Production is solid as always: thick paper stock, sewn binding, book lays flat so you can get to every nook and cranny. Another successful design by Randy Dahlk, using images from the pages with a unique two colour scheme very sharp and attention grabbing. Packaging and presentation are top-notch. Royer’s inks stand out much better than Colletta’s, comparing the first two issues with the final four. The inking is clean, and looking at the pencils in the gallery you can see Kirby indicated his shading effectively.

I kept stopping and marveling at individual panels, drinking in all the detail and sheer “Kirbyness” of the characters. Like all Artist’s Editions only fans are buying these, and I am a Kirby fan. Only three pages in this volume are not original scans, and one page a recreation by Mike Royer. The pages are very clear, with varying degrees of yellowing. With the pace of the books missing issues three and four has little detriment to the readability of this volume: it flows well. His run at DC with the New Gods line was later and it seems possible to collected, as evidenced by six of the first eight issues of New Gods. Jack Kirby did so much work in his life, but it’s scattered. Now, for the first time ever, you can see Jack Kirby’s stunning originals in all their full-sized glory-You think you’ve seen Jack Kirby’s art before? You ain’t seen nothing yet!įinally Jack “King” Kirby is represented sumptuously in IDW’s Artist’s Edition series by way of his later DC work, New Gods.įor many fans this was the Artist’s Edition most requested and anticipated. He created (or co-created): Captain America, Manhunter, The Newsboy Legion, The Fantastic Four, Challengers of the Unknown, The X-Men, The Incredible Hulk… the list goes on and on.

In a career that began in the Golden Age of Comics, Kirby virtually kick-started the medium. Written and drawn by Jack Kirby, with inks by Mike Royer on all but the first two issues, this classic collection was originally published by DC Comics and is the very first Artist’s Edition to feature the legendary artistic prowess of “King Kirby!” Nearly every page of this Artist’s Edition has been scanned from the original art, and is presented in the multi-award-winning format that was conceived and first presented by IDW Publishing! Jack Kirby has correctly been called the King of Comics.

The Jack Kirby New Gods: Artist’s Edition will collect Issues 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of NEW GODS-the most important Fourth World book.

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