Marvel Universe: The End #1

Marvel Universe: The End #1

by Jim Starlin, Cory Petit (Letterer), Christie Scheele (Colorist)

When an ancient Pharaoh is granted godlike abilities, he sets out to conquer the universe! Can the heroes of the Marvel Universe stop him before it's too late?

Genres: Comics

35 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 12, 2003

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

[Doug Mason · Rating 3 out of 5]

Starts well , first story arc well done, though the happy ending (of a sort) is s little overdone.

Xmen arc is good but a bit bloated at 18 or was it 24 issues. shouldn't have taken more than 12 at mist.

Does no one at Marvel know how to edit a story anymore in both storytelling and art work?

there are good action sequences and bad in movies, choppy editing that barely shows the action and action sequences that flow; Expenables vs John Wick,

Both are over the top, but JW has flow and coordination. You see the whole of the fight and the nuance in each battle, rather than things just exploding.

Not enough flow in this story, feels like you are being hammered all thd way through.

The last section, mostly 1 issue tales, are there but accept for the awful Deadpool one are very memorable.

Usual waste of space cover gallery and some sample artwork to jack up the price.

[Gabrielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was uhhh different. I'm only reading this to get to the annihilation event.