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Starlight / created by Mark Millar and Goran Parlov.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: StarlightPublication details: Berkeley, CA : Image Comics, Inc., 2014.Description: volume : chiefly col. ill.; 26 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1632150174
  • 9781632150172 (v. 1)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
v. 1. The return of Duke McQueen
Summary: "Forty years ago, Duke McQueen was a space hero who rescued a world from tyranny. But then he came home, got married, had kids and grew into an old man with nothing but his memories...until one night when an old, sparkly rocket ship descended from the heavens and called him back for one final adventure"-- P.[4] of cover.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Graphic Novel Millar Mark Available 33111007725233
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"I feel like this is a love letter of sortsfrom Millar to all those classic pulp stories. I'm glad he shared it with all ofus." -- Kirkus

"It'ssentimental and honest, romantic and sincere, completely unabashed in itsnostalgic reverence for old fashioned pulp. In doing something different, Millarhas created one of his best books yet." - IGN

"...the book is on itsway to being an inter-stellar hit and I'm definitely strapping up for theride." - BleedingCool

Forty years ago, Duke McQueensaved an alien world from destruction. Back on earth, nobody believed his story.Now his kids are grown, his wife has passed on, and life has little to offer.Until the day a strange boy from the world he once saved makes an appearance,coaxing Duke to join him on one last adventure. Can Duke handle the leap fromhas-been to hero?

Collects Starlight #1-6.


"From the writer of Kick-Ass and the artist of Punisher: Max"--Vol. 1, p. [4] of cover.

v. 1. The return of Duke McQueen

"Forty years ago, Duke McQueen was a space hero who rescued a world from tyranny. But then he came home, got married, had kids and grew into an old man with nothing but his memories...until one night when an old, sparkly rocket ship descended from the heavens and called him back for one final adventure"-- P.[4] of cover.

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