Jack Kirby Collector (1994 TwoMorrows) comic books

It's a bombastic 'Everything Goes' issue in Jack Kirby Collector, spotlighting a wealth of great submissions that couldn't be pigeonholed into a regular 'theme' issue! The issue leads off with a rare interview with Jack Kirby himself, followed by new interviews with two of the hottest artists in comics, Jim Lee and Adam Hughes, discussing Kirby's influence on their work! In addition to numerous articles on all things Jack, there's also Mark Evanier's regular column about his former boss, two huge Kirby pencil art galleries, two color unpublished Kirby covers, and more! Cover price $9.95.

This issue spotlights the 'Kirby Obscura,' uncovering some of Jack Kirby's most obscure work! Learn about such little-known projects as an unused Thor story, his unseen Bruce Lee comic, his animation work, his stage play, and his original unaltered versions of pages from Kamandi, The 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 surprises! There's also Mark Evanier's 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 Heck, and a color back cover inked by Paul Smith! Cover price $9.95.

Celebrate 'The Magic of Stan & Jack,' the timeless work of the duo who created the Marvel Universe. Stan Lee reminisces about working with Jack Kirby from the 1940's through the 1960's. Plus, there's a re-evaluation of the 'lost' Fantastic Four #108 unused story, including a missing page that just surfaced, still in pencil. And 'What if Jack Hadn't Left Marvel in 1970?' Cover by Kirby & George Perez. Cover price $9.95.

Pick up the second part of 'The Magic of Lee and Kirby,' featuring more on the co-creators of the Marvel Universe! Inside, there's a new interview by Bullpenner George Tuska, as he reflects on his days at Marvel in the 1960s, including working over Jack's layouts. There's a look at the differences between Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko's approaches, and Will Murray gives an in-depth examination of the creation of the Fantastic Four. Cover price $10.95.

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'Kirby Goes To Hollywood' as the Jack Kirby Collector examines the King's forays in and out of Hollywood. Inside you will find a comparison of the most recent Star Wars films to 'The Pact' and 'Himon' Fourth World issues, a look at his time at Ruby-Spears animation as a designer on Thundarr the Barbarian, how Kirby inspired Hollywood productions from the 1940s through today, plus how television and film were worked into Kirby's comics work. Cover price $10.95.

Focusing on 'Unfinished Sagas' - series, stories, and arcs Jack never got to properly finish, and concepts that never got off the ground. From True Divorce Cases and Raam to Kobra and Dingbats, there'll be gobs of unused art and text, including a complete story from Soul Love! We'll also present the rarely-seen 1946 Boy Explorers story, 'Trip to the Moon', two Kirby Tribute Panels, plus Mark Evanier and our other regular columnists, pencil art galleries, and more! All behind two Kirby covers (the 'Galaxy Green' presentation, inked by Mike Royer, and the unseen cover for Soul Love)! Edited by John Morrow. Cover price $10.95.

Jack Kirby Collector #57 focuses on 'Legendary Kirby,' spotlighting Jack's use of the stuff of legend in his work! From angels and devils to Demons and demi-gods, we'll examine how Kirby put his own spin on classic folklore to immortalize it in the comics realm. There's Tony Isabella on Satan's Six (with Kirby's unseen layouts for the series), Jon B. Cooke with behind-the-scenes secrets of Atlas and other Kirby DC titles, the Biblical inspirations behind Devil Dinosaur, Thor as viewed through the eyes of mythologist Joseph Campbell, and how the legendary JFK Conspiracy affected Jack! NOTE: For Vol. 58 see - Jack Kirby Collector Fifty-Eight Presents Lee and Kirby The Wonder Years 1961-1970 SC (2011). Cover price $10.95.

NOTE: For Vol. 58 see - Jack Kirby Collector Fifty-Eight Presents Lee and Kirby The Wonder Years 1961-1970 SC (2011).

The Jack Kirby Collector #59 shifts to a new format and opens 'The Kirby Vault', unlocking a treasure trove of rarities by the 'King' of comics! There's personal correspondence from Jack to fans and co-workers, private photos and accounts from family and friends' interaction with Kirby, a color gallery of his amazing collage work, rare art from Marvelmania, bootleg album covers featuring Kirby art, private sketches, and other artifacts. Plus: A transcript of a never-before released 1969 visit by San Diego fans to the Kirby home (where Jack answers all the questions you would ask if you were there in '69)! Cover price $10.95.

Jack Kirby Collector continues in its new format, with a Fantastic Four follow-up issue to #58's 'The Wonder Years.' It starts with a dynamic, never-before published Kirby FF wraparound cover (and wait'll you see the flip side)! Also, we present a dual interview between classic FF inkers Joe Sinnott and Dick Ayers. Then, there's a rare Lee & Kirby interview, and we compare one of Jack and Stan's FF Bullpen story conferences to what ended up on Stan's final script and Jack's penciled pages. Cover price $10.95.

Jack Kirby Collector #61's theme is Jack Kirby: Writer! Whether creating stories while drawing, or pecking away at a typewriter, Kirby gave his work a unique voice which fans either love or hate. Don't miss this examination of the quirks of Kirby's conceptualizing and wordsmithing, from the operatic Fourth World to melodramatic romance work, and beyond! There's a feature-length Kirby interview, MARK EVANIER and our other regular columnists, galleries of pencil art including New Gods, Destroyer Duck, 2001, and more! Unseen Kirby cover painting! Cover price $10.95.

Jack Kirby Collector is a deluxe, 100-page full-color DC issue! Believe it or not, Kirby actually worked longer for DC than Marvel over the years, so here's a celebration of his best work for the company. (With full-color, you'll see the Fourth World covered like never before!) There's a feature-length Kirby interview, Mark Evanier and our other regular columnists, an updated 'X-Numbers' list of Kirby's DC assignments (revealing some surprises), Jerry Boyd's insights on Kirby's work, a look at key 1970s events in Kirby's life and career, galleries of pencil art including Forever People, OMAC, The Demon, and more, plus a new Orion cover inked by Mike Royer! Cover price $10.95.

Jack Kirby Collector #63 takes you back inside the creation of the Marvel Universe with the late Mark Alexander, author of issue #58's Lee & Kirby: The Wonder Years! Mark worked tirelessly on a lengthy Lee/Kirby essay entitled 'A Universe A'Borning' before his passing, and we proudly present it here! There's also a Kirby interview, Mark Evanier and our other regular columnists, a look at key late-1970s events in Kirby's life and career, Stan Lee script pages, unseen Kirby pencils and unused art from Thor, Nick Fury, Hulk and Fantastic Four, plus galleries of Eternals, Black Panther, and more, all behind a wraparound cover inked by Mike Royer! Edited by John Morrow. Cover price $10.95.

Jack Kirby Collector declassifies confidential information on Kirby's Super-Soldiers! Jack created or co-created an army of fighting men and boys, from Captain America to Fighting American, Sgt. Fury to The Losers, and Pvt. Strong to the Boy Commandos - this issue covers them all, including a tribute to Simon & Kirby! There's also a Kirby interview about Captain America, Mark Evanier and our other regular columnists, a look at key 1940s-'50s events in Kirby's life and career, unseen Kirby pencils and unused art from OMAC, Silver Star, Captain America (in the 1960s and '70s), the Losers, and more, all behind a cover inked by Kirby himself. 96 pages. Cover price $10.95.

Jack Kirby Collector goes all-out and all-in with our 'Anything Goes (Again)' issue! This new potpourri issue covers anything and everything from Jack's 50-year career, including a head-to-head comparison of the creative genius of Kirby, against the design expertise of Alex Toth! Who will come out on top? Plus a lengthy Kirby interview, a look at Kirby's work with Wally Wood, Mark Evanier and our other regular columnists, unseen and unused Kirby art from Jimmy Olsen, Kamandi, Marvelmania, Jack's comic strip and animation work, and more - all behind a classic 1960s cover inked by Kirby himself, complete with our gorgeous new color printing. Edited by John Morrow. 96 pages. Cover price $10.95.

Cover by Mike Royer and Tom Ziuko. Think twice before skipping Jack Kirby Collector #66, our special double-takes issue! It features a wealth of oddities, coincidences, and reworkings by both Jack and Stan Lee from throughout both their careers! There's more on Kirby's Galactus Origin that you never saw, a head-to-head of Ditko's vs. Kirby's Spider-Man, how Lee and Kirby viewed 'writing' and 'script' differently, plus a rare Kirby interview, Mark Evanier and our other regular columnists, unseen and unused pencil art from Fantastic Four, 2001, Captain Victory, Bruce Lee, and more! Edited by John Morrow. 96 pages. Cover price $10.95.

We get Up-Close & Personal with Jack! We feature Kirby interviews you weren't aware of, photos and recollections from fans who saw him in person, personal anecdotes from Jack's fellow pros, a look at comics cameo appearances by both Stan Lee and Kirby, Mark Evanier and our other regular columnists, and more! But don't let this issue's photo cover fool you; it's chockful of rare Kirby pencil art, both from Roz Kirby's private sketchbook, and Jack's most personal comics stories and characters! 96 pages. Cover price $10.95.

Jack Kirby Collector spotlights Key Kirby Characters! In it, we go decade-by-decade to examine pivotal characters Jack created throughout his career (including some that might surprise you)! Plus there's a look at what would've happened if Kirby had never left Marvel Comics for DC, how Jack's work has been repackaged over the decades, the 2015 Kirby Tribute Panel from WonderCon (featuring Neal Adams, Darwyn Cooke, Fred Van Lente, Crystal Skillman, and Len Wein), Mark Evanier and other regular columnists, and galleries of rare and unseen Kirby pencil art! All behind a recently-discovered 1960s Kirby illo of Dr. Doom, newly inked by Concrete's Paul Chadwick! 96 pages. Cover price $10.95.

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Cover by Joe Sinnott. Jack Kirby Collector buddies up with Kirby's Partners, as we spotlight Jack's duos: Captain America & the Falcon (and Bucky, and Rick Jones), Sandman & Sandy, Orion & Lightray, Johnny & Ben, Dingbats, Newsboys, Batman & Robin, and more! We've also scouted high and low for special features on Kirby's creative pals Joe Simon, Mike Royer, Chic Stone, Dick Ayers, Joe Sinnott, Mike Thibodeaux - even Roz Kirby! There's a behind-the-scenes report on Jack's Battle For A 3-D World, with never-seen art and artifacts, courtesy of Ray Zone and David Folkman! Plus there's the 2016 Kirby Tribute Panel from Comic-Con International, Mark Evanier and other regular columnists, and galleries of unseen Kirby pencil art! All behind a Kirby illo of Fighting American & Speedboy inked by Joe Sinnott! Edited by John Morrow. 96 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

Jack Kirby Collector presents the first of two bookend issues we're calling Kirby: Alpha (#70) and Kirby: Omega (#71)! Kirby: Alpha looks at the beginnings of Kirby's greatest concepts, and how he looked back in time and to the future for the origins of ideas like Devil Dinosaur, Forever People, 2001, Eternals, Kamandi, OMAC, and more! There's also a rare Kirby interview, the 2016 Kirby Tribute Panel from WonderCon, Mark Evanier and other regular columnists, and galleries of unseen Kirby pencil art, all behind a Kirby/Mike Royer cover! Don't miss next issue's inverse look at endings in the Kirbyverse. 96 pages. Cover price $10.95.

Jack Kirby Collector presents the second of two 'bookend' issues: Last issue was Kirby: Alpha, and this issue is Kirby: Omega! It looks at endings, deaths, and Anti-Life in the Kirbyverse, including poignant losses and passings from such series as New Gods, Kamandi, Fantastic Four, Losers, Thor, The Demon, and others! Plus: A rare Kirby interview, the 2016 Silicon Valley Comic-Con Kirby Panel, Mark Evanier, unpublished pencil art galleries, and more! Cover inked by Walter Simonson! 96 pages. Cover price $10.95.

Tape up your boxing gloves, as Jack Kirby Collector takes you to Kirby's Fight Club, showcasing Jack's most powerful fights and in-your-face action! We've got recollections of real-life war experiences by Jack and his contemporaries from the Greatest Generation, Kirby's quick-trigger work on Marvel's kid cowboys, the Madbomb saga and all those negative 1970s Marvel fan letters, an interview with Scott McCloud on his Kirby-inspired punchfest Destroy!!, a rare Kirby interview, the 2017 WonderCon Kirby Panel, Mark Evanier, unpublished pencil art galleries, and more! Cover inked by Dean Haspiel! 96 pages. Cover price $10.95.

Don't blink or you might miss the one-shots issue! In it, we cover Kirby's best (and worst) short spurts on his wildest concepts: animation ideas, Dingbats, Justice Inc., Manhunter, Atlas, The Prisoner, and more! There's also an interview with Mike Royer on his work with Jack and elsewhere, a rare Kirby interview, Mark Evanier and our other regular columnists, panels from the 2017 Kirby Centennial celebration, pencil art galleries, and some one-shot surprises! Cover by Frank Fosco and Mike Royer (from Kirby's sketch for a proposed Big Barda comic). 96 pages. Cover price $10.95.

Travel through the ages in Jack Kirby Collector, the FUTUREPAST issue, featuring two different covers! Set course for 'The World That Was,' documenting Jack's work from Caveman days to the Wild West, behind a Kirby Bullseye cover inked by Bill Wray! And transport yourself to 'The World That's Here' for Kirby's visions of the future that became reality, with a cover featuring his unseen Tiger 21 concept art! Whichever cover you choose, this issue spotlights both eras, plus an interview with Rascally Roy Thomas about Jack's work, a rare Kirby interview, Mark Evanier moderating the biggest Kirby Tribute Panel of all time, pencil art galleries, and more! 96 pages.

NOTE: For #75 see Jack Kirby Collector Seventy-Five Presents: Kirby and Lee: Stuf' Said SC (2019 TwoMorrows).

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Travel through the ages in Jack Kirby Collector, the FUTUREPAST issue, featuring two different covers! Set course for 'The World That Was,' documenting Jack's work from Caveman days to the Wild West, behind a Kirby Bullseye cover inked by Bill Wray! And transport yourself to 'The World That's Here' for Kirby's visions of the future that became reality, with a cover featuring his unseen Tiger 21 concept art! Whichever cover you choose, this issue spotlights both eras, plus an interview with Rascally Roy Thomas about Jack's work, a rare Kirby interview, Mark Evanier moderating the biggest Kirby Tribute Panel of all time, pencil art galleries, and more! 96 pages. Cover price $10.95.

NOTE: For #75 see Jack Kirby Collector Seventy-Five Presents: Kirby and Lee: Stuf' Said SC (2019 TwoMorrows). Cover price $24.95.

Dysfunctional relationships abound in Jack Kirby Collector's 'Fathers & Sons' issue! We'll explore the father/son dynamic, Kirby-style, between Odin/Thor, Zeus/Hercules, Darkseid/Orion, Captain America/Bucky, and others. Also: Conducted the week of Jack's 1994 passing, there's a touching unpublished interview with Gil Kane eulogizing his mentor, and heartfelt tributes from a host of Jack's creative offspring: Bill Mumy, Jimmy Palmiotti, Joe Quesada, Jim Valentino, Todd McFarlane, Peter David, Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller, and others. Plus: Mark Evanier and our other regular columnists, the 2018 Kirby Tribute Panel, a complete Golden Age Kirby story, a pencil art gallery featuring prodigal sons (and daughters) from Forever People, New Gods, Thor, Machine Man, and a cover inked by Al Milgrom! 96 pages, PC/B&W. Cover price $10.95.

Break out the DDT and run for your life! It's 'Monsters & Bugs' in Jack Kirby Collector #77! We dig up Jack's monster-movie influences in The Demon, Forever People, Black Magic, Fantastic Four, Jimmy Olsen, and of course his Atlas monster stories! Plus: A look at the twisted path Kirby took with 'B' horror film producer Charles Band's Full Moon Productions! An interview with The Goon creator Eric Powell about his Kirby influences! A look at Kirby's use of insect characters, especially as villains! Also Mark Evanier and our other regular columnists, a Golden Age Kirby story, and a gallery featuring Jack's amazing pencil art! Kirby/Eric Powell cover! 96 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

Published 25 years after the launch of The Jack Kirby Collector #1, this special Silver Anniversary issue shows how Kirby kickstarted the Silver Age of Comics with Challengers of the Unknown, examines how Jack revamped Golden Age legacy characters for the 1960s and beyond, outlines the lasting influence of his signature creation The Silver Surfer, and more! It includes special shout-outs to the fan and pro contributors who've helped publisher/editor John Morrow celebrate the life and career of the King of Comics for a quarter century. And echoing John's fateful choice to start this magazine in 1994, we'll spotlight pivotal decisions (good and bad) Jack made throughout his comics career. Plus: A Kirby pencil art gallery, regular columnists, a classic 1950s story, and more! The Standard Edition sports an unused Kirby Thor cover with Steve Rude's interpretation of how it looked before alterations, while the Deluxe edition adds a silver cardstock outer sleeve featuring the Surfer with Rude inks. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

Published 25 years after the launch of The Jack Kirby Collector #1, this special Silver Anniversary issue shows how Kirby kickstarted the Silver Age of Comics with Challengers of the Unknown, examines how Jack revamped Golden Age legacy characters for the 1960s and beyond, outlines the lasting influence of his signature creation The Silver Surfer, and more! It includes special shout-outs to the fan and pro contributors who've helped publisher/editor John Morrow celebrate the life and career of the King of Comics for a quarter century. And echoing John's fateful choice to start this magazine in 1994, we'll spotlight pivotal decisions (good and bad) Jack made throughout his comics career. Plus: A Kirby pencil art gallery, regular columnists, a classic 1950s story, and more! The Standard Edition sports an unused Kirby Thor cover with Steve Rude's interpretation of how it looked before alterations, while the Deluxe edition adds a silver cardstock outer sleeve featuring the Surfer with Rude inks. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $12.95.

Feast your eyes on 'The Big Picture' in Jack Kirby Collector! We give you a glimpse of how Kirby fits into the grand scheme of things, from his creations' lasting legacy, to how his work tackles big issues like illiteracy. There's a huge interview with Jack himself, a look at inconsistencies in his 1960s Marvel work, a visual before-&-after showing large and small changes in his comics, the big concepts he conveyed in OMAC, his best double-page spreads, and more! Plus Mark Evanier's 2019 Kirby Tribute Panel (with Kurt Busiek, Buzz Dixon, Tracy Kirby, Jeremy Kirby, Paul S. Levine and Mike Royer), a pencil art gallery, and a new cover based on Jack Kirby and Mike Royer's original, unaltered cover art for Omac (1974 1st Series) #1! 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

NOTE: For #80 see Jack Kirby Collector Eighty Presents: Old Gods and New a Companion to Jack Kirby's Fourth World SC (2021 TwoMorrows). Cover price $26.95.

Peer into comics most prodigious imagination in the 'Beta' issue of the Jack Kirby Collector! We'll take a tour of his wildest, most experimental ideas, characters, and series, from the unhinged lunacy of Fighting American, to the non-stop inventiveness of Jimmy Olsen! There's an interview with Jack himself, a look at Kirby's inspirations for the 'secret societies' that permeated his work (from The Project and Habitat to Wakanda and the Night People), the failed genius behind Kamandi's 'UFO Saga,' the many non-superhero genres the King explored during his career, and more! Plus there's Mark Evanier's Kirby Tribute Panel from the 2019 Heroes Con (with Mike Royer, Jim Amash, and Rand Hoppe), a pencil art gallery, and our cover featuring Kirby's unused illo for Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #141, inked by Vince Colletta! 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

Strap in for the ride of your life, as Jack Kirby Collector boldly goes where no Kirby publication has gone before! It's 'The Many Worlds of Jack Kirby,' from exploring the depths of Sub-Atomica, to the cosmic expanse of outer space in Jack's strips. We'll visit Kirby's work from World War II, the Fourth World, and his hidden worlds of Subterranea, Wakanda, Olympia, Lemuria, Atlantis, the Microverse, and others! Then we'll travel across the pond for the 2021 WonderCon Kirby panel, featuring true Brits Jonathan Ross and Neil Gaiman, and moderated by Mark Evanier. Plus a gallery of Kirby pencil art from 2001, Machine Man, Devil Dinosaur, and more! 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

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Jack Kirby Collector presents 'Famous Firsts,' documenting the ways Jack was a pioneer in comics and life! From being the first mainstream creator to work coast-to-coast, to helping launch today's Direct Market of comic book distribution, his innovations are countless, and we're showcasing some major ones, including: the Romance Comics genre, Kid Gangs, double-page spreads, Black heroes, new formats, super-hero satire, and more! Featuring our regular columnists, and the 2020 Kirby Virtual Panel from Comic-Con International, moderated by Mark Evanier. Plus a gallery of Jack's pencil art from Captain America, Jimmy Olsen, Captain Victory, Destroyer Duck, Black Panther, unseen animation concepts, and more! Featuring a Fighting American cover by Kirby and Mike Machlan. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

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Steve Sherman Tribute! Kirby family members, friends, comics creators, and the entertainment industry salute Jack's assistant (and puppeteer on Men in Black, Pee Wee's Playhouse, and others). Mark Evanier and Steve recall assisting Kirby, Steve discusses Jack's Speak-Out Series, Kirby memorabilia from his collection, an interview with wife Diana Mercer, and Steve's unseen 1974 Kirby/Royer cover! 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

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Jack Kirby Collector #85 brings to life 'Kirby: Animated', detailing how Kirby and his concepts leaped from celluloid, to paper, and back again! From his 1930s start on Popeye and Betty Boop and his work being used on the 1960s Marvel Super-Heroes show, to Fantastic Four (in both 1967 and 1978), Super Friends/Super Powers, Scooby-Doo, Thundarr the Barbarian, and Ruby-Spears: it's the ultimate look at Jack's work in, and influence on, animation! Then comics and animation's Evan Dorkin talks about his Kirby inspirations and an abandoned Kamandi animated series. Plus our regular columnists, and from 2017's Baltimore Comic-Con: Mark Evanier celebrates Kirby's 100th birthday with Tom King, Walter Simonson, Mark Buckingham, Jerry Ordway, Dean Haspiel, John K. Snyder III, and the Kirby Museum's Rand Hoppe. 80 pages, full CP/B&W. Cover price $10.95.

What you saw isn't all you got with Jack Kirby, as our Visual Comparisons issue will reveal! Take a curated trip through the most amazing art assemblage ever, as we offer side-by-side analyses of unused vs. known covers and art, uncorrected images against the published versions, and more! There's Barry Windsor-Smith on his stylized interpretation of Kirby's pencils in Captain America's Bicentennial Battles, newly discovered filler panels from Sky Masters, Kirby's incorporation of real-life images in his work, how Jack deviated from cover layouts he was given, and more! Featuring our regular columnists, and Will Murray's conversations with Joe Simon, Stan Lee, Carmine Infantino, Jerry Robinson, Gil Kane, and other pros conducted just after Jack's passing. Plus an interview with this issue's cover inker Walter Simonson (and if you think you recognize that image, take a closer look!). 82 pages, partial color/partial black & white. Cover price $10.95.

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Written by VARIOUS. Art and Cover by Jack Kirby. Book 'em, Jack-o! It's time for a gritty Law & Order issue! We examine how Kirby's lawmen kept the peace, from beat cops like the Newsboy Legion's Jim Harper and 'Terrible' Turpin, to Western gunfighters of the 1950s and '60s-and even future policemen like OMAC and Captain Victory! Also: how a Marvel cop led to the creation of Funky Flashman! Kirby's Justice Traps The Guilty and Headline Comics! Plus a pencil art gallery, our regular columnists, and Mark Evanier moderating the 2022 Kirby Tribute Panel from Comic-Con International (with Sin City's Frank Miller). All behind a cover featuring the 1940s Sandman and Sandy, inked by Mike Machlan. Edited by John Morrow. 80 pages, PC/B&W. Cover price $10.95.

Written by VARIOUS. Art and Cover by Jack Kirby. Since TJKC is for Kirby collectors, we're doing a whole issue about collectors! This issue we'll explore people's quest for and purchase of Jack's original artwork, and what it means to them to own not just the art, but the Kirby comics themselves. Collectors share personal stories about meeting Jack and never-published photos from their encounters, choice fan-art and fan-fiction pertaining to Jack, and some of the coolest memorabilia and Kirby art you've ever laid eyes on! Plus an interview with Marv Wolfman about his (and friend Len Wein's) interactions with Jack first as fans, and then as pros. Features a deluxe wrap-around Kirby cover with fold-out back cover flap, inked by Mike Royer! Edited by John Morrow. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

Written by VARIOUS. Art and Cover by Jack Kirby. Jack's friends will be close, and his enemies closer, in the Kirby Conspiracies issue! We'll skulk through palace intrigue in Darkseid's Fourth World regime, the too-many attempted overthrows of Odin in Asgard, newly discovered Jack Kirby & Joe Simon swipes, the many contradictions of Kang, frustrations seeing the Inhumans on TV and the Eternals in theaters, and more! Plus our regular columnists, a never-reprinted Simon & Kirby story, Mark Evanier moderating the 2023 Kirby Tribute Panel from Comic-Con International, an extensive Kirby pencil art gallery, and more! 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

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Written by VARIOUS. Art and Cover by Jack Kirby. This 'What If Kirby...?' issue takes a trip through alternate timelines to discern what might've happened if Jack hadn't been stopped cold in his attempts at revolutionizing comics. We'll consider his ill-fated Speak-Out Series of upscale magazines, DC's abandonment of the Fourth World, his original rejected Spider-Man presentation, Fredric Wertham's effect on Mainline Comics, and even the CIA's involvement with the Lord of Light project! Had things been different, how would Jack's career and output have changed? Plus, Tom Kraft discusses his journey to create and build the 'What If Kirby' website, and teaming with favorite Kirby inkers (including Royer, Sinnott, and Ayers) to produce reimagined Kirby artwork. Also, there's a rare Kirby interview, Mark Evanier and our other regular columnists, a classic Simon & Kirby story, a deluxe gallery of Kirby pencil art, and more! Cover inks and colors by Damian Pickador Zajko. Edited by John Morrow. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

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Written by VARIOUS. Art and Cover by Jack Kirby. For its 30th anniversary issue, the Jack Kirby Collector pulls out all the stops for a celebration of Kirby's Greatest Victories! We cover all the major triumphs, from Jack getting the girl (wife Roz Kirby) and scoring early hits with Captain America and Boy Commandos, surviving WWII combat (and helping defeat Hitler!), and unprecedented success with pioneering romance comics, to launching Captain Victory and the direct market, resolving his original art battle with Marvel Comics, and posthumously winning credit at Marvel in 2014-which is the culmination of what the Kirby Collector was all about from its beginning in September 1994! There's also Mark Evanier and our regular columnists, a colossal gallery of Kirby's winningest pencil art, a never-reprinted Simon & Kirby story, and a pat on the back to TwoMorrows' own victories in helping spread the word about the King of Comics! With a Kirby self-portrait cover inked by Vince Colletta. Edited by John Morrow. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

(W) VARIOUS (A/CA) Jack Kirby In the News! From the Boys' Brotherhood Republic newsletter of his childhood, to rare newspaper interviews with Jack and articles about his career, we're clipping anything and everything about Kirby that has to do with newsprint! There's a never-published 1973 San Diego Con panel with Jack discussing DC's coloring with Neal Adams, newly discovered strips that Jack ghosted for other syndicated artists (including Frank Giacoia on Johnny Reb & Billy Yank), unused newspaper strip concepts, collages, a never-reprinted Simon & Kirby Headline Comics tale, a Jimmy Olsen and the Newsboy Legion pencil art gallery, our regular columnists, Mark Evanier's 2024 Kirby Tribute Panel from Comic-Con International, and more! With an unused Jimmy Olsen cover inked by syndicated cartoonist David Reddick. Cover price $10.95.