TOP O' THE WEEK
'ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM' WEEK 2
Last week saw the release of One World Under Doom #1, launching the huge crossover event with a single issue. This week the floodgates have opened, with the story continuing in Amazing Spider-Man #68 (sort of), Doom Academy #1, Fantastic Four #29, Storm #6, Thunderbotls: Strikeforce #1, Weapon X-Men #1 and X-Factor #7. That's a lot of books, and I'll discuss them when I get them from Westfield in the One World Under Doom thread.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #68 (MARVEL, $4.99) is by Justina Ireland and Andrea Broccardo.
Spider-Man's dead. Sorry to break it to you this way.
DOOM ACADEMY #1 (OF 5, MARVEL, $4.99) is by writer Mackenzie Cadenhead (Marvel Mutts) and artists Pasqual Ferry (Doctor Strange) and João Lemos. Strange Academy becomes Doom Academy, and moves from New Orleans to Latveria. What do you think the nightlife is like in Doomstadt? Puppet shows until sundown, I imagine, and then everybody goes to bed. Poor kids.
“It was really fun to go through old Doom stories and pick out some random characters that exist in that world and find someone or someone’s kid who might be attending Doom Academy,” Cadenhead shared. “And because the school doesn’t exist, we got to really play with stuff. Pasqual is having a great time coming up with beautiful locales.”
“In this story, Zoe ends up falling into a strange world that her friends have to help her escape from,” Cadenhead explained. “We have another artist come in to illustrate this world. João Lemos’ research on Eastern European folklore and fairytales is astounding.”
STORM #5 (MARVEL, $3.99) is by Murewa Ayodele and Lucas Werneck.
This is the third time an issue will be devoted to Munroe and Von Doom having a discussion. Wait ... are they dating now?
JK. It looks like they're throwing down in the preview. And this series won't continue to cross over after this issue. According to the advance PR, the coming storyline has to do with Eternity and Entropy. (I have no idea why they're interested in a non-magical mutant, but they are.) Just to be safe, I've ordered through issue #7.
THUNDERBOLTS: DOOMSTRIKE #1 (OF 5, MARVEL, $4.99) is by writers Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing (NYX) and artist Tommaso Bianchi (Giant-Size Silver Surfer).
I didn't read the latest iteration of Thunderbolts, but it was a four-issue miniseriers in 2024 featuring Bucky "Winter Soldier" Barnes leading a team composed of Black Widow, Red Guardian, Shang-Chi, Sharon Carter, Silver Sable, USAgent and Valentina Allegro de Fontaine hunting down some of the world's worst. That seems like a good thing, but now we're told that this somehow benefited Doom, and Bucky and his team had been snookered into somehow doing some of Doom's dirty work.
So a pissed-off Bucky is leading his team — which includes Black Widow, Songbird, USAgent, Sharon Carter and a few others — against Doom's Thunderbolts, which the PR indicates may include some from the original series written by Kurt Busiek.
"We can't wait for folks to see what Ryan and company have planned for 'One World Under Doom' — a Marvel event with brains, heart and incredible scope,” Kelly and Lanzing said. “The Thunderbolts are a crucial part of the puzzle: This is the story of what happens when heroes openly oppose Doom ... and how they'll have to learn to fight differently if they're ever to make a difference. With returning characters and storylines we've been building since our run on Captain America, plus new and returning Thunderbolts from all eras, THUNDERBOLTS: DOOMSTRIKE is a whole new take on Marvel's messiest, meanest superteam — a story about fighting the power, even if it costs you everything."
WEAPON X-MEN #1 (MARVEL, $4.99) is by writer Joe Casey and artist ChrisCross.
So far this team includes Cable, Chamber, Deadpool, Thunderbird and Wolverine, and in the first issue they'll go after Doom in Latveria itself. However, this is another series that isn't staying in the crossover. I guess Marvel just wanted to boost first issue sales. Next issue Weapon X goes after ... Baron Strucker! [Horses whinny]
"When I pitched this series over a year ago, I knew it was going to be big ... but writing a brand-new, premier super-team of top-tier, marquee mutants as they take on some of the most iconic villains in the modern Marvel Universe has turned out to be even more fun than I could've dreamed of,” Casey shared. “If you're a longtime fan of the expansive nature of the Marvel Universe — like I am— you don't want to miss out. WEAPON X-MEN is going to be dangerous, unpredictable and classic all at the same time!"
X-FACTOR #7 (MARVEL, $3.99) is by Mark Russell and Bob Quinn X-Factor works for the U.S. government, and the U.S. government works for Doom. He's going to put Angel in charge and send them to a little island called Genosha. Oh, Warren Worthington III, how far you have fallen. (I don't think this book is staying in the crossover, either.)
ALEX TOTH IS BACK, BABY! (SORT OF)
THE HERCULOIDS #1 (DYNAMITE, $4.99) is by writer Tom Sniegoski (Vampirella, Hellboy) and artist Craig Rousseau (Batman Beyond, Gotham Adventures). Herculoids, created and designed by the legendary Alex Toth, debuted on CBS in 1967. The original show only lasted 18 episodes, with 11 more made in 1981. That's not a huge body of work, and I never saw the show. But I still heard about it -- and saw the exciting ads in comic books! I bet this will tickle a lot of Legoinnaires, especially those reading Space Ghost and Jonny Quest.
LET THE DEVIL TAKE YOU!
LET THIS ONE BE A DEVIL #1 (OF 4, DARK HORSE, $4.99) is written by James Tynion IV (Blue Book, Something is Killing the Children) and Steve Foxe (All Eight Eyes, Alien: Paradiso), illustrated by Piotr Kowalski (Where Monsters Lie, Satan’s Swarm), and is about the famous Jersey Devil.
Set in the early 1900s, prodigal son Henry Naughton returns to the Pine Barrens after some higher education. This raises some conflicts with the uneducated locals, but his main problem is the Devil, whom he encounters at the first of the book. We get the Devil's origin (in a pretty shocking 1735 flashback), which reduces very little of his menace. This thing is dangerous, and not just to Henry. The set-up is terrific, and the art by Piotr Kowalski (that I found "just OK" in Christmas 365) is really suited to the yarn. I was getting vibes of The Witch, which is not a bad thing.
Henry being a scholar is no doubt a plot point, but it doesn't come into play in the first issue. I'll be reading when it does.
“Starting with Blue Book, the beating heart of the Tiny Onion publishing program with Dark Horse has been the exploration of what I call ‘True Weird’ stories -- comics based on the real stories of encounters with the strange and impossible,” said Tynion. “Let This One Be a Devil is the first in a whole new set of titles in our True Weird library at Dark Horse, in which we'll tell the stories inspired by the accounts that brought figures like the Jersey Devil, Bigfoot and The Loch Ness Monster into the public consciousness. This is just the beginning."
“The legend of the Jersey Devil spans centuries and bridges the supernatural and the cryptozoological in a way unique among figures of American monster folklore,” added Foxe. “With Let This One Be a Devil, we’re setting out to tell the definitive Jersey Devil story, combining an original narrative with all the many contradictory tales of the creature to reveal what’s really been stalking the Pine Barrens all these years. And as with many cryptids, the story behind the Jersey Devil’s history has proven to be just as fascinating as its outsized myth.”
S'EHS KCAB!
ZATANNA #1 (OF 6, DC COMICS, $3.99) is by writer/artist Jamal Campbell.
I've always had a soft spot for Zatanna (and yes, I was reading comics when she was introduced in Hawkman #4). It must be the costume, because when it was changed for her first Justice League run, I didn't care for the costume, and ultimately had no particular love for the character. She's a bit silly, with the backwards talk, which is too close to Pig Latin for comfort. But that costume just seems ... fun! Like a circus or a birthday party. Because it's frivolous, it says "don't take this too seriously, we're here to have fun."
It's also sexy in a '50s, Bettie Page sort of way, but that was not my primary interest at age 6, when I took a shine to Zatanna. But, of course, as an adult I appreciate that it's as sexy as it is silly. So it works on a couple of levels. And when Zatanna herself is characterized in a chipper, can-do, girl-next-door, Gidget (if she was a witch) sort of way, it all works for me. Etipsed eht sdrawkcab klat.
“Wonder, mystery, mischief and fishnets make up the core of a quintessential Zatanna Zatara stage show, and it’s high time she returned to the spotlight,” said Campbell. “In her newest DC Comics series, Zatanna is dragged down a rabbit hole of cursed swords, hidden truths and multiple brushes with death. She’ll need all her wits and every spell she can muster in order to make it out the other side in one piece.
“It’s been a dream tackling Zatanna’s world, introducing brand-new allies and adversaries as well as bringing back some old classics that haven’t been seen in a while,” continued Campbell. “I’m weaving all my appreciation of the character into these pages in order to show and prove what makes Zatanna so magical.”
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN #3 (OF 6, $3.99) is by Christopher Cantwell and Sean Izaakse. I've only read the first issue of this, because the second hasn't arrived. But it's pretty good so far, and I hope it will be important in establishing the new era.
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #18 (TITAN, MR, $3.99): Artist Danica Brine isn't my favorite artist to have appeared on this title, but she gets the job done. Jim Zub's story is a twisty-turny thing with the requisite amount of strange, ancient sorcery. It's very much in the spirit of REH, only with modern pacing and style, which is more suited to today's audience.
Also, Conan just got stabbed with a magic Stygian dagger. That never ends well. On to issue #19!
EC EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS #8 (OF 12, ONI PRESS INC., $4.99): This issue's creators include writers Stephanie Phillips (Harley Quinn, Grim) and Brendan Hay (DC Horror Presents) and Joshua Hale Fialkov (I, Vampire), and artists Valeria Burzo (Castle Full of Blackbirds), PJ Holden (2000AD), John McCrea (Hitman) and Andrea Sorrentino (Batman).
HOWL #2 (OF 5, AHOY, $3.99): Ahoy Comics alert! This is the second Ahoy title I'm getting from the start (the other is Babs). The first issue really left an impression on me, by bringing 1950s Greenwich Village to life (so far as I know). I'm so engrossed in the characters, I don't really care if the promised alien invasion ever happens.
THE LOOSE END #1 (OF 4, TITAN, MR, $3.99), by Dave Dwonch and Travis Hymel, calls itself an "homage to classic '90s crime drama movies." Normally I ignore that sort of hype, but I can kind of see it. Our protagonist is an everyman (albeit a would-be screenwriter) who gambles too much. The ultimate boss to whom this puts him in hock decides to use him to do some dirty work, or else. Fingernail-pulling is involved. All that's pretty serious, but the dialogue and art tend toward the comedic, so it's a bit of both.
MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #30 (MARVEL, $3.99) is by Cody Ziglar and Luigi Zagaria. The second part of "Pools of Blood," The Deadpool/Miles Morales: Spider-Man crossover.
NEW GODS #3 (OF 12, DC COMICS, $3.99) is by Ram V and Evan Cagle. I'm reading this, and writing about it on the Absolute/All In thread, but I can't honestly say I know where it's going yet.
POWER FANTASY #6 (IMAGE, $3.99), by writer Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, We Called Them Giants) and artist Caspar Wijngaard (Home Sick Pilots, All Against All), launches a new story arc with this issue. Magus and Heavy's plans for world domination are revealed. I'm not keeping up with this currently, but intend to when I get a spare moment, as I enjoyed the set-up in the first issue.
"The great joy of an ongoing like this, as it's only ever going to be gaining in power. It's a machine designed to accelerate. I just had my editor mail frankly amazing levels of swearing when she read the end of issue #8. We really can't wait to share this with folks. Don't miss it. It really may be the end of the world," said Gillen. "We also cooked up a living comic magazine to introduce folks to The Power Fantasy. Want to know more? It's there, waiting for you."
STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC — FEAR OF THE JEDI #1 (MARVEL, $4.99) is by Cavan Scott and Marika Cresta.
It sounds like you should be afraid of the Jedi, but what this title really means is what the Jedi are afraid OF. And they're sure not going to tell us in a press release, so if you want to know, you're going to have to read it. Here's what they do tell us:
"WHAT SCARES THE JEDI? As fighting within the Nihil Occlusion Zone intensifies, Jedi Master Keeve Trennis is set upon a path that will change her life forever. Guest-starring The Acolyte’s Wookiee Jedi Master, Kelnacca, alongside fan-favorite characters from Star Wars: The High Republic novels, audio dramas and comics!"
WONDER WOMAN #18 (DC COMICS, $3.99) is by Tom King and Daniel Sampere. Diana rejoins the fray against the Sovereign. When this storyline was introduced, I though the idea of a hidden king of the U.S. was a bit of a stretch, because no Americans would stand for it. I no longer think that is the case.
X-FORCE #8 (MARVEL, $3.99) is by Geoffrey Thorne and Marcus To. Evidently, the source of all of X-Force's woes is named La Diabla, "a brilliant alchemist." Her first cover appearance was enought to prompt Marvel to send me a press release.
“La Diabla is formidable and very much designed to give both Forge and Sage fits,” Thorne told ComicBook.com in a recent interview. “I wanted to put some new villains with new agendas and new power sets into the mix and La Diabla is just the first. As X-Force learns more about her, so will the audience but she is absolutely not to be trifled with or underestimated.”
GOLDEN AGE OF REPRINTS
ACG COLLECTED WORKS: FORBIDDEN WORLDS VOL 21 SOFTEE (PS ARTBOOKS, $32.99): I'm collecting these, and the series is already in the '60s. That's close to the end, which I think is 1967.
BATMAN #611 FACSIMILE EDITION (DC COMICS, $3.99) is by Jim Lee and Scott Williams. More Hush.
BEASTS OF BURDEN OMNIBUS TP (DARK HORSE, 576 PAGES, $29.99) collects all the Wise Dog miniseries, including Animal Rites, Occupied Territory, Neighborhood Watch and Wise Dogs and Eldritch Men. I read most of these as individual collections, about heroic dogs on mystical adventures with their human allies. I enjoyed them, mainly because I like dogs. There's even a cat, if that's your thing.
BLADE RUNNER: TOKYO NEXUS TP (TITAN, $17.99)
THE COMPLETE KABUKI: 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION HC (DARK HORSE, $149.99) is by David Mack. I've never read word one of Kabuki. Should I dive in with both feet and get this book, Legionnaires?
“Kabuki is the foundation of my work in comics,” said Mack. “Both as a writer & as an artist. Kabuki is what got me the offer to write Daredevil at Marvel, & to create Echo. All of my work in comics began from this story & this art. It was my Senior Thesis in Literature”
CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #11 FACSIMILE EDITION (DC COMICS, $3.99): Penultimate issue.
DC FINEST: HARLEY QUINN -- BIRTH OF THE MIRTH TP (DC COMICS, $39.99) is written by Paul Dini, Kelley Puckett, Karl Kesel and others, with art by Bruce Timm, Mike Parobeck, Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson and others. Collecting Batman Adventures #12, Batman Adventures: Mad Love #1, Batman: Harley Quinn #1, Harley Quinn #1-8, Action Comics #765, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #126, Azrael: Agent of the Bat #60, Batman #570, Batman #573-574, Batman: Shadow of the Bat #93, Detective Comics #737, Detective Comics #740-741, Catwoman #82-84, Catwoman #89 and a story from Batman: Gotham Knights #14.
As I said last week, DC has finally figured out what we really want: comprehensive collections. I think this is every Harley story from her comics introduction in 1993 to roughly 2001.
EAST OF WEST: THE END TIMES COMPENDIUM (IMAGE) is by writer Jonathan Hickman (House of X, Powers of X, Decorum) and artist Nick Dragotta (Absolute Batman). This compendium collects East of West #1-45 in one massive paperback.
East of West is set in a dystopian America in 2064 where the Civil War never ended, and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse have arrived. I've never read this, but I've been tempted to many times. I gather it's sort of an apocalyptic Weird Western, and I like Weird Westerns. Here's a review of Volume 10 by Mark Sullivan.
"I knew from the first time I worked with Nick that we were creatively simpatico, but as East of West unfolded, I think we both were surprised and delighted at just how magical the book became," said Hickman. "The bones of the story are pure nostalgia, but its themes are timeless and its view of the world is prescient and more relevant than ever. We’ve both done some pretty work, but this just might be our best."
Dragotta added: “Working with Jonathan Hickman on East of West was complete freedom and where I found myself as an artist. Collected together for the first time I can see the evolution of my own work, along with my partners in design; Jon, Frank Martin Jr. and Rus Wooton. It’s a story that’s as relevant as when we told it and still looks cool as hell.
GOLDEN AGE CLASSICS: WONDER MAN VOL 1 HC (PS ARTBOOKS, $52.99): Getting this one, too.
THE MARVEL COMICS COVERS OF JACK KIRBY VOL 1 HC (DARK HORSE, $49.99) contains the King's Marvel covers from 1961 to 1964. I thought to myself, "I don't need this book! I've already seen all these covers!" Then I looked at the preview and got so warm 'n' fuzzy that I thought, "Maybe I DO need this book!"
“40 years into his career, Kirby once again redefined the comics medium and his iconic covers helped usher in the Marvel age of comics. Volume 1 teleports us back to the early days at Marvel Comics and explores his early work on these beloved characters,” said Vincent Iadevaia, co-designer, co-editor and curator of @kirbycovers on Instagram.
PS ARTBOOKS: CLASSIC HORROR COMICS VOL 8 HC (PS ARTBOOKS, $52.99): Getting this one three.
PS ARTBOOKS: BLACKHAWK VOL 14 SOFTEE (PS ARTBOOKS, $32.99): Getting this one four.
WONDER WOMAN: THE GOLDEN AGE OMNIBUS VOL 6 HC is by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Harry G. Peter. It collects Wonder Woman #48-71 and Sensation Comics #105-106 (1951-1955). These stories came out after the death of William Moulton Marston, but before the death of H.G. Peter. They've never been reprinted before, and I have no idea what they're like. (I guess I do have an idea, since I expect they're probably not very good.)
Issue #106 was the last of Wonder Woman's appearances in Sensation Comics, which became a suspense title with the following issue. (Sensation formally became Sensation Mystery with issue #110, and was canceled with issue #116. I don't expect Sensation/Sensation Mystery #107-116 will be reprinted in my lifetime.) That just leaves Wonder Woman #72-97 before Wonder Woman: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 picks up the series, so we're not far from having Wonder Woman reprints complete from 1941 well into the Silver Age. One more (small) omnibus ought to do it.
And yeah, you bet your sweet lasso I'll be getting this.
STRANGE GIRL 20TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION HC ($59.99) is by Rick Remender (Napalm Lullaby, Deadly Class, LOW), Eric Nguyen (X-Men: First Class), Jerome Opeña (The Avengers, The Punisher, Seven to Eternity) and Peter Bergting (Frankenstein: New World).
To tell you the truth, I've never heard of this book. The PR tells me there were 19 issues, published 20 years ago, set after the Rapture and starring a survivor and her demon on a road trip. Seriously, never heard of this. Fortunately, Chris Fluit reviewed it.
MORE COMICS
AYA: FACE THE MUSIC HC (MR, DRAWN & QUARTERLY, $24.95), by Marguerite Abouet, continues the story of a young woman in 1980s Ivory Coast. I’m not sure why that would be of interest to Westerners in the 21st century. But Drawn & Quarterly describes the series as “world-renowned” and “critically acclaimed,” and keeps printing them, so there must be something there. Here's a PREVIEW.
BETTY & VERONICA JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #332 (ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS, $9.99): The lead story, by Dan Parent, isn't very good, so feel free to skip it. And I don't care for the Dave Manak version of Sabrina, and he draws a three-parter. I skipped over those pages, too.
But there's tons of stories in this whopper, and it's probably worth the 10 bucks just for the stories drawn by Stan Goldberg and Dan DeCarlo. "Date Book," a story written by Kathleen Webb and drawn by DeCarlo, is probably the best story in the book, and that's saying something. Many of the stories involve winter activities, especially skiing. Or at least bulky clothing, which is the launch point for "The Early Late Snow" by Frank Doyle and Stan Goldberg, this week's full story:
BUZZ HC (ONI PRESS INC., $24.99), by writer Ananth Hirsh and artist Tess Stone, is about the violent world of underground spelling bees. Yes, I’m as baffled by that concept as you, but it's not even listed on the Oni site that I could find.
DARKWING DUCK VOL. 2 #1 (DYNAMITE, $4.99) is by writer Daniel Kibblesmith (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Loki, Black Panther vs. Deadpool) and artists Ted Brandt and Ro Stein (The Mighty Captain Marvel, Tales of the Titans: Beast Boy). Here are the early days of the terror that flaps in the night!
ESSENTIALS VOL 1 HC (THE LAB PRESS, $49.99) is by writers Luke Arnold and Chris "Doc" Wyatt, and artists Glenn Fabry, Jason Howard, Vince Locke, Brendan McCarthy, Andrea Mutti, M. K. Perker and Dani. The Lab Press is a new indie publisher which only publishes original graphic novels. God only knows who distributest them. Here’s their slate for 2025.
This debut GN is about a mathematician who predicts the end of the world but fails to stop it, and is now trapped in a bunker with his niece’s toys, which are talking to him. Other survivors are scattered across other dimensions, where they must deal with “zombies, robots, mythical creatures, and chaos.” That certainly explains why so many artists are necessary.
G.I. JOE #4 (IMAGE, $3.99) is by writer Joshua Williamson (Duke, Cobra Commander) and artist Tom Reilly (Duke).
MANSECT GN (MR, LIVING THE LINE, $19.95) by Koga Shinichi. A manga where people become hideously insect-like. You're welcome.
MILK WHITE STEED GN (MR, DRAWN & QUARTERLY, $24.95) is by The New Yorker's Michael Kennedy. Ten tales drawn from Caribbean folklore. Here's a PREVIEW.
PRIVATE AMERICAN #1 (OF 3, ANTARCTIC PRESS, $4.99): Mike Baron writes a right-wing fantasy of justified violence at the U.S.-Mexico border.
SPACE GHOST #10 (DYNAMITE, $4.99) is by David Pepose and Jonathan Lau
TERMINATOR #5 (DYNAMITE, $4.99) is by Declan Shalvey and Joe Mulvey. The story moves forward in time to the 1960s Space Race.
WORKING FOR GOD IN A GODLESS WORLD VOL 2 TP (MR, $12.99)
WRONG EARTH VOL 3: DEAD RINGERS (AHOY COMICS, $18.99): Ahoy Comics alert! I plan to read this series from the start via collections, but there are only so many hours in the day (and so many dollars in my wallet).
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Spider-Man's dead. Sorry to break it to you this way.
Spider-Man's been dead to me for a while now. Thank you Joe Quesada and J.M. Straczynshi.
I never saw the [The Herculoids, but] I bet this will tickle a lot of Legoinnaires, especially those reading Space Ghost and Jonny Quest.
I never saw The Herculoids, either... until it came out on DVD a couple of years ago. (I bought all of those Hanna-Barbera reissues. There's a discussion of them HERE.) Anyway, these are exactly the cartoons that got Peggy Charren's nose out of joint and caused her to form A.C.T. (Action for Children's Television), which ruined children's TV for a generation of kids (at least). I can speak for the upcoming comic books, but the cartoon is the real stuff, just balls-to-the-wall action with no redeeming social value and no preachy "messages."
ZATANNA #1 - I'd buy it if it were by Tom King.
WONDER WOMAN #18 is by Tom King and Daniel Sampere.
There ya go! Jenny Sparks #7 is supposed to be shipping next week, too.
I've always had a soft spot for Zatanna (and yes, I was reading comics when she was introduced in Hawkman #4).
...and I was reading comics when she was re-introduced a decade later in those 100-Page Super-Spectacular reprints. And here is Brian Bolland's cover to the 2004 tpb which reprints the whjole thinng in its entirety.
THE MARVEL COMICS COVERS OF JACK KIRBY VOL 1 HC - I pre-ordered this one.
WONDER WOMAN: THE GOLDEN AGE OMNIBUS VOL 6 HC - This one, too. (It was solicited to ship last November.)
I am so looking forward to next week!
I've read the first issue of Let This One Be a Devil, which coincides with my writing my New Jersey Devil piece for the forthcoming book. I've been immersed in Leeds Devil lore for a while now. This issue features a good set-up and artwork, but I don't know if it's enough to keep me reading.
THE MARVEL COMICS COVERS OF JACK KIRBY VOL 1 HC contains the King's Marvel covers from 1961 to 1964. I thought to myself, "I don't need this book! I've already seen all these covers!" Then I looked at the preview and got so warm 'n' fuzzy that I thought, "Maybe I DO need this book!"
This book contains only the superhero covers, but that's okay; the war, romance and monster covers (and stories) are readily available in The Complete Kirby War & Romance and two omnibus volumes of Monsters. The superhero covers are presented in release-date order.