World Famous Comics: Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus, Vol. 3
Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus, Vol. 3
By: Jack Kirby, Mike Royer Publisher: DC Comics Average Rating: Binding: Hardcover Label: DC Comics Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 396 Publication Date: November 07, 2007 Reading Level: Young Adult Release Date: November 07, 2007
A Collection of the Very Best! Any fan of the late Jack Kirby should treasure this volume. It includes some of the very best stories ever produced by Mr. Kirby and the volume itself is beautifully reproduced. Hats off to DC for doing such a fine job.
among the best work KIRBY ever produced. the blurring problem mentioned in the above review (by AGONISTES) is NOT PRESENT in the copy of JACK KIRBY'S FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS VOL. 3 that i have just received from amazon. the book seems to be mistake free for once. along with FANTASTIC FOUR, THOR and some other great stuff for MARVEL, this series represents some of the best work KIRBY ever did. the stories, written by KIRBY are very wild and reflect the scope of the KING'S imagination and the wild times in which they were written. the artwork as always with KIRBY is fantastic. originally some, including myself were very unhappy with the form in which these reprints where presented. over time and 3 volumes i've come to like this format more and more. the artwork looks very much like the original comic books and the color reconstruction is excellent. when KIRBY moved to DC for a time he was allowed to do whatever he wanted. the results (this series) are among the very best comic books KIRBY ever produced. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Some minor problems I noticed that pgs 69-76 were printed slightly out of focus. This is a problem that I've come across many times during 20 yrs of comic collecting. I sent it back and the replacement had the same problem. If the whole batch is like that then I guess I'd rather have the book w/ the out of focus pgs than not at all. The story that contains this error is "The Pact" from New Gods, one of the best issues of the whole series unfortunately. Also, the index lists that Mister Miracle #10 is included as the last story on pgs 379-401. The story isn't included at all. The stories in the book end on pg 378. This problem I consider minor as well and I'm sure we'll get MM#10 in Vol. 4. As for the content, I think it's all up to the standards of Vols. 1+2. Great stuff!
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