Genesis West is publishing a book by David Schwartz and Michael Thibodeaux, THE POTENTIAL, with the Kirby/Thibodeaux cover seen to the right.  Love those giant figures in the background.

THE POTENTIAL (2% HERO, 98% COWARD) VOLUME 1 GN
(W) David Schwartz, Michael Thibodeaux (A) Michael Thibodeaux
With great power doesn’t necessarily come great courage! The Potential realizes this and wants to avoid getting squished, splattered or smashed!  He tries to avoid trouble, but he’s made a deal to be a super hero. Will he grow comfortable with danger or will he keep trying to weasel out of his commitments? Find out! Cover by Jack Kirby!
Softcover, 7×10, 140pgs, $16.95

Some interesting stuff tentatively scheduled for later this year.  As you can see on the right, there’s a possible cover design for the previously mentioned S&K LIBRARY: CRIME volume Titan is publishing.  Harry Mendryk says the October date listed on Amazon is probably early, but I look forward to it whenever.  Joe Simon’s autobiography and the softcover FIGHTING AMERICAN are also coming from Titan.

DC has some stuff showing up in the long-term listings on Amazon, which may or may not change.  KAMANDI OMNIBUS v1 would be the first half of Kirby’s run, released a few years ago in two volumes in the Archives format, so we might get a second book with the mostly unreprinted half of the run.   And there’s a JACK KIRBY’S FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS v1 softcover listed, no idea if that’s a straight reprint of the hardcover series which reprinted the family of books in chronological order or something else.

And of course, lot’s of Marvel stuff just solicited in various formats.  Mostly stuff that’s been reprinted multiple times in better formats, but some unreprinted Vision stories from MARVEL MYSTERY in there.  Three more to go after this upcoming reprint, hopefully we get a separate collection of all 15 of the Vision stories at some point.  And I don’t think that Kirby FF #200 cover in the Fantastic Four book (the only Kirby content in there) has been reprinted before.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: REBIRTH #1
Written by STAN LEE & KARL KESEL
Penciled by JACK KIRBY & KARL KESEL
Cover by LEE GARBETT
The origins of Captain America and the Red Skull, revealed! As the evils of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party spread across Europe, Steve Rogers becomes the legendary Captain America! With his sidekick, Bucky, and under the direction of Franklin Roosevelt himself, Cap battles the diabolical Red Skull on every front! Witness their earliest confrontations here! Collecting material from TALES OF SUSPENSE #63 and #65-68, fully remastered with modern coloring. Plus: an all-new framing sequence by Karl Kesel (CAPTAIN AMERICA 1940S NEWSPAPER STRIP).
64 PGS./One-Shot $4.99

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: GOLDEN AGE MARVEL COMICS VOL. 6 HC
Written by STAN LEE, JOE SIMON, RAY GILL & VARIOUS
Penciled by CARL BURGOS, BILL EVERETT, JACK KIRBY, PAUL GUSTAVSON, BEN THOMPSON, BOB OKSNER, AL GABRIELE, SID GREENE & VARIOUS
Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG
The series that made Marvel the biggest name in comics continues its heralded run in the MARVEL MASTERWORKS! Headlined by the hottest hero of the Golden Age, the Human Torch, and the anti-hero with a temper just as fiery, Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner, MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS presents a collection of stories that defined the medium! Torn from the turbulent headlines of 1941 America, each tale crackles with the tension of a nation on the brink of war — and there’s no doubt these heroes were ready to fight! And arriving on the scene to prove it is Jeffrey Mace, a.k.a. the Patriot, making his MARVEL MYSTERY debut! Of course, each 64-page issue is also jam-packed with the adventures of Ka-Zar, protecting his jungle domain from Nazi invaders; school-boy sleuth Terry Vance and his monkey compatriot, Dr. Watson, solving mind-boggling mysteries; other-dimensional hero the Vision, fighting the weirdest menaces imaginable; and the gritty Angel, battling evil from gangsters to ghosts! Collecting MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS #21-24.
280 PGS/All Ages… $59.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-4204-1

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE MIGHTY THOR VOL. 3 TPB
Written by STAN LEE
Penciled by JACK KIRBY
Hail Asgard! The MARVEL MASTERWORKS are back with another selection of trendsetting Stan and Jack stories featuring the Mighty Thor! That’s right, the creative team that sparked the Marvel revolution shows you how it’s done with classic stories including an earth-shaking fight to end all fights between Thor and the Incredible Hulk, the return of the Grey Gargoyle, the entrance of the Absorbing Man, Thor and Loki’s exile to the danger and desolation of Skornheim, the first appearance of the unstoppable Destroyer, and the introduction of Hercules and the Greek gods to the Marvel Universe! And it’s all backed by the fan-favorite “Tales of Asgard” featuring the origins of Marvel’s Norse pantheon of heroes, villains, giants and mystic lands. Reserve your copy today, because ightning doesn’t strike twice! Collecting JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #111-120 and ANNUAL #1.
248 PGS./All Ages …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5066-4

FANTASTIC FOUR: THE OVERTHROW OF DOOM PREMIERE HC
Written by LEN WEIN, ROGER STERN, MARV WOLFMAN & BILL MANTLO
Penciled by GEORGE PÉREZ & KEITH POLLARD
Covers by JACK KIRBY & KEITH POLLARD
The Fantastic Four have been split up for months, facing multiple threats — such as the Texas Twister, Diablo, the Impossible Man and the Sub-Mariner — on their own! But with the deadly threat of Dr. Doom on the horizon, the team is reunited! Will Doom triumph? Will Latveria ever be the same? And who is the mysterious Invincible Man? Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #192-200.
192 PGS./$29.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5605-5

IMPOSSIBLE MAN TPB
Written by VARIOUS
Penciled by VARIOUS
Cover by JACK KIRBY
He’s green, he shape-shifts, he flies — he does the impossible! See the aptly named Impossible Man wreak havoc across the Marvel Universe, from Latveria to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier to the Savage Land! And wait till you meet the Impossible Woman — and their kids! Guest-starring EVERYONE — from the Fantastic Four to Spider-Woman to Thor to the X-Men! Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #11 and #176, MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #60 and #86, SPIDER-WOMAN (1978) #45, X-MEN ANNUAL #7, NEW MUTANTS ANNUAL #3, SILVER SURFER (1987) #33, IMPOSSIBLE MAN SUMMER VACATION SPECTACULAR #1-2, MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS (1988) #91, and X-FORCE & CABLE ANNUAL ‘95
360 PGS./$34.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5520-1

ANT-MAN & WASP: SMALL WORLD TPB
Written by TIM SEELEY with ERNIE HART & STAN LEE
Penciled by TIM SEELEY with JACK KIRBY & DON HECK
Cover by SALVA ESPIN
Two of Marvel’s smallest heroes must join forces and get over one big elephant-in-the-room! Eric O’Grady once stole the Ant-Man suit from Hank Pym. But now, Eric is the only one who knows about a secret A.I.M. plot to steal Pym’s greatest invention! Can these two mighty mites get along long enough to save the soul of former Goliath Bill Foster? Tim Seeley, creator of Hack/Slash, brings you the big story of the two smallest Avengers! Plus: early Marvel Age action featuring the original Ant-Man and Wasp! Collecting ANT-MAN & WASP #1-3 and material from TALES TO ASTONISH #44-48.
152 PGS./$14.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5567-6

Titan is publishing JOE SIMON: THE MAN BEHIND THE COMICS (or possibly JOE SIMON: MY LIFE IN COMICS), a 256-page hardcover autobiography by Joe Simon, later this year, which should be one of the biggest Kirby-related publications of the year.  The cover may look like one of these two:

Joe Simon: The Man Behind the Comics

In his own words, this is the life of Joe Simon, one of the most important figures in comics history and half of the famous creative team Simon and Kirby. Joe Simon co-created Captain America, star of this summer’s anticipated movie blockbuster, and was the first Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Comics (then known as Timely, where he hired Stan Lee for his first job in comics). He recounts the near-death of comics, the Congressional witch-hunts of the 1950s, and the scramble for creators to survive. In the process he reveals what it was like to bring comics out of their infancy, as they became an American art form.

Greg Theakston’s biography of Jack Kirby, JACK MAGIC, previously scheduled as a one-volume edition in 2008, is now being solicited as a 2-volume work, with the first scheduled to come out later this year from Theakston’s Pure Imagination.

Jack Magic Vol. 01: Life & Art of Jack Kirby

by Greg Theakston & Jack Kirby The long-awaited biography of Jack Kirby, The King of Comics! Written by Greg Theakston, Jack’s workmate and personal historian, it’s a detailed study of Kirby’s life and career. Included are extensive quotes from Kirby, Joe Simon, Will Eisner, and many more. Profusely illustrated with classic art and family photos.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.