JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR THIRTY-NINE $9 95 IN THE US . c n I , s r e t c a r a h C l e v r a M 3 0 0 2 © & M T t l o B k c a l B FAN FAVORITES! THE NEW COPYRIGHTS: Angry Charlie, Batman, Ben Boxer, Big Barda, Darkseid, Dr. Fate, Green Lantern, RETROSPECTIVE . .68 Guardian, Joker, Justice League of America, Kalibak, Kamandi, Lightray, Losers, Manhunter, (the real Silver Surfer—Jack’s, that is) New Gods, Newsboy Legion, OMAC, Orion, Super Powers, Superman, True Divorce, Wonder Woman COLLECTOR COMMENTS . .78 TM & ©2003 DC Comics • 2001 characters, (some very artful letters on #37-38) Ardina, Blastaar, Bucky, Captain America, Dr. Doom, Fantastic Four (Mr. Fantastic, Human #39, FALL 2003 Collector PARTING SHOT . .80 Torch, Thing, Invisible Girl), Frightful Four (Medusa, Wizard, Sandman, Trapster), Galactus, (we’ve got a Thing for you) Gargoyle, hercules, Hulk, Ikaris, Inhumans (Black OPENING SHOT . .2 KIRBY OBSCURA . .21 Bolt, Crystal, Lockjaw, Gorgon, Medusa, Karnak, C Front cover inks: MIKE ALLRED (where the editor lists his favorite things) (Barry Forshaw has more rare Kirby stuff) Triton, Maximus), Iron Man, Leader, Loki, Machine Front cover colors: LAURA ALLRED Man, Nick Fury, Rawhide Kid, Rick Jones, o Sentinels, Sgt. Fury, Shalla Bal, Silver Surfer, Sub- UNDER THE COVERS . .3 GALLERY (GUEST EDITED!) . .22 Back cover inks: P. CRAIG RUSSELL Mariner, Thor, Two-Gun Kid, Tyrannus, Watcher, (Jerry Boyd asks nearly everyone what (congrats Chris Beneke!) Back cover colors: TOM ZIUKO Wyatt Wingfoot, X-Men (Angel, Cyclops, Beast, n their fave Kirby cover is) Iceman, Marvel Girl) TM & ©2003 Marvel Photocopies of Jack’s uninked pencils from Characters, Inc. • Captain Victory, Silver Star, t KIRBY AS A GENRE . .42 Galaxy Green TM & ©2003 Jack Kirby Estate • INNER VIEW . .7 (it’s not Kirby, but it’s close) published comics are reproduced here Foxhole, Fighting American, Bullseye, Stuntman e (Jack’s on Entertainment Tonight! ) courtesy of the Kirby Estate, which has our TM & ©2003 Simon & Kirby • Airboy TM & RETROSPECTIVE . .44 ©2003 Todd McFarlane Productions, Inc. • The thanks for their continued support. Fly, The Shield TM & ©2003 Archie Publications, n JACK F.A.Q. s . .8 (they’re creepy and they’re kooky...) Inc. • Conan, Red Sonja TM & ©2003 Robert E. (who’s the better artist, Kirby or Buscema?) Howard, Inc. • Tarzan TM & ©2003 Edgar Rice t TRIBUTE . .55 (below) Jack’s cover pencils from Burroughs, Inc. • Addams Family TM & ©2003 RETROSPECTIVE . .14 (better late than never, it’s the 2002 Kirby Estate of Charles Addams and Filmways TV Marvel Super-Heroes #54 (Nov. 1975). Productions, Inc. • Batman TV show TM & ©2003 s (Ang Lee is green with envy) Tribute Panel) 20th Century Fox, Inc. Hulk TM & ©2003 Marvel Characters, Inc. The Jack Kirby Collector , Vol. 10, No. 39, Fall 2003. Published quarterly by & ©2003 TwoMorrows Publishing, 1812 Park Drive, Raleigh, NC 27605, USA. 919-833-8092. John Morrow, Editor. Pamela Morrow, Asst. Editor. Eric Nolen-Weathington, Production Assistant. Single issues: $13 postpaid ($15 Canada, $16 elsewhere). Four-issue subscriptions: $36.00 US, $60.00 Canada, $64.00 elsewhere. All characters are trademarks of their respective companies. All artwork is ©2003 Jack Kirby unless otherwise noted. All editorial matter is ©2003 the respective authors. First printing. PRINTED IN CANADA. 1 tribute, with more material being added all the Opening Shot by John Morrow, editor of TJKC time, so check it out. Things are also afoot from other FOOJs (that’s amilies are remarkable things. They’re the only people you can “Friends Of Ol’ 1994- 2004 go to and get generally universal acceptance. And even though Jack”) that’ll F Jack passed away almost ten years ago, the family of friends F impact the King’s and relatives united by the presence 1 name “Kirby” is as strong as on the Web. ever—a testament to how Look for an remarkable a figure Jack was. exciting announce - 2004 marks the tenth ment in September 2004— anniversary of this magazine, not so coincidentally, exactly ten years to the day of which launched TwoMorrows the release of TJKC #1. Publishing. Last July, my wife Another new addition to the Kirby “family” came Pam, daughter Lily, and I took on August 13, as Kirby biographer Ray Wyman Jr. our annual sojourn to beauti - and his wife Mary welcomed their second child ful San Diego, California for Thomas Francis to the world. We’re sure he’ll be the tenth time (first in 1991, properly taught the value of square fingers, toes, and A Few Of My Favorite Things! then nine in a row starting in 1995) to squiggly knees. attend Comicon. It was Lily’s second year Lastly, if you have listing corrections or updated addi - (she was just shy of two years old at the tions that you wish to send to The Jack Kirby Checklist , please time), but she probably had the most fun send them to Richard Kolkman’s new post office box or e-mail of any of us. Friends we’ve made over the address below. Your ongoing help and support results in the last decade flocked to our booth, ooohing definitive listing of the work of The King of Comics, and this and aaahing over our little girl and giving list is always being updated and expanded to become ever her gifts, while we all caught up on what’s more accurate. been going on in Richard Kolkman each others’ lives Seriocomics since the last San Box 501905 Diego con. Indianapolis, IN 46250 But perhaps our [email protected] ultimate experience (top) My daughter Lily picking this year had little to do with comics, when Lily On a more personal out her Halloween pumpkin! got to spend an afternoon playing with Jeremy note, I’d like to dedicate and Crystal Kirby’s daughter Hannah. There this issue to the memory (center) The Kirby “family” at was something so right about seeing my daugh - of the little Morrow who the 2002 San Diego Con. Left to right: Grandson Jeremy ter walk off hand-in-hand with Jack and Roz’s didn’t make it. You’re the Kirby, Ray Wyman Jr., great-granddaughter. Besides being absolutely reason it was so late, and granddaughter Tracy Kirby, adorable, Hannah’s awfully advanced for a though we never got to former Kirby assistant Steve two-year-old, and she proceeded to amaze my know you, you continue Sherman, family friend Mike wife by teaching Lily all kinds of new things that day. It made us to impact our lives daily. We’ll see you again one day. # Thibodeaux, and Jeremy’s both wonder if she inherited a little bit of Jack’s non-stop mind. wife Crystal (holding baby Hannah’s dad has a new website devoted to his grandfather— Hannah as a one-year-old). www.jackkingkirby.com —and Jeremy’s put together a wonderful (above) Recent shot of Jeremy, Crystal, and Hannah Kirby, and (right) Jeremy’s new website; check it out! Must-Have Kirby Items From TwoMorrows! Characters TM & ©2003 Marvel Characters, Inc. • In February, we’re re-releasing THE COLLECTED JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR, VOL. ONE , which reprints TJKC #1-9 plus 30 pieces of Kirby art never shown anywhere else! $29 US postpaid & M • Now shipping is the debut issue of our new magazine BACK T a c i . r ISSUE!, which features an even dozen pages of Kirby’s pencil . c e e n t I m a , t A s s r art in the inaugural “Rough Stuff” section, plus a FULL-COLOR n E e i t a y c t b a p r r i presentation of Jack’s hand-colored guides for the covers of a a K C h . k C s c l c JIMMY OLSEN #133 and FOREVER PEOPLE #1. $8 US postpaid a i e . J v c m r n 3 I o a 0 , C M s 0 r C 2 • Initial mail-only sales of the CAPTAIN VICTORY: GRAPHITE EDITION 3 e t D 0 © c 0 3 a 2 & r 0 haven’t done the trick, so we’re offering it through stores in a 0 © h M 2 T C & © l y e r March (all proceeds go toward scanning the Kirby Archives!). To M & v o T r t c a s M i r T V M e avoid a sell out, order yours before March! $8 US postpaid t n n 3 c i a 0 a a t r 0 m a t p 2 a a h See the ads elsewhere in this issue for ordering details! © B C C 2 Under The Covers Covering It All! Written and compiled by Jerry Boyd (with help from John Morrow and John Fleskes) Our front cover this issue is inked by erily, ’tis true that ye cannot judge a book by its cover. However, you can Mike Allred, returning judge a comic magazine cover on its own merits and a cover by our for a reader-requested VVbeloved king usually stated a mouthful. Whether Jack was capturing the second outing at a essence of his own regularly drawn books, or a dramatic moment in time for TJKC cover (his first stories done by others, there was always something about a Kirby cover that being on issue #28’s wraparound beauty). demanded your undivided attention. This Black Bolt piece The cover pieces the king produced in his long, stellar career number in (at left) first appeared the thousands. Nevertheless, the memories they evoke remain so tangible in Fantastic Four that one can probably pinpoint the place/places—whether it be big city Annual #5 (1967), newsstand, comics office, home-delivered subscription issue, or that familiar inked by Frank spinner rack in your local drug store/convenience market—where one first lay eyes on the Fly cautiously approaching the malevolent Giacoia, and we Spider Spry ( Adventures of the Fly #1), or an outmatched Captain America almost cowering before the Enchantress and Power Man originally ran the (Avengers #22), or the Forever People in the evil grip of Desaad ( Forever People #4), to name a few examples.