They are comic books as we always wanted to see them in the 60s and 70s. The art is reproduced at exactly the same size as the original comic books but on much better quality paper and much, much better print quality. Later still, I bought the Omnibus editions that DC put out in 2007-8. Years later, I was able to find them all as back issues. Unfortunately, the launch of the four interlocking Fourth World titles, Superman’s Pal: Jimmy Olsen, The New Gods, The Forever People and Mister Miracle, happened at a time when I had no job and no money, so I didn’t see very many issues. I was as surprised as anyone when I saw that he’d jumped ship from Marvel in 1970 and gone to work for DC Comics, Marvel’s biggest rival. I followed his work as he created the rest of the Marvel Universe, including The Mighty Thor, The Incredible Hulk, The Avengers and the X-Men. A month later, I picked up the first issue of The Fantastic Four, and that confirmed Kirby as my favourite comic book creator of all time. I’ve been a huge Jack Kirby fan since first discovering his work in 1961 in a comic that featured the first appearance of the Chinese dragon, Fin Fang Foom. These comics spanned galaxies, from the streets of Metropolis to the far-flung twin worlds of New Genesis and Apokolips, as cosmic-powered heroes and villains struggle for supremacy, and the world-conquering Darkseid adventured across Earth for the deadly Anti-Life Equation.Ĭollects Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #133-139 and #141-148, The New Gods #1-11, The Forever People #1-11, Mister Miracle #1-18, plus later stories from New Gods #4 and DC Graphic novel #4

Now, as part of the celebration of the 100th birthday of Jack Kirby, DC collects Kirby's entire runs on these four series-The New Gods, The Forever People, Mister Miracle and Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen-In a single volume.

1.Īfter co-creating comic book heroes such as The Fantastic Four and The Hulk, legendary writer/artist Jack Kirby came to DC Comics in 1970 to write and illustrate four interlocking series known collectively as 'The Fourth World.' Legendary comics creator Jack Kirby's mind-boggling 'Fourth World' saga is collected in an Absolute edition series starting with Absolute Fourth World by Jack Kirby Vol.

Spirit World by Jack Kirby