Collected Jack Kirby Collector, Volume One 
asked by bigdv on November 4, 2006 7:34 AM
Back for its fourth printing, this colossal 240-page trade paperback reprints issues #1-9 of The Jack Kirby Collector, the highly acclaimed magazine for Kirby fans! Included are the low-distribution early issues, the Fourth World theme issue (#6), and the out-of-print Fantastic Four theme issue (#9)! Also included is a new special section with over 30 pieces of Kirby art never before published, including Jack's uninked pencils from The Prisoner, New Gods, Fantastic Four, Captain America, Thor, Hunger Dogs, Jimmy Olsen, SHIELD, and more! Learn behind-the-scenes secrets through interviews with Kirby, Joe Simon, Mike Royer, Mark Evanier, Steve Sherman, Joe Sinnott, and other Kirby collaborators. This volume features a new introduction by Mark Evanier, and page after page of rare Kirby art, much in its original pencil form. Celebrate the life and career of comics' most prodigious imagination: Jack Kirby!
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Volume 1 of TwoMorrows Publishing's "The Collected Jack Kirby Collector" is finally back in print! 240 b&w pages of everything Kirby. This volume collects issues 1 - 9, with 3 more volumes on the way. You get every page and cover from every issue. Highlights include uninked pages from various comics; interviews with Kirby, Simon, Royer, Evanier, and Steranko, to name a few; and loads of unpublished Kirby art - either personal works, commissions, drafts, or others. Obviously, this book is meant for people that live and breathe Kirby, but even someone with a casual interest will gain something from this book. It contains lots of historical information and little-known facts. Pick this up and revel in the greatness that is Jack Kirby. Long live the King!
reviewed by dannyboy on November 26, 2006 1:50 PM