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 Sorry Hulk, I've been busy. The Incredible Hulk #1 by Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and George Roussos came out in 1962, and is cover-dated May — but the cover date is an indication as to when unsold copies of the comic were to be removed from the stands. As you can see from the scans below, stamped and penciled[...]

StanWatch: Steve Bissette talks Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Forgive my being blunt: As a corporate shill, Stan has behaved as shills should at all times As a human being, Stan has at times behaved abominably and shamefully toward his former friend and frequent collaborator, and that man's heirs, while tending to his own selfishly and[...]

How ugly is this? As part of Marc Toberoff's appeal against Marvel Comics on behalf of the estate of Jack Kirby, over gaining copyright of the likes of X-Men, Fantastic Four, Hulk, Thor and The Avengers, the paperwork goes straight for the Stan Lee jugular. They state that Marvel's case, that Jack Kirby's contribution to Marvel during[...]

Try telling this Jack Kirby that you're not giving him his artwork back. From Vanguard Productions. Seriously Try telling this Jack Kirby that you're not giving him his artwork back. From Vanguard Productions. Seriously Try telling this Jack Kirby that you're not giving him his artwork back. From Vanguard Productions. Seriously Try telling this Jack Kirby that you're[...]

Over Marvel's treatment of Jack Kirby and his family. Sturm is  co-founder of the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont and founder of The National Association of Comics Art Educators It's not something that seems to have troubled him much previously A superhero fan, both of the comics and the movies, he writes in Slate about planning[...]

 The title began in 1952 and was originally a horror anthology, but issue #83 introduced Thor in a 13 page story titled "The Stone Men From Saturn" by  Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott, Stan Lee, and Larry Lieber  Thor appeared in the book from #83 through #125, and the title was renamed Thor with issue #126 in 1966. This[...]

Neal Adams helped Jack Kirby get credit for his Marvel work back in the seventies and eighties, and even got some of his art back from the publisher, but Jack never got a penny from the reprints and subsequent media exposure of his comic book work for Marvel during the sixties, where he co-created The[...]

On Thursday and Friday, Bleeding Cool gave you free copies of Kirby Genesis #0, #1 and #2 by Kurt Busiek, Alex Ross and Jack Herbert. Today, we have the

Today, Friday, Monday and Tuesday, Bleeding Cool will be running a free copy of Dynamite's Kirby Genesis series ahead of the release of the fifth issue on

Based on the title alone, Stan Lee ought to be annoyed about at least one of these Sharon Moody pieces too, I think. That aside, I've heard it said that

It offered for sale a single painting: "Mjolnir—To Thy Master!" Take a look for yourself. The artist's name was … Jack Kirby, right? Wrong It's the work of an artist named Sharon Moody, and Kirby's name was nowhere to be seen I investigated a little further, and discovered other similar paintings. Here's another. This one's by by Sal Buscema,[...]

Longtime comic book creator Joe Simon passed away earlier today at 98, according to a Facebook post from Joe's son. Simon is best known for his work as the co-creator of Captain America with artist Jack Kirby, but that is just one of scores of contributions he made to the industry, both as a writer and[...]

Kirby: Genesis - Silver Star #1 from Jai Nitz and Johnny D,  published by Dynamite, sold out rapidly and went to second print. The second issue is out

That's a whole lot of colons. Here's a first look at Kirby: Genesis: Dragonsbane #2 from Dynamite in February, from Alex Ross, Robert Rodi and Fritz

Fan anticipation for the May 2012 debut of The Avengers film has already been building for months, and here's the latest sign that the popularity of Marvel's own  all-star team is currently on a rapid rise:  A CGC 9.6 copy of Avengers #1 was sold for $250,000 by Metropolis Collectibles last week — a record[...]

In late 1941, just months after the successful launch of Captain America Comics #1, Joe Simon & Jack Kirby parted ways with Marvel over issues with Captain America royalties According to Simon in his autobiography Joe Simon: My Life In Comics, Marvel's accountant had told him, "I'm sorry about these royalties You're getting twenty-five[...]

Take one recreation of a classic Jack Kirby cover… by Jack Kirby Authorised by Marvel and sold in the early nineties for around $10,000. Make sure it's authentic. To help authenticate this piece as being all Jack Kirby drawn art, there is a copy of a page from the Comics buyers guide from the mid 1990's[...]

Despite the fact that Jack Kirby was an incredibly prolific artist with a career that spanned some 50 years, it's not every day that I see a picture of a page of Kirby artwork that I haven't seen before  So I was pretty intrigued to find this rather gorgeous piece of Space Busters concept art[...]

But all isn't as it seems in these newly unified Mythlands, and Sigurd's latest exploit could be his last! Based on character concepts and designs by Jack Kirby, DRAGONSBANE draws back the curtain on the astonishing mythical underpinnings of the Kirby universe. In January, Dynamite are publishing a new Kirby Genesis series, Dragonsbane, by[...]

Because that would be 50 kinds of awesome at minimum, and would give me several more excuses to post vintage Jack Kirby art in the coming months (like I need excuses for that)  Please, Axel Alonso, let It be. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Marvel… It's Coming Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors Today retailers across the[...]

Read comics in public day, lots of love for Jack Kirby's birthday, it sounds like Fan Expo was a blast, and I even saw a few people mention that they took advantage of their Irene-induced downtime by reading comics And now that we're all warmed up for it, we're about to kick off[...]

Jack Kirby (1917-1994) was born today 94 years ago  Kirby was one of the most influential comic book artists ever, and as a big fan I've been pleased to see several blog posts and tweets marking the occasion already this morning  And I also think this is one of those times that a picture really is worth a[...]

This is Alex Ross' cover to the Kirby Genesis spinoff series, Kirby Genesis Silver Star, by Jai Nitz and Johnny D. Other covers will be by Mark Buckingham

Deadline reports that, as expected,  lawyer Marc Toberoff is appealing the decision made by the courts in the case of the Kirby estate vs Marvel over the

Jason Young has decided to commission a wide variety of artists and cartoonists to re-create Fantastic Four issue 9, page by page, from his own pocket,

Discussion over these matters has been fast and furious in the BC forum over the past week, and something tells me it's going to continue unabated as the industry commemorates the 50th anniversary of one of Jack Kirby's most important creations. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Booster Gold And The Return Of The Mystery JLI Woman… In DCU Editorial[...]

 The iconic comic book by creators Jack Kirby and Joe Simon was released on the newsstands in December 1941 — showing Captain America punching Hitler on its cover a year before the US entered World War II — and solidifying the creative team of Simon & Kirby as key ingredients in the chemistry of what[...]

But August 8 (which was a Tuesday in 1961) is by far the most common date stamp to be found on the book, so by all means — celebrate Jack Kirby and Stan Lee kicking off the beginning of the Marvel Universe. Lots of tweets and blog posts circulating today about the 50th Anniversary[...]

  We've even seen more than a few great but relatively obscure titles I never thought we'd see in print again (Marvel's Atlas Era material is exhibit A here), and here's news of yet another example of that — Jack Kirby's Spirit World from DC. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: DC Comics To Republish Jack Kirby's Spirit World We[...]

Jack Kirby, enraged by the lack of respect and/or money he was getting from Marvel Comics, moved to DC This was a big deal, the equivalent of Marvel signing Geoff Johns now, or DC signing Brian Bendis And so he began work on what would become Jack Kirby's Fourth World. Except, not quite Because first he[...]