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‘Starlight’, written by Mark Millar, penciled and inked by Goran Parlov, and colored by Ive Svorcina is one of the best reads I have found in a long, long time.

I am as jaded as the next guy about Mark Millar, but he knocked it out of the park with this book. It did not read as formulaic as his usual work, and it was a genuinely well written, heart felt book. Goran Parlov and Ive Svorcina are an INCREDIBLE team.

The art reminded me of Moebius mixed with Al Williamson, colored by the same guy that colored Esad Ribic on Thor with Jason Aaron. This is a BEAUTIFUL book, through and through.

There is something really wonderful about a story that you can pick up, read, and then put back down - and that is all there is to it. There are no sequels, no tie-ins, and no prequels. “Starlight” was Millar, Parlov, and Svorcina doing their take on a Buck Rogers/Flash Gordon story, and it was an absolute joy to read.

Arthur Adams - Authority #27 unused cover Apollo (2001) Source

Art for published cover.

Arthur Adams and Tim Townsend - Authority #27 Apollo (2001) Source

Published cover. Colors by David Baron.

Civil War, Vol. 1 # 5 by Steve McNiven, with Inks by Dexter Vines, Colors by Morry Hollowell, and a Script by Mark Millar.

Ok, jihef03, so you bought the sales pitch on the definition of a summer blockbuster, and were disappointed in it?

Did we read the same book?

the Ultimates 2 # 13 Pages 15-16 (a Gatefold-Out spread across an 8-Page Splash!!) illustrated by Bryan Hitch, with inks by Paul Neary, Colors by Laura Martin, and a script from Mark Millar.

That’s a little easier to see.

RIP, Paul Neary.

the Ultimates 2 # 13 Pages 15-16 (a Gatefold-Out spread across an 8-Page Splash!!) illustrated by Bryan Hitch, with inks by Paul Neary, Colors by Laura Martin, and a script from Mark Millar.

That’s a little easier to see.

The Ultimates 2 #13 - Independence Day (May 16, 2007)

Written by: Mark Millar Penciler by: Bryan Hitch Inker by: Paul Neary Colorist by: Laura Martin Lettered by: Chris Eliopoulos Edited by: Ralph Macchio (editor) Published by: Marvel Comics

My favorite memory of this book is when i was a kid and opened this gorgeous 8-page fold-out, my mom almost went furious over thinking that i was staring at a bikini girl pin-up.

It was late. By like 4 months. Every issue was like that too. Very, very late. Supposed to be on the shelves in September, not in your hands until February. Late. I was in college.

Regular Marvel’s Avengers had sucked ass for a long minute. It was a quarter bin book. Ultimates was the fresh take that reminded everyone why the Avengers were supposed to be the premier super team in Marvel. Fuck the X-Men. The Avengers was supposed to be the A-Team. And Ultimates was late as fuck. Every issue. By the time Ultimates 2 wrapped, Bendis’s New Avengers had already started rocking and rolling. And make no mistake. The reason the Avengers are the premier team in Marvel is because of the Ultimates AND because of Bendis. But the Ultimates did it first. And then the movies came out and the first thing I thought was “wow, they basically copy and pasted the Ultimates with a bigger budget and less politics”.

The Ultimates was the best Avengers in-continuity comic book in decades. Avengers Forever is awesome. It’s all nostalgia and it was a miniseries. Ultimates was an ongoing title and it completely rewired how people think of the Avengers.

It was late. Every issue was late. Late because they couldn’t print that shit fast enough. It was late because Bryan Hitch brought the awesome every single issue.

And he’s awesome in person. Coolest, nicest guy in the world. Humble, will sign anything, talk to you for 40 minutes unless he’s gotta be at a booth for an event.

And Mark is famously fantastic. Drinks with fans at the after-con parties, etc. Wrote the whole Marvel Civil War event from a hospital bed because he has Crones Disease. Meet Bryan Hitch. Meet Mark Millar. Thank them for being two main creators responsible for the MCU.

The Magic Order 2 #6 (March 30, 2022)

Written by: Mark Millar Artist [pencils & inks] by: Stuart Immonen Colorist by: David Curiel Lettered by: Clem Robins Design & production by: Melina Mikulic Edited by: Frances Mullen and Sarah Unwin (editors) Published by: Image Comics

I know that was 1000 years ago, but i couldn’t tell if he wanted to cosplay as Magneto or MF Doom.

The answer to your question is “yes”.

Wolverine, Vol. 3 # 20, Page 24 by John Romita, Jr., with Inks by Klaus Janson, Colors by Paul Mounts, Letters by Rus Wooton, and a Script by Mark Millar.

“They REALIZED I was here to SAVE them.” by Dave Johnson, with Letters by Ken Lopez, Colors by Paul Mounts, and a Script by Mark Millar.

the Ultimates 2 # 13 Pages 15-16 (a Gatefold-Out spread across an 8-Page Splash!!) illustrated by Bryan Hitch, with inks by Paul Neary, Colors by Laura Martin, and a script from Mark Millar.

Wolverine by John Romita, Jr., with Colors by Richard Isanove.

And My Inked version, from December 21, 2016.

“Your country needs you.”, by Bryan Hitch and Mark Millar, with Inks by Paul Neary, Colors by Paul Mounts, and Letters by Chris Eliopoulos.