Or – “They Doesn’t Calls Him ‘The King’ Fer Nuttin!”
Throughout his decades-long career, Jack “King” Kirby worked in nearly every genre of story-telling, and his stories and characters serve as major building blocks for the comics industry (especially the Big Two) even yet today. But have you ever wondered Kirby himself considered to be his best work? Your Major Spoilers (retro) review awaits!
Captain Victory demolished a planet, and now his gunnery officer—a not so cowardly lion-man—is challenging his authority in issue two of this space adventure out of the mind of Jack Kirby!
Dynamite Entertainment has released a sneak peek of titles arriving in stores this week. Take the jump fro Danger Girl and the Army of Darkness #4, Warlord of Mars #13, Red Sonja #60, Kirby: Genesis – Silver Star #2, Warehouse 13 #3, Zorro Rides Again #6, and more.
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For comic book fans the world over, Jack Kirby was the king. Born Jacob Kurtzberg in 1917, Bluewater Comics is now celebrating his life with their latest bio-comic “Orbit: Jack Kirby.”
Titan Books has announced the upcoming release of The Simon & Kirby Library: Crime, a collection of crime comics by the Joe Simon and Jack Kirby.
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Dynamite is proud to be working – for the first time – with acclaimed writer Robert Rodi (THOR: FOR ASGARD, THOR & LOKI: BLOOD BROTHERS) writing Kirby: Genesis – Dragonsbane, hitting comic book stores everywhere next January 2012! Kirby: Genesis – Dragonsbane #1, is drawn by Fritz Casas (QUEEN SONJA) with covers by the main Kirby: Genesis artists – Alex Ross and Jack Herbert!
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The Estate of Marvin Stein today announced an online auction of “Space Busters” a one-of-kind, rare piece of Jack Kirby art to take place November 4th via ComicLink http://www.comiclink.com/.
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Spinning out of Kirby: Genesis comes one of Jack Kirby’s greatest creations – Silver Star! Get a firsthand look at America’s greatest unknown superhero in this sterling debut issue from writer Jai Nitz and artist Johnny D. The story, which has been worked on with the support of Kirby: Genesis creators Alex Ross and Kurt Busiek, can be found in stores this November with covers by Alex Ross, Jae Lee, and for the first time ever at Dynamite, Mark (Fables) Buckingham!!!
Jake Cortez and Kirby follow after Jake’s daughter Bobbi, who has been changed into the Midnight Swan, and the mysterious Darius Drumm finally makes an appearance in this issue of Kirby Genesis!
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Kirby Genesis: Captain Victory is about a diverse group of intergalactic lawmen who travel the cosmos, fighting against the forces hell-bent on the destruction of everything. Lead by the mysterious warrior named Captain Victory, our team of Rangers fight the most terrifying monsters and mad men they can find! Unbeknownst to his own men, however, Captain Victory is harboring a terrible secret, the kind that could destroy not only the Galactic Rangers, but could bring about the destruction of all of time and space! To find out more, make sure to pick up Kirby: Genesis – Captain Victory #1 this October!
Some people are going to be very irate over this news, while others will shrug their shoulders with the “should have read the fine print” attitude, but the Kirby Estate has lost its big case against Marvel in trying to get portions of the rights back to them for many of Jack Kirby’s creations.
Specifically, the estate of comic book superhero legend Jack Kirby, co-creator of Captain America, The Fantastic Four, The X-Men, The Avengers, Iron Man, Hulk, The Silver Surfer and Thor, sent notices terminating copyright to publishers Marvel and Disney, as well as film studios that have made movies and TV shows based on characters he created or co-created, including Sony, Universal, 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures. Normally these kinds of lawsuits are run of the mill for Hollywood. But not when they’re litigated by Toberoff, who is the bane of Big Media.
The big loser in this case is Marc Toberoff, who has a big track record in winning rights back from corporations.
Dynamite Entertainment sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of titles arriving in stores this week. Take the jump for an early look at Kirby: Genesis #1, Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris #4, Red Sonja: Blue One Shot, Green Hornet #16, Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson: Moon Called #7, and the Vampirella Masters Series Vol. 4: Visionaries trade paperback.