Mystery in Space TPB #2

Mystery in Space with Captain Comet #2

by Jim Starlin

Discover the origin of the new Captain Comet and find out how he is connected to his predecessor who was killed in the pages of the critically acclaimed series 52, while taking a spectacular tour of the outer reaches of space in the DC Universe. The secret of The Weird, one of DC's most offbeat heroes, will also be revealed while his connection to Captain Comet is uncovered. This volume also collects the classic story THE WEIRD, featuring art by horror comics legend Bernie Wrightson.

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Comic Book

Paperback

First published March 5, 2008

About the author

James 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.

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mystery in Space was one of the first great science fiction comics; among the writers and artists who worked on it in the early days were Fox, Hamilton, Binder, Infantino, Kane, Finlay and Frazetta. Adam Strange was the most popular character, but Captain Comet (an homage to Captain Future) began appearing infrequently in 1951. The Weird, the other main character in the current book, was a character created by Starlin himself in 1988 in a self-titled series. This second volume of the collected 2007 series collects the last three issues. It's a well written and nicely illustrated story, but unfortunately ends with no conclusion so one has to have both volumes to get a full story. All of the chapters in the first book are split between the two characters, Comet and then The Weird, though the setting is the same and they gradually begin to work towards convergence, which occurs in the nicely paced final issue of this second volume. I particularly enjoyed the astronomical and panoramic panels, which were a terrific reminder of the classic original stories. This second volume also includes the original 1988 mini-series that introduced The Weird, which was penciled by the wonderful Bernie Wrightson. It's a good story, too, though a bit dated; it features the offensive Green Lantern Guy Gardner at his worst as a member of the Justice League, with a token Black Canary there just to be cute.

[John Yelverton · Rating 1 out of 5]

Why does there have to be a new Captain Comet? Why can't you just leave well enough alone with all this "new" hero garbage and just let us enjoy the characters we already know and love, and just actually write a good story about them?

[Lavell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Artwork: Fantastic to ok story good to great. Let me explain the artwork for the first part was great the story was average. The second story which is The Weird was very good the artwork was average for Bernie Wrightson. I think Wrightson and I think great but it was just okay, but the story was good.

[Greg Trosclair · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the conclusion to the Mystery in Space mini series as well as the 4 issue The Weird mini series which introduced that character. I loved the end of the Mystery in space series and wish that had been collected as one volume. I find that The Weird series presented here is one on Jim Starlin and Bernie Wrightson's weakest efforts for the both of them ever.

[S. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Adequate

[Abram Stewart · Rating 4 out of 5]

Big fan of the Weird

[Guido · Rating 3 out of 5]

Segundo tomo de Mystery in Space con Captain Comic y The Weird.

[Amir Mishali · Rating 3 out of 5]

The conclusion to Mystery in Space was good.
The old Weird story not so much...

[Dony Grayman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tomo 2 de Mystery in Space, con el Captain Comet. Incluye además la miniserie de The Weird, que fue editada en un taco recopilatorio por Zinco mucho antes.