Jim Starlin on Creating Thanos, Killing Robin and His Split with Marvel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGzUnhvcROs I'm sorry he didn't talk about his EPIC ILLUSTRATED and DREADSTAR work. Among my favorites. I wish he went more into the behind the scenes about his interaction with creators at Marvel in the 1970's/1980's, but still informative.
Thanos is a ripoff of Darkseid.
Mongul at DC is a ripoff of Thanos, who is a ripoff of Darkseid. And Starlin created both ripoffs. Regardless, Starlin did them well, and both characters rival the popularity of Darkseid.
Overall, particularly in the first 20 years of his career, Starlin had a remarkably high ratio of quality material.
