by Roy Thomas ; Twomorrows Publications
Martin Hand — 20-Sep-11
When I was a little lad, reading Mighty World of Marvel in the 1970s, I thought Roy Thomas must be the coolest man alive, Stan Lee’s hep & groovy young assistant & since then, it’s Thomas’s work that has made him one of my fave comics writers, & subsequently, one of my favourite editors.
Tags: Alter Ego, Fantastic Four, Jack Kirby, Roy Thomas, Stan Lee
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Tony Keen — 12-Sep-11
In the window of the old location of Gosh Comics there was a cartoon that depicted a bloated Captain America serving the needs of US agribusiness. I think this idea of Captain America is completely wrong.
Tags: Captain America, Jack Kirby, Marvel
by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby ; Titan Books
Martin Skidmore — 23-Jun-11
I can see why a £35/$50 price tag might put people off, but I found a copy in almost perfect condition for £9 on Amazon, so maybe you can too. Not that it’s such bad value even at full price: nearly 500 pages of beautifully reproduced old comics by one of the medium’s key teams, almost all of it new to me.
Tags: Black Owl, Captain 3-D, Fighting American, Fly, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Stuntman, Titan, Vagabond Prince
by Paul Gravett, Misc. ; Constable & Robinson
Martin Skidmore — 07-Jun-11
This huge collection is great value at £12.99 for nearly 500 pages, and it’s nearly all top quality material, from a range of periods.
Tags: Alan Moore, Alex Raymond, Alex Toth, Bernie Krigstein, Carlos Sampayo, Charles Burns, Dashiell Hammett, Jack Cole, Jack Kirby, Johnny Craig, Jose Munoz, Max Allan Collins, Mickey Spillane, Paul Gravett, Paul Grist, Terry Beatty
by Jack Kirby, Sal Buscema, Misc. ; Marvel Comics
Martin Skidmore — 06-Apr-11
My god the slump in standards some way into this is painful. I’m not sure I can think of another Essential volume where it’s so precipitous.
Tags: Captain America, Essential, Jack Kirby, Marvel, Sal Buscema
by Gil Kane ;
Steve Whitaker — 27-Feb-11
An interview from 1986 with one of the great veteran comic artists.
Tags: Alex Toth, Atom, Carmine Infantino, DC, Gil Kane, Green Lantern, Jack Kirby, Mort Meskin, Robert Kanigher
by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby ;
Martin Skidmore — 22-Dec-10
We don’t generally think of this as one of Kirby’s more notable works. When the character came back in the ’60s Earth-2 revivals, it was with the earlier gasmask costume, rather than the more conventional superhero outfit on show here. This work was just after S&K created Captain America. But it was a genuine hit…
Tags: DC, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Sandman