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Starborn #3
Starborn Vol. 3
International superstar creator Stan Lee and bestselling author Chris Roberson bring you the story of a man not of this world!
Starborn sees Stan Lee join forces with New York Times bestselling writer Chris Roberson ( Superman, iZombie, From Fabletown with Love ) and world class artists Khary Randolph ( Spider-Man, Teen Titans Go! ) and Matteo Scalera ( Deadpool ) to present Volume 3 of the graphic novel series that is truly not of this world. A perfect jumping-on point for new readers, this collection sees Benjamin Warner fight to accept his unforgivable past as he takes up the unbelievable mantle of Starborn. With new menacing villains and other familiar superheroes, this graphic novel volume continues to be the most scintillating sci-fi superhero epic on the shelves.
Starborn sees Stan Lee join forces with New York Times bestselling writer Chris Roberson ( Superman, iZombie, From Fabletown with Love ) and world class artists Khary Randolph ( Spider-Man, Teen Titans Go! ) and Matteo Scalera ( Deadpool ) to present Volume 3 of the graphic novel series that is truly not of this world. A perfect jumping-on point for new readers, this collection sees Benjamin Warner fight to accept his unforgivable past as he takes up the unbelievable mantle of Starborn. With new menacing villains and other familiar superheroes, this graphic novel volume continues to be the most scintillating sci-fi superhero epic on the shelves.
- GenresComicsGraphic Novels
128 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2012
24 people want to read
About the author
Stan Lee
7,565 books2,336 followersStan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) was an American writer, editor, creator of comic book superheroes, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.
With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
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December 30, 2021
Why did I waste my time with this garbage?
Well, sometimes you set a reading goal for yourself and then realize that you spent all of your time reading books that are 1,000+ pages long. Falling farther and farther behind you get desperate, you start looking though all of the books you have lying around the house. Nuzzled within a pile of comic books you notice the familiar name Stan Lee and think "Wow I recognize that name!" But the sad truth is the comic book is called Starborn.
A generic title for a generic story, and you still read it so you can actually reach your goal of reading 50 books for the year.
Go read Spiderman or something.
Well, sometimes you set a reading goal for yourself and then realize that you spent all of your time reading books that are 1,000+ pages long. Falling farther and farther behind you get desperate, you start looking though all of the books you have lying around the house. Nuzzled within a pile of comic books you notice the familiar name Stan Lee and think "Wow I recognize that name!" But the sad truth is the comic book is called Starborn.
A generic title for a generic story, and you still read it so you can actually reach your goal of reading 50 books for the year.
Go read Spiderman or something.
July 4, 2012
Much more like the first volume writer Chris Roberson takes Stan Lee's ideas and goes back to hitting my fanboy space opera buttons. Ben has made his way to Earth to find Talon's relative, the one man who Ben thinks might be able to bridge the gap between the four alien races that overthrew his villainous father's empire and keep the Earth from being destroyed. When that fails Ben does what no one expects. He decides to tap into his family's most powerful weapon, the hand of glory, and use it in a manner that it hasn't been used for centuries.
Ben is an idealist. Nothing wrong with that. He is what we rarely get in most forms of storytelling entertainment nowadays. A hero. The four alien races are a little better defined here, and the ending promises more stories to come (but there won't be, the title has been dropped by its publisher).
For fans of Marvel's Nova stories (excluding Erik Larsen's run) and the better space going tales of DC Comics Green Lantern.
Ben is an idealist. Nothing wrong with that. He is what we rarely get in most forms of storytelling entertainment nowadays. A hero. The four alien races are a little better defined here, and the ending promises more stories to come (but there won't be, the title has been dropped by its publisher).
For fans of Marvel's Nova stories (excluding Erik Larsen's run) and the better space going tales of DC Comics Green Lantern.
March 15, 2014
The series as a whole:
The good:
Fun artwork with *fantastic* coloring, simple and accessible, doesn't bother with the dark-'n'-gritty (always a refreshing change of pace) and successfully avoids getting stuck in "For kids!" mode, a light sprinkling of metafictional elements for flavor.
The bad:
Clichés leading to extreme predictability, boring stock characters, and a resolution that I found too optimistic and too simplistic — even in context — in its depiction of human psychology.
The conclusion:
Does the trick for something light and fun and full of pretty colors. Nothing new here. Nothing challenging. Just fluffy space opera. It had more potential than that.
The good:
Fun artwork with *fantastic* coloring, simple and accessible, doesn't bother with the dark-'n'-gritty (always a refreshing change of pace) and successfully avoids getting stuck in "For kids!" mode, a light sprinkling of metafictional elements for flavor.
The bad:
Clichés leading to extreme predictability, boring stock characters, and a resolution that I found too optimistic and too simplistic — even in context — in its depiction of human psychology.
The conclusion:
Does the trick for something light and fun and full of pretty colors. Nothing new here. Nothing challenging. Just fluffy space opera. It had more potential than that.
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