In celebration of its 65th anniversary, the House of Ideas proudly presents a timeless testament to a true Marvel visionary! Comics' premier storyteller for more than 40 years, Jack "King" Kirby brought new vitality and imagination to the medium, and set the standard for every artist to follow. This deluxe keepsake edition collects some of the most monumental moments, created in concert with the likes of legendary writers such as Joe Simon and Stan Lee - some never before reprinted: "Mercury in the 20th Century," RED RAVEN COMICS #1, Kirby's first work for Marvel; "The Vision," MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS #13, Kirby's first regular Marvel series; "Meet Captain America," CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #1, the first Captain America story; "UFO the Lightning Man," YELLOW CLAW #3, from a strip Kirby wrote and drew during the '50s; "I Defied Pildorr, the Plunderer from Outer Space!," STRANGE TALES #94, from the moster era; the first time Joe Sinnott inked the King; "I Am the Amazing Dr. Droom!," AMAZING ADVENTURES #1, the origin of Stan and Jack's first super-heroic character of the '60s; "Beware the RawhideKid!," RAWHIDE KID #17, the first revamped Rawhide Kid story and the beginnings of the Marvel style; Plus: "The Origin of the Hulk," HULK #3; "Spidey Tackles the Torch," AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #8; "Captain America Joins the Avengers!," AVENGERS #4; "The Fangs of the Fox,"SGT. FURY #6; "The Coming of Galactus," FANTASTIC FOUR #48-50; "This Man. This Monster," FANTASTIC FOUR #51; "The People Breeders," THOR #134-135; "To Become an Immortal," THOR #136; "This Is A Plot?," FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #5; "The Inhumans!" AMAZING ADVENTURES v.2 #1-2' "America Will Die!," CAPTAIN AMERICA #200; "The Fourth Host," ETERNALS #7 and "What If the Original Marvel Bullpen Was the Fantastic Four?," WHAT IF #11.
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A Bittersweet Career Retrospective...,
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Without a doubt, Jack Kirby brought some of the most majestic and powerful illustrations to comic-books. No doubt he was also a driving force behind much of the plotting and pathos that so marks many of Marvel's finest stories. Still, this collection should lay to rest any of the oft-told stories that it was Kirby who did the writing (while some went so far as to say that Stan Lee could not write a simple sentence in plain English). While the art-work remains stellar throughout the entire collection, one does see a decline in the writing once Lee leaves Kirby to script his own stories. While the art-work seldom suffers (if anything, it remains as glorious as anything Kirby ever produced), the scrips for the Kirby-penned issue of CAPTAIN AMERICA and THE ETERNALS are wooden/stilted, at best. In the case of the Kirby-penned "What If..." issue (one that tackles the concept of what if the Fantastic Four were made up of members of the Marvel Bullpen), the writing is downright cringe-worthy. While this book is a fine primer to introduce the unintitiated to the grandiose and marvelous artwork of Jack Kirby, it also serves to remind one that Kirby was often at his very best when he had a talented writer on hand to help him guide his unique vision and talents.
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Kirby fans will enjoy it but many of the choices are mediocre,
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I was expecting more from this book considering Jack Kirby did more for Marvel and comic books than anyone outside of Stan Lee. There is a brief introduction that reads like it was written in 5 minutes and lacks any insight or historical distance to Kirby's impact on comic book art. Yes, there are some key 1960s glossy reprints that show off Kirby's magnificent and muscular pop-art -- particularly FF 51 (w/Sinnott's inks) that gets my vote for the best work ever by Kirby/Lee. The other FF reprints are outstanding examples of Kirby. The Thor reprints are good but his earlier Thors, particularly Tales of Asgard with inker Vince Colletta, are better examples of Kirby's dynamism. Similarly, the Captain America choices in this book are OK but not his best CA. Ditto for Sgt. Fury and the Avengers. The Golden Age stuff is worthwhile and needs to be in here, but the most baffling reprints are the schlockly 50's horror/SF work, which are utterly forgettable. This should be Kirby's best work. Far from it. Try again, Marvel.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Long the live King Kirby.,
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Would there have been a comics industry without Jack Kirby? Yes, I think there would have, but it might not have been as fun. This book reprints a wide format of stories (see the Amazon description above) in a format worthy of Kirby.
Particularly nice was the inclusion of the "What-If?" story that has Kirby and Stan Lee becoming members of the Fantastic Four. It is great fun to watch the King of Comics actually join in the action in the comic universe he helped create.
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