November, 25, 2003, Runnemede, NJ -- Dynamic Forces proudly presents, for the first time anywhere, the epic Jim Starlin Dreadstar series in a full-color deluxe hardcover collection!

Dynamic Forces has arranged with Jim Starlin to collect the first 12 issues of
the groundbreaking series that was originally published by Epic in 1982. This classic series not only helped to launch the original Marvel Epic imprint, but was the first creator-owned property from Marvel. The series was so popular at the time, that Marvel also republished these stories to the newsstand market under the title Dreadstar & Company in 1985, a first at the time!

Dreadstar features the adventures of Vanth Dreadstar and his crew. The series began in Epic Illustrated as “Metamorphasis Odyssey,” continued at Eclipse with the “The Price” one shot, started under its own title with the Marvel Graphic Novel, and then came out as a monthly series under the Epic banner.

The premise of Starlin's series was that of Vanth Dreadstar, the last survivor of the destroyed Milky Way galaxy, as he found himself transported to the Empirical Galaxy, where he was recruited by the sorcerer Syzygy Darklock to help bring an end to a two-hundred-year-old war between the corrupt Monarchy and the fanatical Instrumentality.

• DREADSTAR DEFINITIVE HARDCOVER COLLECTION!
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Jim Starlin’s classic Dreadstar is finally collected in Hardcover format! Over 20 years in the making and close to 400 pages of story, art and more! This beautiful Hardcover Edition is available exclusively through the comic and specialty market!

For the first time ever, the first and complete arc (made up of the first 12 issues) from Starlin’s epic saga is collected in one place! The pages in this new edition have been produced by digitally scanning from the original film, and new dust-jacket art created by Starlin exclusively for this Definitive Hardcover Edition! Also featuring the original covers and character art! Plus, each hardcover edition will be personally signed by Jim Starlin on a special tip-in sheet! Also features an introduction by Walter Simonson!

$69.99 Suggested Retail Price
LIMITED TO INITIAL ORDERS

THIS IS AN ADVANCE SOLICITED ITEM SHIPPING IN APRIL!

"I can't tell you how happy I am to see this series get republished," says
Jim Starlin, creator, writer and artist of the Dreadstar series. "Thanks to modern technology, a new generation will get the chance to go soaring with Mr. D."

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Born James P Starlin, on October 9th, 1949 in Detroit Michigan, Jim was educated in a Parochial (Catholic) grade school and public high school. He served in the U.S. Navy, 1968-71, as a photographer’s mate and then started at Marvel Comics in 1972, and has been working on and off with comics ever since. His credits include Amazing Spiderman, Avengers, Batman, Batman: The Cult, Batman Family, 'Breed, Brute, Captain Marvel, Cosmic Odyssey, Creepy, Daredevil, Daredevil/Black Widow: Abattoir, Darklon The Mystic, DC Comics Presents, Death of Captain Marvel, Detective, Doctor Strange, Dreadstar, Eerie, Epic Illustrated, Fear, Fighting American, Gilgamesh II, Hardcore Station, Heavy Metal, Heroes Against Hunger, Heroes for Hope, Hellboy's Weird Tales, House of Secrets, Incredible Hulk, Infinity Abyss, Infinity Crusade, Infinity Gauntlet, Infinity War, Iron Man, Legion of Superheroes, Marvel Spotlight, Marvel Team-Up, Marvel Two-in-One, Master of Kung Fu, Omac, The Price, Punisher, Rampaging Hulk, Silver Surfer, Silver Surfer/Warlock: Resurrection, Spaceknights, Special Marvel Edition, Star*Reach, Strange Tales, Supreme, Sword of Sorcery, Thanos Quest, Thor, Unity 2000, Warlock, Warlock and the Infinity Watch, Warlord, The Weird, and Wyrd: The Reluctant Warrior and most recently Marvel: The End and the Thanos series for Marvel and "Luna Moth" in Michael Chabon Presents . . . The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist. Jim also co-wrote four novels with Diana Graziunas: Among Madmen, Lady El, Pawns (serialized in Dreadstar) and Thinning the Predators (released in paperback as Predators). He remains a co-founder of Electric Prism, a software design, new media company in Woodstock, NY.

Dynamic Forces is the comic book and collectible industry's top producer of limited edition comic books, lithographs, and more. A licensee of DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Top Cow Productions, Universal Studios, Revolution Studios' Hellboy, MGM's Army of Darkness, Pressman Films' The Crow, Sony Pictures' Underworld, T2, Hasbro's G.I.Joe, Sandy Frank Productions' Battle of the Planets (G-Force), Jim Starlin's Dreadstar, Howard Chaykin's American Flagg!, Frank Miller's Sin City, and many other industry giants, DF continues to set the pace in the comic collector and comic memorabilia markets. Recent product line expansions includes: action figures, vinyl and poly resin statues, lunchboxes, trading cards, lithographs, giclees, apparel and much more!