Bunches of recently announced upcoming Kirby. TwoMorrows brings the COLLECTED KIRBY COLLECTOR up to the end of the standard magazine format issues. All the tabloid issues are still available, so no idea if they’ll ever collect those in some format. And of course they continue with #52 (#51 should be out in a few weeks). DC collects Kirby’s dozen issues of OUR FIGHTING FORCES featuring The Losers, some great stuff in there. Marvel starts a softcover version of their Masterworks line. A few pages of Kirby inked by Ditko in that first release, obviously expect much more Kirby in other probable releases. The old Masterworks hardcover line is still catching some strays, like one Kirby story and a bunch of covers in the second Human Torch volume. And the original X-Men get a thick OMNIBUS volume collecting all of the issues with Kirby pencils and layouts and beyond, including almost all the covers he had a hand in.<\/p>\n
COLLECTED JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR – Volume 7<\/strong><\/a> This seventh trade paperback completes the compilations of the first thirty regular-size issues of The Jack Kirby Collector, the critically acclaimed magazine about Kirby\u2019s life and career. This volume reprints Jack Kirby Collector #27-30, with in-depth looks at Jack\u2019s 1970s Marvel Comics work, and his \u201980s work in comics and animation, plus a special two-part focus on how widespread Kirby\u2019s influence is! It features rare interviews with Kirby himself, plus new interviews with Watchmen\u2019s ALAN\u2008MOORE and DAVE GIBBONS, NEIL GAIMAN, Bone\u2019s JEFF SMITH, MARK \u201cLuke Skywalker\u201d HAMILL, and others! See page after page of rare Kirby art, including a NEW special section with over 30 pieces of Kirby art never before published, and more! Edited by John Morrow. THE JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #52<\/strong><\/a> This issue spotlights Kirby Obscura, uncovering some of Jack\u2019s most obscure work! Learn about such little-known projects as \ufeffan unused Thor story,\u2008his unseen Bruce Lee comic, his animation work, his stage play, and see original unaltered versions of pages from Kamandi, Demon, Destroyer Duck, and more! It also includes a feature examining the last page of his final issue of various series before editorial tampering (complete with lots of surprises)! There\u2019s also Mark Evanier\u2019s regular column about his former boss, two huge Kirby pencil art galleries, a complete Golden Age Kirby story, a color Kirby front cover inked by DON\u2008HECK, and a color back cover inked by PAUL\u2008SMITH! Edited by John Morrow. THE LOSERS BY JACK KIRBY HC<\/strong><\/a> For the first time, Jack Kirby\u2019s tales of World War II are collected! In 1974, while Jack Kirby was hard at work on such mind-bending epics as MISTER MIRACLE and KAMANDI, he also created a series of stories that drew on his own experiences in World War II. Starring DC war heroes Johnny Cloud, Captain Storm, Gunner and Sarge, this volume features stories in which The Losers stop a German attack using a tactic found in a comic book, German and American athletes who faced each other at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin meet again on the field of combat, and much more! Don\u2019t miss this amazing collection of tales from OUR FIGHTING FORCES #151-162, and featuring a foreword by best-selling author Neil Gaiman (THE SANDMAN).<\/p>\n on sale March 11
\n288 page Trade Paperback – Edited by John Morrow<\/p>\n
\nISBN-13: 978-1-605490-12-0
\nISBN-10: 1-605490-12-1
\n$29.95 US<\/p>\n
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\nWinter 2009 – 84 pages – Tabloid Format<\/p>\n
\n$10 US<\/p>\n
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\nWritten by Jack Kirby
\nArt by Jack Kirby, D. Bruce Berry & Mike Royer
\nCover by Jack Kirby & Mike Royer<\/p>\n
\n240 pg, FC, $39.99 US<\/p>\n
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