Forty
years ago, Air Force test pilot Duke McQueen saved the universe. Then
he came home from a splendorous alien world, married his best girl,
settled down, had two sons, and grew old. His stories of his journey
across galaxies became the subject of whispered ridicule. But in
STARLIGHT, the Image Comics graphic novel by superstar comics writer
Mark Millar (JUPITER’S LEGACY, Kick-Ass)
and artist Goran Parlov, Duke — alone after his sons leave home and his
wife dies — gets a message from space: the Universe needs a hero again.
A
sweeping science fiction epic, STARLIGHT features Millar’s most
heartfelt storytelling to date, while Parlov depicts with equal skill a
dazzling alien planet and and old man’s loneliness with his gorgeous,
Moebius-esque art. Duke is returning to Tantalus a legendary hero, but
is he still the man he was forty years ago?
Preview Pages in Starlight
“The whole character just seemed to pour out the moment I started writing him,” said Millar of Duke in an interview
on Image Comics’ website, “and I found myself really caring about him.
His life is like any of our father's or grandfather's, except for this
one amazing thing that happened forty years ago, and so as the first
issue closes and he gets a chance to go back we're really with him on
that journey.”
A must-read for anyone who wants their sci-fi to have a sense of wonder, STARLIGHT will be in comic book stores on February 11 and in bookstores on February 24. It is available for pre-order now. It is currently in development at Fox as a feature film.
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