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Fawcett Publications' Wow Comics series is best known for its regular feature Mary Marvel beginning in Wow Comics #9, but the first eight issues of the series are historically fascinating as well.  The cover star of many of these issues is Mister Scarlett, a fairly typical caped crusader based in Gotham City in these early[...]

Jack Kirby handled it all here and created a character that I always feel needs to have his due He has a skateboard in his feet! So awesome Anyway, the first issue is not rare by any stretch but still fetches some good money, especially a copy like this CGC 9.8, taking bids today at[...]

Chuck Rozanski of Mile High Comics has acquired a gifted copy by the late Roz Kirby of her late husband Jack Kirby's unpublished novel, The Horde He wrote "Until last evening, it had completely escaped my attention that legendary comics artist, Jack Kirby, had written a complete 248-page prose novel It was never published, but a[...]

Published in 1966 and part of the epic run of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, this issue is the one that made me personally fall in love with Marvel's First Family and is a treasure Every single comic collection should have a copy of this one, and ComicConnect has an amazing CGC 9.4 copy on[...]

Fantastic Four #1 is a pretty good comic, but a lot of people believe that it could be much better if old school artists like Jack Kirby had access to modern comics-making technology, such as putting gradients on everything and making the artwork really shiny Luckily, Marvel has a solution: getting modern artists to redraw[...]

Jack Kirby drew Doctor Doom for the first time in 1962, and in many ways, nobody has ever drawn him better Never has another artist captured both the horror and regalness of Doom at the same time I have wanted some kind of Doctor Doom Kirby print in my collection for a long time, and[...]

There's a copy of this key 1968 issue, Captain America #100 (Marvel, 1968) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages, in this week's 2021 July 11-12 Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction #122128 from Heritage Auctions. Captain America #100 (Marvel, 1968) interior page. Captain America #100 by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee contains a spectacular retelling of the[...]

If you're a fan of Jack Kirby, Marvel Comics' Silver Surfer, and artwork that would make even an employee at Spencer's Gifts feel like they're tripping out, this is something you're not going to want to miss Heritage Auctions has put a psychedelic Silver Surfer by comics king Jack Kirby up for bid Created by[...]

The September 1963 cover-dated comic by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby introduced concepts that in the coming decades would become one of the most successful comic book franchises in the world This debut issue featured Professor Xavier and a team of Angel, Iceman, Beast, Cyclops, and Marvel Girl taking on Magneto. X-Men #1 CGC 9.6 (Marvel, 1963) Interestingly, the[...]

In 2012, a CGC 9.8 slabbed copy of X-Men #1 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby published by Marvel Comics in 1963  sold for $492,937.500 In 2016, a CGC 9.6 copy sold for $350,000 Well, right now, a copy of X-Men #1 slabbed at CGC 9.6 is currently up for auction with ComicConnect as part[...]

An awesome Silver Age Fantastic Four classic is on auction right now at ComicConnect so go and get your bids in right now.

It's Jack Kirby time Bleeding Cool has run many articles looking at pieces of original comic book artwork up for auction But the 2021 June 17 – 19 Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction #7244 auction from Heritage may be their most significant comic book auction to date with some insanely valuable, desirable, and influential examples[...]

So who got thanked in Loki Episode 1 on Disney+ today? Here's the screencap of the thanks. Loki TV screencap Loki was created for the Marvel Universe by Stan Lee, Larry Leiber, and Jack Kirby for the Thor comic book  Journey into Mystery #85 in 1962 – though Stan Lee had written a very similar version of[...]

Jack Kirby is the principal talent in American comic books of the twentieth century And Heritage Auctions, in their 2021 April 1 – 4 Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction – Dallas #7242 have a lot of original comic book artwork, including Captain America, the Fantastic Four, Devil's Dinosaur, and X-Men #2 – featuring the first time[...]

Jack Kirby is the principal talent in American comic books of the twentieth century And Heritage Auctions, in their 2021 April 1 – 4 Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction – Dallas #7242 have a lot of his original comic book artwork, including this image created with John Romita Sr for the Marvel Comics Memory Album Calendar[...]

Joe Kubert and Jaime Hernandez,  Dave Gibbons and Jack Kirby, as well as the likes of Bob Kane and Joe Orlando, Murphy Anderson, Ramona Fradon, Gil Kane, Jim Steranko, and Gene Colan, Michael Kaluta, P Craig Russell, Jim Starlin, Jim Aparo, and Frank Thorne, Bill Sienkiewicz, Matt Wagner, Howard Chaykin, and Brian Bolland. History Of DC[...]

My personal all-time favorite cover by the King Jack Kirby, this image is one of the most iconic in the history of comics Up for auction right now at Heritage Auctions is one of the nicer copies I have ever seen, a CGC 8.5 graded copy This is how nice this is: with six days[...]

Husband and wife team, Fred Van Lente and Crystal Skillman are launching a four-episode mini-series audio drama King Kirby based on their play of the same name, telling the story of Jack Kirby. King Kirby, The Jack Kirby Play Featuring original music composed by award-winning Bobby Cronin, the podcast premiered yesterday from the Broadway Podcast Network.  Heroes aren't[...]

Originally the credits ran: With special thanks to Brian Michael Bendis, John Buscema, John Cassaday, Olivier Coipel, Steven Englehart, David Finch, Richard Howell, Tom King, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Rick Leonardi, Bill Mantlo, Roy Thomas, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Joss Whedon. From this we could identify for WandaVision, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, who created Wanda and Pietro Maximoff, Baron[...]

The classic cover of Captain America punching Hitler is more iconic than ever, and the comic was created by one of the most acclaimed creative teams of all time in Joe Simon and Jack Kirby.  Al Lieberman inked this issue, with Howard Ferguson on lettering Perpetually one of the most sought-after comic books in American[...]

Neal Kirby, the son of comics legend Jack Kirby, has issued a statement in response to insurrectionists who stormed the United States Capitol last week in an attempt to prevent Congress from certifying the results of the presidential election, after being egged by President Donald Trump and his circus sideshow of an inner circle last[...]

Enter Tony Gregori, artist of a new secret comic book project with writer Aubrey Sitterson, and its bold new concept: a TV-MA rated Jack Kirby. This next issue I'm drawing of the secret @aubreysitterson project is probably the closest I'll ever get to being paid to draw New Gods if it had bewbs and dongs in[...]

Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditko all did work on this issue, which also features a Kirby cover with Spider-Man Up for auction today at Heritage Auctions and ending very soon, this copy is a near-perfect copy that features something that sends it into rare air for collectors: Stan Lee signed it Part of[...]

The famous Jack Kirby adage to the young James Romberberg, wanting to work in the comic book industry, was "Comics will break your heart." The idea that passionate souls pour their heart into a medium, are exploited by an industry, then spat out, penniless, unmourned and unloved is one that has been demonstrated by a plethora[...]

This is the listing from Marvel's January 2021 solicitations (to be published in May), for The Complete Kirby War & Romance books, with the bookstore cover and the direct market exclusive variant, celebrating the non-superhero work of Jack Kirby that was his staple for much of the nineteen fifties, especially war and romance comic books[...]

A Stan Lee and Jack Kirby must-own, there is a gorgeous copy of the The book up for auction on Heritage right now, part of Dallas Lot #7234 CGC 9.0, it is next to impossible to find this Black Panther key in such a high grade Here it is, though, and boy, is it nice[...]

The same goes for artist Stan Sakai, who deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Jack Kirby, John Romita, and others as one of the giants of the industry Any chance you can get to meet the man, take it—one of the nicest in this crazy industry Up for auction right now is[...]

Story and art by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Syd Shores, part of the reason why this one gets so much love is the really cool Kirby cover Cap bursting through the front page of the comic, shield at the ready, just an iconic image Up for auction at ComicConnect right now is a very[...]

This very clever and surprising issue takes an alternate look at the aftermath of 1976’s Captain America #193, putting a truly human face on the cost of

Two new posters will be available for purchase, the first being one of the most iconic pieces of comic art ever produced, the cover to FF#1 by Jack Kirby This version of the cover is reproduced by Jon Smith and screen printed to become one of the best looking versions ever The edition size is[...]