I have no book shelf space large enough for this. All stories from Strange Tales 178 to the finale with Spiderman, The Avengers and Captain Mar-Vell are included.
It's a hard back and very nicely put together.
Even supplying some sketches at the back of the book too. Jim Starlin himself would have drawn these on paper twice the size of this so it gives an insight into how he saw the pages during concept stages. Many reviewers are seeing the larger artwork as an issue but personally I really like it. I still have the run of Warlock/Magus/Thanos comic books from back then AND I have the paperback version but I gave in and got this one as well. It was the most precise piece of comic book art I had ever seen (and I read a lot of comic books). In 1975 when I was 14 I bought Strange Tales 178 because of the cover art. While not every classic comic series requires such treatment, this one benefits from it.Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 24 February 2023 They also gain in energy & appreciation of overall page design in this format. The oversized pages reveal little details that I hadn't caught when reading the original comics decades ago. Let them discover Starlin's original work without spoilers.Īrtwise, this gallery edition is a delight.
That's because many will be coming to WARLOCK retroactively, due to Starlin's creations & concepts being used in recent Marvel movies. You'll notice that I'm not giving too many specifics about the plot. But there's a certain intensity here, perhaps from this being his first chance to really dig into those themes. He would return to the themes first explored in depth here in later work such as DREADSTAR. Interestingly, for all of the cosmic aspects of the story, which unfold with dazzling speed through Starlin's art & narrative, this is very much a character study & is deeply personal-not just for Warlock, but also for Starlin. Accompanied by Pip the Troll, who provides comic relief but also much more than that, he sets himself against an empire that rules hundreds of worlds. That story? Adam Warlock, the messiah wandering space in search of purpose, finds one in the quest to overthrow the Universal Church of Truth, led by the Magus-who is Warlock himself, or at least his own dark Shadow. Adapting a secondary character whose potential had never been realized, Starlin gave readers a different sort of cosmic epic, one that was as much about inner space as outer space, exploring psychology & religion & archetypal figures while still providing an entertaining, thrilling story. While Jim Starlin had already honed his skills at the cosmic epic in the pages of CAPTAIN MARVEL, a series he essentially saved from the grave of cancellation, it's WARLOCK that takes his personal focus & talent to a new level.
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