Paul Gravett called the collection "a wondrous, ebullient SF epic and it all comes together in this delectable package. Prepare to be transported!" John Hilgart of The Comics Journal considered it an essential classic, advocating that readers should "pick up this book, because not having read it is sort of like not having read Pogo, or listened to Trout Mask Replica, or seen a Hayao Miyazaki film". W. Andrew Shephard of The New Inquiry wrote of the collection: "Starstruck could be both silly and smart, was progressive but unpretentious, and clever but not so impressed with itself that it ever forgot to entertain. IDW's reprint of the series is a service to fans of science fiction, aficionados of comics as an art form, and anyone who loves a good story". After the Starstruck Deluxe Edition softcover was released in 2012, reviewer Richard Caldwell wrote: "You know how most folks peg the Watchmen as the greatest work of the sequential arts? Yea well, in comparison, this baby is far more progressive, in scope and in message, as it's a magnum opus science fictional tale full of sound and fury, signifying everything to end all magnum opus science fictional tales full of sound and fury, signifying everything". The Starstruck world was adapted in 2022 in a season of Dimension 20'', CollegeHumor's TTRPG actual-play show. The show was notably created by and features Elaine Lee's son Brennan Lee Mulligan as its Dungeon Master. References External links Official Starstruck website Starstruck play script Kaluta's Starstruck information page Newsarama article on IDW revival, Part 1 Newsarama article on IDW revival, Part 2 Newsarama article on IDW revival, Part 3 The history of Starstruck The roots and branches of Starstruck Heavy Metal (magazine) titles Marvel Comics graphic novels Epic Comics titles Dark Horse Comics titles IDW Publishing titles Webcomics from print 2010 audio plays Feminist science fiction Science fiction comics Defunct American comics Feminist comics 1982 comics debuts