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Andrez Bergen writes for Bleeding Cool This may be big news to no one aside from myself, but I just finished writing my third novel after months holed-up

They seem to be implying, if only lightly, that this means Rocket Raccoon and Groot will have less up-front roles in the film.   (At right, the original Jack Kirby/Dick Ayers art for the splash page of Tales to Astonish #13, the first appearance of Groot) Most-Read Comic Stories Today: After Fifteen Years, Peter David Announces Hell On Earth From[...]

The gentleman walks up to me and says, "So, you're Jesse, eh?" I, of course proudly announced that YES I was! The guy nodded and said, "Okay just make sure no one cuts in line, okay? Oh by the way my name is Jack Kirby." Keep in mind I had only been into comics for[...]

Mark Robert Bourne wrote for Bleeding Cool from San Diego Comic Con Jack Kirby. Mention his name to anyone in the geek community and you'll get the same response.  He elevated a previously static and mundane form and sent a shockwave of powerful illustrations into the minds of unsuspecting readers.  He's a legend, responsible for the creation[...]

The 1963 comic by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby introduced concepts which in the coming decades would become one of the most successful comic book franchises in the world The original issue featured Professor Xavier and a team of Angel, Iceman, Beast, Cyclops, and Marvel Girl taking on Magneto. Giving the sale some additional perspective, this[...]

But here's a brief look at last month's issue of The Boys, featuring our ever loveable Stan Lee analogue berating someone who appears to be a Jack Kirby substitute, in the manner of Macbeth to the dead Banquo… thought it was worth enjoying again. THE BOYS #68 32 pages FC  • $3.99  •  Mature Written by GARTH[...]

A spectacular page of original art from Fantastic Four #55 drawn by Jack Kirby, inked by Joe Sinnott and featuring the Silver Surfer sold at Heritage Auctions earlier today for $155,350 The 1966 page is from one of the peak periods of the Silver Age, just a few months after the Silver Surfer first appeared in Fantastic[...]

And with New Teen Titans Omnibus Vol 2, it seemed that this was indeed happening. And with the Jack Kirby Spirit World Hardcover, it looks like this is now standard practice for the publisher Stitched pages, sufficient margin gap here's an "unboxing video" to prove it. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8uMF2NKlPo[/youtube] [...]

 There are 3 copies graded CGC 9.6 and none higher. This is a new record by a wide margin for this 1963 issue by Stan Lee and Don Heck with cover by Heck and Jack Kirby The comic contains the first appearance of Iron Man.  Bleeding Cool told you about the previous record sale for any copy of this comic in March[...]

StanWatch: Stan Lee doesn't know why Jack Kirby would get a credit on The Avengers movie. TeamWatch: Phil Hester and Todd Nauck are reviving the Kirkman/Benito Cereno series Guarding the Globe, and will launch in a story in the Image Free Comic Book Day issue. ReprintWatch: Lots of Batman and Batman-related comics are being reprinted. SwipeWatch: The Eagle[...]

Eek. I must admit I can barely look at this, even given all the givens -- it's a low grade copy, one of many, etc, etc  -- but I've spent too much of my

 Sorry Hulk, I've been busy. The Incredible Hulk #1 by Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and George Roussos came out in 1962, and is cover-dated May — but the cover date is an indication as to when unsold copies of the comic were to be removed from the stands. As you can see from the scans below, stamped and penciled[...]

StanWatch: Steve Bissette talks Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Forgive my being blunt: As a corporate shill, Stan has behaved as shills should at all times As a human being, Stan has at times behaved abominably and shamefully toward his former friend and frequent collaborator, and that man's heirs, while tending to his own selfishly and[...]

How ugly is this? As part of Marc Toberoff's appeal against Marvel Comics on behalf of the estate of Jack Kirby, over gaining copyright of the likes of X-Men, Fantastic Four, Hulk, Thor and The Avengers, the paperwork goes straight for the Stan Lee jugular. They state that Marvel's case, that Jack Kirby's contribution to Marvel during[...]

Try telling this Jack Kirby that you're not giving him his artwork back. From Vanguard Productions. Seriously Try telling this Jack Kirby that you're not giving him his artwork back. From Vanguard Productions. Seriously Try telling this Jack Kirby that you're not giving him his artwork back. From Vanguard Productions. Seriously Try telling this Jack Kirby that you're[...]

Over Marvel's treatment of Jack Kirby and his family. Sturm is  co-founder of the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont and founder of The National Association of Comics Art Educators It's not something that seems to have troubled him much previously A superhero fan, both of the comics and the movies, he writes in Slate about planning[...]

 The title began in 1952 and was originally a horror anthology, but issue #83 introduced Thor in a 13 page story titled "The Stone Men From Saturn" by  Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott, Stan Lee, and Larry Lieber  Thor appeared in the book from #83 through #125, and the title was renamed Thor with issue #126 in 1966. This[...]

Neal Adams helped Jack Kirby get credit for his Marvel work back in the seventies and eighties, and even got some of his art back from the publisher, but Jack never got a penny from the reprints and subsequent media exposure of his comic book work for Marvel during the sixties, where he co-created The[...]

On Thursday and Friday, Bleeding Cool gave you free copies of Kirby Genesis #0, #1 and #2 by Kurt Busiek, Alex Ross and Jack Herbert. Today, we have the

Today, Friday, Monday and Tuesday, Bleeding Cool will be running a free copy of Dynamite's Kirby Genesis series ahead of the release of the fifth issue on

Based on the title alone, Stan Lee ought to be annoyed about at least one of these Sharon Moody pieces too, I think. That aside, I've heard it said that

It offered for sale a single painting: "Mjolnir—To Thy Master!" Take a look for yourself. The artist's name was … Jack Kirby, right? Wrong It's the work of an artist named Sharon Moody, and Kirby's name was nowhere to be seen I investigated a little further, and discovered other similar paintings. Here's another. This one's by by Sal Buscema,[...]

Longtime comic book creator Joe Simon passed away earlier today at 98, according to a Facebook post from Joe's son. Simon is best known for his work as the co-creator of Captain America with artist Jack Kirby, but that is just one of scores of contributions he made to the industry, both as a writer and[...]

Kirby: Genesis - Silver Star #1 from Jai Nitz and Johnny D,  published by Dynamite, sold out rapidly and went to second print. The second issue is out

That's a whole lot of colons. Here's a first look at Kirby: Genesis: Dragonsbane #2 from Dynamite in February, from Alex Ross, Robert Rodi and Fritz

Fan anticipation for the May 2012 debut of The Avengers film has already been building for months, and here's the latest sign that the popularity of Marvel's own  all-star team is currently on a rapid rise:  A CGC 9.6 copy of Avengers #1 was sold for $250,000 by Metropolis Collectibles last week — a record[...]

In late 1941, just months after the successful launch of Captain America Comics #1, Joe Simon & Jack Kirby parted ways with Marvel over issues with Captain America royalties According to Simon in his autobiography Joe Simon: My Life In Comics, Marvel's accountant had told him, "I'm sorry about these royalties You're getting twenty-five[...]

Take one recreation of a classic Jack Kirby cover… by Jack Kirby Authorised by Marvel and sold in the early nineties for around $10,000. Make sure it's authentic. To help authenticate this piece as being all Jack Kirby drawn art, there is a copy of a page from the Comics buyers guide from the mid 1990's[...]

Despite the fact that Jack Kirby was an incredibly prolific artist with a career that spanned some 50 years, it's not every day that I see a picture of a page of Kirby artwork that I haven't seen before  So I was pretty intrigued to find this rather gorgeous piece of Space Busters concept art[...]

But all isn't as it seems in these newly unified Mythlands, and Sigurd's latest exploit could be his last! Based on character concepts and designs by Jack Kirby, DRAGONSBANE draws back the curtain on the astonishing mythical underpinnings of the Kirby universe. In January, Dynamite are publishing a new Kirby Genesis series, Dragonsbane, by[...]