Upcoming Kirby – Marvel in July 2007

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Trio of Kirby items in the latest solicitations. GALACTIC BOUNTY HUNTERS has a slightly-delayed oversized conclusion. The page count for the latest THOR MASTERWORKS would seem to suggest that they’re including the Inhumans backups (six of the seven fall in the range of issues included), but the backups aren’t mentioned, so maybe not. I think they’d be better off not including the Inhumans stories, finding another home for them (would make a good 10% of a potential third VISIONARIES volume), and running the Thor stories up to #153, a more logical storybreak than #151. It also makes it that much more likely that they can finish the Kirby run in two more books, instead of leaving one or two orphan issues early in a post-Kirby book.

Oh, and an oversized hardcover of DEVIL DINOSAUR. Life is good. Strange, but good…

I just wish they’d been more consistent on Kirby’s 1970s reprints. If DD and ETERNALS get single volume oversized hardcovers, wouldn’t it have made sense to have BLACK PANTHER and CAPTAIN AMERICA in that format, instead of multi-volume paperbacks, which wound up costing as much, maybe more, per page?


bh6.jpgJACK KIRBY’S GALACTIC BOUNTY HUNTERS #6
Written by LISA KIRBY
Penciled by MIKE THIBODEAUX
Cover by JACK KIRBY

Special extra-sized finale! Mainframe’s quest to recover his son leads to a blow-out battle in Dangerland!

56 PGS. $3.99


MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE MIGHTY THOR VOL. 6 HC
Written by STAN LEE
Penciled by JACK KIRBY
Cover by JACK KIRBY

Long live Asgard, True Believers! What better way to herald the return of the God of Thunder, than to usher in another Mighty Thor Masterworks!

After years of honing the tragedy and intrigue of the Son of Odin, Stan and Jack hit a stride that would produce the most mythic tales in all of Marveldom. Beginning with a pair of irredeemable uglies, Replicus and the Super-Skrull, the adventure then takes itself up a Norse notch when the evil Loki conspires to have Thor stripped of his power and vanquished to Earth! Stranded there, he must struggle to survive the machinations of his scheming half-brother, while attemping to regain the graces of All-Father Odin.

Last, but not least: Enter one of the most beloved baddies in all of the Asgardian entourage-The Wrecker! The decidedly mortal Thor must battle to his very last breath against this crowbar-wielding wingnut, who himself is powered with Asgardian might! And we’ll warn you now, the last note is a tragic one as Thor faces his ladylove, Sif-in the body of the undefeatable Destroyer!

It’s drama as only the Masters of the Marvel Age can make it! Collecting THOR (Vol. 1) #141-151.

256 PGS. $54.99
ISBN: 0-7851-2690-2


DEVIL DINOSAUR BY JACK KIRBY OMNIBUS HC
Written by JACK KIRBY
Penciled by JACK KIRBY
Cover by JACK KIRBY

No gods from outer space could beat THIS Devil! Jack Kirby crossed into a new cosmos with this crimson carnivore and his faithful sidekick Moonboy! Now, for the first time, Marvel collects the King’s saga of Devil Dinosaur in his prehistoric prime! Collecting DEVIL DINOSAUR #1-9.

176 PGS. $29.99
ISBN: 0-7851-2694-5
Trim size: oversized

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