James P. Starlin (born October 9, 1949) is an American comics artist and writer. Beginning his career in the early 1970s, he is best known for space opera stories, for revamping the Marvel Comics characters Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock, and for creating or co-creating the Marvel characters Thanos, Drax the Destroyer, Gamora, Nebula, and Shang-Chi, as well as writing the acclaimed miniseries The Infinity Gauntlet and its many sequels including The Infinity War and The Infinity Crusade, all detailing Thanos' pursuit of the Infinity Gems to court Mistress Death by annihilating half of all life in the cosmos, before coming into conflict with the Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic Four, the Elders of the Universe, joined by the Silver Surfer, Doctor Strange, Gamora, Nebula, and Drax.

Later, for DC Comics, he drew many of their iconic characters, including Darkseid and other characters from Jack Kirby's Fourth World, and wrote the seminal storyline A Death in the Family which featured the death of Jason Todd, the second Robin, during his run on Batman. For Epic Illustrated, he created his own character, Dreadstar.

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James P. Starlin（生于 1949 年 10 月 9 日）是美国漫画家和作家。他的职业生涯始于 1970 年代初，以太空歌剧故事、改造漫威漫画角色惊奇队长和亚当术士以及创造或共同创作漫威角色灭霸、毁灭者德拉克斯、卡魔拉、星云和尚气而闻名，以及撰写广受好评的迷你剧《无限手套》及其许多续集，包括《无限战争》和《无限十字军东征》， 所有这些都详细介绍了灭霸对无限宝石的追求，通过消灭宇宙中一半的生命来讨好死神大人，然后与复仇者联盟、X 战警、神奇四侠、宇宙长老发生冲突，银翼冲浪者、奇异博士、卡魔拉、星云和德拉克斯也加入了。

后来，在DC漫画中，他绘制了许多标志性角色，包括达克赛德和杰克·柯比（Jack Kirby）的《第四世界》中的其他角色，并撰写了开创性的故事情节《家庭之死》（A Death in the Family），其中讲述了第二个罗宾杰森·托德（Jason Todd）在蝙蝠侠奔跑期间的死亡。在《史诗画报》中，他创造了自己的角色 Dreadstar。