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Fall 2020 - 84-page FULL-COLOR magazine

Feast your eyes on “The Big Picture” in Jack Kirby Collector #79 (84 full-color pages)! 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, and others), a pencil art gallery, and a new cover based on Kirby’s original, unaltered cover art from OMAC #1! Edited by John Morrow.

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Summer 2013 - 100-page FULL-COLOR magazine

NOW IN FULL-COLOR! 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, NORRIS BURROUGHS on Kirby's design and composition on the NEW GODS, a comparison of STEVE GERBER’s Destroyer Duck scripts to Jack’s pencils, Kirby’s best promotional blurbs and sound effects, an unpublished STUNTMAN story (in color!), galleries of pencil art including NEW GODS, DESTROYER DUCK, 2001, and more, plus an unseen Kirby cover painting! Edited by John Morrow.

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Winter 2025 - 84-page FULL-COLOR magazine

We go 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. Edited by John Morrow.

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Fall 2024 - 84-page FULL-COLOR magazine

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.

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Spring 2017 - 100-page FULL-COLOR magazine

Jack Kirby Collector (100 full-color pages, $10.95) presents the second of two bookend issues: Last issue was KIRBY: ALPHA, and this issue is KIRBY: OMEGA (#71)! 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, 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! Edited by John Morrow.

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Winter 2018 - 100-page FULL-COLOR magazine

Don’t blink or you might miss JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #73, the ONE-SHOTS issue (100 full-color pages, $10.95)! 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! Sporting BIG BARDA #1 cover finishes by MIKE ROYER! Edited by John Morrow.

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272-page Digital Edition

The ultimate listing of Jack “King” Kirby’s work! With over a decade of extensively researched corrections and additions since the 2008 “Gold Edition”, this final, fully-updated, definitive Centennial Edition clocks in at DOUBLE its previous length, in a new 272-page fully searchable Digital Edition! In addition to a detailed listing of all of Kirby’s published comic book work (with dates, story titles, page counts, and inkers, plus reprints cross-referenced to help collectors locate less-expensive versions of key issues), it documents his work in: Pulp magazines, books, foreign editions, newspaper strips, fine art and collages, periodicals, fanzines, convention booklets, novels and short stories, essays, interviews, speeches and convention panels, art exhibitions, portfolios, posters, calendars, cards, stamps, stickers, radio and television appearances, audio and video recordings, animation—even Jack’s unpublished work! If Kirby did it, it’s covered here, including hundreds of new items published since his 1994 passing, bringing it up to date through his 100th birthday in August 2017!

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Get all the "extra" pages from Collected Jack Kirby Collector Volumes 1-7, as a 165-page Digital Edition!

This Digital Edition compiles the “extra” new material from COLLECTED JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR volumes 1-7, in one huge 165-page Digital Edition! Includes a fan’s private tour of the Kirbys’ remarkable home, profusely illustrated with photos, and more than 200 pieces of Kirby art not published outside of those volumes. If you already own the individual issues and skipped the collections, or missed them in print form, now you can get caught up! (NOTE: The PRINT editions of Volumes 6-7 are still available.)

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52 page Comic book - by Jack Kirby

For the first time, his original CAPTAIN VICTORY GRAPHIC NOVEL is presented as it was created in 1975 (before being broken up and modified for the later Pacific Comics series), reproduced from Jack’s own copies of his uninked pencils! This first “new” Kirby comic in years features page after page of prime pencils, and includes Jack’s unused Captain Victory screenplay, unseen art, and more!

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Summer 2017 - 100-page FULL-COLOR magazine

Tape up your boxing gloves, as Jack Kirby Collector #72 (100 full-color pages, $10.95) 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! Edited by John Morrow.

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Winter 2017 - 100-page FULL-COLOR magazine

Jack Kirby Collector (100 full-color pages, $10.95) presents the first of two bookend issues we’re calling KIRBY: ALPHA (#70) and KIRBY: OMEGA (#71)! #70 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.) Edited by John Morrow.

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Summer 2016 - 100-page FULL-COLOR magazine

Jack Kirby Collector #68 (100 full-color pages, $10.95) spotlights Key Kirby Characters! In it, we examine pivotal characters Jack created throughout his career (including some that tell us surprising things about what Kirby thought and felt)! Plus there’s a look at what would’ve happened if Kirby had never left Marvel Comics for DC, 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! Edited by John Morrow.

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Spring 2016 - 100-page FULL-COLOR magazine

NOW IN FULL-COLOR! In Jack Kirby Collector #67, we get Up-Close & Personal with Jack! It features 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! Edited by John Morrow.

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Fall 2015 - 100-page FULL-COLOR magazine

NOW IN FULL-COLOR! 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.

NOTE: This issue's Part 4 of a top secret, all-encompassing TwoMorrows Crossover that we’ve been planning for several months. Each of our November-December 2015 releases features a special two-page spread that interconnects to form one massive image, showcasing the efforts of nearly 100 of the comics industry’s top talents! But could bring so many people together for this one “jam” project? There’s clues in each new magazine release, in this order:
Alter Ego #136 (Part 1)
Back Issue #85 (Part 2)
Comic Book Creator #10 (Part 3)
BrickJournal #37 (Part 5)
Draw #31 (Part 6, which contains a key to who drew what)
And the final, big reveal is in Alter Ego #137 (Part 7).

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Summer 2015 - 100-page FULL-COLOR magazine

NOW IN FULL-COLOR! JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #65 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 and 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 & 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.

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Fall 2014 - 100-page FULL-COLOR magazine

NOW IN FULL-COLOR! JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #64 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, complete with our gorgeous new color printing. Edited by John Morrow.

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Spring 2014 - 100-page FULL-COLOR magazine

NOW IN FULL-COLOR! 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 MARK EVANIER interviewing Bullpenners ROY THOMAS, STAN GOLBERG, and JOE SINNOTT, plus our other regular columnists, a look at key late-1970s, ’80s, and ’90s 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, and more, all behind a wraparound cover inked by MIKE ROYER! Edited by John Morrow.

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Winter 2014 - 100-page FULL-COLOR magazine

NOW IN FULL-COLOR! JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #62 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! Edited by John Morrow.

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Summer 2012 - 104 page magazine with COLOR

JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #59 shifts to a new format (104 magazine-size pages with COLOR SECTION, $10.95), 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)! Also, "Kirby Kinetics" (a new column by NORRIS BURROUGHS examining Kirby’s art and compositional skills), MARK EVANIER and our other regular columnists sounding off about all things Kirby, and we present Jack’s uninked pencil art from unused 1970s DC pages, a complete Kirby story, and more! Edited by John Morrow.

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(Jack Kirby Collector #58)

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160-page Trade Paperback - Written by Mark Alexander

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Fantastic Four #1 with this special squarebound edition (#58) of The Jack Kirby Collector, at regular magazine-size, about the two pop-culture visionaries who created the Fantastic Four, and a decade in comics that was more tumultuous and awe-inspiring than any before or since. Calling on his years of research, plus new interviews conducted just for this book (with Stan Lee, Flo Steinberg, Mark Evanier, Joe Sinnott, and others), regular Jack Kirby Collector magazine contributor Mark Alexander completed this book just prior to his recent passing, and it traces both Lee and Kirby's history at Marvel Comics, and the remarkable series of events and career choices that led them to converge in 1961 to conceive the Fantastic Four. It also documents the evolution of the FF throughout the 1960s, with previously unknown details about Lee and Kirby's working relationship, and their eventual parting of ways in 1970. With a wealth of of historical information and amazing Kirby artwork, Lee & Kirby: THE WONDER YEARS beautifully examines the first decade of the FF, and the events that put into motion the 1960s era that came to be known as the Marvel Age of Comics!

ISBN-13: 978-1-60549-038-0
ISBN-10: 1-60549-038-5

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Summer 2011 - 84 pages - Tabloid Format

JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #57 (84 tabloid-size pages, $10.95) 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), the Biblical inspirations behind DEVIL DINOSAUR, THOR as viewed through the eyes of mythologist JOSEPH CAMPBELL, and how the legendary JFK Conspiracy affected Jack! We’ll also present a complete Golden Age Kirby story, a rare Kirby interview, plus MARK EVANIER and our other regular columnists, pencil art galleries showing uninked pencils from ETERNALS, the DEMON, NEW GODS, THOR, and more! All behind two Kirby covers (Jack's original ATLAS presentation inked by D. BRUCE BERRY, and a breathtaking fully-painted DEMON back cover by GIORGIO COMOLO)! Edited by John Morrow.

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Spring 2011 - 84 pages - Tabloid Format

JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #56 (84 tabloid-size pages, $10.95) focuses 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, interviews with MICHAEL NETZER and PAUL KUPPERBERG, KURT BUSIEK and ALEX ROSS on their new series Kirby: Genesis, 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.

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Fall 2010 - 84 pages - Tabloid Format

In JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #55 (84 tabloid-size pages, $10.95), "Kirby Goes To Hollywood!" as we examine the King's forays in and out of Tinseltown! Inside you'll find: Sergio Aragonés and Mell Lazarus recall appearing with Kirby on an episode of Bob Newhart's BOB! television show! A comparison of three most recent STAR WARS films to Jack's "The Pact" and "Himon" Fourth World issues! The King's time at Ruby-Spears animation as a designer on Thundarr the Barbarian examined, plus an interview with Joe Ruby and Ken Spears! How Kirby inspired Hollywood productions from 1940s serials and cartoon shows, to TV series and big screen blockbusters—plus how Jack worked films and TV into his own comics stories! Heretofore unknown tidbits about Jack's encounters with Frank Zappa, Paul McCartney... and John Lennon?! All this, plus Mark Evanier's regular column, a Kirby pencil art gallery, a Golden Age Kirby story, and more, behind a color Kirby cover inked by PAUL SMITH! Edited by John Morrow.

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Spring 2010 - 84 pages - Tabloid Format

Continuing from last issue, it’s PART TWO of “THE MAGIC OF LEE & KIRBY”, featuring more on the co-creators of the Marvel Universe! Inside, there’s a new interview (and front cover Kirby recreation) by Bullpenner George Tuska, as he reflects on his days at Marvel in the 1960s, including working over Jack’s layouts on classic stories! There’s a look at the differences between Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko’s approaches (showing copious examples of both men’s work), and Will Murray gives an in-depth examination of the creation of the Fantastic Four. Also, we uncover the mystery of Marvel cover dates, plus Mark Evanier presents his regular column about Kirby. There’s a gorgeous Kirby pencil art gallery, a complete Golden Age Kirby story, and more, plus a color Kirby back cover inked by JOE SINNOTT! Edited by John Morrow.

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Summer 2009 - 84 pages - Tabloid Format

Issue #53 spotlights THE MAGIC OF STAN & JACK, celebrating the timeless work of the duo who co-created the Marvel Universe! There’s a new interview with STAN LEE, conducted by JERRY BOYD, as “The Man” reminisces about working with JACK KIRBY from the 1940s through the 1960s. There’s also a walking tour of New York City, highlighting where both Lee & Kirby lived and worked from their first meeting in the Golden Age, through their time together at Marvel Comics in the 1960s. Plus, there’s a reevaluation of the “Lost” Fantastic Four #108 unused story (including a missing page that just surfaced, still in pencil), and a look at “What If Jack Hadn’t Left Marvel In 1970?” All this, plus Mark Evanier’s regular column about Jack, a luscious Kirby pencil art gallery, a complete Golden Age Kirby story, and more, behind a color Kirby cover inked by GEORGE PÉREZ! Edited by John Morrow.

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Winter 2009 - 84 pages - Tabloid Format

Issue #52 spotlights Kirby Obscura, uncovering some of Jack’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 see original unaltered versions of pages from Kamandi, Demon, 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’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 by KIRBY himself! Edited by John Morrow.

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Summer 2008 - 84 pages - Tabloid Format

It’s a bombastic “Everything Goes” issue in JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #51 (84-page tabloid magazine), as we spotlight 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 how Kirby influenced them! And in addition to numerous articles on all things Jack, there’s Mark Evanier’s regular column about his former boss, two huge Kirby pencil art galleries, a complete Golden Age Kirby story, two COLOR UNPUBLISHED KIRBY COVERS, and more! Edited by John Morrow.

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Celebrating 50 Years of the “King” of Comics

168 page Trade Paperback - Edited by John Morrow

The publication that started the TwoMorrows juggernaut presents KIRBY FIVE-OH!, a special look at the best of everything from Jack Kirby’s 50-year career in comics! The regular columnists from The Jack Kirby Collector magazine have formed a distinguished panel of experts to choose and examine: The best Kirby story published each year from 1938-1987! The best covers from each decade! Jack’s 50 best unused pieces of art! His 50 best character designs! And profiles of, and commentary by, the 50 people most influenced by Kirby’s work! Plus there’s a 50-page gallery of Kirby’s powerful raw pencil art, and a deluxe color section of photos and finished art from throughout his entire half-century oeuvre. This trade paperback features a previously unseen Kirby Superman cover inked by “DC: The New Frontier” artist DARWYN COOKE, and an introduction by Mark Evanier, helping make this the ultimate retrospective on the career of the “King” of comics!

ISBN-13: 978-1-893905-89-4
ISBN-10: 1-893905-89-6

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Summer 2007 - 84 pages - Tabloid Format

Strap on your armor for JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #49, as we spotlight Kirby’s WARRIORS, such as Thor, Sgt. Fury, Challengers of the Unknown, the Losers, and others! Included is a rare Kirby interview (where Jack conveys the real-life horrors he went through on the battlefields of World War II), a new interview with JERRY ORDWAY, MARK EVANIER’s regular column, a look at hidden messages in BILL EVERETT’s Thor inks, an interview with Seven Soldiers writer GRANT MORRISON on his Kirby-inspired work, Kirby pencil art galleries, a complete 1950s Kirby story, an amazing Kirby wraparound Thor cover inked by JERRY ORDWAY, and more. Edited by John MORROW.

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Spring 2007 - 84 pages - Tabloid Format

We get technical in issue #48, spotlighting “Kirbytech”—Jack’s knack for creating high-tech gizmos, gadgets, and concepts, from Iron Man’s armor and Machine Man, to the Negative Zone and beyond! Included is a rare KIRBY interview, Mark EVANIER’s regular column, two pencil art galleries, a complete 1950s story, interviews with Godland’s Tom SCIOLI and Dark Horse publisher Mike RICHARDSON, the 2006 Kirby Tribute Panel (with Neal ADAMS, George PÉREZ, John ROMITA SR., Mike ROYER, and Kirby lawyer Paul LEVINE), Kirby covers inked by Terry AUSTIN and Tom SCIOLI, and more! Edited by John MORROW.

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Autumn 2006 - 80 pages - Tabloid Format

In JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #47, we explore Jack’s group mentality, as we focus on Kirby’s SUPER TEAMS! From kid gangs and the Challengers of the Unknown, to big guns like the Fantastic Four, X-Men, Avengers, and even Super Powers, we’ll cover them all, and present plenty of never-seen 1960s Marvel pencil art! Also included is a rare KIRBY interview, MARK EVANIER’s regular column, two pencil art galleries, a complete never-reprinted 1950s story, an interview with “The Disappointment Artist” author Jonathan Lethem about Kirby’s influence on him, and an interview with JOHN ROMITA, JR. on his work with NEIL GAIMAN revamping Kirby’s ETERNALS! It’s all sandwiched between an obscure 1960s Marvelmania front cover inked by Kirby himself, and a rare Super Powers back cover inked by MIKE ROYER! Edited by John Morrow.

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Summer 2006 - 80 pages - Tabloid Format

He’s got the whole Fourth World in his hands in JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #46, as this issue focuses on Kirby’s FOREVER PEOPLE, NEW GODS, and perhaps Jack’s greatest villain, Darkseid! Also included is a rare interview with KIRBY, MARK EVANIER’s regular column, two FOURTH WORLD pencil art galleries (including Kirby’s redesigns for SUPER POWERS), a never-reprinted 1950s story, an interview with Kirby Award winner and family friend MARTY LASICK, a new Kirby Darkseid front cover inked by MIKE ROYER, a Kirby Forever People back cover inked by JOHN BYRNE, and more! Edited by John Morrow.

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Winter 2006 - 80 pages - Tabloid Format

There’s no time like the present in JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #45, as we take a trip in the KIRBY TIME MACHINE for Jack’s views of the past and future! There’s a never-published interview with KING KIRBY! A heartfelt new interview with Jack’s son NEAL KIRBY! MARK EVANIER’s regular column, plus our other regular columnists! Two Kirby pencil art galleries—THE PAST and THE FUTURE (both at whopping TABLOID SIZE)! Two rare, complete 1950s Kirby stories! An interview with Kirby Award winner and family friend MARK MILLER! Kirby’s first script, from the 1930s! Looks at Jack’s 3-D work, the Eternals, Devil Dinosaur, Justice Inc., war and gangster stories, and the 2005 Kirby Tribute Panel (with Evanier, nephew Robert Katz, Scott Shaw!, and Steve Sherman)! All behind a new Kirby/Royer montage cover, plus the unpublished Kirby cover to CAPTAIN 3-D #2, inked by BILL BLACK and converted into actual 3-D by RAY ZONE!

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Fall 2005 - 80 pages - Tabloid Format

Mythadventures rule in JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #44, focusing on KIRBY’S MYTHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS, including THE DEMON, THOR, ATLAS, ETERNALS, and others! There’s a rare interview with KIRBY, never-seen by most comics enthusiasts! MARK EVANIER answers Frequently Asked Questions about Jack in his regular column, while our other regular columnists give their take on all things Kirby! There’s also two Kirby pencil art galleries; one of THE DEMON, and another featuring some of his other classic mythological characters (both at whopping TABLOID SIZE)! Just in time for Halloween, there’s a never-reprinted BLACK MAGIC story from the 1950s! Also, we present an interview with Kirby Award winner and family friend DAVID SCHWARTZ (with tons of little known anecdotes and info about Jack and Roz), a new Kirby Demon cover inked by MATT WAGNER, and more! Edited by John Morrow.

(NOTE: We mistakenly included the Black Magic stories in TJKC #44 under the heading of "Public Domain Theatre". In actuality, the copyright on these stories is still valid, held initially by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, and later renewed by Joe Simon. We apologize for the misimpression that was conveyed. The copyright notice should have stated "Copyright Joe Simon & Jack Kirby.")

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Summer 2005 - 80 pages - Tabloid Format

JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #43 spotlights the recipients of the Jack Kirby Award at the 2004 San Diego Comicon! Behind sterling Kirby covers featuring the Silver Surfer (inked by Joe Sinnott) and Silver Star (the original presentation drawing, never-seen and hand-colored by Kirby himself), we present our most personal issue yet, as those closest to the Kirbys share memories, anecdotes, momentos, photos, and never-seen art from Jack and Roz! Included are former Kirby assistant STEVE SHERMAN and his brother GARY in an uproarious feature interview, plus contributions from RAY WYMAN, MIKE THIBODEAUX, and many others! Plus: A never-published 1966 interview with KIRBY himself! Our regular columnists and features, including MARK EVANIER answering Frequently Asked Questions about Jack! A SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT that will change Kirby collecting forever! And a special 1960s Gallery showcasing a Kirby pencils-to-Sinnott inks comparison of TALES OF SUSPENSE #93, featuring Kirby in his penciling prime, and at whopping TABLOID SIZE!

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Spring 2005 - 80 pages - Tabloid Format

JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #42 spotlights all the funky, clunky stuff Kirby did at 1970s DC Comics! From Jimmy Olsen and Dingbats of Danger Street, to Kung-Fu Fighter and Soul Love, we’re gonna get up and boogie like a Hairie at Habitat! The issue features Kirby covers inked by KEVIN NOWLAN (Guardian and the Newsboy Legion) and MURPHY ANDERSON (if you ever wondered what JIMMY OLSEN would’ve looked like if Murphy had inked the whole book, and not just the Jimmy and Superman heads, you’ll find out as he inks the unused Kirby cover from JIMMY OLSEN #147!)! Also, both inkers share their thoughts on inking the King! Plus: A never-published interview with Kirby himself! Our usual columnists and features, including MARK EVANIER answering Frequently Asked Questions and Jack! And a colossal Gallery of Jack’s finest pencil work at whopping TABLOID SIZE!

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Fall 2004 - 80 pages - Tabloid Format

In JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #41, we look at Jack’s fondly-remembered (and occasionally maligned) 1970s MARVEL WORK! First, there’s a Kirby BLACK PANTHER cover inked by comics legend DICK GIORDANO, and a DEVIL DINOSAUR cover inked by MARK “Cadillacs & Dinosaurs” SCHULTZ! Regular columnist MARK EVANIER talks about Kirby at Marvel in the ’70s, plus we’ll examine the deal Jack got to lure him away from DC Comics in 1975! There’s an interview with RALPH MACCHIO about Jack’s tenure there, plus one with DICK GIORDANO about Kirby and comics, and coverage of the King’s work from Captain America to Eternals to Machine Man! We’ll also present: The 2004 Kirby Tribute Panel, direct from this summer’s Comicon International: San Diego, tentatively featuring DAVE GIBBONS, ALEX ROSS, and other Kirby collaborators and admirers to be announced! Plus there’s our other regular columnists, and a colossal KIRBY ART GALLERY, showing his uninked pencil art at whopping TABLOID SIZE!

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Summer 2004 - 80 pages - Tabloid Format

In JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #40, we revisit Jack’s WORLD THAT’S COMING! Behind two new Kirby covers (inked by ERIK LARSEN and European sensation REEDMAN), we rocket into the future—Kirby’s version, that is! Due to overwhelming reader demand, KAMANDI and OMAC finally get their due in TJKC, plus we’ll spotlight his work on 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Black Hole, Thundarr, Captain Victory, and others! We’ll also present: The 2003 Kirby Tribute Panel, featuring WENDY PINI, MICHAEL CHABON, STAN GOLDBERG, SAL BUSCEMA, LARRY LIEBER, and some guy named STAN LEE! An interview with P. CRAIG RUSSELL on his Kirby influences! Regular columnists MARK EVANIER, ADAM McGOVERN and BARRY FORSHAW! Plus a NEW COLUMN analyzing Jack’s visual shorthand! All this, and a giant KIRBY ART GALLERY, showing his uninked pencil art at TABLOID SIZE!

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Fall 2003 - 80 pages - Tabloid Format

JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #39 is an eclectic collection of FAN FAVORITES! Behind two new Kirby covers (inked by MIKE ALLRED and P. CRAIG RUSSELL), we’re covering all the cool Kirby characters readers have been clamoring for: The Hulk (just in time for this summer’s blockbuster movie)! The Inhumans! The Silver Surfer, and more! Plus: A never-published interview with the King himself! Regular columnist MARK EVANIER answers Frequently Asked Questions about Jack! ADAM McGOVERN examines Kirby-inspired work! BARRY FORSHAW unearths Jack’s most obscure material! And wait’ll you see what we’ve dug up for the Kirby Art Gallery - the biggest one we’ve ever published (all at TABLOID SIZE)! This issue is destined to be every Kirby fan’s favorite - don’t miss it!

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Spring 2003 - 80 pages - Tabloid Format

In Jack Kirby Collector #38, it's the topic so huge, it took two big tabloid issues to cover it! Jack Kirby: Storyteller is the follow-up to last issue, detailing more secrets of how to draw comics the Kirby way! Behind two never-published Kirby covers (colored by Jack himself), you'll see: Kirby swipes, the evolution of the Human Torch and the Thing, and enough squiggles, crackle, explosions, and gizmos to make your head spin! Plus, master inker Joe Sinnott talks about how to ink the King! You'll spend an afternoon with the Kirbys (where you'll hear from Jack Davis, Roy Thomas, Paul Gulacy, the Hernandez Bros., and others on the King's work)! And don't miss regular columnists Mark Evanier and Adam Mcgovern, and the most amazing Kirby art gallery you've ever seen!

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Summer 2002 - 84 pages - Tabloid Format

We're celebrating the 40th anniversary of THOR in THE JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #36! To start things off, there's two incredible color Kirby Thor covers (inked by MIKE ROYER and TREVOR VON EEDEN)! Inside, JOE SINNOTT and JOHN ROMITA JR. weigh in on their Thor work with new interviews, and we proudly present a never-published 1969 interview with JACK KIRBY, conducted by SHEL DORF! There's also voluminous coverage of everyone's favorite Thunder God, including a look at the "real" Norse gods, and an exhaustive examination of Jack and Stan's Tales of Asgard! Usual columnists MARK EVANIER and ADAM McGOVERN are also here, and to celebrate Thor's 40th birthday, we're featuring 40 pages of Kirby Thor pencils, including an amazing Kirby Art Gallery at TABLOID SIZE, with pin-ups, covers, and more!

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Spring 2002 - 84 pages - Tabloid Format

It's our nail-biting, death-defying "Great Escape" issue of THE JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR! #35 headlines the incomparable Mr. Miracle, and starts with covers inked by MARSHALL ROGERS and STEVE RUDE! In addition to extensive coverage of Kirby's super-escape artist Mr. Miracle, there's: Kirby's escape from New York's Lower East Side! A look at the escape themes in Michael Chabon's Kirby-inspired, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY! A comparison of Kirby's and Harry Houdini's backgrounds! The 2001 Kirby Tribute Panel (featuring WILL EISNER, the late JOHN BUSCEMA, JOHN ROMITA, MIKE ROYER, and - believe it or not - JOHNNY CARSON)! Plus there's the usual array of uninked Kirby pencils, shown at our huge TABLOID SIZE, and more!

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March 2002 - 84 pages - Tabloid Format

We pull no punches with our slam-bang FIGHTING AMERICANS theme issue of THE JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR! #34 celebrates Kirby’s most hard-knuckled, all-American characters, including: That rough and tumble kid gang, the Newsboy Legion! Super-spy Nick Fury! The original “survivor”, Green Arrow! The Losers, inspired by Jack’s own WWII experiences! Plus there’s an interview with Captain America’s daddy JOE SIMON about his copyright battle over the character (with plenty of Kirby Cap pencils), and a talk with CARMINE INFANTINO about working for Simon & Kirby in the 1940s! There’s also a Kirby-inked Captain America front cover, and an amazing BOYS’ RANCH back cover, penciled by Kirby and inked by legend ALEX TOTH! ALSO: Unknown 1950s Kirby concepts, gobs of uninked Kirby pencils, and more, all in our “King”-sized tabloid format!

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November 2001 - 84 pages - Tabloid Format

40th Anniversary of the Fantastic Four

This is the one readers have been asking for since #9—the second all Fantastic Four issue! To celebrate the FF's 40th Anniversary, all the stops are pulled out, showing 40 pages of Kirby's powerful, uninked FF pencils! We've got cover inks by Erik Larsen (plus a new Larsen interview), and due to overwhelming demand, Bruce Timm makes a return engagement as a TJKC cover inker! Plus, nearly every writer and artist who worked on the FF after Lee & Kirby has been tracked down, and asked what their favorite Kirby issue of FF was, and why! There are also regular columnists Mark Evanier and Adam McGovern, and a new installment in Mike Gartland's "Failure to Communicate" series dealing with Kirby's final year on FF! And if that's still not enough for you, there's a new interview with Stan "The Man" Lee! It's the ultimate issue, showcasing Kirby art at nearly full-size in the new king-size format! Don't miss it!

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July 2001 - 84 pages - Tabloid Format

If you think you know all about Jack Kirby's career, think again! Issue #32 is devoted to Kirby's least-known work, and starts with covers featuring two never-before-seen Kirby characters—one fully painted by Jose Ladronn (over Kirby pencils), the other inked and colored by Kirby himself! Inside, an examination of notable missing links in the Kirby canon, such as "The Days of the Mob #2," "Soul Love," and "True Divorce Cases!" More secrets behind "Sky Masters!" Plus, find out about Kirby's "Big Daddy of Death," and his unknown 1950's work! Features include a colossal Kirby interview, plus a new interview with French sensation Arnon about his Kirby influence! And can you handle the Kirby Trivia Quiz? The new king-size format allows for even more unpublished Kirby pencil art at tabloid size!

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March 2001 - 84 pages - Tabloid Format

Issue #31 is the big one, sporting a new king-size Kirby format! It starts with a never-published wraparound Kirby cover featuring Superman, inked by the incomparable Neal Adams! Inside, JKC examines Kirby's biggest work, from his longest stories and most mind-blowing concepts, to his wildest two-page spreads! There's a colossal Kirby interview, plus new interviews with Kurt Busiek about his work on Jack's Secret City characters, and an artist who's made a big impression on Kirby fans, Jose Ladronn! To start the year off right, JKC explores Kirby's monolithic work on the 2001: A Space Odyssey and Bicentennial Battles Treasury Editions! Plus, Mike Gartland takes a look at Kirby's work on Giant-Man, and the new giant- size pages will show even more unpublished Kirby pencil art—at nearly actual size! So don't miss the only magazine big enough to contain the imagination of the king: Jack Kirby!

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November 2000 - 68 pages

Issue #30 examines Kirby’s Twilight Years, from the time he left Marvel in 1978, to his death in 1994. It starts with color Kirby covers inked by AL GORDON and PAUL SMITH! Then we present more of Ray Wyman’s interviews with JACK & ROZ KIRBY, and a new interview with the writer who made the 1980s so fascinating, ALAN MOORE! Plus, we’ll interview Jack’s nephew and co-executor of the Kirby Estate ROBERT KATZ about upcoming Kirby projects, and take a look at Jack’s career in animation (including a gallery of some of the most amazing art Kirby ever produced)! Also, there’s more on Jack’s TOPPS COMICS work, HUNGER DOGS, and plenty of rare and unpublished Kirby art (much uninked) from your favorite stories!

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August 2000 - 68 pages

Issue #29 looks at the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of Kirby’s work at 1970s MARVEL COMICS! It starts with color Kirby covers inked by KLAUS JANSON and JOE RUBINSTEIN! Inside, we present an interview with JACK KIRBY, plus new interviews with two artists known for their 1970s Kirby-inspired work, KEITH GIFFEN and RICH BUCKLER! There’s also a gallery of Kirby’s best Marvel covers (reproduced from his uninked pencils), and another installment of Mike Gartland’s FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE series, spotlighting Kirby’s work doing layouts for other Marvel artists. Then, we’ll examine the hits and misses of Jack’s ’70s Marvel work, from CAPTAIN AMERICA and ETERNALS to BLACK PANTHER, MACHINE MAN, and DEVIL DINOSAUR! And throughout, we’ll showcase plenty of rare and unpublished Kirby art (much uninked) from your favorite stories, and more!

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April 2000 - 68 pages

Issue #28 features Part Two of our all-star look at the KIRBY INFLUENCE! It starts with a color wraparound Kirby cover inked and colored by Madman’s MIKE & LAURA ALLRED! Inside, we present an interview with JACK KIRBY, plus new interviews with Ren & Stimpy’s JOHN KRICFALUSI and Luke Skywalker himself, MARK HAMILL! Plus, there’s conversations with the top names in comics about how Kirby influenced them, including KARL KESEL, MIKE ALLRED, GEOFF DARROW, GARY GIANNI, AL WILLIAMSON, ANDREAS, and others! We’ll also talk with Kirby family members about their upcoming Kirby-related projects, examine the career of VINCE COLLETTA, and present Kirby-inspired art by pros like STEVE RUDE and ALEX HORLEY! And throughout, we’ll showcase plenty of rare and unpublished Kirby art (much uninked) from your favorite stories, and more!

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November 1999 - 72 pages

Special Gods-theme issue, as we explore the spiritual side of Kirby's work! We start with color Kirby covers, plus extra color plates, featuring Jack's original New Gods concept drawings (colored by Kirby himself). Next, see how Kirby was influenced by the Torah, and the Old and New Testaments in his work on the Fourth World, Galactus, the Silver Surfer, and others. Plus, an unpublished Kirby interview, and a Walt Simonson interview which describes his plans to take over the reins of the New Gods.

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February 2000 - 68 pages

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Issue #27 kicks off the year 2000 with an all-star look at The Kirby Influence! It starts off with color Kirby covers inked by Bruce Timm and Mike Thibodeaux! Then inside, there's a previously unpublished interview with Jack Kirby, plus a new interview with Alex Ross (including unseen Ross art)! Then, there are talks with the top names in comics about how Kirby influenced them, including Neil Gaiman, Dave Gibbons, Mark Waid, Erik Larsen, Brian Pulido, Joe Quesada, Steve Bissette, Rick Veitch, Keith Giffen, Rich Buckler, and others! You also explore how the Kirby Family is carrying on Jack's name (including a sneak-peek at upcoming Kirby-inspired projects), a huge photo gallery, fan art, and more! And throughout, there's plenty of rare and unpublished art from Jimmy Olsen, Captain America, Fantastic Four, and more!

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August 1999 - 100 pages

It's non-stop action as issue #25 spotlights one of the greatest creative teams in comics history—Joe Simon & Jack Kirby. Inside, you'll find in-depth interviews with both Simon and Kirby about their career together, along with features on their greatest work from the early days to their final collaboration on the 1970s Sandman. Plus, a complete 14- page Boy Explorers story from 1946 showcasing Simon and Kirby at their peak, solo art by both Simon and Kirby, and plenty of rare and unpublished pages from Stuntman, Bullseye, Captain America, and the Newsboy Legion, and more.

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April 1999 - 68 pages

It’s no-holds barred as issue #24 spotlights KIRBY’S GREATEST BATTLES! For starters, MIKE (Hellboy) MIGNOLA inks an unpublished epic Kirby battle scene for our FULL-COLOR, WRAP-AROUND COVER! Inside, you’ll find a hard-hitting interview with the champ himself, JACK KIRBY! Then we come out swinging with a discussion of Jack’s fight to get his original art back from Marvel Comics, including a new interview with the always-controversial JIM SHOOTER! Also, there’s a detailed analysis of our favorite Kirby battle story (featuring Jack’s uninked pencils), plus the fourth in our series of articles comparing Kirby’s margin notes to STAN LEE’s DIALOGUE! And throughout, we’ll showcase plenty of rare and unpublished art from some of Kirby’s greatest fight scenes, including knockout pages from THOR, NEW GODS, THE LOSERS, SUPER POWERS, and more!

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February 1999 - 68 pages

Anything Goes

• A rarely-seen, feature-length Kirby Interview
• Two pages of uninked pencils to Fantastic Four #49 featuring the Silver Surfer
• Comparing Kirby's Margin Notes to Stan Lee's Words
• Interview with Denny O'Neil
• Reminiscence by granddaughter Tracy Kirby
• Unpublished story from Soul Love
• A Kirby Contest and Fan Art
• Unpublished Art including Pencil Pages Before They Were Inked and Much More!

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December 1998 - 68 pages

Villains

• An unpublished Kirby Interview
• Interviews with Steve Rude & Mike Mignola
• Part Two of our series comparing Kirby's Margin Notes to Stan Lee's Words
• Stunning, Uninked Fantastic Four #49 Pencils
• Special Features:
  Darkseid, Red Skull, Doctor Doom, Atlas Monsters, Yellow Claw, & Others
• The Genesis of King Kobra, by Steve Sherman
• Unpublished Art including Pencil Pages Before They Were Inked and Much More!

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October 1998 - 68 pages

Jack's Wackiest Work

• An unpublished Kirby Interview
• Interviews with Gil Kane & Bruce Timm
• Comparing Kirby's Margin Notes to Stan Lee's Words
• Kirby's Work at Topps Comics
• How Thor gave Eddie Campbell the Mythology Bug
• Wackiest Dialogue and Bloopers
• Special Features: Silver Surfer, Black Racer, OMAC, & Goody Rickels
• Kirby's Unseen Screenplay for Silver Star
• Unpublished Art including Pencil Pages Before They Were Inked, and Much More!

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June 1998 - 68 pages

Women

• A Rare 1975 Kirby Interview
• Interviews with Dave Stevens & Lisa Kirby
• Unpublished ten-page story from TRUE LIFE DIVORCE
• A close look at Romance Comics
• Jack's original screenplay for CAPTAIN VICTORY
• Double-centerfold of GALAXY GREEN
• Special Features: Jack's Women from the '40s to the '80s Unpublished Art including Jack's Pencil Pages Before They Were Inked, And Much More!

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April 1998 - 56 pages

Art

• Joe Kubert on Kirby & the Kubert School
• An analysis of Jack's Dialogue
• A Kirby Thesis by Gil Kane
• Kevin Eastman discusses Kirby at the Words & Pictures Museum
• Jack's battle with Marvel Comics discussed by Jack Kirby, Frank Miller, Mark Evanier, Steve Gerber, and Gary Groth
• Collecting Kirby Originals
• Jack's Stolen Art
• Special Tributes: Roz Kirby, Inkers, "Squiggles" and more
• Unpublished Art including Jack's Pencil Pages Before They Were Inked, And Much, Much More!!

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January 1998 - 68 pages

Marvel Comics

• A Rare 1970 Kirby Interview
• A 1975 Interview With Stan Lee
• Interviews With Every Bullpenner We Could Find, Including: Roy Thomas, John Romita, John Buscema, Marie Severin, Herb Trimpe, Flo Steinberg, George Roussos
• Special Features on Ant-Man, The Eternals, Black Panther & More!
• Lee or Kirby? The Never-Ending Question
• Unpublished Art including Jack's Pencil Pages Before They Were Inked, And Much, Much, Much More!!

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November 1997 - 68 pages

DC Comics

• A Rare 1971 Kirby Interview
• Interviews With Neal Adams, Greg Theakston, D. Bruce Berry
• 1997 Kirby Tribute Panel, featuring Mark Evanier, Steve Sherman, Mike Royer, Marie Severin, Al Williamson
• Special Features about the Fourth World, Kamandi, Manhunter, the Challengers of the Unknown, Green Arrow, Sandman & More
• Unpublished Art including Jack's Pencil Pages Before They Were Inked, And Much, Much More!!

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June 1997 - 52 pages

Tough Guys

• An Ultra-Rare Kirby Interview
• Interview With Sin City's Frank Miller
• The Legendary Will Eisner Discusses Kirby
• An Examination Of In The Days Of The Mob
• A Look At Jack's Tough Childhood
• Plus Features On:
  Bullseye, Link Thorne - Flying Fool, War & Western Comics, 1950s Comic Strip Ideas And Others
• Unpublished Art including Jack's Pencils Before They Were Inked, And Much More!!

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April 1997 - 52 pages

Science Fiction

• A Rare Interview With Jack By Shel Dorf
• EC Comics Legend Al Williamson Interviewed
• The Story Behind Sky Masters
• Why Didn't It Last? The Eternals
• Kirby Inker and close friend Mike Thibodeaux Interviewed
• Plus Features On:
  Machine Man, Captain Victory, 2001, Starman Zero, Silver Surfer Graphic Novel And Others
• Unpublished Art including Jack's Pencils Before They Were Inked, And Much More!!

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February 1997 - 52 pages

Thor

• An unpublished Kirby Interview
• An Interview with Classic Kirby Inker Chic Stone
• Journey Into Mystery #101 Before Inking
• Cataloging Jack's original artwork for the Thor Journey Into Mystery issues.
• The Evolution of Thor & The Stone Men
• Walt Simonson on Manhunter, Thor & Kirby
• Examining The Real Norse Gods
• Pros & Cons of Vince Colletta
• Linking Thor To The New Gods
• Unpublished Art including Jack's Thor Pencils Before They Were Inked, And Much More!!

The contents of this issue are available in The Collected Jack Kirby Collector - Volume Three

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December 1996 - 52 pages

Supernatural

• An interview with Jack and the creator of The Shadow, Walter Gibson
• An unpublished seven-page Mystery Story!
• Interview with Kirby inker Dick Ayers!
• The rhyme and reason behind The Demon!
• Special features on: Black Magic, The Vision, Spirit World, 1960s Monsters, and more!
• Kirby Costumes!
• The Kirby-Files: An Overview of Jack's Occult and Supernatural Themes (with illustration!)
• Unpublished Art including Jack's Pencils Before They Were Inked -- And Much More!!

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October 1996 - 44 pages

International

Since Jack is so widely recognized around the globe as the co-creator (with Joe Simon) of Captain America, we couldn't resist having most of the art in this issue feature Cap and Bucky (and let's not forget that nefarious Nazi, the Red Skull!)

• Two Rare 1970s Kirby Interviews (One in English For the First Time)
• A Controversial Canadian Speaks: John Byrne Interviewed!
• Transcript of the 1996 Kirby Tribute Panel at Comic Con International: San Diego, featuring Mark Evanier, Roger Stern & Marv Wolfman
• Around The World With Kirby: Asia, Australia, South America, England, Italy, France & More!
• Unpublished Art including Jack's Pencils Before They Were Inked-- And Much More!!
  Uninked Pencils from Captain America's Bicentennial Battles
  Uninked Pencils from Captain America #101
  A fan drawing of Cap
  A drawing of Cap, Bucky and the Red Skull from Jack's personal bound volume of Golden Age Captain America

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July 1996 - 44 pages

Hollywood

• Stuntman: Simon & Kirby's Hollywood Hero
• How Deep Is it? The Black Hole
• Jack and Johnny Carson (US night time talk show legend)
• Why the Lord Of Light never saw the light of day
• Unfilmed Ideas: Will Jack's movie ideas ever get made?
• Unlocking Jack's Adaptation of The Prisoner
• From Thundarr to Scooby-Doo: Jack's career in animation
• Forever Amoré - The "King" and a Crazy Italian's Epic Love Story!
• May the Source Be With You: New Gods vs. Star Wars
• Unpublished Art including Jack's Pencils Before They Were Inked-- And Much More!!

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April 1996 - 44 pages

Humor

• A funny and touching interview with Jack's wife, Rosalind Kirby
• U.S. Senator Joe McCarthy in long underwear? Fighting American
• The creator of Destroyer Duck interviewed: Steve Gerber
• You begged! You pleaded! But he's still in this issue: Goody Rickels
• Fans & Pros Tell Favorite Stories About Jack
• Scott Shaw! provides an overview of Jack's humorous works.
• Kirby's Lockjaw The Alligator, Earl The Rich Rabbit, My Date, Brand Echh, modern art, professional sports and more!
• Unpublished Art including Jack's Pencils From Jimmy Olsen, Destroyer Duck and Thor Before They Were Inked-- And Much More!!

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February 1996 - 44 pages

Fantastic Four

• An interview with veteran Marvel artist & Kirby inker - Joe Sinnott
• Unpublished pencils - as we restore FF #108 to its original form!
• Black Panther - Role Model for a Generation
• The FF and the Secret History of the 1960's
• The Inhumans - Jack's enigmatic super group
• FF #48-50: The Galactus Saga
• Entirely inconsequential FF trivia
• Unused Fantastic Four #20 cover
• Unpublished Art Including Jack's FF Pencils Before They Were Inked -- And Much More!

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January 1996 - 36 pages

All-Star Convention

• Transcripts from the Kirby Tribute Panel at the 1995 San Diego ComicCon, featuring Joe Sinnott, Mike Royer, Mark Evanier & Tony Isabella
• An Essay on Kirby by Comics Legend Jim Steranko
• A Recap of Our Traveling Kirby Art Show
• A Rare 1975 Kirby Interview
• A Look at Jack's Convention Art!
• A 1972 Convention Panel with Kirby & Alex Toth
• How Jack Met Paul McCartney
• Unpublished Art Including Pencils From Captain America and S.H.I.E.L.D. Before They Were Inked-- And Much More!

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October 1995 - 36 pages

Kid Gangs

• An unpublished 1987 interview with Jack
• Pages from the unpublished Dingbats of Danger Street #2 and #3
• An overview of the Simon & Kirby Kid Gangs
• Unpublished art from Boy Explorers, Boys' Ranch, and X-Men
• A look at Jack's Captain America and Jimmy Olsen pencils BEFORE they were inked
• Plus there's lots of other Kirby art, articles, photos, and more!

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July 1995 - 36 pages

Fourth World

• Interviews with Mark Evanier, Steve Sherman & Mike Royer
• Jack's original ending for New Gods!
• Mister Miracle's Female Furies
• A look at the 1971 New Gods portfolio
• The Hunger Dogs you never saw
• Rare and unpublished art from the series, including Jack's pencils before they were inked
• Fan memories, analyses and much more!

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Get the first five issues of The Jack Kirby Collector as an 80-page Digital Edition!

Includes interviews with Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Mike Royer, and others, Marvelmania Portfolio articles, original art auction results, Jack’s original concept sketches, unused pencil pages, published pages BEFORE they were inked, other rare art, photos and more!

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Winter 2020 - 84-page FULL-COLOR magazine

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! This 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!

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A Companion To Jack Kirby’s Fourth World (Jack Kirby Collector #80)

160-page full-color Trade Paperback - Edited by John Morrow

For its 80th issue, the Jack Kirby Collector magazine presents a double-sized 50th anniversary examination of Kirby’s magnum opus! Spanning the pages of four different comics starting in 1970 (New Gods, Forever People, Mister Miracle, and Jimmy Olsen), the sprawling “Epic for our times” was cut short mid-stream, leaving fans wondering how Jack would’ve resolved the confrontation between evil Darkseid of Apokolips, and his son Orion of New Genesis. This companion to that “Fourth World” series looks back at Jack Kirby’s own words, as well as those of assistants Mark Evanier, Steve Sherman, inker Mike Royer, and publisher Carmine Infantino, to determine how it came about, where it was going, and how Kirby would’ve ended it before it was prematurely cancelled by DC Comics! It also examines Kirby’s use of gods in Thor and other strips prior to the Fourth World, how they evolved into his DC characters, and beyond in such strips as The Eternals and Captain Victory. With an overview of hundreds of Kirby’s creations like Big Barda, Boom Tubes and Granny Goodness, and post-Kirby uses of his concepts, no Fourth World fan will want to miss it! Compiled, researched, and edited by John Morrow, with contributions by Jon B. Cooke. (Counts as TWO ISSUES toward your Kirby Collector subscription.)

ISBN: 978-1-60549-098-4

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