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Some of you might not be aware (although Starlin discusses it in just about every interview I linked) that he did fanzine work before he turned pro in 1972, and mostly did several Dr. WEIRD stories across multiple different fanzines, from 1970-1972. He was in the military mailing in his completed stories during about 2 years of that time.

So...
Here's a one-shot special from 1994, that collects a lot of those stories, and has interviews with those involved, that includes not just Jim Starlin, but also science fiction writer George R. R. Martin, and they also talk about their involvement with mycomicshop.com owner and 1970's comics and science fiction writer Buddy Saunders, and others involved in 1960's/early 1970's comic fandom and amateur fanzines and conventions.
Maybe not the best stuff you've ever seen, but still very nice amateur work from Starlin before he broke in doing pro work for Marvel and DC.
And a great little time capsule of hard to find stories

DR WEIRD SPECIAL
https://comiconlinefree.net/dr-weird-special/issue-full/full

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Here's an editorial on the early days of DR WEIRD across many fanzines, and covers of many early issues, by one of the collaborators involved, Gary Carlson :
https://bigbangcomics.com/bang-blog/chronological-big-bang-comics-megaton-x-ma/