The July 1966 cover-dated comic (you can see this copy has an April 5, 1966 arrival date-stamp on the cover) contains the first appearance of the Black Panther by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Joe Sinnott.
Fantastic Four #52 CGC 9.4 Data
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With the trailer for Ryan Coogler's Black Panther movie having just come out and looking absolutely awesome, let us travel back in time and take a look at King T'Challa's first series way back from 1977, written and drawn by none other than the King of Comics himself, Jack Kirby.
I won't lie, it's a[...]
DC Comics has just announced that they will be releasing six one-shots based on the characters created by Jack Kirby to be released weekly in August This is to go along with the King's 100th Birthday The characters involved are: Mister Miracle, The Black Racer, The Newsboy Legion, Darkseid, Orion, and Manhunter.
Titles and creative teams have not[...]
Though inspired by Jack Kirby's original masterpiece, King knows that trying to compete with it would be like "trying to make Star Wars again, or like trying to rewrite the Iliad." But they have another approach that just might work.
"You can take those grand cosmic space opera themes and internalize them and use them to[...]
In this case, he's lending both his name and his image to a new monthly subscription box from Box Boulevard, featuring four Marvel trade paperbacks with exclusive variants "personally curated" by Stan Lee, which also happen to coincide with the comics Marvel is promoting the most right now (Stan is a shrewd curator).
Both old and new comics are[...]
Mark me down for that one.
There's another Bloom County Collection coming Fall 2017.
Lots of new Artist's Editions coming up, including Forever People and a new Fantastic Four volume by Jack Kirby and a new Thor edition by Walt Simonson.
A 25th Anniversary Madman Collection by Mike Allred coming in October Described as a greatest hits collection,[...]
And Bleeding Cool has eyes and ears on the floor.
Where Titan Comics has just announced they are to publish new comics featuring Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's Fighting American, the creator-owned character they created to show the then-publishers of Captain America comics how it should be done…
And they had plenty more to show off too[...]
Dunbier said it would be out in June, and he showed us the regular and the variant cover.
Dunbier covered the previously announced, 15" X 22", Jack Kirby's Fantastic Four Artist's Edition, due in July There were then two new announcements First was an Artist's Edition for P Craig Russell, titled Strange Dreams, covering the Killraven[...]
But it doesn't stop there, for celebrating the 100th birthday year of the late Jack Kirby Here are some more books that DC are publishing for close to his birthday.
Jack Kirby's Mister Miracle (New Edition)
26 September $29.99 300 pages
Spinning off of THE FOURTH WORLD comes JACK KIRBY'S MISTER MIRACLE!
As part of the NEW GODS saga,[...]
The Invisibles Omnibus from DC Comics collected 55 issues of the series.
Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus is out for 12th December for a mere $150, collects 57 issues.
Here's the solicit.
After co-creating comic book heroes such as THE FANTASTIC FOUR and THE HULK, legendary writer/artist Jack Kirby came to DC Comics in 1970 to write and[...]
Following hidden clues inside the original artwork of mysterious comics legend Jack Kirby, which led Langdon on a worldwide hunt that eventually led him to the proper reading order for four Marvel characters, including Captain America (both the Nazi one and the one who's not a Nazi), Deadpool, and Black Widow Langdon plans to continue unraveling[...]
But he could also have been taken over by aliens, possessed by the spirit of Jack Kirby or lost a bet with Chris Evans on the Super Bowl.
Whatever it is, the whole thing took time and planning… and he could be almost certain going in that he wasn't going to be wearing the same thing[...]
It looks a little familiar, doesn't it?
The pose, the position of the legs and feet… even the shape of the helmet and boots, all look very similar to the now-famous Iron Man cover from his first appearance in Tales of Suspense #39, over a century after Jeremiah Oldpot donned his own armor in Yankee Notions[...]
For fans of Comic Book Girl 19, her familiar sidekicks of Robot and Space Brain are part of the show.
The series kicks off with an episode about comic legend Jack Kirby The 15-minute episodes are available only on Go90 app.
But… I was able to sweet talk them into exclusively given us the first 4 minutes of[...]
One unique feature is the Comic Fest Cafe, which this year will be themed in tribute to Jack Kirby.
You can join guest of honour, Jim Valentino and all the other guests at this wonderful con in beautiful San Diego this February, giving you plenty of time to flex those convention muscles in time for that[...]
One of the most beloved and often clamored for Jack Kirby creations is Kamandi: the Last Boy on Earth Recently DC decided to take their DC Challenge, round-robin format and apply it to the post apocalyptic tale that was Kirby and DC's answer to the Planet of the Apes DC All-Access host Jason Inman interviewed[...]
The lessons of Jack Kirby, co-creator of Captain America have been cited After creating Captain America, arguing against the prevailing US opinion of isolationism in World War II at the time, when the US entered the war, he enlisted and fought against the German army in Europe And killed Nazis.
But he didn't just wait until[...]
Fans of Jack Kirby and / or the film Argo may want to pay attention here For the 2015 San Diego Comic Con, Heavy Metal magazine did up a series of black light prints for Barry Geller & Jack Kirby's Lords of Light This is the art that was used by the CIA in Operation:[...]
Working with Joe Simon and Jack Kirby And what its been like working in a field for 3/4th of a century Now he tells the story about just walking in off the street, but the publisher at the time was Martin Goodman, Stan's uncle So maybe he had to convince Joe and Jack to use[...]
I got heartbroken a little bit to a certain degree.
If only someone could have warned him of this ahead of time…
Jack Kirby by Dylan Horrocks
Hearing Garfield vent opened the floodgates for Adams, who had some complaints of her own about portraying a comic book character onscreen:
That's the tricky thing with Lois, that I find is,[...]
Now comes further word about the project, which is based on the world Jack Kirby created and DC Comics launched in 1972 in Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth Kirby died in 1994 and 2017 would have been his 100th birthday The Kamandi Challenge is part of DC's plans to celebrate the his work at the[...]
That's a new record for this key 1962 Marvel comic created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and featuring the first appearance of one of Marvel's best-known characters.
The sale eclipses the previous record for an Incredible Hulk #1, as this same copy sold for $326,000 in August 2014, which itself followed on the heels of a $320,000[...]
Erik Larsen posted a link on Facebook to an Imgur gallery that showed off images from another blog… which sounds pretty convoluted, but in the end we get these images of Mike Mignola's versions of Jack Kirby's New Gods.
Now it's said that these images, done a long time ago, were designs for a Fourth World animated[...]
On August 28th marks what would be Jack Kirby's 99th birthday To celebrate the comic legend The Hero Initiative and Jillian Kirby, founder of Kirby4Heroes campaign have put together a "Wake Up and Draw" that will feature more than 50 artists doing just that… waking up and drawing.
All the drawings will be featured in a[...]
The new 1 ton bronze statue of Captain America is making its debut at the San Diego Comic Con this weekend before its shipped to Brooklyn, NY where it
But they didn't pick any from the Black Panther solo series of the 70's done by Jack Kirby That series may not have been as socially topical as some of the other choices, but they were good stories done with amazing art And they hold a special place in my heart as I found all[...]
Since Joe Simon and Jack Kirby brought Captain America to life in 1941, we all think about Steve Rogers as the man behind the mask But in recent years both Bucky Barnes / the Winter Soldier and now Sam Wilson / Falcon have worn the Red, White And Blue But there are many more shield[...]
For fans of Jack Kirby, this was another take on the Norse pantheon of gods featuring Sigurd, Balduur, Honir and Heimdall.
BOB'S BURGERS ONGOING #14
Cover A: Tony Gennaro
Cover B: Jack Herzog
Writer: Jeff Drake
Art: Frank Forte, Edward Rowan
The Bob's Burgers comic book delivers the second serving of its one-story issues when Louise's Unsolved Mysteries and Curious Curiosities[...]
John Byrne, Frank Cho, Steve Ditko, Dave Cockrum, Barry Windsor-Smith, Gene Colan, David Finch, Michael Golden, Don Heck, Gil Kane, Jack Kirby, Jim Lee, Jae Lee, Frank Miller, George Perez, Alex Ross, John Romita Jr., Tim Sale and the list goes on and on And the pieces range from as far back as 1945 to[...]
IDW Publishing is doing up a new Artist's Edition focused on Jack Kirby's work on The Mighty Thor. The 15" x 22" hardcover collection includes classic complete stories from Journey Into Mystery #111, #117, #118, and other stories, plus a beautiful gallery section by Kirby.
"I've had the great pleasure of working with one of the most creative[...]