Category Archives: Upcoming Kirby

A few recently scheduled Kirby things.  Not sure how much actual Kirby there’ll be in the KIRBY GENESIS comic, but the #0 issue does have his Pioneer plaque (and it sounds like the plaque plays a role in the story).  Lots of stuff from Marvel, either tying in with movies or continuing their Masterworks line.  DC’s KIRBY OMNIBUS is the big release from this list, all of his non-Challengers 1950s work for the company, plus a few stray 1940s pages. Genesis West is also offering a hardcover of JACK KIRBY’S GALACTIC BOUNTY HUNTERS through Diamond, but I’m not clear if that’s a new printing or just copies of the Marvel/Icon edition from a few years back.

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THE JACK KIRBY OMNIBUS VOL. 1 STARRING GREEN ARROW HC
Written by VARIOUS
Art by JACK KIRBY and others
Cover by JACK KIRBY and MIKE ROYER
In 1957, Jack Kirby returned to DC Comics to draw the Green Arrow feature that ran in ADVENTURE COMICS and WORLD’S FINEST COMICS, pitting the Emerald Archer and his sidekick, Speedy, against a plethora of foes. At the same time, Kirby kept busy with work on DC’s mystery titles. These short tales spotlighted extraterrestrials and earthly monsters, nuclear threats and super-intelligent animals, magic wishes gone wrong and cities lost beneath the seas, challenging Kirby’s ever-fertile imagination in every story.
Now, for the first time, DC Comics collects all of Kirby’s many stories from the pages of HOUSE OF MYSTERY, HOUSE OF SECRETS, TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED, MY GREATEST ADVENTURE, ALL-STAR WESTERN, ADVENTURE COMICS, WORLD’S FINEST COMICS, as well as a trio of 1940s stories from REAL FACT COMICS.
On sale JULY 20 – 304 pg, FC, $49.99 US

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KIRBY GENESIS #0
(W) Kurt Busiek (A) Alex Ross, Jackson Herbert (C) Alex Ross

The Kirby Event of the new millennium begins here, brought to you by the best-selling and award-winning creators of MARVELS! The Pioneer 10 space probe carried a message to the stars. Now an answer’s on the way – but not one we expected! When it arrives, the lives of three ordinary people – and the entire world – will be changed forever. Featuring Captain Victory, Silver Star and more of Jack Kirby’s greatest concepts, including characters never before seen in comics form! Kurt Busiek (Astro City) and Alex Ross (Kingdom Come) team up for their first full collaboration since 1994, with finished art (from Alex’s layouts) by Jack Herbert (Black Terror). Don’t miss this tantalizing prelude to KIRBY: GENESIS – a bold, explosive adventure debuting a universe of wild Kirby creations! This is the beginning. This is THE Genesis!
This 32 page book will features a 12-page original story as well as tons of bonus materials!
$1.00

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THOR: WHOSOEVER WIELDS THIS HAMMER #1
Written by STAN LEE, LARRY LIEBER & CHRISTOS GAGE
Penciled by JACK KIRBY & MARCO TORRICELLI
Cover by TOM RANEY
Thor, smiting threats to humanity throughout the world! In his earliest adventures as the God of Thunder, Thor faces such foes as the alien Stone-Men of Saturn, the evil dictator the Executioner and communist spies behind the Iron Curtain! And closer to home, can Dr. Donald Blake ever win the love of nurse Jane Foster? Collecting JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #83-84 and #88, fully remastered with modern coloring. Plus: an all-new framing sequence by Christos Gage (AVENGERS ACADEMY) and Marco Torricelli.
64 PGS./One-Shot $4.99

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MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 6 TPB
Written by STAN LEE
Penciled by JACK KIRBY
Cover by JACK KIRBY
Continuing their greatest-hits streak on the “The World’s Greatest Comic Magazine,” Stan Lee and Jack Kirby weren’t content just to introduce the Inhumans, Galactus and the Silver Surfer. No, a three-peat was thinking far, far smaller than the most amazing team in comics’ history imagined. Their followup was a heart-wrenching tale of tragedy and heroism titled “This Man! This Monster!” If this story doesn’t make you come to love Benjamin J. Grimm, then yer heart must be made of orange rock, fella! Because the greatest Fantastic Four story wasn’t enough, Stan and Jack had yet another unmatched milestone waiting in the wings: the debut of the world’s first African super hero, the Black Panther, and his kingdom of Wakanda! And that’s just the start! In the pages of this MARVEL MASTERWORKS, you’ll also encounter the vile Klaw; see the Silver Surfer go toe-to-toe with the Thing; watch the Human Torch face his namesake, the original 1940s Torch; and wonder in shock and awe at how the Fantastic Four can hope to overcome Dr. Doom when he’s wrested the Power Cosmic from the Surfer himself! We can’t guarantee you won’t wear out the pages of this volume reading stories this great again and again! You may want to order two just in case! Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR #51-60 and ANNUAL #4.
240 PGS. $24.99

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X-MEN VS. AVENGERS/ FANTASTIC FOUR TPB
Written by ROGER STERN, TOM DEFALCO, CHRIS CLAREMONT & STAN LEE
Penciled by MARC SILVESTRI, KEITH POLLARD, JON BOGDANOVE & JACK KIRBY
Cover by KEITH POLLARD
Two titanic tussles for the price of one! First: When Magneto’s on trial, he needs all the help he can get — and he finds it in the remnants of his former fortress, Asteroid M! The X-Men aren’t sure what his scheme is, but they’re positive they don’t want the Avengers and the Soviet Super-Soldiers to find out before they do! It’s multi-team warfare with the eyes of the world on all three! Then: On the verge of disintegration, Kitty Pryde seems resigned to her doom — but the X-Men will do anything to save her, even bargain with a worse doom…Doctor Doom! What stunning secret prevents Mr. Fantastic and the Fantastic Four from saving the day instead? Is he terrified of failing because his greatest failure — the fateful rocket flight — might have really been his greatest success? Do the answers all come down to wunderkind Franklin Richards? Also featuring the X-Men’s fabulous first face-offs with the Avengers and Fantastic Four in Marvel’s early era! Collecting X-MEN VS. THE AVENGERS #1-4, FANTASTIC FOUR VS. THE X-MEN #1-4, X-MEN #9 and FANTASTIC FOUR #28.
272 PGS. $24.99

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CAPTAIN AMERICA VS. THE RED SKULL TPB
Written by STAN LEE, GARY FRIEDRICH, ROGER MCKENZIE, J.M. DEMATTEIS, MARK GRUENWALD, ROY THOMAS & TONY SALMONS
Penciled by JACK KIRBY, JOHN ROMITA, SAL BUSCEMA, MIKE ZECK, RON LIM, ARVELL JONES & TONY SALMONS
Cover by JACK KIRBY
For decades, Captain America, Super-Soldier for the United States, and the Red Skull, evil agent of the Third Reich, have been the most bitter of foes! After multiple battles during World War II, both men have survived into the modern age, where the fights have only grown deadlier! With Cosmic Cubes, race riots, giant robots, an army of mind-controlled S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and haunted houses, the Red Skull just keeps coming back for more! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #1; TALES OF SUSPENSE (1959) #79-81; and CAPTAIN AMERICA (1968) #143, #226-227, #261-263 and #370; and material from CAPTAIN AMERICA ANNUAL #13 and CAPTAIN AMERICA: RED, WHITE & BLUE #1.
264 PGS. $24.99

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X-MEN: FIRST CLASS MAGAZINE #1
Written by JEFF PARKER & STAN LEE
Penciled by ROGER CRUZ & JACK KIRBY
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
For millions of years, mankind’s place on Earth was unchallenged — until five young people paved the way for a new kind of human! Join the first team of X-Men — Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel, Beast and Iceman —in the untold, all-ages adventures from their time as students at Professor X’s School for Gifted Youngsters. Relive X-Men stories from the team’s heroic past — including their first appearance by comics legends Stan Lee and Jack Kirby — and get an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the X-MEN: FIRST CLASS comics! Collecting X-MEN FIRST CLASS #1 and #5, and X-MEN #1 — plus all-new interviews and feature articles!
104 PGS. $9.99

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MARVEL MASTERWORKS: DAREDEVIL VOL. 2 TPB
Written by STAN LEE with DENNIS O’NEIL
Penciled by JOHN ROMITA with JACK KIRBY & GENE COLAN
Cover by JACK KIRBY & DEAN WHITE
The classic adventures of the Man Without Fear reach new heights in his second MARVEL MASTERWORKS collection with the debut of not just one, but two seminal Daredevil artists! Kicking it off, John Romita takes DD into the heart of the Savage Land to do battle with the Plunderer and meet none other than Ka-Zar! If learning Ka-Zar’s origin wasn’t thrilling enough, then surely a Daredevil/Spider-Man team-up ought to enhance your excitement! In a story featuring Romita’s first-ever artwork on Spidey, these two highflying heroes give the Masked Marauder what-for — but only after duking it out themselves, natch. Next comes the debut of Daredevil’s classic nemesis, the Gladiator — and before you know it, enter another amazing artist: Gene Colan. Just in time to close out our volume, the Dean of Delineation lends his pencil to the first of what would become a nearly uninterrupted seven-year tenure on the Man Without Fear. Come experience it all from the very beginning with the MARVEL MASTERWORKS! Collecting DAREDEVIL #12-21.
224 PGS. $24.99

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CAPTAIN AMERICA: MAN OUT OF TIME PREMIERE HC
Written by MARK WAID with STAN LEE
Penciled by JORGE MOLINA with JACK KIRBY
Cover by BRYAN HITCH
When the Avengers pull a mysterious, tattered soldier from the sea, they unwittingly bring back to life the Living Legend of World War II — a man whose memories of a life sixty years ago are as fresh as yesterday! How will Steve Rogers, frozen in suspended animation for half a century, adapt to the world of the 21st century? Brought to you by super-scribe Mark Waid (CAPTAIN AMERICA, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) and AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE artist Jorge Molina! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA: MAN OUT OF TIME #1-5, plus the classic AVENGERS #4 (1963).
144 PGS. $19.99

JACK KIRBY’S GALACTIC BOUNTY HUNTERS HC
(W) Lisa Kirby, Steve Robertson (A) Mike Thibodeaux
An all-new series featuring characters and concepts created by Jack “King” Kirby! Meet the Berkleys, your typical suburban California family. But when young Garrett Berkley discovers his parents’ secret — that the science-fiction stories his father writes aren’t fiction at all, but autobiography — he’s blasted into a whole new universe of adventure, mystery and danger! Now, Jack must put down his pen, reassemble his old team and take up the mantle of being a Galactic Bounty Hunter for one final mission! Collects Jack Kirby’s Galactic Bounty Hunters #1-6.
HC, 256pgs, FC  $24.99

Thanks to Dan in the comments for the heads-up, Amazon now lists upcoming from Titan THE SIMON AND KIRBY LIBRARY: CRIME scheduled for October 2011.  Usual caveats on book listings this far out, everything is subject to change, from the release date to the title to the price to the page-count to the binding all the way up to the very existence of the book.  However, right now it’s listed as a 320-page hardcover for $50.  That would probably cover about half of the Kirby penciled stories in the crime genre from 1946 to 1952, most of them never reprinted before.  The examples I’ve read are excellent, so this should be a great book.  See Harry’s recent posts over on the Simon&Kirby Blog for a look at some of the stories and the true stories that may have inspired them.

Pure Imagination has a reprint book titled YOUNG LOVE on the schedule now.  Since the cover is the same as the book REAL LOVE that was scheduled last year, but evidently never came out, I’ll assume REAL LOVE was cancelled. Still no idea if the contents, should the book ever come out, will duplicate the 1988 Eclipse published book of the same name.

So, it appears the next book from Joe Simon’s on-going deal with Titan Books is going to be a softcover release of FIGHTING AMERICAN.  This will be the same material that appeared the recent S&K SUPERHEROES book, presumably the same restorations but at a slightly smaller page size.  Great material, and this format should appeal more to the casual fan than the big $40-$50 hardcovers, but I hope we get more from the vast library of unreprinted S&K work soon.

FIGHTING AMERICAN
by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby

The complete adventures of the quirky Cold War superhero, launched in 1954 by the creators of Captain America, are presented here in an affordable graphic novel format, with weird and wonderful characters like Yucha Liffso, Jiseppi the Jungle Boy, and Poison Ivan! These are the explosive adventures of the Cold War’s answer to Captain America, by the great comics duo of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby!
Softcover, 7×10, 200pgs, Full Colour    $19.95
Diamond Comics – JAN111320
ISBN – 978-0857681157

A bunch of new Marvel books announced for March and beyond.  A reprint of CAPTAIN AMERICA #1, looks like it’ll be full of that modern colouring if you’re into that kind of thing. Some Kirby covers in the Avengers and Thing books listed below, and one or two Kirby stories at either the front or back of some collections of Captain America, Thor and the Fantastic Four.

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CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #1: 70TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Written by JOE SIMON & JACK KIRBY
Penciled by JOE SIMON & JACK KIRBY
Colored by ROB SCHWAGER, ANDRES MOSSA, FABIO D’AURIA, VERONICA GANDINI, NATHAN FAIRBAIRN, MATT MILLA & FABIO D’AURIA
Cover by BRIAN CHING
Variant Cover by JOE SIMON, JACK KIRBY & KAI SPANNUTH
Timely Comics introduces a new hero for a new decade, the man called Captain America! The Wonder Serum creates a Super Soldier to save society and win the war! Plus: Satan’s Murder Mob! Schickegruber’s Sinister Saboteurs! J. Edgar’s Gorgeous G-Girls! Ancient enigmas and modern miracles, and the mysterious life and death of the Red Skull! With a special guest appearance by the president of the United States!
64 PGS./$4.99

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MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE AVENGERS VOL. 3 TPB
Written by STAN LEE
Penciled by DON HECK
Cover by JACK KIRBY & DEAN WHITE
Man, Thor, Giant-Man and the Wasp with a trio of former super villains, readers thought he’d gone mad. As it turned out, the only thing crazy about the adventures of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes was how insanely exciting the lineup of Captain America, Hawkeye, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch became! With super-sized conflict within the team and colossal menaces without, the drama made every issue a nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat extravaganza. Classic stories including battles with Kang the Conqueror, Doctor Doom, Power Man and the Enchantress, and Attuma will prove that the Avengers are the world’s preeminent heroes — while revelations like Captain America’s departure will test the team at its most fundamental level. But it won’t just be Cap’s Kooky Quartet against the world forever. In these pages, you’ll see also the return of Giant-Man and the Wasp, and Hank Pym’s transformation into Goliath! And with the first appearances of the Collector, the Swordsman and the Sons of the Serpent — not to mention the entrance of the Black Widow into the Avengers’ world — there’s no questioning this collection’s a MARVEL MASTERWORKS! Collecting AVENGERS #21-30.
224 PGS./All Ages $24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5057-2

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THING: LIBERTY LEGION PREMIERE HC
Written by ROY THOMAS
Penciled by JOHN BUSCEMA, SAL BUSCEMA, RICH BUCKLER, DICK AYERS, FRANK ROBBINS & DON HECK
Covers by JACK KIRBY
Move over Invaders: It’s the Liberty Legion, America’s home-front super heroes of World War II! Miss America! The Whizzer! Thin Man! Red Raven! And more! But when things get tough, they may need some help from the future in the form of the Thing and the Fantastic Four! When Nazis threaten to rule the world, the heroes scramble to save the day! Featuring the villainy of the Red Skull, Brain Drain, U-Man and more! Collecting INVADERS (1975) #5-6, MARVEL PREMIERE #29-30, FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #11, and MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #20 and ANNUAL #1
168 PGS./$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5515-7
Trim size: standard

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THOR THE MIGHTY AVENGER VOL. 2 GN-TPB
Written by ROGER LANGRIDGE
Penciled by CHRIS SAMNEE
Cover by CHRIS SAMNEE
Harvey Award-winner Roger Langridge and Chris Samnee continue their epic reimagining of the God of Thunder as Thor tests his might against the strange and powerful Sub-Mariner; uncovers the mystery of why he was thrown from Asgard, but has his efforts sidetracked by the awesome engine of destruction known as Fin Fang Foom; does battle with raging robots; and fights side-by-side with Iron Man, for the very first time! Pick up the book that ComicBook Resources.com says is “quite possibly the best new super-hero title of the year and is exactly what any lover of super heroes should be reading.” Plus: Relive classic early adventures of Thor from the inimitable team of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby! Collecting THOR THE MIGHTY AVENGER #5-8 and JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #85-86.
128 PGS./$14.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-4122-8

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CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE LEGACY OF CAPTAIN AMERICA TPB
Written by JOE SIMON, JACK KIRBY, ROY THOMAS, STEVE ENGLEHART, STAN LEE, MARK GRUENWALD & ED BRUBAKER
Penciled by JOE SIMON, JACK KIRBY, SAL BUSCEMA, FRANK ROBBINS, JOHN ROMITA, TOM MORGAN & STEVE EPTING
Cover by MIKE ZECK
Captain America — a hero for the ages, no matter who’s behind the mask! In 1941, watch as Cap and Bucky take on the Red Skull for the first time! Learn the secrets of the men who wore the mask after Cap died! In 1987, witness Johnny Walker become a government-sponsored Cap! And in 2008, see the long-thought-dead Bucky take over as the new Cap! Plus: one young man who donned the mask for only a day! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS (1941) #1, WHAT IF? (1977) #4, CAPTAIN AMERICA (1968) #155 and #333, CAPTAIN AMERICA (2005) #34, and material from CAPTAIN AMERICA (1968) #178-183.
136 PGS./$15.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5092-3

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FANTASTIC FOUR: EXTENDED FAMILY TPB
Written by STAN LEE, ROY THOMAS, JOHN BYRNE, STEVE ENGLEHART, WALTER SIMONSON, TOM DEFALCO, DWAYNE MCDUFFIE, CARLOS PACHECO, RAFAEL MARIN & JEPH LOEB
Penciled by JACK KIRBY, JOHN BUSCEMA, RICH BUCKLER, JOHN BYRNE, ART ADAMS, PAUL PELLETIER & STUART IMMONEN
Cover by STEVE EPTING
For decades, Mister Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch and the Thing have stood together as comics’ first family of super heroes! But even a family of heroes needs help, and the FF have often bolstered their ranks with friends and allies from throughout the Marvel Universe! Crystal! Medusa! Luke Cage! She-Hulk! Ms. Marvel! Spider-Man! Wolverine! Hulk! Ghost Rider! Ant-Man! Black Panther! Storm! Namorita! Witness the debuts of the Fantastic Four’s fill-in members! Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #1, #81, #132, #168, #265, #307, #347, #384 and #544; and FANTASTIC FOUR (1998) #42.
232 PGS./$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5303-0