''Starlight'', collected as ''Starlight: The Return of Duke McQueen'', is a six-issue

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from

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, written by

Mark Millar Mark Millar (; born 24 December 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer and television producer who first came to prominence with a run on the superhero series '' The Authority'', published by DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint. Millar has written ex ...

with art by

Goran Parlov Goran Parlov (born March 14, 1967) is a Croatian comic book artist. Early life Goran Parlov graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in 1991 and soon moved to Italy. Career Parlov began drawing comics professionally in the early 90s, ...

Publication history

The 6-issue limited series which ran from March 2014 to October 2014.

Premise

Forty years ago, Duke McQueen was the space hero who saved the universe. But then he came back home, got married, had kids, and grew old. Now his children have left and his wife has died, leaving him alone with nothing except his memories...until a call comes from a distant world asking him back for his final and greatest adventure.

Film

In 2013 and 2014, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' reported that

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would produce the ''Starlight'' film with Gary Whitta penning the script. In 2015, Millar told JoBlo that the film was his next project. On April 12, 2021, Deadline reports that Joe Cornish will write and direct the film for

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