While I think that Starlin’s artwork in the early period of Dreadstar is unparalleled, his work on The Death of Captain Marvel is still at the very peak of his contributions to the medium. “We die from bullets and bombs…not from something like cancer. And to undo that later would kind of cheapen the impact. It’s used in a fashion that it can strike at anyone, even superheroes. Having Captain Marvel die from a very real disease reinforces both not taking life for granted and the gravity of something like cancer. He wasn’t in battle with a nefarious enemy, mostly. I’m speculating here, but I think it may be because of how he died. Acting as an inspiration for other characters. Even in big events like The Infinity Gauntlet and the subsequent Adam Warlock and the Infinity Watch series, the characters around Captain Marvel came back, but Mar-Vell himself remained dead. The hero of the Kree/Skrull War wasn’t really a prominent part of our comics reading experience. It always kind of fascinated me that to much of my generation of comics readers, in the early days at least, Captain Marvel was gone before we even really got into reading comics. Marvel Graphic Novel #1 – The Death of Captain Marvel by Jim Starlin, Steve Oliff, and James Novak took the cosmic hero with the company’s namesake, had him narrate his autobiography, say a few goodbyes to his friends, and then sail on into that good night. “ I can’t punch, kick, or fly away to escape this cancer.
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