PREACHER #13 (First Printing)
By Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
Publisher: DC Comics Vertigo Press

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Herr Starr (his first name is never revealed; in the television series, his name is given as Klaus Helmut Starr) was a former German anti-terror operative and member of The Grail. During his school years, a group of five bullies targeted him because he was the son of a British serviceman. This eventually led to an attack in which the boys gave "a star for Starr" by using a broken bottle to carve five jagged lines around his right eye, which was then blinded. The stress of the event caused his hair to fall out and his voice to become harsh and grating, due to his screaming during the incident. He eventually became dedicated to creating order in the world, and started by killing his attackers - all died before Starr turned ten. He later joined the German anti-terrorism unit GSG 9, and excelled in all training areas. He showed initiative crucial to his future employment when he defeated his close-combat tutor (a sadist who enjoyed beating up new recruits) by shooting him in the legs at the start of a training session. As a result, he was not as skilled in unarmed combat as other Grail operatives, although his explanation for this was that he had "no intention of ever being unarmed".

Starr was recruited by the Grail and quickly rose to the rank of 'Sacred Executioner', the leader of the Grail's private military known as the "Samson Unit". As such he was answerable only to the Grail's formal leader, "Allfather" D'Aronique, and ultimately to the Elite Council at Le Saint Marie (which was the power behind the throne). From 1982 onward, he trained every Samson man in the Grail. Starr eventually decided that the Grail's motives were flawed because they planned everything around their horribly inbred Messiah. He recruited two Grail subordinates, Featherstone and Hoover, to assist him with his "conspiracy-within-a-conspiracy".

Somewhere up in Heaven, things have gone wrong. A being has escaped its confinement—a being called Genesis whose powers might someday grow to rival those of the Almighty Himself. It sped toward Earth where it sought out a human soul with which to bond. In doing so, it hoped to gain the awareness which would enable it to unleash its un-measurable powers. Genesis chose the body of Justin "Jesse" Custer, a small-town Texas preacher who was having his own crisis of faith. Genesis struck him in the midst of his sermon, inhabiting his body, and sending out waves of energy which incinerated the entire congregation.

This was the beginning of Jesse’s odyssey, a “road trip” of sorts in which he would be accompanied by a psychotic ex-lover, an Irish vampire, and the Saint of Killers. It’s a weird saga set in the Shadowlands between Heaven and Hell, brought to life by writer Garth (Hellblazer) Ennis and artist Steve Dillon.

Inspiring the AMC TV series Preacher is an American television series developed by Sam Catlin, Evan Goldberg, and Seth Rogen for AMC starring Dominic Cooper. It is an adaptation of the comic book series Preacher created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon.

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