Monthly Archives: June 2007

Upcoming Kirby – DC and more

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Bob

The newest solicitations for the direct market have a few previously mentioned Kirby items. For those who want to buy Mark Evanier’s KIRBY – KING OF COMICS from their comic book retailer, it’s listed in the books section, on or about page 400, with the order code “JUL07 4078″. Meanwhile, JACK KIRBY’S FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS VOL. 3 has a number of classic bits, including my favourite Fourth World story, “Himon”. And the first of Kirby’s FIRST ISSUE SPECIAL one-shots, featuring Atlas, has a tenuous enough link to some other DC stuff to show up in SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE GREAT DISASTER FEATURING THE ATOMIC KNIGHTS AND HERCULES VOL. 1 TP. Couldn’t they find a way to connect the Dingbats to that stuff? (and more seriously, no OMAC?)

KIRBY: KING OF COMICS HC
by Mark Evanier
Jack Kirby created or co-created some of the comic book world’s most popular characters, including Captain America, The X-Men, The Hulk, The Fantastic Four, and The New Gods. This book serves as an authorized, visual celebration of the one and only “King of Comics” and his groundbreaking work.
HC, 9×12, 224pgs, FC $40.00

JACK KIRBY’S FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS VOL. 3 HC
Written by Jack Kirby
Art by Kirby & Mike Royer
Cover by Kirby

The third of four volumes collecting Jack Kirby’s classic 1970s classic “Fourth World” magnum opus! In this volume collecting THE NEW GODS #7-10, THE FOREVER PEOPLE #8-10, SUPERMAN’S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #146-148, MISTER MIRACLE #7-10, Darkseid’s deadly schemes reach Earth as Orion of the New Gods battles Kalibak, son of Darkseid, the Forever People run afoul of the DC Comics hero Deadman and more!

on sale November 21 396 pg, FC, $49.99 US

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE GREAT DISASTER FEATURING THE ATOMIC KNIGHTS AND HERCULES VOL. 1 TP
Written by John Broome, Gerry Conway, Jack Kirby and others
Art by Murphy Anderson, Jack Kirby, Walter Simonson and others

This thrilling volume collects futuristic tales from Strange Adventures, First Issue Special, Hercules Unbound, Kamandi, Weird War Tales, House of Mystery, Superman, Amazing World of DC Comics, and House of Secrets!

on sale October 24 576 pg, B&W, $16.99 US

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Upcoming Kirby – Don’t Yield, Buy SHIELD

Posted on June 19, 2007 by Bob

Pair of reprints scheduled for Marvel in September. AVENGERS CLASSIC continues, with the re-introduction of Captain America. The recent first issue also indicated that they’ll be including the original letter columns in the series. Bigger news is that SHIELD gets a Masterworks volume, running straight through to the end of Kirby’s involvement with the series, including a few side trips. A lot of these are just Kirby layouts, but some are full pencils, and the artists doing the finishing on the others are some top notch guys.

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: NICK FURY, AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D. VOL. 1 HC
Written by STAN LEE, JACK KIRBY, ROY THOMAS & DENNIS O’NEIL
Penciled by JACK KIRBY, JIM STERANKO, JOHN SEVERIN, JOE SINNOTT, DON HECK, HOWARD PURCELL & OGDEN WHITNEY
Cover by JACK KIRBY

Having revolutionized everything from war to Westerns to good ol’ super heroes, in 1965 Stan Lee and Jack Kirby set their sights on the spy game. With Cold War covert ops snagging headlines and James Bond topping the box office, Marvel’s greatest minds unveiled a whole new wild world upon the comic book faithful. So break out your Priority A-1 Clearance, and get ready to dive into the world of Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.! Featuring more amazing gadgets and world-dominating baddies than you can shake a Heli-Carrier at, this Masterworks collects, for the first time ever, the complete early S.H.I.E.L.D. extravaganzas. With guest stars including Tony Stark, Captain America, and Nick’s trusty team of Dum Dum Dugan, Gabriel Jones, and Jasper Sitwell, not to mention the Marvel debut of comics visionary, Jim Steranko, this book is truly a watershed of Silver Age wonder! You know it. We’re not going to hold you back, so say it loud, say it proud, “Don’t yield, back S.H.I.E.L.D.!” Collecting STRANGE TALES #135-153, TALES OF SUSPENSE #78 and FANTASTIC FOUR #21.

288 PGS $54.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2686-7

AVENGERS CLASSIC #4
Written by STAN LEE & DWAYNE MCDUFFIE
Penciled by JACK KIRBY & MICHAEL AVON OEMING
Cover by ART ADAMS

Captain America may be dead, but witness his classic rebirth into the Marvel Universe in “Captain America Joins…the Avengers!” — a tale destined to become a magnificent milestone in the Marvel Age of Comics! Witness the tragic death of Bucky and the triumphant return of the Golden Age’s greatest hero in an instant classic that could only be told by legends Stan Lee and Jack Kirby! Plus: take a new look at the ultimate man out of time, as writer Dwayne McDuffie (FANTASTIC FOUR) and artist Michael Avon Oeming (POWERS) craft an all-new 9-page story starring the one-and-only Captain America!

32 PGS. $2.99

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-Link- Kirby en español

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Bob

I can’t understand a word of it, but lots of pretty pictures in this spanish (I think) blog about recent and upcoming Kirby reprints.

http://disipatedworld.blogspot.com/2007/06/ultimo-tren-kirbylle-ii.html

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New Kirby – Big Day

Posted on June 13, 2007 by Bob

Break out the wallets, it’s a big day for Kirby reprints, including work in two eras considered by many fans to be among the peaks of Kirby’s career. As always, links below, or purchase from Tales of Wonder, gives a small kickback to this site.

JACK KIRBY’S FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS v1 is the first of four volumes to be released quarterly that will collect Kirby’s chronicles of the New Gods, including the new 1980s material. in publication order.

FANTASTIC FOUR OMNIBUS v2 collects the heart of Kirby’s longest run on a title, including the introduction of dozens of new characters (a few about to make their silver screen debut) and some of the most exciting comics ever produced.

Also, AVENGERS CLASSIC #1 reprints, naturally enough, AVENGERS #1 (along with some new material), a welcome return of Kirby reprints to relatively inexpensive monthly comics. The reproductions in these is supposed to be a step up from the existing reprints of this material.

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-Link- Kirby documentary reviewed

Posted on June 10, 2007 by Bob

The new FANTASTIC FOUR DVD with an extended version of the 2005 movie is out, and includes the one hour documentary JACK KIRBY: STORYTELLER. Gary Sassaman has a review of the documentary:

All in all, “Jack Kirby: Storyteller” is probably the best comic book documentary I’ve ever seen. Like Kirby’s drawing style, it starts at the upper left corner and fills the page with an incredible vision of who the man–as an artist, husband, father, and comic book god–was.

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