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Issue: The Jack Kirby Collector #5
Publication Date: May 1995
 
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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: 20 (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 May 1st, 1995. 1st printing dated 04/25/95.
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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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Editor's Note Page
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Cover, Back
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[Cover]

Cover  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Jack Kirby
Subject Matter
Unpublished original artwork, pencils only, for DC's Kobra #1.
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Submitted from the collection of (?) Steve Sherman.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Our Fourth World Issue...

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  (unknown)
Credits
John Morrow
typeset
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Page contains photo of Jack Kirby at the 1985 Acme Convention in Greensboro, NC, USA, taken by Patrick Varker.

Credits for production by John & Pamela Morrow; special thanks to Mark Evenier, Russ Garwood, D. Hambone, Chris Harper, Richard Howell, Mike Royer, Steve Sherman, Greg Theakston, and Roz Kirby; contributors being Jeff Clem, Paul Doolittle, Shel Dorf, David Hamilton, Chris Harper, Manny Hovis, Harold May, Leo Pando, Scott Shaw, Greg Theakston, Kirk Tilander, Patrick Varker, R.J. Vitone, Peter Von Sholly, and Bruce Vick.
Kirby News

Text Article  on  (unknown)
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typeset
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Recent news of interest to Jack Kirby fans.
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Also contains a request for information to update the definitive Kirby checklist of published works.
Essential Kirby

Text Article  on  (unknown)
Credits
John Morrow
Jack Kirby
typeset
Subject Matter
Details list of items other than comic books considered essential as collectibles for Jack Kirby fans.
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List includes: Kirby Unleashed from Communicators Unlimited, printed in 1971 (small cover image included); Jack Kirby Masterworks from Privateer Press, printed in1979 (small cover image included); The Comics Journal #105 from The Comics Journal, Inc., printed in February, 1986; Jack Kirby's Heroes & Villans from Pure Imagination Publishing, printed in 1987 (small logo included); Jack Kirby's Gods from Communicators Unlimited, printed in 1972 (small cover image included); Marvelmania Portfolio from Marvelmania International, printed in 1970 (small image of folder the plates came in); The Art of Jack Kirby from Blue Rose Press, printed in 1992 (small image of cover included); The Jack Kirby Treasury v1 & v2 from Pure Imagination Publishing, printed in 1982 and 1991, respectively (small cover image to v1 included);Sorcerers, A Collection of Fantasy Art from Ariel Books/Ballentine Books, printed in 1978 (small image included); Argosy magazine v3 #2 from Richard Kyle Publications, printed in November, 1990 (small image of double-page image in story included).
Kirby at College

Text Article  on  (unknown)
Credits
Harold May
Jack Kirby
typeset
Subject Matter
Details attendance of Jack Kirby at a comic art symposium hosted by Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, USA, the weekend of April 28th, 1972. Text of speech given by Jack Kirby at the event on April 29th included, as well as an excerpt from the panel discussion with Jack Kirby the following day.
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Two (2) panels from an unpublished Fantastic Four page from the 1st Black Panther story included as Jack Kirby had brought them to the even to show.
Kirbymania!

Text Article  on  (unknown)
Credits
R.J. Vitoné [contributor]
Jack Kirby
typeset
Subject Matter
Reprints Jack Kirby's autobiographic missive from Merry Marvel Messenger #1, from 1966.
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Includes images of a Dr. Doom drawing from Marvelmania Magazine, 1970, and the stationery that came with the MMMS membership.
[Kirbymania Images]

Illustration  on  (unknown)
Credits
Jack Kirby
Subject Matter
Nine (9) images from the Marvelmania era of Jack Kirby's works.
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Includes: Marvelmania Magazine #1 cover, 1969; Marvelmania Magazine #1 cover, 1970; Marvelmania Magazine #5 cover; Marvelmania poster of Silver Surfer and Galactus; Marvelmania poster of Thor; Silver Surfer plate from Marvelmania portfolio; Marvelmania poster of Fantastic Four; Marvelmania poster of Dr. Doom; and Marvelmania Catalog cover.
Art Imitates Life

Text Article  on  (unknown)
Credits
John Morrow; Chris Harper [assistance]; Kirk Tilander [assistance]
Jack Kirby
typeset
Subject Matter
Details some real people that were used as characters in Jack Kirby's drawings.
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Six (6) cropped images included with story.
The Big Moment...

Text Article  on  (unknown)
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Bruce Zick
Jack Kirby
typeset
Subject Matter
Details experience of first commission of author for a Jack Kirby original.
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Image of commission piece included.
The Kirby-Beatles Connection

Text Article  on  (unknown)
Credits
Leo Pando
Subject Matter
Details Paul McCartney dedication of the song "Magneto and Titanium Man" of the album "Venus and Marts", performed by "Paul McCartney and Wings", at a concert in June, 1976.
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The Jupiter Plaque

Text Article  on  (unknown)
Credits
Jack Kirby
typeset
Subject Matter
Details Jack Kirby's submission to LA Times West in 1972 for local artist's proposed submissions for what should have been on the NASA Jupiter probe as renditions of a typical human male and female.
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Includes copy of image submitted.
Patriot Names

Illustration  on  (unknown)
Credits
Jack Kirby
Dan Reed
Subject Matter
Shield; Fighting American
Shield; Fighting American; Speedboy
Two (2) images of Jack Kirby works: pencils only of Blue Ribbon Comics #5 cover; pencils and inks of Fighting American and Speedboy images. Both printed at half-size.
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Send Submissions - Get Free Issues!

Text Article  on  (unknown)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Details what the publication is seeking for future issues and how to submit material.
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Letters

Letters Page  on  (unknown)
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typeset
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Letters from: David Schwartz of Agoura Hills, CA, USA; Harold May of Memphis, TN, USA; and Charles Hatfield of Storrs, CT, USA.
Thinkin' 'bout Inkin'

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

Advertisement  on  (unknown)
Credits
typeset
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Help Us Track Down These Kirby Art Pieces!

Text Article  on  (unknown)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Requesting copies of two particular pieces of Jack Kirby art.
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Subscribe!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  (unknown)
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typeset
Subject Matter
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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[blank]

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Jack's Funny Farm

Illustration  on  Cover, Back
Credits
Jack Kirby
Subject Matter
Two separate drawings from Jack Kirby of funny animals: King Kong in San Diego, "How Does this Grab You?", for Scott Shaw in 1970; "Star Cats", a spoof of Star Wars.
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