925), Harold J. Stone (1913), Dawn Wells (1938), and Roy Bittan (1949).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Jim Starlin ranks 38. Before him are Mike Mignola (1960), George Herriman (1880), Mort Walker (1923), Neal Adams (1941), Harvey Kurtzman (1924), and Len Wein (1948). After him are Marv Wolfman (1946), Alison Bechdel (1960), Harvey Pekar (1939), Bill Watterson (1958), Scott Adams (1957), and Peter Laird (1954).

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