Daily Archives: December 29, 2005

Upcoming Kirby – Collected Kirby Collector v5

by

TwoMorrows has just put this book up on their website, scheduled for April 2006.

Collected Jack Kirby Collector – Volume 5
224 page Trade Paperback – Edited by John Morrow

Reprints JKC #20, 21 & 22 plus 30 pieces of Kirby art never before published!

Kirby fans demanded more, so this fifth volume is a gargantuan 224-page trade paperback, reprinting the sold-out issues #20-22 of The Jack Kirby Collector, the critically-acclaimed magazine for Kirby fans! Included are the “Kirby’s Women,” “Wackiest Work,” and “Villains” issues, featuring three unseen interviews with Jack Kirby, plus new ones with Jack’s daughter LISA KIRBY, and industry pros DAVE STEVENS, GIL KANE, BRUCE TIMM STEVE RUDE, and MIKE MIGNOLA! PLUS: see a complete ten-page unpublished Kirby story still in pencil! Jack’s mind-blowing original pencils to FANTASTIC FOUR #49 (from the fabled Galactus trilogy)! An analysis comparing Kirby’s margin notes to Stan Lee’s dialogue on classic Marvel comics! And a NEW special section with over 30 pieces of Kirby art never before published, including Jack’s uninked pencils from The Demon, Forever People, Jimmy Olsen, Kamandi, Eternals, Captain America, Black Panther, and more! With page after page of rare Kirby art (much in its original pencil form), and a dynamite KIRBY/DAVE STEVENS cover, it’s a celebration of the most prolific creator in comics history: Jack “King” Kirby!

New Kirby – All-Winners Masterworks

by

Oops, looks like I jumped the gun on closing the book on Kirby in 2005 a few posts back. Apparently the MARVEL MASTERWORKS – ALL-WINNERS v1 came out this week, with two S&K Captain America reprints. Not really recommended just for the Kirby, the first is just average and second is kind of weak, and are available in other cheaper places. Some of the other contents might be worth having, though.

Rawhide Kid #47 [1965] – Cover

by

This is Kirby’s final RAWHIDE KID cover, and he definitely went out with a bang, an all-out brawl on a well rendered riverboat. All sorts of stuff to love on this one. Frank Giacoia inks, and I love the effect he gets on the splashing water.

RawhideKid47_582.jpg

Published 1965