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I’ BE THE HAPPIEST GIRL ON EARTH ” “IN OTHER WORDS IT ISN’T BLACK IT ISN’T WHITE BUT IT’LL LOOK GREA THE ONLY ’ZINE AUTHORIZED BY THE Issue #21 Contents: THE KIRBY ESTATE The Wacky DC Years . .4 (from Manhunters to Kung-Fu Fighters) Jurassic Spark . .6 (Kirby did it twenty years earlier) Mondo Kirby . .7 (a previously-unpublished interview) ISSUE #21, OCT. 1998 COLLECTOR Are You Ready for OMAC? . .14 The World That’s Coming? . .15 (are Build-A-Friends a reality?) Oh, Goody! . .16 (you just knew he’d be in this issue!) Bruce Timm Interviewed . .17 How I Caught The Mythology Bug . .23 (Bacchus’ Eddie Campbell explains) Top Ten Kirby Bloopers . .27 “Fixing” Kirby’s Art . .28 (observant readers spot some changes) Jack Meets Millie . .30 (a wacky Kirby cameo) Black Men Can Ski . .31 (don’t mess with the Black Racer) Jack’s Wackiest Dialogue . .32 Audio Meets Visual/A.W.O.L. .33 (how Kirby met Frank Zappa, & more!) Centerfold: FF Annual #5 pencils . .34 A Failure To Communicate . .36 (Jack’s margin notes vs. Stan’s words) Kirby Gets Cracked . .39 (his one shot at the humor magazine) Gil Kane on Jack Kirby . .40 Kirby Fans’ Wackiest Causes? . .48 Silver Star Screenplay . .49 Art As Therapy . .58 (how Silver Surfer #18 helped a fan) Twilight At Topps . .59 (a look at Kirby’s final series) Collector Comments . .65 Front cover inks: Bob Wiacek Front cover color: Tom Ziuko Back cover inks: Chic Stone Back cover color: Jack Kirby Photocopies of Jack’s uninked pencils from published comics are reproduced here courtesy of the Kirby Estate, which has our thanks for their continued support. 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Our back cover is Jack’s poster art for the 1960s Captain Nice TV show, inked by Chic Stone Walker, Wonder Woman TM & © DC Comics, Inc. • Captain Nice TM NBC-TV. • Hidden Harry © Ruby-Spears Productions. • The Prisoner © and colored by Kirby! Bob Latimer is selling the original and is accepting offers on it; call him at (305)759-4991. ITV. • Blackmark TM & © Gil Kane. • Accompanying illustrations are © Cracked Magazine. • Dark Horse Presents is TM Dark Horse Comics. • Bacchus and associated characters are TM & © Eddie Campbell. • Fighting American, Speedboy, Stuntman TM & © Joe Simon & Jack The Jack Kirby Collector, Vol. 5, No. 21, Oct. 1998. Published bi-monthly by & © TwoMorrows Advertising & Design, 1812 Park Drive, Raleigh, NC 27605, Kirby. • Bazooka Boots, Big Ugly, Bombast, Cal Cutta, Capt. Glory, Clayton March, Darius Drumm, Eyes of March, Freeze Pellets, Glida, USA. 919-833-8092. John Morrow, Editor. Pamela Morrow, Asst. Editor. Jon B. Cooke, Assoc. Editor. 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