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Issue: The Jack Kirby Collector #4
Publication Date: March 1995
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Issues: #4 of 55 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagTwoMorrows Publishing
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: TwoMorrows Advertising
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 16
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.70 CAD
$2.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Bi-monthly
Content Items: 18 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John Morrow
Disclose Notes: Cover states "$3.70 Foreign". Indicia states "$3.70 outside N. America". 1st printing mailed week of Mar. 1st, 1995. 3rd printing dated 04/26/95.
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Publication Type: Fanzine
Color: Black and White #1 - #7; Full Color #8 and above
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Binding: Saddle-stitched
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Interior Page
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Editor's Note Page
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Cover, Back
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[Cover]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Unpublished original artwork, pencils only, for DC's First Issue Special #1 (originally intended to be Atlas #1), from about 1975.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Submitted from the collection of Peter Von Sholly.
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Momentum is Building...

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  (unknown)
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Writer(s): John Morrow
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page contains photo of Jack Kirby during his photo session for The Art of Jack Kirby. Photo taken b Susan Skarr.

Credits for production by John & Pamela Morrow; special thanks to Shel Dorf, Mark Evenier, Richard Howell, Mike Royer, Scott Shaw, Steve Sherman, Jim Steranko, Greg Theakston, and Roz Kirby; contributors being Paul Doolittle, Paul Gravett, David Hamilton, Chris Harper, Chris Knowles, Patrick Price, Peter Von Scholly, Greg Theakston, and Kirk Tilander. Special thanks for this issue to D. Hambone (in icons).

Subscriber copies were mailed with an insert for the fanzine Comic Effect.
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Kirby News

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: Recent news of interest to Jack Kirby fans.
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Disclose Notes: Also contains a request for information to update the definitive Kirby checklist of published works and new information about the unknown item mentioned in issue #1.
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Comic Images Cards Reviewed

Text Article  on  (unknown)
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Writer(s): Chris Knowles
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Review of the trading cards from Comic Images in the set Jack Kirby: The Unpublished Archives. The set features animation concept boards produced for Ruby Spears Productions in the 1980s.
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Disclose Notes: Article contains image of one of the promo cards that actually did not make it into the final set.
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Euro-Kirby

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Writer(s): John Morrow
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Details about Jack Kirby fanzines and posters from throughout Europe.
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Disclose Notes: Four (4) items mentioned: The Jack Kirby Quarterly fanzine in the UK (cover for issue #2 shown), Savage World of Fantasy (SWOF) fanzine in France (cover to issue #12 shown), Kirby fanzine in Belgium (cover to issue #21 shown), and details for ordering two limited edition signed poster printings from Editions Déesse France (both shown, the Fantastic Four and Dr. Doom Marvelmania posters from 1970).
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Jack Kirby: The King of Comic Books

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Synopsis: Listing of original artwork displayed at the National Museum of Cartoon Art in London, UK, for Jack Kirby from September 29th to October 31st, 1994.
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Disclose Notes: Photograph of the display and two (2) artworks shown. Two artworks shown in article are Forever People #11 p1 and New Gods #6 p1.

Details of article submitted by Chris Harper and Paul Gravett.
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About Faces...

Text Article  on  (unknown)
Credits
Writer(s): John Morrow; David Hamilton and Greg Theakston "helped"
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Captain America; Sharon Carter; Ka-Zar; Jimmy Olsen; Clark Kent; Thor; Grey Gargoyle
Synopsis: Details changes made to much of Jack Kirby's pencils when the artwork was being inked, particularly for primary characters.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Multiple cropped images shown in pairs, both original pencils and inks: Captain America #101 p11, Captain America #102 p7 & p8, Ka-Zar #12, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #139 p7, Thor #255, and Thor #258.
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Marvelmania Portfolio Showcase

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Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Three (3) more plates from the 1970 Marvelmania Portfolio are printed, one full size and two others half-sized.
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A Brush with Mike Royer - Part 1

Text Article  on  (unknown)
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Writer(s): John Morrow
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Mike Royer
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Interview with Mike Royer conducted February 6th, 1995.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Four (4) different inked images shown with article.
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Convention Memories

Text Article  on  (unknown)
Credits
Writer(s): Patrick A. Price
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Details author's attendance at Miamicon in Miami, FL, USA, in December, 1975.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Two images printed with article: cover to Miamicon 1975 program book and cover to Baycon 1977 program book (inked by Steve Leialoha).
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Send Submissions - Get Free Issues!

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Synopsis: Details what the publication is seeking for future issues and how to submit material.
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Pages: 0.33
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Letters

Letters Page  on  (unknown)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Letters from: Pierce Askegren of Annandale, VA, USA; Chuck Hatfield of Storrs, CT, USA; Oliver Toublan of Switzerland; Richard Howell; and Shel Dorf of San Diego, CA, USA.
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Thinkin' 'bout Inkin'

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Current poll results from readers for the best inker that worked over Jack Kirby's pencils (from issue #2).
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Pages: 0.33
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Classifieds

Advertisement  on  (unknown)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Subscribe!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  (unknown)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Details subscriptions, back issues, classifieds, submission deadline for the next issue, and some of the planned content for the next issue.
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Pages: 0.33
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[blank]

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[Thor #147 p6 pencils]

Illustration  on  Cover, Back
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Illustration printed at half-size.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: From photocopies of the original pencils with lettering added but not yet inked.
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[Thor #152 p15 pencils]

Illustration  on  Cover, Back
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Illustration printed at half-size.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: From photocopies of the original pencils with lettering added but not yet inked.

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