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Title: Jack Kirby's Mr. Miracle : Super Escape Artist by Jack Kirby ISBN: 1-56389-457-2 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The best corner of King Kirby's kingdom
Comment: Jack Kirby was to comic books what William Shakespeare was to literature...an undisputed Titan! Not only was the quality of his artwork and visual concepts amazing, but the quantity of art he produced in his career was beyond belief (I can't remember the number of pages he drew in his lifetime offhand...but it was truly staggering) So to say that Mister Miracle was his best creation ever (my opinion of course...other Kirby fans have their own favorites)is saying alot.It was a part of a bigger storyline/universe which through the use of several interrelated and separate comic book titles(The New Gods,Forever People,Mister Miracle)a bigger story unfolded...the "Fourth world" saga.Mister Miracle was the most unique of the bunch and told the story of Scott Free...raised in a very Spartan manner to be a soldier on the dehumanizing world of "Apokolips"...but who escapes to the planet Earth.This comic book had characters and ideas that were not only unique to comics but unique to Kirby
and never really surfaced anywhere else in his prolific career. Big Barda is my favorite character in all of comic history.Never was there a female character like her...Big "Zaftig" and beautiful (Wonder woman was supposed to be an Amazon but was a dried up piece of nothing compared to Barda) powerful and liberated but without ever being the "B" word.There is a really Atypical (For Kirby and for the time period) undercurrent of,well, kink to put it bluntly (see the character of "Lashina" for example)which anyone in the know will notice throughout.It lasted longer than the other titles (New Gods and Forever people) but had a dreadfully undeserved short run.When the other titles collapsed the "Fourth world,New Genesis" aspect was dropped and it became a more routine comic book adventure.This book collects the first ten books of the series.A Noble effort on D.C.s part but...the reason I give it four stars is only because of the black and white format...D.C. should have done what marvel did in reprinting Kirby's classics in graphic novel form...print it affordably in B&W but NEVER substitute the color with hideous tones of grey...it really does Kirby's artwork no justice.If you can't afford (or just dont want to mess up) the original 30 year old magazines...pick this gem up!
Rating: 5
Summary: What can I say?
Comment: This is classic Kirby. No one else creates mythology like he does. His New Gods / Fourth World books were some of the best comics ever done -- a nice blending of world mythologies with the American comic-book mythos. Mr. Miracle is his Heracles, Horace, Heru, etc., and is just as entertaining today as it was when it was first written. The black and white art may put off some potential readers, but Kirby's art sans the color really brings out the weight and depth of his lines.
Rating: 5
Summary: One fourth of Kirby's Fourth World ...
Comment: I am waiting for Mark Evanier and the folk's at DC to realize Jack Kirby's Fourth World isn't complete without the DNA Project, Intergang, Dabney Donovan, the Evil Factory and ... well, the list goes on. Give us Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen! Granted, the 1st half of Kirby's run on the title wasn't the flagship for Kirby's Fourth World. The series really took off with the second half during the '25-cent, Bigger&Better' phase. So, come on DC, complete the reprinting of Kirby's Fourth World and introduce readers to some dynamite storytelling, Kirby style!
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Title: Jimmy Olsen - Volume 1 : Adventures by Jack Kirby by Jack Kirby ISBN: 1563899841 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Orion: The Gates of Apokolips by Walter Simonson ISBN: 1563897784 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: New X-Men Vol. 5: Assault on Weapon Plus by Grant Morrison, Chris Bachalo, Phil Jimenez ISBN: 0785111190 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: December, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: The Essential Silver Surfer by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, John Buscema ISBN: 078510271X Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Essential Captain America by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Gil Kane, George Tuska, Dick Ayers, John Romita, Jack Sparling ISBN: 0785107401 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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