Marvel Preview Vol 1 11

Marvel Preview Vol 1 #11
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Art by: Ken Barr
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Art by: Ken Barr
Release Date	July 5, 1977
Cover Date	June, 1977
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Archie Goodwin

1. "1. Windhölme / Cinnibar / 3: Sparta / 4: The Hollow Crown"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Chris Claremont
Penciler(s)	John Byrne
Inker(s)	Terry Austin
Colorist(s)	Black and White
Letterer(s)	Tom Orzechowski Irv Watanabe
Editor(s)	John Warner Ralph Macchio Roger Slifer

 What are you offering me-- an empire? A throne? I left all that behind on Earth. Don't you see? I'm a seeker-- I don't know, after a cosmic Holy Grail. A... dream that's forever unattainable. Or maybe... I just need to see what's beyond the farthest star. I have the universe. I don't need to be shackled to a throne. I am Starlord. 

—Star-Lord

Appearing in "1. Windhölme / Cinnibar / 3: Sparta / 4: The Hollow Crown"

Featured Characters:

• 🢐 Star-Lord/Peter Quill 🢒

Supporting Characters:

• Jason of Sparta (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
• Kip Holm (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
• Sandy (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Dirac (First and only known appearance)
• Kyras Shakati (First and only known appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)
• Arak (First and only known appearance; dies)
• Arion (First and only known appearance; dies)
• Tikos (First and only known appearance)
• Prince Gareth (First and only known appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)
• Ariguans
  • Rruothk'ar (Death) (Name first revealed)

Other Characters:

• Scania (First appearance)
  • Gunnar Hölm (First and only known appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
  • Marie Hölm (First and only known appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
• King Kraken (Illusion or holographic simulation)
• Jason's father (Mentioned)
• Meredith Quill (Only in flashback) (Death)

Races and Species:

• Anubian

Locations:

• Earth-791
  • Windhölme (First appearance)
  • Cinnibar (First appearance)
  • Sparta (First appearance)
    • Thrace (First appearance)
    • Marathon (First appearance)
• Earth-77611

Items:

• Starlord's Elemental Gun
• Melyan Constructs (First and only known appearance)
• Telempathic Crystal (First and only known appearance; destruction)

Vehicles:

• "Ship" (First appearance)

Synopsis for "1. Windhölme / Cinnibar / 3: Sparta / 4: The Hollow Crown"

Star-Lord discovers the secrets of his own origins on the world of Sparta.

Notes

• Warner is editor, Macchio is associate editor, Slifer is consulting editor.
• Watanabe (uncredited) lettered 2 pages.
• This issue would later be reprinted in Star-Lord Special Edition #1.
• This issue also contains a three-page article entitled "Our Alien Heritage or The Central-Casting Syndrome" by John L. Byrne in which the artist talks about why most of the aliens imagined by Man look so human.

Trivia

• Alex Ross' cover for Guardians 3000 #3 pays homage to Ken Barr's cover by placing the future Star-Lord in an identical pose.

See Also

• 19 image(s) from Marvel Preview Vol 1 11
• 16 reprint(s) of Marvel Preview Vol 1 11

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