Jim Starlin created Drax the destroyer.
Drax the Destroyer . Created by writer/artist Jim Starlin , the character first appeared in Iron Man # 55 ( February 1973 ) . Jim Starlin . With a career dating back to the early 1970s , he is best known for `` cosmic '' tales and space opera ; for revamping the Marvel Comics characters Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock ; and for creating or co-creating the Marvel characters Thanos , Drax the Destroyer , Gamora and Shang-Chi , Master of Kung Fu .