Man i love ur fascination with jack kirby. And it is rightfully deserved by him. I mean people like Tolkien and R r Martin get so much respect for their work, which they should, but the name of kirby still stays a niche legend. He is just as brilliant as the aforementioned guys, and i thank u for spreading his work. Stay blessed ❤
A very strong reading with lots of investment in the material. As 4th World books were some of the very first comics I bought off the newsstand (With a pile of hand-me-down Marvel books under my belt) their cancellation was a real trauma in my life. (Damn you Infantino!) Was very happy about Captain Victory's continuation of his story and the eventual (compromised ) resolution. The idea that all of Kirby's stories are interconnected has fascinated me ever since. Your "Planet Hope as the Haven of the Forever People" hypothesis is a good one. Thanks for that.
Tom, since you're aware of the theory that most -- if not all -- of Kirby's work since the '60s ties together, with Thor leading to the Fourth World, leading to Captain Victory, etc., do you plan to thoroughly examine that theory? My comics budget has always been limited, and I missed much of Kirby's many series, so a "reader's guide" like that would be most welcome. Thank you for this video.
Love the alternate reading strategies! I never realized that an original ending, in the form of On the Road to Armagetto, had ever been released-until your video on the subject. I'd like to see a separate release of all this concluding material, gathered together. It's such a mish-mash of versions that keeps getting revised, mostly within larger series or collections. A standalone release could follow your suggested reading order and include original D. Bruce Berry pages, perhaps in B&W (a TwoMorrows project? a companion to DC's Spirit World & Days of the Mob hardcover reissues?) or maybe recolored in a flatter, more traditional Kirby style, as in your splash page example.
This is the video I was waiting for. I actually got this Hunger Dogs graphic novel at a Walden book store. And I read this before #6 of the New Gods reprint in the 80s that lead up to the Hunger Dogs, didn’t really know everything that was going on in this but I loved it and loved it more when I finally read all the New Gods. Thank you for this epic Kirby
Thanks for these videos! I enjoyed your insights as well as pointing out all the connections and references along the way that I'd personally missed. I also think that Kirby was the greatest (and still is), and that his Fourth World was definitely the largest jewel in his very-bejeweled crown!
Tom, love this whole series you are doing. What do you make of the Captain Victory sequence that seems to (maybe) represent Captain Victory being the grandson of Darkseid. (or have you already covered it? I'll definitely be into it)
Man i love ur fascination with jack kirby. And it is rightfully deserved by him. I mean people like Tolkien and R r Martin get so much respect for their work, which they should, but the name of kirby still stays a niche legend. He is just as brilliant as the aforementioned guys, and i thank u for spreading his work. Stay blessed ❤
Great job taking us through this. Also great credit to Jack Kirby for not providing a predictable ending but something far more interesting.
A very strong reading with lots of investment in the material. As 4th World books were some of the very first comics I bought off the newsstand (With a pile of hand-me-down Marvel books under my belt) their cancellation was a real trauma in my life.
(Damn you Infantino!) Was very happy about Captain Victory's continuation of his story and the eventual (compromised ) resolution.
The idea that all of Kirby's stories are interconnected has fascinated me ever since.
Your "Planet Hope as the Haven of the Forever People" hypothesis is a good one. Thanks for that.
Thanks Jack and thanks Tom for bringing new attention to the greatest comic book series ever created.
Kirby''s Super Powers minis would be fun to look at with you Tom!
Hopefully DC sees this and with the help of Tom will materialize this reading order into all new TPB.
Tom, since you're aware of the theory that most -- if not all -- of Kirby's work since the '60s ties together, with Thor leading to the Fourth World, leading to Captain Victory, etc., do you plan to thoroughly examine that theory? My comics budget has always been limited, and I missed much of Kirby's many series, so a "reader's guide" like that would be most welcome. Thank you for this video.
Please tom! Would love to see this video! something like a reading order would be awesome, and i think that theory is true
Love the alternate reading strategies!
I never realized that an original ending, in the form of On the Road to Armagetto, had ever been released-until your video on the subject. I'd like to see a separate release of all this concluding material, gathered together. It's such a mish-mash of versions that keeps getting revised, mostly within larger series or collections. A standalone release could follow your suggested reading order and include original D. Bruce Berry pages, perhaps in B&W (a TwoMorrows project? a companion to DC's Spirit World & Days of the Mob hardcover reissues?) or maybe recolored in a flatter, more traditional Kirby style, as in your splash page example.
I only know this book from your coverage, Tom. I never saw the real thing, but it’s beginning to look like the best looking work from Kirby!
Man, the colurs on this book are great.
This is the video I was waiting for. I actually got this Hunger Dogs graphic novel at a Walden book store. And I read this before #6 of the New Gods reprint in the 80s that lead up to the Hunger Dogs, didn’t really know everything that was going on in this but I loved it and loved it more when I finally read all the New Gods. Thank you for this epic Kirby
Thanks for these videos! I enjoyed your insights as well as pointing out all the connections and references along the way that I'd personally missed. I also think that Kirby was the greatest (and still is), and that his Fourth World was definitely the largest jewel in his very-bejeweled crown!
I would love to watch your coverage of Captain Victory.
Stay tuned!
In the 1970s, he used the "Lowlies."
Theakston. I thought you were saying Feakston, like fecal - if you get my drift
So, in the end, the human poet (from New Gods # 9) did not HAVE to sit in Judgment on Orion . . . .
Well done.
Such a beautiful title page.
So that's where they got the ending of Thor: Ragnarok from.
"New Genesis is not a place, it's a people."
Tom, love this whole series you are doing. What do you make of the Captain Victory sequence that seems to (maybe) represent Captain Victory being the grandson of Darkseid. (or have you already covered it? I'll definitely be into it)
We’ll get to it for sure!
I have heard the word… It is battle.
Next week, on to Super Powers or Captain Victory?
Tom, what did you think of that mister miracle. Series from 6 or 8 Yeats ago?
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