Monthly Archives: July 2007

Panels – Anti-Life is real here!!

Posted on July 26, 2007 by Bob

Kirby did like his exclamation marks, didn’t he?

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from Mister Miracle #7 [1972]

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Upcoming Kirby – Marvel in October 2007

Posted on July 25, 2007 by Bob

Pair of books to mention here. GALACTIC BOUNTY HUNTERS gets collected (is the last issue out yet?) and the monthly reprints of AVENGERS continue. Also of note, Marvel continues to reward their customers by offering a new printing of FF MASTERWORKS v6 which promises a superior restoration of the artwork to previous printings (can anyone confirm if the recent OMNIBUS which collected those issues used this new restoration or the earlier version?).

JACK KIRBY’S GALACTIC BOUNTY HUNTERS HC
Written by LISA KIRBY & STEVE ROBERTSON
Penciled by MIKE THIBODEAUX
Cover by JACK KIRBY

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 Berkley must put down his pen, reassemble his old team and take up the mantle of being a Galactic Bounty Hunter for one final mission! Collecting JACK KIRBY’S GALACTIC BOUNTY HUNTERS #1-6.

256 PGS. $24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2628-7

AVENGERS CLASSIC #5
Written by STAN LEE & DWAYNE MCDUFFIE
Penciled by JACK KIRBY
Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS

Another epic in the annals of the strongest super-team of all! Witness the mighty Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, Giant-Man and the wonderful Wasp defend against the incredible Hulk and “The Invasion of the Lava Men!”?a tale only Stan and Jack could tell! Plus: An all-new story written by Dwayne McDuffie (FANTASTIC FOUR) spotlighting Cap and Thor’s earliest partnership!

32 PGS. $2.99

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Panels – Thor, in torment

Posted on July 25, 2007 by Bob

Sorry about the lack of posting recently. I’m hoping to get everything back on track soon. Until then, I’ll try to as least post an eyecatching Kirby panel every day.

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from Thor #127 [1966]

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New Kirby – SS & DD

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Bob

Two hardcover collections of some of Kirby’s later work hit the stores this week. From Image comes JACK KIRBY’S SILVER STAR, collecting the 6-issue Pacific Comics series of the 1980s. And Marvel brings us DEVIL DINOSAUR OMNIBUS, the 9-issue series from 1978 that finished off his last stint at the company.

And in more trivial news, I missed this one before, but a few weeks back ESSENTIAL DEFENDERS VOL. 3 was released, which includes the four issues of the series (#42 – #45) with Kirby covers.

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-Link- San Diego Kirby panel

Posted on July 10, 2007 by Bob

Mark Evanier has his usual packed panel schedule for the San Diego Comic-Con up. Many interesting things, but of course none more interesting than this usual entry:

Sunday, July 29

10:30 AM – 11:45 AM / Room 1AB
THE ANNUAL JACK KIRBY TRIBUTE PANEL
Once again, we stop to talk of the man they call “The King of the Comics.” This time, talking Kirby will be NEIL GAIMAN, DARWYN COOKE, ERIK LARSEN, MIKE ROYER and members of the Kirby family, with previews of upcoming Kirby projects and a few surprises.

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