Marvel Visionaries Jack Kirby HC (2004-2006 Marvel) comic books
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Issue #1-1ST
$44.95
Volume 1 - 1st printing.
Written by JOE SIMON, STAN LEE, and JACK KIRBY. Art and cover by JACK KIRBY.
In celebration of its 65th anniversary, the House of Ideas proudly presents a timeless testament to a true Marvel visionary! Comics' premier storyteller for more than 40 years, Jack "King" Kirby brought new vitality and imagination to the medium, and set the standard for every artist to follow.
This deluxe keepsake edition collects some of his most monumental moments, created in concert with the likes of legendary writers such as Joe Simon and Stan Lee-some never before reprinted:
"Mercury in the 20th Century," RED RAVEN COMICS #1, Kirby's first work for Marvel; "The Vision," MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS #13, Kirby's first regular Marvel series; "Meet Captain America," CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #1, the first Captain America story; "UFO the Lightning Man," YELLOW CLAW #3, from a strip Kirby wrote and drew during the '50s; "I Defied Pildorr, the Plunderer from Outer Space!," STRANGE TALES #94, from the monster era; the first time Joe Sinnott inked the King; "I Am the Amazing Dr. Droom!," AMAZING ADVENTURES #1, the origin of Stan and Jack's first super-heroic character of the '60s; "Beware the Rawhide Kid!," RAWHIDE KID #17, the first revamped Rawhide Kid story and the beginnings of the Marvel style; Plus: "The Origin of the Hulk," HULK #3; "Spidey Tackles the Torch," AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #8; "Captain America Joins the Avengers!," AVENGERS #4; "The Fangs of the Fox," SGT. FURY #6; "The Coming of Galactus," FANTASTIC FOUR #48-50; "This Man, This Monster," FANTASTIC FOUR #51; "The People Breeders," THOR #134-135; "To Become an Immortal," THOR #136; "This Is A Plot?," FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #5; "The Inhumans!" AMAZING ADVENTURES v.2 #1-2; "America Will Die!," CAPTAIN AMERICA #200; "The Fourth Host," ETERNALS #7 and "What If the Original Marvel Bullpen Was the Fantastic Four?," WHAT IF #11.
Hardcover, 7 1/2-in. x 11-in., 336 pages, full color.
Cover price $29.99. -
Issue #2-1ST
$39.95
Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Captain America Comics (1941-1954 Golden Age) #1, Marvel Mystery Comics (1939-1949) #23, Yellow Claw (1957) #4, Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) #89 and 114, Two-Gun Kid (1948-1977) #60, Love Romances (1949-1963) #103,Uncanny X-Men #9, Tales of Suspense (1959-1968) #59, Sgt. Fury (1964-1981) #13, Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #57-60, Not Brand Echh (1967-1969) #1, Thor (1962-1996 1st Series) #154-157, and Devil Dinosaur (1978) #1.
Written by JACK KIRBY, JOE SIMON, and STAN LEE. Art and cover by JACK KIRBY.
Humor, horror, westerns, war, romance, espionage and, of course, super-heroic adventure...many domains, but only one King. From the Two-Gun Kid, Sgt. Fury and Agent Jimmy Woo to the Fantastic Four, the X-Men and beyond, the talent of Jack Kirby underlies the history and future of Marvel! See Captain America's first appearance...all three of them! Witness the first Avengers/X-Men battle, and learn the origin of Professor X! Cower before Doctor Doom, wielding the power of the Silver Surfer! The Yellow Claw! Mangog! Fin Fang Foom! Otherworldly dinosaurs, mutant seagulls and more await as comicdom's commemoration of Kirby continues!
Hardcover, 7 1/2-in. x 11-in., 344 pages, full color.
Cover price $34.99.
