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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 741.5973 EAN: 9781401213442 ISBN: 1401213448 Label: DC Comics Manufacturer: DC Comics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 396 Publication Date: May 30, 2007 Publisher: DC Comics Release Date: May 02, 2007 Studio: DC Comics Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: After co-creating comic book heroes including The FantasticFour and The Hulk, legendary writer/artist Jack Kirby came to DC Comics in1970 to write and illustrate four interlocking series known collectively as"The Fourth World."Now, for the first time, DC collects these four series -- THE NEW GODS, THEFOREVER PEOPLE, MISTER MIRACLE and SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN -- inchronological order as they originally appeared.These comics spannedgalaxies, from the streets of Metropolis to the far-flung worlds of NewGenesis and Apokolips, as cosmic-powered heroes and villains struggled forsupremacy.Volume 1 features the debuts of Orion of the New Gods, the evil Darkseid,super-escape artist Mister Miracle and many others.It also featuresnumerous appearances by Superman. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The First Appearance of Many Great Characters!!!!!!!!!!!!Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus is another Kirby hit! Superman, Jimmy Olsen, Orion, Lightray, Mister Miracle, and Darkseid is just a fraction of the number of heroes and villians in this book. After reading the reviews for this omnibus, I was worried that the paper quality wasn't going to be good. The first time I opened it I was relieved that the paper is thick, just not glossy. The paper will not yellow. This comic is well balanced with action, conversation, ... Read More Rating:  - Volume one: Off to a rough, but interesting startKirby's move to DC after his incredible run at Marvel was one that had long range effects on DC comics. He introduced Darkseid and The New Gods, characters that DC has been going back to you for over three decades. This first volume introduces the characters of Kirby's "Fourth World," his concept of an epic battle between good and evil, where Earth is caught in the middle. It's uneven in quality and the ideas are not fully developed in the beginning but this is where some of comics most outlandish ... Read More Rating: - Read Greatness Again!!!Jack Kirby was the King of Artists. I would look forward to his comics each month and lose myself in his genius story-telling. His work was always a visual feast of the fantastic. This first volume (of 4) of Kirby's Fourth World for DC Comics is a treasure to read again. I love it so much that I've purchased all four volumes for summer reading enjoyment. Rating: - decent kirby book, skip the jimmy olsen stories..........I bought this book thinking of getting the rest of the volumes, but after reading thru this one, i'll pass on those other volumes. It's not terrible but seriously..... the jimmy olsen stories were hilariously goofy. if i was 12 yrs. old i'd still laugh out load on how silly those stories were...."newboy legion"? come on now! even for a comic story it's quite funny to me...had a hard time getting into the silly storyline. ON the otherhand the "New Gods" stories were solid! the other title in this book was ... Read More Rating: - A MUST BUY!!!!LOTS OF KIRKY HERE!!!! A MUST BUY, IF U ARE A KIRBY FAN, GO AHEAD AND GET THIS ONE AND VOL. 2 ALSO... 
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