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Starslayer Kindle & comiXology

by Mike Grell (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 36 ratings
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A Celtic warrior from the days of the Roman Empire is transported into the distant future by his wife's descendant and compelled to join the crew of the spaceship Jolly Roger in their resistance to totalitarian rule on Earth. A wildly popular classic comic appears for the first time in a collection of the "Director's Cut" of the series, originally published by Windjammer at Valiant, but also including a wealth of extras including sketches and commentary from legendary comic creator Mike Grell.

This is the first time Starslayer:Director's Cut has been collected in one volume!

Includes a wealth of extras such as sketches and commentary from creator, Mike Grell.

Featuring an all-new cover by Grell!
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    Starslayer
  2. Print length
    240 pages
  3. Language
    English
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    Dark Horse Books
  6. Publication date
    June 13, 2017
  7. File size
    1004291 KB
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About the Author

Mike Grell is an American comic book writer and artist, known for his work on books such as Green Lantern/Green Arrow, The Warlord, and Jon Sable Freelance.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B071D4125R
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dark Horse Books (June 13, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 13, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1004291 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Not enabled
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
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    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 36 ratings

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William R. Mahoney
5.0 out of 5 stars Grell!
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2023
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Long time fan of Mike Grell’s work and it’s cool to have this lesser known work of his collected in one affordable edition.
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David D.
5.0 out of 5 stars Love Mike Grell
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2023
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Fun
Mike Grell is one of the best artists and writers ever. His work on this and other books is truly legendary.
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O. Sloan
2.0 out of 5 stars A disappointing collection .
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2021
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I'm going to keep it simple. Fan favorite Mike Grell created an fantastic character / series in 1983 -Torin Mac Quillam , STARSLAYER. A mix of historical action-adventure that becomes an dystopian , star spanning story . The problem here isn't the story but this collection. I owned the original comics published by Pacific Comics in the 80's being a fan of Grell's artwork , I don't recall it being this muddled , sketchy, faded & dark. Not sure if it's how the original was copied to manufacture this book or simply my memory of the comic is bad. It was great to reread a story I loved but the artwork made this so less a joy. As far as an"Director's Cut" goes it's weak there's things I recall that aren't here and the "extras" 7 sketches (BEAUTIFUL ) and an artist profile / photo that do little to justify the cost of this. The sketches illustrate Grell's work as it should appear clean, crisp lines-tight images-highly detailed. If Darkhorse wants to sell reprints try should try to put out better quality reproductions . And lets have more than the first 8 issues and real extras.Otherwise save your money unless you're a collector .
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stflacassier
3.0 out of 5 stars Great Story, Awful Reprint
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2017
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This is just fun. Space adventure with a guy in a chain mail loin cloth using a sword to fight aliens. Escapist adventure that's not heavy yet not dumb. Only problem is, this is the worst reprinting I've seen in a long time. The book end first and last issues are OK, but the rest look like the pages were soaked in water then inked with a Sharpie. So muddy, ruins the art page after page. Did they just scan pages from printed copies of the original comics? It's worse on the smaller panels where details are completely lost. Almost an insult to Grell. The original fun and excitement still shine through, some, but this is a muddy mess.
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John
5.0 out of 5 stars Mike Grell is a legend in comics. This book proces it.
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2017
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Mike Grell....where to begin???? I was a little familiar with his Legion of Super-heroes work, and I heard of Warlord, but I was hooked by his work on Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters. Wow...Mr. Grell is just awesome. No other way to put it. This book showed up in my Amazon recommendations, and I saw that it was one of his earlier independent comics works, so I preordered it. This book was way ahead of its time. Very interesting characters. Bad ass warriors, sexy women, outer space, barbarians... Go buy this book. I hope the rest of the series gets collected.
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Charles D. Gilliland
4.0 out of 5 stars Not what I had remembered.
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2017
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I remember first stumbling upon this comic during its initial printing by PC Comics, and I really liked the character and ship designs, as well as the storyline. So, this collection was a long time coming for this fan of that initial run.

When I got it, what struck me was just how muddy the reproduction was, it in no wise resembled what I remembered. So, I went and dug up my copies of the initial PC run. What I noted was that there was a change of colorist between the two editions. In the PC run, Steve Oliff employed a more muted palate which far better served Mike Grell's artwork, allowing the reader to pick out the fine details. While In the reprint a far more vibrant palate was used which overwhelmed the line work leaving a rather muddy result.

(sigh)

Needless to state, I was disappointed with this result.

Now, to the collection's credit is that it does include a prolog (breakouts by Mike Grell, but finished by other artists) and an epilog (not illustrated by Mike Grell), which were not part of the original run, as well as prints from the portfolio Mike Grell had assembled for Starslayer, the Journals of the Jolly Roger. I just wish that Steve Oliff had colored the entire run, and that Mike Grell had fully illustrated the prolog and epilog, just to make it complete work.

Still, given that I had been waiting for years for a Starslayer collection, this is will have to do.
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KJ Cartmell
5.0 out of 5 stars A fun sci-fi adventure
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2018
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I love having these comics back in my life again. I used to have most of these comics when I was a kid. Mike Grell is one of my favorite illustrators, and he tells a great story, too. This book tells the full story of the Starslayer. This is a must have for fans of 80's comics, fans of sci-fi adventure, and fans of Grell's beautiful artwork.
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rocketpuppy2
5.0 out of 5 stars Love his story telling and his art
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2017
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Big Mike Grell fan. Love his story telling and his art.
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Andrew Buckle
3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 7, 2020
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The art / reproduction in this is a mess - I agree with many of the comments about that. For me, it is worse than that because I was expecting the Starslayer Pacific Comics / First Comics issues to be collected i.e Starslayer 1-8 Director's cut does not match the Starslayer 1-8 that I have. It looks as if there was another series based on the original but a 'director's cut'. Loved the artwork in the original series, certainly not in this new variation of it.

I would love to see a proper collection of this series of Starslayer (PC / First) - an omnibus edition of that would be amazing. This sadly is not that even though it is released by the normally superb Dark Horse
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Big-red-cheese
2.0 out of 5 stars Völlig indiskutabler Nachdruck!
Reviewed in Germany on March 2, 2020
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Mike Grell hatte hier ein optisches Meisterwerk geschaffen! Das wäre der Band sicher auch, wenn beim Druck nicht so geschlampt worden wäre! Durch die Neukolorierung sind kaum noch die Zeichnungen erkennbar. Das Lettering ist äußerst schlecht reproduziert; In manchen Bildern muss man raten, was dort geschrieben wurde, weil ganze Buchstaben einfach fehlen. Mit den heutigen Druck- und Kolorierungsmöglichkeiten wäre viel mehr möglich gewesen. Mein Tipp an den Verlag wäre, dass er noch mal etwas Geld in das Projekt reinsteckt, um das Optimum aus der Serie rauszuholen. Die Story ist in den fast 40 Jahren seit Erscheinen fantastisch gealtert und das sollte für die Nachwelt erhalten bleiben. Diese Version ist allerdings in der vorliegenden Fassung kaum zu ertragen !
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