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

limited series In the field of comic books, and particularly in the United States, a limited series is a comics series with a predetermined number of issues. A limited series differs from an ongoing series in that the number of issues is finite and determined ...

from

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, written by

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

with art by

Goran Parlov Goran Parlov (born March 24, 1967) is a Croatian comic book artist. Early life Goran Parlov graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb, Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in 1991 and soon moved to Italy. Career Parlov began drawi ...

Publication history

The 6-issue limited series which ran from March 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 Gary Leslie Whitta (born 21 July 1972) is an English-American screenwriter, author, game designer, and video game journalist. Whitta was the screenwriter of film '' The Book of Eli'' (2010), co-wrote the film ''After Earth'' (2013) with M. Night ...

penning the script. In 2015, Millar told JoBlo that the film was his next project. On April 12, 2021, Deadline reports that

Joe Cornish Joseph Murray Cornish (born 20 December 1968) is an English comedian and filmmaker. With Adam Buxton, he forms the comedy duo Adam and Joe. In 2011, Cornish released his directorial debut ''Attack the Block''. He also co-wrote ''The Adventures ...

will write and direct the film for

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