(W) Jack Kirby (A) Jack Kirby (CA) Rian Hughes, Jack Kirby In the 1970s, after decades shaping the Marvel Universe, Jack the King Kirby made a much-publicized move to DC Comics, where he was given full creative freedom to build something unprecedented: A sweeping multi-series saga featuring new worlds, instantly iconic new characters, and rich new mythologies that he called the Fourth World. Rediscover the worlds of Apokolips and New Genesis in this large-scale reprint of Kirby?s grand opus! This second of two Absolute volumes collects Superman?s Pal Jimmy Olsen #146-148, The Forever People #7-11, The New Gods #7-11, Mister Miracle #7-18, Jack Kirby?s New Gods (Reprint Series) #6, DC Graphic Novel #4: The Hunger Dogs, and Jack Kirby?s lost tale On the Road to Armagetto (published at full size for the first time ever), along with a brand-new foreword by Tom Scioli, a gallery of Kirby pencils, never-before-collected essays from Kirby and Mark Evanier, and more!

(W) Keith Dallas The American Comic Book Chronicles continues its ambitious series of full-color hardcovers! This volume on the 1980s covers all the pivotal moments and behind-the-scenes details of comics during the Reagan years! You'll get a year-by-year account of the most significant publications, notable creators, and impactful trends, including: The rise and fall of Jim Shooter at Marvel Comics! The ascendancy of Frank Miller as a comic book superstar! DC Comics' reboot with Crisis on Infinite Earths and its Renaissance with a British invasion of talent like Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, and Neil Gaiman! The emergence of Direct Market-exclusive publishers like Eclipse Comics, Pacific Comics, First Comics, Comico, Dark Horse Comics and others!

Behold as the Black Panther sets out on adventures that only his co-creator, Jack Kirby, could conceive! T'Challa discovers the startling secret of King Solomon's frog, encounters alien races, battles eternal samurai warriors - and so much more! The history of the Wakandans, their majestic city and their amazing technology are also explored with a power and passion that only Kirby could offer! Plus: The origins of Vibranium! An epic battle between the Black Panther, the Avengers and Ulysses Klaw! T'Challa returns to the American South to root out the evil Soul Strangler's cult! And Peter B. Gillis and Denys Cowan craft a compelling and contemporary tale as the Black Panther fights apartheid in the neighboring nation of Azania. Collecting BLACK PANTHER (1977) #1-15, MARVEL PREMIERE #51-53, BLACK PANTHER (1988) #1-4 and material from MARVEL TEAM-UP (1972) #100. Rated T

Just when you thought it was safe to walk the streets again, From The Tomb (the UK's preeminent magazine on the history of horror comics) digs up more tomes of terror from the century past. It Crept From The Tomb (the second 'Best of' collection) uncovers atomic comics lost to the Cold War, rarely seen (and censored) British horror comics, the early art of Richard Corben, Good Girls of a bygone age, Tom Sutton, Don Heck, Lou Morales, Al Eadeh, Bruce Jones' Alien Worlds, HP Lovecraft in Heavy Metal, and a myriad of terrors from beyond the stars and the shadows of our own world! It features comics they tried to ban, from Atlas, Charlton, Comic Media, DC, EC, Harvey, House of Hammer, Kitchen Sink, Last Gasp, Pacific, Skywald, Warren, and more from the darkest of the horror genre's finest creators!

(W/A/CA) Jack Kirby A great disaster has destroyed civilization, leaving a young boy to search for safe haven in a world populated by mutated animals and strange wonders. Join Kamandi?s band of anthropomorphic supporting characters as they search for answers and adventure across the wastelands of Earth! In this volume, legendary comics creator Jack Kirby introduces a whole new world as Kamandi faces dangers unimaginable with an open heart, a savvy mind, and brave friends! Collects Jack Kirby?s run on Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth #1-20.