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Summary: Long Live The King....
Review: ....Jack Kirby's much ballyhooed, much anticipated move to the Marvel Universe's arch competitors--DC Comics--was an event that shook the entire comic fandom world. The question most asked--could King Kirby succeed without the scripting of his Marvel comics co-conspirator, Stan Lee?These great stories from his DC tenure showed that he obviously could. These are a bit reminescent of his own Silver Surfer stories done for Marvel and the great 'Star Wars' franchise (before it was even a franchise)...without the universe consuming demigods and laser sabres. They are stories of the evil Darkseid and his minions trying to imprison the forces of good--fought and frontlined by his battlescarred, motherboxed, boomtubed son, Orion. They are fabuloso stories. In recent times a brief exposure to his Fourth World series was done in the WB cartoon series "Superman". Kirby, alas, was unable to develop his dream universe at DC--my opinion is because of the dreaded "industry think" of the comics at the time. No profit, no PR, no support. And so, one can detect a faltering of the quality and the confidence this great series promised. One of the things I did notice was that when Superman was sketched in his great Jimmy Olsen series, the powers that be always redid the Man of Steel's face by some other in house artist like Al Plastino or Curt Swan or Anderson. (This practice did produce some stunning covers by Kirby and fan favorite Neal Adams--I think I also saw a stunning drawing by Kirby and Barry Winsor-Smith.) But overall fan reaction was "How dare they mess with the King?" Yeah--HOW DARE THEY? But before he sucuumbed to the industry think, he, along with Vince Coletta, Mike Royer, et al, put out some great sagas here, in "The Forever People", in "Mister Miracle" and those great "Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen" comics. Kirby, dig, WAS the inventor of the modern day superhero comic book. I get the feeling that we were in the presence of greatness which will never, ever be seen again....
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Summary: silly junk
Review: Costumed morons with superpowers fighting against each other page after page is what you will find in this ineptly drawn and written comic "classic". It's strictly kid stuff.
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Summary: Great Saga Spoiled by Black and White Printing
Review: For those of you who love Jack Kirby....Skip this one. It takes his classic New Gods and deprives the reader of the colorful atmosphere and mood that made the series so special. Did DC think that new readers would purchase this in black and white? That color would be too expensive? I cannot imagine why the suits at DC decided to publish Kirby's work in this format. Wait for the color version!
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Summary: Great Saga Spoiled by Black and White Printing
Review: For those of you who love Jack Kirby....Skip this one. It takes his classic New Gods and deprives the reader of the colorful atmosphere and mood that made the series so special. Did DC think that new readers would purchase this in black and white? That color would be too expensive? I cannot imagine why the suits at DC decided to publish Kirby's work in this format. Wait for the color version!
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Summary: This is but one of four ...
Review: 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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Summary: Jack Kirby Lives In The Fourth World!!!
Review: I have read this book and let me be the first to tell you that I thoroughly enjoyed it.Highfather,Darkseid,Kalibak,Desad,Orion,Lightray and the rest of the New God's,all make for a classic Kirby anssembal.Jack Kirby created his fourth world masterpiece with the New Gods, and a very powerful message of right and wrong.This,along with many other classic Kirby creations has gone down in comic book history as pure genius and valued masterpieces.If you have the money and would like to pick up some comic book reading material,this would definitely be a good place to start.The art work alone is worth it.It's easy to see who was the real creator of many Marvel charecters when you read this book,even if it is a D.C. comic.Jack Kirby's creative touch is visible in every single page! Look out for Darksied's "Omega Effect"Stan Lee!! Do yourself a favor and don't think twice about ordering this book,just do it!!!My name is Jose Roberto Mesarina and I give this book my most highest rating.Thank you very much.KIRBY POWER!!! KIRBY,KIRBY,KIRBY,KIRBY,KIRBY,KIRBY POWER MAN!!!
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Summary: Color on the outside black & white on the inside
Review: I love Jack Kirby's art and the work he did on the New Gods is some of the very best in comic book history. However a lot of the effect is lost with no color. I have read comic books for more then 40 years and I feel a little cheated when a comic that was originally in color is reprinted in black & white. How cute of DC to put a color cover and have no information on the cover for the buyer to know the inside is black & white. False advertising on DC's part. I do not blame Amazon.
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Summary: Good Comic, Bad Printing
Review: I wrote previously (down below somewhere) that this book was reproduced in black & white because of the limitations of reprinting color comics, and I still believe that's true. However, I wrote what I did before I bought the actual book. Now that I have one in hand, I can see that not only did DC print this in black & white (which would be fine), they printed it on poor, old-fashioned comic book, newsprint-style paper. And they added monochrome benday-dot washes to approximate the original colors. And it looks pretty lousy. The poor paper is bad enough. By the time this was printed in 1998 we as a species knew enough to treat comics with some measure of respect. I've got a first edition trade paperback of Frank Miller's "Ronin" on beautiful bright white paper printed in 1987, over ten years earlier. Once again, the industry is giving Jack Kirby short shrift. The coloring job is pretty poor, too. If only this had been reprinted in line art from the original inks, on real paper, it would have been really great. As it is, only the art and story -- all Kirby, flaws and brilliance intact -- make this a worthwhile buy.
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Summary: Good Comic, Bad Printing
Review: I wrote previously (down below somewhere) that this book was reproduced in black & white because of the limitations of reprinting color comics, and I still believe that's true. However, I wrote what I did before I bought the actual book. Now that I have one in hand, I can see that not only did DC print this in black & white (which would be fine), they printed it on poor, old-fashioned comic book, newsprint-style paper. And they added monochrome benday-dot washes to approximate the original colors. And it looks pretty lousy. The poor paper is bad enough. By the time this was printed in 1998 we as a species knew enough to treat comics with some measure of respect. I've got a first edition trade paperback of Frank Miller's "Ronin" on beautiful bright white paper printed in 1987, over ten years earlier. Once again, the industry is giving Jack Kirby short shrift. The coloring job is pretty poor, too. If only this had been reprinted in line art from the original inks, on real paper, it would have been really great. As it is, only the art and story -- all Kirby, flaws and brilliance intact -- make this a worthwhile buy.
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Summary: Good Comic, Bad Printing
Review: I wrote previously (down below somewhere) that this book was reproduced in black & white because of the limitations of reprinting color comics, and I still believe that's true. However, I wrote what I did before I bought the actual book. Now that I have one in hand, I can see that not only did DC print this in black & white (which would be fine), they printed it on poor, old-fashioned comic book, newsprint-style paper. And they added monochrome benday-dot washes to approximate the original colors. And it looks pretty lousy. The poor paper is bad enough. By the time this was printed in 1998 we as a species knew enough to treat comics with some measure of respect. I've got a first edition trade paperback of Frank Miller's "Ronin" on beautiful bright white paper printed in 1987, over ten years earlier. Once again, the industry is giving Jack Kirby short shrift. The coloring job is pretty poor, too. If only this had been reprinted in line art from the original inks, on real paper, it would have been really great. As it is, only the art and story -- all Kirby, flaws and brilliance intact -- make this a worthwhile buy.
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