Jim Starlin reflects on Thanos and the future of the Marvel Cinematic UniverseStarlin offered a window on the history of the Marvel Comics universe — and also a window into the Marvel Studios adaptation process, which he brushed against during the Actually, there were a couple of things that they did that I thought were a really great ideas that I wish I had done in the comics, such as him taking off the armor when he gets a couple of the Gems —My one gripe, and it’s a minor gripe, is I miss his yellow eyes that turned red when he got angry, but I see why they did it; it gives [Thanos’ actor Josh] Brolin a better chance to emote with the pupils and all that. The original Nevertheless, Starlin says he’s satisfied with the version of the character put on screen by Brolin and the Russos.“I came into this not expecting a carbon copy of what I had put onto the page,” Starlin says. And I think Josh Brolin, [writers Stephen McFeely, Christopher Marcus,] and the Russos did a great job on putting his little story together. While Starlin said he always had grand plans for Thanos, Marvel’s ultimate villain started out as a bit player in the pages of Iron Man #55.
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“Any author who does is obviously being foolish. You have to come into the game realizing that there are going to be changes.His movie motivation is actually right out of the comics, in issue 34 of Marvel plays these things very close to the vest and they have announced some other movies that are coming up in the next Phase, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t more coming. By Anthony Breznican I tend to go towards ‘does exist,’ but it’s not a visual object. It’s not unusual for directors Joe and … Having worked in other enterprises, like publishing, where there was a lot of back-biting, all I heard when I was down there was how everybody was working together to make the best movie they could.”Most of Thanos’ early appearances came during Starlin’s runs on outside-the-box comics like “It’s more of a full circle than you realize,” Starlin says. By Jessica Derschowitz Like all of them, the soul is key to existence, and it’s there, but it’s like reality in that it’s very hard to point at what it should look like, but you know it when you see it.”For those interested in a taste of Starlin’s Thanos comics, he personally recommends the two-issue He’s also currently in the process of wrapping up a trilogy of Thanos graphic novels that will constitute his last work with Marvel Comics. Meredith has affiliate partnerships.
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