Four Kirby books in the latest solicitations, including some stuff never reprinted.<\/p>\n
GIANT-SIZE INVADERS #2 – The story from ALL-WINNERS #2 has never been reprinted, so that makes this a must-have. The other stuff looks like fun, too, and that’s a great price for it.<\/p>\n
FANTASTIC FOUR: THE WEDDING SPECIAL – Yet another reprint of FF Annual #3. I’m going to hope in vain that we’ll get a decent reprint of it this time around (as decent as you can get given the inking, at least). The new story in this issue sounds good, too.<\/p>\n
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 9 – Wow, two volumes in one year? That’s unexpected. Wonder if that means they’ll finish up the Kirby run early next year, or this is just the “have something new when the movie comes out on video” thing. Anyway, each issue has a few pages that haven’t been included in previous reprints.<\/p>\n
ESSENTIAL MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE VOL. 1 TPB – Not mentioned in the solicitation, but Kirby did five of the covers for books reprinted in there, all but one of his TWO-IN-ONE covers.<\/p>\n
GIANT-SIZE INVADERS #2
\nWritten by ROY THOMAS, BILL EVERETT, CARL BURGOS, JOE SIMON & JACK KIRBY
\nPenciled by JAY ANACLETO, FRANK ROBBINS, BILL EVERETT,
\nCARL BURGOS, JOE SIMON & JACK KIRBY
\nCover by JAY ANACLETO
\nCaptain America, the Sub-Mariner and the Human Torch \u2013 together again, in a brand-new story Written by the legendary Roy Thomas! Plus: The greatest super heroes of World War II unite to battle the Axis powers in INVADERS #1-2 (August-October 1975); the Sub-Mariner takes on the Torpedo Boat Terror, from ALL-WINNERS COMICS #1 (Summer 1941); the Human Torch gets caught in the Carnival of Death, from ALL-WINNERS COMICS #2 (Fall 1941); and Captain America cracks the Strange Case of the Malay Idol, also from ALL-WINNERS #2.
\n96 PGS. $4.99<\/p>\n
FANTASTIC FOUR: THE WEDDING SPECIAL
\nWritten by KARL KESEL
\nPenciled by DREW JOHNSON
\nCover by GENE HA
\nA true Collector\u2019s Item celebrating one of the greatest events in comics history \u2013 the marriage of Reed Richards and Sue Storm! Hard to believe they tied the knot 40 years ago… and it certainly doesn\u2019t seem that much time has passed to Reed and Sue themselves when a special evening out gives them a chance to look over their entire life together \u2013 past, present and future \u2013 in an all-new 30-page story by Karl Kesel and Drew Johnson. Also included as an added bonus: Reed and Sue\u2019s original 1965 wedding extravaganza, guest-starring the Avengers, X-Men, Spider-Man and a cast of thousands \u2013 an epic that could only be told by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby! So, like all great weddings, this Special mixes something old (The original Lee\/Kirby FF Wedding Spectacular) with something new (\u201cThe Life Fantastic\u201d by Kesel\/Johnson) \u2013 even though there\u2019s nothing borrowed, and the only thing blue will be any fan who misses this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
\n64 PGS. $4.99<\/p>\n
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 9
\nWritten by STAN LEE
\nPenciled by JACK KIRBY
\nCover by JACK KIRBY
\nFIELD TRIP!
\nThat\u2019s \u201cField Trip\u201d as defined in the Lee\/Kirby Dictionary, which means you\u2019d better pack that bag lunch in unstable molecules and strap yourself in for a trip around the universe beyond your wildest imagination!<\/p>\n
First stop: A little visit to the neighbor\u2019s place, and hanging with the incomparable Inhumans and titanic team-up against Maximus the Mad!<\/p>\n
Second stop: Europe. Paris is beautiful in the springtime, but that\u2019s nothing. According to the brochure, Latveria\u2019s lovely year round. You might want to take that visitor\u2019s guide with a grain of salt, though. The savvy traveler never trusts a Chamber of Commerce run by Doombots.<\/p>\n
Third stop: Down under. Way down under for a big-time battle with the Mole Man!
\nLast stop: Now here\u2019s a trip that\u2019s far out. The ever lovin\u2019 blue-eyed Thing gets whisked away on a galactic tour as a gladiator in the scurrilous Skrulls\u2019 slave arena! If that\u2019s not enough outer-space exotica for ya, then welcome yourself to a world wrapped in the Roarin\u2019 Twenties!<\/p>\n
With tour guides like Stan and Jack, you\u2019d best make those travel plans today, True Believer. Tickets for this trip are guaranteed to sell out! Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR (Vol. 1) #82-93
\n272 PGS.\/ $49.99
\nISBN: 0-7851-1846-2<\/p>\n
ESSENTIAL MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE VOL. 1 TPB
\nWritten by LEN WEIN, MIKE FRIEDRICH, STEVE GERBER, CHRIS CLAREMONT, ROY THOMAS, BILL MANTLO, ROGER SLIFER, MARV WOLFMAN,
\nSCOTT EDELMAN, TONY ISABELLA & JIM SHOOTER
\nPenciled by JIM STARLIN, GIL KANE, SAL BUSCEMA, GEORGE TUSKA, HERB TRIMPE, BOB BROWN, RON WILSON, ARVELL JONES,
\nDICK GIORDANO, MIKE ESPOSITO, DAVE HUNT, SAM GRAINGER, MARIE SEVERIN & JOHN BUSCEMA
\nCover by JIM STARLIN
\nThe Thing can\u2019t stay out of trouble, but at least he makes friends wherever he goes! The Ever-Lovin\u2019 Idol o\u2019 Millions teams up with heroes both frontline and forgotten against menaces spanning time and space! Gods! Aliens! Spies! Demons! Dinosaurs! Time travellers! Martial artists! The Living Eraser and the Mountain That Walked Like a Man! A veritable who\u2019s who of history\u2019s horror heroes! Fans of NEW INVADERS take notice of Ben\u2019s team-ups with the Invaders AND the Liberty Legion! Collects MARVEL FEATURE #11-12; MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #1-20, 22-25 and ANNUAL #1; MARVEL TEAM-UP #47; and FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #11.
\n576 PGS. $16.99
\nISBN: 0-7851-1729-6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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