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This will be a quickly annotated list of Kirby items in print (plus some out of print stuff you may still be able to find).<\/p>\n

Purchase of the books from the Amazon.com<\/a> or Tales of Wonder<\/a> links provided gives a percentage of the purchase price to support the Kirby Museum. Of course most of these in-print are also available from most comic shops, and any decent bookstore should be able to order an in-print book with an ISBN.<\/p>\n

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Recommended Key Books<\/a>
\nTwoMorrows Publications<\/a>
\nFourth World in B&W<\/a>
\n70s Kirby in Colour<\/a>
\nMarvel Essentials<\/a>
\nMarvel Masterworks<\/a>
\nDC Archives<\/a>
\nMisc books with Kirby content<\/a>
\nBiographical Books<\/a>
\nOut of Print<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/a>Highly Recommended Key Books<\/span>
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\nMarvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby (Vol. 1)<\/a> ISBN – 0785115749 ToW link<\/a>
\nMarvel’s major 2004 hardcover collection of Kirby’s work through the ages, 352 pages of some great work, slightly oversized (7.5×11). You can check out my quick review<\/a> from when it came out. A great book for those getting into Kirby and wanting to sample a bit of almost everything from his various stints at Marvel.<\/p>\n

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Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby (Vol. 2)<\/a> ISBN – 0785120947 ToW link<\/a>
\nThe follow-up volume, with more of the same, now with added Devil Dinosaur. Plus a few examples of Kirby’s romance work, some key FF and Thor stories and a lot more.<\/p>\n

Jack Kirby Reader v1<\/a> ISBN – 1566850169
\nJack Kirby Reader v2<\/a> ISBN – 1566850266
\nGreg Theakston’s Pure Imaginations published these two volumes in 2003 and 2004, each with 160 pages of some of the best public domain Kirby work from the 1940s and 1950s. You can read my initial thoughts on v2 over here<\/a>. Highly recommended to the more experienced Kirby fan looking for samples of his non-superhero work, with a good sampling of crime and romance. Unfortunately not available through most on-line sellers, you can order them from Last Gasp<\/a> or from Midnight Enterprises<\/a>. Most of PI’s COMPLETE KIRBY seem to be out of print, though Last Gasp appears to have one of the hardcovers<\/a> right now, and Bud Plant and others have the recent THE COMIC STRIP JACK KIRBY<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fantastic Four Omnibus<\/a> ISBN – 0785118705 ToW link<\/a>
\nMarvel’s latest reprint format, this slightly oversized (7.5×11) massive hardcover reprints FF #1 – #30 and Annual #1 with all the original letter columns and some other features in one fat 848 page book. If you don’t otherwise have this material in a permanent format and really want the colour, this is a reasonable way to get it in one shot.<\/p>\n

The Comics Journal Library: Jack Kirby<\/a> ISBN – 1560974346 ToW link<\/a>
\nA collection of various Kirby related interviews and articles which appeared in THE COMICS JOURNAL over the years, including his long and controversial late 1980s interview. While a bit of a flawed book in a lot of ways (with an over-emphasis on his disagreements with Marvel over art returns, and a generally weak selection of articles) it gives a good overview of Kirby’s career and contains a wealth of great artwork (in particular a few colour reproductions of Kirby’s letters home from the war).<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>TwoMorrows<\/span>
\nThe Jack Kirby Collector<\/a>
\nTwoMorrows’ magazine devoted to Kirby is still going strong after over a decade, starting as a small 16-page magazine with black and white covers, getting colour covers with #8 and moving to tabloid size with #31, that format continuing to today, and they’ve probably done more than anyone else in keeping Kirby’s name and art in the spotlight. The early issues are sold out, but reprinted in the collections listed below. Most of the others are available for ordering at the above site, as are subscriptions and the books listed below. Their other fanzines (ALTER EGO, COMIC BOOK ARTIST v1, BACK ISSUE) also frequently had Kirby related content.<\/p>\n

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Collected Jack Kirby Collector, Vol. 1<\/a> ISBN – 1893905004 ToW link<\/a>
\nCollected Jack Kirby Collector, Vol. 2<\/a> ISBN – 1893905012 ToW link<\/a>
\nCollected Jack Kirby Collector, Vol. 3<\/a> ISBN – 1893905020 ToW link<\/a>
\nCollected Jack Kirby Collector, Vol. 4<\/a> ISBN – 1893905322 ToW link<\/a>
\nCollected Jack Kirby Collector, Vol. 5<\/a> ISBN – 1893905578 ToW link<\/a>
\nCollectively reprinting the first 22 sold-out issues of the magazine, each with a few dozen additional images not included in the original issues.<\/p>\n

Kirby Unleashed<\/a>
\nThis tabloid sized 2004 re-issue of the early 1970s portfolio (with a lot of additional and updated material) is beautiful and a bargain at the price they’re asking for it.<\/p>\n

Kirby Checklist<\/a>
\nA massive undertaking from 1998, indexing nearly all of Kirby’s work, an essential guide for Kirby fans, and with a lot of great spot illustrations.<\/p>\n

Captain Victory Graphite Edition<\/a>
\nReprinted from copies of the pencils, this is the original 1970s CAPTAIN VICTORY graphic novel that was modified to form the first few issues of the on-going series.<\/p>\n

Silver Star Graphite Edition<\/a> ISBN – 1893905551 ToW link<\/a>
\nReprinting the complete six issue mini-series from the 1980s, direct from copies of Kirby’s pencils where available, plus Kirby’s screenplay treatment for a film version of the story and other artwork in a 160-page book.<\/p>\n

Streetwise<\/a> ISBN – 1893905047
\nReprints the great Kirby autobiographical short story “Street Code<\/a>“, which also serves as the springboard for other cartoonists doing autobio shorts.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Fourth World in b&w<\/span>
\nDC’s current version of the Fourth World books collects the contents of the three main books in four tradepaperbacks. These books are black and white with greytones added, which got a mixed at best reaction from most fans. I thought they were okay but could have been better. They’re still a very affordable way to get some great comics. Note that DC has announced plans to reprint the material in colour hardcovers, in chronological order and including the unreprinted 1980s stuff, beginning in 2007.
\nJack Kirby’s New Gods<\/a> ISBN – 1563893851
\nJack Kirby’s Forever People<\/a> ISBN – 1563895102 ToW link<\/a>
\nJack Kirby’s Mister Miracle<\/a> ISBN – 1563894572 ToW link<\/a>
\nJack Kirby’s Fourth World (MM v2)<\/a> ISBN – 1563897237 ToW link<\/a>
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<\/a>1970s Kirby in Colour<\/span>
\nThe last few years have seen a decent number of quality releases of Kirby’s 70s work in paperback from both DC and Marvel in full colour standard comic size (6.5×10).<\/p>\n

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Jimmy Olsen by Jack Kirby v1<\/a> ISBN – 1563899841 ToW link<\/a>
\nSUPERMAN’S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #133 – #141
\nplus unused cover inked by Steve Rude and introduction by Mark Evanier<\/p>\n

Jimmy Olsen by Jack Kirby v2<\/a> ISBN – 1401202594 ToW link<\/a>
\nSUPERMAN’S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #142 – #148
\nplus unused cover inked by Al Milgrom, three pencil pages before the Superman\/Jimmy heads were changed and introduction by Mark Evanier<\/p>\n

Captain America and the Falcon: Madbomb<\/a> ISBN – 0785115579 ToW link<\/a>
\nCAPTAIN AMERICA #193 – #200
\nplus several uninked covers from those issues<\/p>\n

Captain America: Bicentennial Battles<\/a> ISBN – 0785117261 ToW link<\/a>
\nCAPTAIN AMERICA #201 – #205
\nBICENTENNIAL BATTLES tabloid (reduced to regular comic size)<\/p>\n

Captain America and the Falcon: The Swine<\/a> ISBN – 0785120785 ToW link<\/a>
\nCAPTAIN AMERICA #206 – #214, Annual #3 – #4
\nFinishing Kirby’s 1970s run on the series<\/p>\n

Black Panther by Jack Kirby v1<\/a> ISBN – 0785116877 ToW link<\/a>
\nBLACK PANTHER #1 – #7
\nplus various unused covers\/pages<\/p>\n

Black Panther by Jack Kirby v2<\/a> ISBN – 0785120696 ToW link<\/a>
\nBLACK PANTHER #8 – #13
\nFinishing Kirby’s run, the last issue is the non-Kirby conclusion to the story.<\/p>\n

Eternals by Jack Kirby<\/a> ISBN – 0785122052 ToW link<\/a>
\nETERNALS #1 – #19, Annual #1
\nComplete series in one oversized hardcover volume<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Marvel Essentials
\n<\/span>“Essentials” are Marvel’s name for their thick black and white tradepaperbacks (originally about 500 pages each, new editions routinely over 600) collecting large runs of various books\/characters from the beginning. These are regular comic sized (6.5×10) books. The reproduction quality varies. Generally sharp, but then sometimes for anywhere from a page to a whole story you’ll get something that looks like a photocopy of a printed comic. Anyway, they’re the most affordable way to read most of Kirby’s 1960s material. The books tend to fall out of print for long periods sometimes, but most are currently available.These volumes have substantial (sometimes all) Kirby art.<\/p>\n

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Essential Ant-Man<\/a> ISBN – 078510822X ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Avengers v1<\/a> ISBN – 0785107010 ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Captain America v1<\/a> ISBN – 0785107401 ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Captain America v2<\/a> ISBN – 0785108270 ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Daredevil v1<\/a> ISBN – 0785109498 ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Fantastic Four v1<\/a> ISBN – 0785106669 ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Fantastic Four v2<\/a> ISBN – 0785107312 ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Fantastic Four v3<\/a> ISBN – 0785107827 ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Fantastic Four v4<\/a> ISBN – 078511484X ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Fantastic Four v5<\/a> ISBN – 078511484X ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Human Torch<\/a> ISBN – 0785113096 ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Incredible Hulk v1<\/a> ISBN – 0785109935 ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Incredible Hulk v2<\/a> ISBN – 0785107959 ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Iron Man v1<\/a> ISBN – 0785118608 ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Silver Surfer<\/a> ISBN – 078510271X ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Thor v1<\/a> ISBN – 0785107614 ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Thor v2<\/a> ISBN – 0785115919 ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Thor v3<\/a> ISBN – 0785121498 ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Uncanny X-Men v1<\/a> ISBN – 0785109919 ToW link<\/a><\/p>\n

The following have trivial amounts of Kirby (covers, under two dozen story pages)
\nEssential Avengers v2<\/a> ISBN – 078510741X ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Captain America v3<\/a> ISBN – 0785121668 ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Daredevil v2<\/a> ISBN – 0785114629 ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Defenders v2<\/a> – ISBN 0785121501 ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Doctor Strange v1<\/a> ISBN – 0785108165 ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Ghost Rider v2<\/a> ISBN – 0785121641 ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Iron Man v2<\/a> ISBN – 0785114874 ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Marvel Two-in-One v1<\/a> ISBN – 0785117296 ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Moon Knight v1<\/a> ISBN – 0785120920 ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Nova v1<\/a> ISBN – 0785120939 ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Spider-Man v1<\/a> ISBN – 0785109889 ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Spider-Man v2<\/a> ISBN – 078510299X ToW link<\/a>
\nEssential Classic X-Men v2<\/a> ISBN – 0785121161 ToW link<\/a><\/p>\n

More Essentials<\/a>
\nTales of Wonder’s full selection of Essentials, including non-Kirby ones.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Marvel Masterworks<\/span>
\nThis has been Marvel’s primary hardcover reprint vehicle for the past two decades, with over 70 volumes, about half with substantial Kirby content (over a dozen story pages) and another handful with minor Kirby. These are colour hardcover books, regular comic sized (about 7×10). They re-issued and slightly “re-mastered” all the original volumes in the past few years, sometimes improving reproduction and colouring or moving issues around to more logical positions (Annuals where they belong in continuity, pinups in proper position). The books were sold with two types of dustjackets, a limited edition that copies the original format from the 1980s (full series numbering, marble design, gold embossed borders), most of which are out of print now, and the regular editions (2nd edition), most of which are available at any given time. The easiest place to find them on-line and being sure of getting the edition you want is Tales of Wonder<\/a>. The links below are to the regular editions.
\n2 — Fantastic Four #1-10 ToW link<\/a>
\n3 — X-Men #1-10 ToW link<\/a>
\n4 — Avengers #1-10 ToW link<\/a>
\n6 — Fantastic Four #11-20, Annual #1 ToW link<\/a>
\n7 — X-Men #11-21 ToW link<\/a>
\n8 — Incredible Hulk #1-6 ToW link<\/a>
\n9 — Avengers #11-20 ToW link<\/a>
\n13 — Fantastic Four #21-30 ToW link<\/a>
\n14 — Captain America – Tales of Suspense #59-81 ToW link<\/a>
\n18 — Thor – Journey Into Mystery #83-100 ToW link<\/a>
\n19 — Silver Surfer #7-18 ToW link<\/a>
\n20 — Iron Man – Tales of Suspense #39-50 ToW link<\/a>
\n21 — Fantastic Four #31-40, Annual #2 ToW link<\/a>
\n25 — Fantastic Four #41-50, Annual #3 ToW link<\/a>
\n26 — Thor – Journey Into Mystery #101-110 ToW link<\/a>
\n28 — Fantastic Four #51-60, Annual #4
\n29 — Daredevil #12-21 ToW link<\/a>
\n30 — Thor – Journey Into Mystery #111-120, Annual #1 ToW link<\/a>
\n32 — Sub-Mariner – Tales to Astonish #70-87 ToW link<\/a>
\n34 — Fantastic Four #61-71, Annual #5
\n39 — Hulk – Tales to Astonish #59-79 ToW link<\/a>
\n42 — Fantastic Four #72-81, Annual #6 ToW link<\/a>
\n43 — [Golden Age] Captain America Comics #1-4 ToW link<\/a>
\n46 — Captain America – Tales of Suspense #82-99, Captain America #100 ToW link<\/a>
\n52 — Thor – JiM\/Thor #121-130 ToW link<\/a>
\n53 — Fantastic Four #82-93 ToW link<\/a>
\n55 — [Golden Age] All-Winners Comics #1-4 ToW link<\/a>
\n56 — Hulk – Tales to Astonish #80-101, Incredible Hulk #102 ToW link<\/a>
\n57 — [Atlas Era] Tales to Astonish #1-#10 ToW link<\/a>
\n58 — Sgt. Fury #1 – #13 ToW link<\/a>
\n59 — Ant-Man\/Giant-Man – Tales to Astonish #27, #35-#52 ToW link<\/a>
\n62 — Fantastic Four #94-#104 ToW link<\/a>
\n63 — Rawhide Kid #17-#26 ToW link<\/a>
\n64 — Captain America #101-#113 ToW link<\/a>
\n66 — Human Torch – Strange Tales #101-#117, Annual #2 ToW link<\/a>
\n68 — [Atlas Era] Tales of Suspense #1-#10 ToW link<\/a>
\n69 — Thor #131 – #140, Annual #2 ToW link<\/a><\/p>\n

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In addition, trivial amounts of Kirby (covers, under a dozen story pages or layouts) appear in these:
\n1 — Spider-Man #1-10 ToW link<\/a>
\n15 — Silver Surfer #1-6, FF Annual #5 backup ToW link<\/a>
\n16 — Spider-Man #31-40, Annual #2 ToW link<\/a>
\n17 — Daredevil #1-11 ToW link<\/a>
\n27 — Avengers #21-30 ToW link<\/a>
\n31 — X-Men #22-31 ToW link<\/a>
\n35 — X-Men #32-42 ToW link<\/a>
\n38 — Avengers #31-40 ToW link<\/a>
\n45 — Iron Man – Tales of Suspense #51-65 ToW link<\/a>
\n49 — Doctor Strange – Strange Tales #142-168 (plus earlier covers) ToW link<\/a>
\n65 — Iron Man – Tales of Suspense #66-83 ToW link<\/a>
\n74 — Daredevil #33-41 (plus FF #73) ToW link<\/a>
\n76 — USA Comics #1-#4 ToW link<\/a><\/p>\n

Of related interest
\nMaximum Fantastic Four<\/a> ISBN – 078511792X ToW link<\/a>
\nCoffeetable book which reprints FF #1, blowing up each panel to full or double page size, and including some extras. Got mixed reviews.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>DC Archives<\/span>
\nDC’s Archives series are colour hardcover books, similar in format to the Masterworks.<\/p>\n

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Challengers Archives v1 <\/a> ISBN – 1563899973 ToW link<\/a>
\nthe SHOWCASE tryout issues (#6 – #7, #11 – #12) and CotU #1 – #2<\/p>\n

Challengers Archives v2<\/a> ISBN – 1401201539 ToW link<\/a>
\nCotU #3 – #8 (last Kirby issue)<\/p>\n

Kamandi Archives v1<\/a> ISBN – 1401204147 ToW link<\/a>
\nKAMANDI #1 – #10<\/p>\n

Kamandi Archives v2<\/a> ISBN – 1401212085 ToW link<\/a>
\nKAMANDI #11 – #20<\/p>\n

Shazam Archives v2<\/a> ISBN – 1563895218 ToW link<\/a>
\nincludes CAPTAIN MARVEL ADVENTURES #1 by Simon&Kirby<\/p>\n

All-Star Archives v3<\/a> ISBN – 1563893703 ToW link<\/a>
\nincludes the S&K Sandman short story from ALL-STAR #14
\nAll-Star Archives v4<\/a> ISBN – 1563894335 ToW link<\/a>
\nincludes the S&K Sandman short stories from ALL-STAR #15 – #17
\nAll-Star Archives v5<\/a> ISBN – 1563894971 ToW link<\/a>
\nincludes the S&K Sandman short story from ALL-STAR #19<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Misc partial Kirby books<\/span>
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\nMarvel<\/span><\/p>\n

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Spider-Man – Saga of the Sandman TPB<\/a> ISBN – 0785124977 ToW link<\/a>
\nReprints FF #61, one of Kirby’s stories with the villain in question<\/p>\n

Marvel Romance TPB<\/a> ISBN – 0785120890 ToW link<\/a>
\nFive short stories from around 1960, plus lots of non-Kirby stuff from the 1960s and 1970s.
\nBest of the Fantastic Four, Vol. 1<\/a> ISBN – 0785117822 ToW link<\/a>
\nAbout a third of this 350 page hardcover is Kirby, including FANTASTIC FOUR #1, #39 – 40, #51, #100<\/p>\n

Fantastic Firsts<\/a> ISBN – 0785108238
\nA thick tradepaperback collecting various first appearances, about half of this book is by Jack Kirby. Mostly familiar standards, but notable as (at the time) the only modern reprints of the first issue of SGT. FURY and the first SHIELD story from STRANGE TALES #135.<\/p>\n

Fantastic Four – The Movie<\/a> ISBN – 0785118098 ToW link<\/a>
\nThe movie adaptation and some reprints, including FF #5 (first Doctor Doom)<\/p>\n

Marvel Monsters (hardcover)<\/a> ISBN – 0785121412 ToW link<\/a>
\nFour monster reprints among various new revivals of the characters.<\/p>\n

Marvel Westerns (hardcover)<\/a> ISBN – 078512280X ToW link<\/a>
\nVarious western reprints among new revivals of the characters<\/p>\n

Stan Lee Meets (hardcover)<\/a> ISBN – 0785122729 ToW link<\/a>
\nTwo Kirby FF reprints (#79 and #87) among some new stories and other reprints<\/p>\n

Marvel Visionaries: Stan Lee (Vol. 1)<\/a> ISBN – 0785116931 ToW link<\/a>
\nKirby’s represented by three stories in this issue, most notably his final issue of THOR which has yet to be reprinted anywhere else.<\/p>\n

Marvel Weddings<\/a> ISBN – 0785116869 ToW link<\/a>
\nThis collection includes the wedding of Reed and Sue from FF ANNUAL #3.<\/p>\n

What If Classic Vol. 2<\/a> ISBN – 0785118438 ToW link<\/a>
\nReprints six issues of the 1970s series, including Kirby’s full issue (#11) and his one other published cover (#9).<\/p>\n

Incredible Hulk – Transformations<\/a> ISBN – 0785102620 ToW link<\/a>
\nThis includes the oft-reprinted 3-page Hulk origin from THE INCREDIBLE HULK #3.<\/p>\n

Marvel Visionaries – Gil Kane<\/a> ISBN – 0785108882 ToW link<\/a>
\nIncludes Gil Kane’s first work at Marvel, a Hulk story from TALES TO ASTONISH #76 where he worked over Kirby layouts. No other Kirby, but hey, over 200 pages of Gil Kane.<\/p>\n

Bring Back the Bad Guys<\/a> ISBN – 0785105913 ToW link<\/a>
\nAbout one-third Kirby reprints including X-MEN #4, AVENGERS #8, STRANGE TALES #89 and THOR #169 (origins of Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Kang, Fin Fang Foom and Galactus).<\/p>\n

Avengers – Kang Time and Time Again<\/a> ISBN – 0785118209 ToW link<\/a>
\nIncludes THOR #140, where Thor battles Kang’s minion the Growing Man.<\/p>\n

Champions Classics v1<\/a> ISBN – 0785120971 ToW link<\/a>
\nIncludes Kirby’s only cover (#6) from the 1970s series<\/p>\n

DC Comics<\/span><\/p>\n

Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown v1<\/a> ISBN – 1401210872 ToW link<\/a>
\nKirby’s dozen issues in black and white, plus the following 10 non-Kirby issues reprinted for the first time.<\/p>\n

Showcase Presents Green Arrow v1<\/a> ISBN – 1401207855 ToW link<\/a>
\nAll eleven of Kirby’s GA stories from the 1950s, and the next decade worth of stories after that, mostly by Lee Elias, in black and white.<\/p>\n

Superman in the Seventies<\/a> ISBN – 1563896389 ToW link<\/a>
\nContains JIMMY OLSEN #133, Kirby’s first issue<\/p>\n

DC Universe Christmas<\/a> ISBN – 1563896400 ToW link<\/a>
\nThis 2000 collection from DC reprints various Christmas stories, of course, with S&K being represented by the Sandman story “Santa Fronts for the Mob”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pulp Fiction Library – Mystery In Space<\/a> ISBN – 1563894947 ToW link<\/a>
\nThis volume published by DC in 1999 contains 33 science-fiction stories from their long publishing history. Kirby is represented twice, you can read about it in this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Showcase Presents – House of Mystery v1<\/a> ISBN – 1401207863 ToW link<\/a>
\nOne black-and-white reprint from the 1950s, as reprinted in the early 1970s run of the anthology. Read about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Showcase Presents – House of Mystery v2<\/a> ISBN – 1401212387 ToW link<\/a>
\nAnother black and white reprint of a reprint from the 1950s. Read about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\nOther Publishers<\/span>
\nAdventures of the Fly v1<\/a> ISBN – 1879794187 ToW link<\/a>
\nReprints the first four issues of the 1959 Archie series, with most of the Kirby work in those issues and the Fly teaser from DOUBLE LIFE OF PRIVATE STRONG #1. My post on it is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

New Smithsonian Book of Comic Book Stories – From Crumb to Clowes<\/a> ISBN – 1588341836
\nThis 2004 collection is a massive survey of American comic books from the 1960s on. It seems to have gotten mixed at best reviews, but anyway, it includes FANTASTIC FOUR #21 in black and white.<\/p>\n

Modern Arf<\/a> ISBN – 1560976292 ToW link<\/a>
\nThe first of Craig Yoe’s anthologies of modern art themes in the comics features Kirby’s 1950s story “The Fourth Dimension is a Many Splattered Thing”, reprinted from the original art, in crisp clean black-and-white, among other things.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Biographical<\/span>\"\"<\/p>\n

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The Comic Book Makers (Joe Simon autobio)<\/a> ISBN – 1887591354
\nWritten with his son Jim Simon, this is a great collection of reflections on Simon’s long career in comics and the many people he knew. As you’d expect, the bulk of the book is about work done with Jack Kirby over their decades of partnership, with a lot of artwork and related material printed, some of it previously unpublished, including an unpublished Boy Explorers story, unused Stuntman double page splashes and a reprint from BLACK MAGIC. The first edition was published in 1990 by Crestwood II, the link is the revised edition published in 2003 by Vanguard.<\/p>\n

Will Eisner’s Shop Talk<\/a> ISBN – 156971536X ToW link<\/a>
\nA collection of Will Eisner’s discussions with fellow creators, mostly reprinted from his WILL EISNER QUARTERLY or SPIRIT MAGAZINE, including Jack Kirby and Joe Simon in seperate interviews from the early 1980s.<\/p>\n

Masters of American Comics<\/a> ISBN – 030011317X
\nThe catalog of the MOCA art exhibition that opened in LA and will be going on tour, Kirby is one of fifteen artists given the spotlight in the show, and this book has some of the artwork shown and some biographical material and critical appraisals.<\/p>\n

Tales to Astonish (Ronin Ro bio, HC)<\/a> ISBN – 1582343454 ToW link<\/a>
\nTales to Astonish (Ronin Ro bio, TPB)<\/a> ISBN – 158234566X
\nThe 2004 pop biography of Kirby, a useful collection of anecdotes put in order, with some flaws. Worth reading, you can check out my quick review<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"Image<\/a>Out of Print<\/span>
\nHere are a few books that are currently out of print. You may be able to order copies second-hand.<\/p>\n

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Art of Jack Kirby<\/a> ISBN – 0963446703
\nBlue Bolt<\/a> ISBN – 1885730403
\nBoys’ Ranch<\/a> ISBN – 087135859X
\nBring On The Bad Guys (revised)<\/a> ISBN – 0785105972
\nCaptain America – The Classic Years v1<\/a> ISBN – 078510660X
\nCaptain America – The Classic Years v2<\/a> ISBN – 0785107436
\nComplete Jack Kirby v1<\/a> ISBN – 1566850061
\nComplete Jack Kirby v2<\/a> ISBN – 1566850063
\nComplete Jack Kirby v3<\/a> ISBN – unknown
\nComplete Jack Kirby v4<\/a> ISBN – 1566850088
\nDavid Copperfield’s Tales of the Impossible<\/a> ISBN – 0061052280
\nFighting American<\/a> – ISBN – 0871356007
\nGolden Age of Marvel v1<\/a> ISBN – 0785105646
\nGolden Age of Marvel v2<\/a> ISBN – 0785107134
\nGrandson of Origins<\/a> ISBN – 078510593X
\nGreatest Superman Stories Ever Told<\/a> ISBN – 0930289390
\nGreatest Villains of the Fantastic Four<\/a> ISBN – 0785100792
\nHulk – Beauty and the Behemoth<\/a> ISBN – 0785106596
\nJack Kirby Treasury v2<\/a> ISBN – 1560601345
\nJack Kirby’s Heroes and Villains Black Magic Edition<\/a> ISBN – 1566850029
\nNick Fury, Agent of SHIELD<\/a> ISBN – 0785107479
\nOrigins of Marvel Comics (revised)<\/a> ISBN – 0785105794
\nReal Love: The Best of the Simon and Kirby Love Comics<\/a> ISBN – 0913035637
\nSilver Surfer – The Coming of Galactus<\/a> ISBN – 087135957X
\nSky Masters of the Space Force<\/a> ISBN – 1566850096
\nSon of Origins of Marvel Comics (revised)<\/a> ISBN – 078510559X
\nVillainy of Doctor Doom<\/a> ISBN – 0785107320<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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