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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 741 EAN: 9781401213572 ISBN: 140121357X Label: DC Comics Manufacturer: DC Comics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 396 Publication Date: August 22, 2007 Publisher: DC Comics Release Date: August 08, 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 his magnum opus: four interlocked adventureseries that were 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.In this second volume, the evil Darkseid's schemes continue to unfold whilethe New Gods, the Forever People, Mr. Miracle and other heroes battle hismany minions. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Kirby unleashed!In Volume II, Kirby starts hitting his targets, particularly with Mike Royer's inks actually bringing out Kirby's wonderful artwork, rather than shortchanging it as Colletta's did. Jimmy Olsen- This remains the problem book in the series as the inking remains Colletta and the stories lack Kirby's usual creativity. The rest of the Don Rickles story, Universal monster clones and the Loch ness monster (Who looks a great deal like Fin Fang Foom) are some of the storylines here. The ... Read More Rating: - FANTASTIC content. Less than stellar packaging.Of the four volumes of the Fourth World Omnibus series, this one is my favorite. The New Gods and Mr. Miracle series really get rolling here, and I found myself getting more engrossed in not only the story lines but with characters that, prior to reading this, I had not known. Again, as many have mentioned, the newsprint like pages of the volumes really are substandard when it comes to comic collections. In fact I know of no other property that has been given a supposed marque ... Read More Rating:  - Kirby At His BestThis book is fantastic. A faithful reproduction of Jack Kirby's wonderful art and creative stories. I love it. My 11-year old son loves it. Rating:  - best jack kirby, worse editionJack Kirby is one or maybe the best comic artist ever and the Fourth World saga is his best work. I like Kirby's work on the "Fantastic Four" very much but compared with the outrageous action and the epic story of the "Fourth World" the adventures of the "Fantastic Four" are just family trips. With "Fourth World" DC Comic is holding a gem in its hands but what do they do? They are printing this masterpiece on the cheapest paper possible. It is the same paper they used at the paperbacks. Now it is in ... Read More Rating: - My 4 cents worth.Buy it. Its good art good story lines and writers are still using the material 35 years latter. The nuts and the bolts. The retail price is 50 dollars. However on Amazon its 33 dollars. That's about two dollars and thirty six cents ($2.36) per issue. You don't have to hunt down the individual issues, plus its in a nice hard cover. Some of the colors have been redone in the Volumes. Mostly to correct laziness or errors made in 1971. Example, some pages I'm Mister Miracle issue 2 show the ... Read More 
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