Claim: Drax the Destroyer is a character in comic books.

James P. `` Jim '' Starlin -LRB- born October 9 , 1949 -RRB- is an American comic book writer and artist . 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 .