Almond's entry into the comic book industry came as a result of the efforts of fellow artists Bernie Wrightson and Jim Starlin.
The series was conceived as both a homage to and a revival of the Cosmic Superhero Epic as told by many great comic writers of the 1970s like Steve Engelhart, Jim Starlin and Jack Kirby.
It is also the title of the DC Comics six-issue limited series Hardcore Station (July-December 1998) in which the concept was first introduced, created by writer Jim Starlin.
The character first appeared in Warlock #10 (Dec. 1974) and was created by Jim Starlin.
Among his extensive inking credits (which include more than 2,500 comic books), were work with Michael Golden on Micronauts, Jim Starlin's Warlock and Aquaman with Don Newton.
Pip the Troll was introduced by Jim Starlin in Strange Tales vol 2 #179 (Feb 1975) to be a comic foil to the story's main protagonist, Adam Warlock.
In the Spaceknights limited series (2000, by Jim Starlin and Chris Batista) we see that Rom and Brandy have two sons, Balin and Tristan, who have become part of a new generation of Spaceknights.
Jim Starlin wrote an eight-issue limited series called Strange Adventures which focused on Adam Strange, Bizarro and Captain Comet, which started in May 2009.
After 26 issues, creator Jim Starlin decided to take the series to a new publisher out of dissatisfaction with Marvel's royalty reporting and promotion.
Other cover artists include established comics illustrators Bob Layton, Gene Colan, Bart Sears, Jim Starlin, Billy Tucci, Jorge Palacios and Keron Grant.
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The New Gods and their concepts have at times played a central role in the DC Universe, in series such as Jim Starlin's Cosmic Odyssey.
Roy Thomas was the editor and primary writer for the series' first few years (until issue 60), which featured art by such notable illustrators as Neal Adams, Dick Giordano, Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Alfredo Alcala, Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom, Pablo Marcos, and Walter Simonson.