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Issue: Jack Kirby's Forever People #[nn]
Publication Date: November 1999
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 09/01/1999
Volume: none
Pages: 292
ISBN: 1563895102
UPC/EAN: 76194121740600111
Price: $23.50 CAD
$14.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 31 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Jack Kirby (original editor); Dale Crain; Michael Wright (assistant)
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
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Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: collected edition
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reprinted 27 times from Content Items in other Issues.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Jack Kirby
Frank Giacoia
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Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
Forever People [Beautiful Dreamer; Big Bear; Vykin the Black; Mark Moonrider; Serifan]; Superman [Clark Kent]
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[untitled]

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Introduction

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Mark Evanier
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In Search of a Dream!

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Credits
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Vince Colletta; Al Plastino (Superman touch-ups)
? (gray tones)
John Costanza
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
Forever People [Big Bear; Vykin the Black; Mark Moonrider; Serifan; Beautiful Dreamer] (all introduction)]; Intergang; Darkseid; Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; The Infinity Man (introduction); the anti-life equation; Mother Box (introduction); Gravi-Guards; Laurie; Bobby; Rocky
The Forever People come to earth and are greeted by Superman.
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FlagThe Forever People #1 published February 1971
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Alterations on Clark Kent/Superman by Al Plastino.
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Super War!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Vince Colletta
? (gray tones)
John Costanza
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
Forever People [Beautiful Dreamer; Big Bear; Vykin the Black; Mark Moonrider; Serafin]; The Infinity Man; Desaad (introduction); Mantis (introduction); Darkseid; Mother Box; Uncle Willie (introduction); Donnie (introduction)
Darkseid sends Mantis to attack the Forever People.
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Life vs. Anti-Life!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Vince Colletta
? (gray tones)
John Costanza
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
Forever People [Big Bear; Vykin the Black; Beautiful Dreamer; Mark Moonrider; Serifan]; Glorious Godfrey (introduction); Darkseid; Donnie; Infinity Man; Desaad; Justifiers; Mother Box
Glorious Godfrey captures the Forever People.
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The Kingdom of the Damned

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Credits
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Vince Colletta
? (gray tones)
John Costanza
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
Forever People [Big Bear; Vykin the Black; Beautiful Dreamer; Mark Moonrider; Serifan]; Desaad; Sonny Sumo; Darkseid; Tommy; Mother Box
The Forever People are tortured by Desaad in his Happyland amusement park.
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Sonny Sumo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Vince Colletta
? (gray tones)
John Costanza
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
Forever People [Big Bear; Vykin the Black; Beautiful Dreamer; Mark Moonrider; Serifan]; Sonny Sumo; Mother Box; Harry Sharp; Sagutai; Al Fisher; Desaad; Darkseid
Mother Box brings Sonny Sumo to Happyland to rescue the Forever People from Desaad.
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FlagThe Forever People #5 published October 1971
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The Omega Effect!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Mike Royer (?); Vince Colletta (Superman touch-ups by Al Plastino) (?)
? (gray tones)
Mike Royer
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
Forever People [Beautiful Dreamer; Mark Moonrider; Serifan; Big Bear; Vykin the Black]; Darkseid; Desaad; Sonny Sumo; Mother Box; Glorious Godfrey; Justifiers
Darkseid uses his Omega Beams on the Forever People, apparently killing all but Serifan.
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I'll Find You in Yesterday!!

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Credits
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Mike Royer (?); Vince Colletta (Superman touch-ups by Al Plastino) (?)
? (gray tones)
Mike Royer
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
Forever People [Mark Moonrider; Beautiful Dreamer; Big Bear; Vykin the Black; Serifan]; Highfather [Izaya the Inheritor]; Metron; Esak; Glorious Godfrey; Justifiers; Sonny Sumo (picture); Abraham Lincoln; Mary Todd Lincoln; John Wilkes Booth; Arta; Gwane; Lanslac; Mother Box
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FlagThe Forever People #7 published February 1972
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The Power!

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Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Mike Royer
? (gray tones)
Mike Royer
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
Forever People [Mark Moonrider; Big Bear; Beautiful Dreamer; Vykin the Black; Serifan]; Mother Box; The Sect; Billion-Dollar Bates (death); Desaad; Darkseid
Billion-Dollar Bates has used his portion of the Anti-Life Equation that is lodged in his brain to force people to do his will. The Forever People are drawn to him at the same time that Darkseid is attempting to capture him.
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FlagThe Forever People #8 published April 1972
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Monster in the Morgue!

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Credits
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Mike Royer
? (gray tones)
Mike Royer
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
"Doc" Gideon; "Doc" Gideon's monster; Forever People [Big Bear; Vykin the Black; Mark Moonrider; Beautiful Dreamer; Serifan]; Mother Box; Trixie Magruder; Deadman [Boston Brand]; Ed (cop); Tom (cop)
"Doc" Gideon steals one of Serafan's capsules to use it to re-animate a corpse made of assorted body parts. Deadman turns up at a seance and contacts the Forever People.
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The Scavengers

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Credits
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Mike Royer
? (gray tones)
Mike Royer
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
Forever People [Mark Moonrider; Big Bear; Serifan; Beautiful Dreamer; Vykin the Black]; Deadman [Boston Brand]; Scavengers; Director of the Scavengers; Trixie Magruder; Mr. Breckenridge (photographer); Manager of the Scavengers; Mother Box; The Follower (a physical form for Deadman)
The Forever People build Deadman a body so he can interact with the physical world. Deadman learns that he has not yet found his killer. Deadman and the Forever People track down the Scavengers, who Deadman believes might be his killer.
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FlagThe Forever People #10 published August 1972
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Devilance the Pursuer

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Credits
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Mike Royer
? (gray tones)
Mike Royer
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
Devilance the Pursuer (introduction, death?); Forever People [Serifan; Big Bear; Beautiful Dreamer; Mark Moonrider; Vykin the Black]; Trixie Magruder; Infinity Man (death?); Darkseid; Desaad; Officer Blake; Mother Box
Devilance attacks the Forever People. When they call for Infinity Man they switch places, freeing Infinity Man from Darkseid's trap, but leaving the Forever People trapped in an empty universe.
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Mark Evanier and Steve Sherman are credited with research on the splash page.
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Introducing Lonar

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Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Vince Colletta?
? (gray tones)
John Costanza
Subject Matter
superhero
The Young Gods of Supertown
Lonar (introduction); Mother Box; Thunderer (introduction)
Lonar frees Thunderer from suspended animation.
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FlagThe Forever People #5 published October 1971
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Raid from Apokolips

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Vince Colletta
? (gray tones)
John Costanza
Subject Matter
superhero
The Young Gods of Supertown
Serifan; Captain Ogur; Big Bear
Serifan and Big Bear stop Captain Ogur from shooting Supertown out of the sky.
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FlagThe Forever People #6 published December 1971
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Lonar of New Genesis and His Battle-Horse Thunderer

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Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Vince Colletta (Superman touch-ups by Al Plastino)
? (gray tones)
John Costanza
Subject Matter
superhero
Lonar
Lonar; Thunderer; Orion
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FlagThe Forever People #7 published February 1972
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The Forever People #1

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Jack Kirby
Frank Giacoia
? (gray tones)
Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
Forever People [Beautiful Dreamer (inset); Big Bear; Vykin the Black; Mark Moonrider; Serifan]; Superman [Clark Kent]
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FlagThe Forever People #1 published February 1971
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According to the Kirby Museum, the inker was Giacoia. Previous indexer credited Vince Colletta.
http://kirbymuseum.org/TheForeverPeople1Cover;
http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/dynamics/2010/10/05/365-days-of-jack-kirbys...
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The Forever People #2

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?
Jack Kirby
Mike Royer
? (gray tones)
Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
The Forever People [Mark Moonrider (inset); Big Bear (inset); Vykin the Black (inset); Serifan (inset); Beautiful Dreamer (inset)]; Mantis; Infinity Man
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FlagThe Forever People #2 published April 1971
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The Forever People #3

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Jack Kirby
Vince Colletta
? (gray tones)
Gaspar Saladino?
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
Forever People [Big Bear; Vykin the Black; Mark Moonrider; Beautiful Dreamer; Serifan]; Donnie; Justifier
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FlagThe Forever People #3 published June 1971
was Anti-Life! [Illustration on Cover, Front]gray tones only
 
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The Forever People #4

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Credits
Jack Kirby
Vince Colletta
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Gaspar Saladino?
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
Forever People [Big Bear; Vykin the Black; Beautiful Dreamer; Mark Moonrider; Serifan]; Desaad
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FlagThe Forever People #4 published August 1971
was Kingdom of the Damned! [Illustration on Cover, Front]gray tones only
 
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The Forever People #5

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Kirby
Mike Royer
? (gray tones)
Mike Royer; Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
Sonny Sumo; Forever People [Big Bear; Vykin the Black; Beautiful Dreamer; Mark Moonrider; Serifan]; Mother Box
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FlagThe Forever People #5 published October 1971
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The Forever People #6

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Kirby
Vince Colletta
? (gray tones)
Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
Forever People [Big Bear; Serifan; Beautiful Dreamer; Mark Moonrider]
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FlagThe Forever People #6 published December 1971
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The inking was formerly credited to Mike Royer. Colletta attribution is confirmed in “The Thin Black Line,” page 83 and by the Kirby Museum:

http://www.whatifkirby.com/news/forever-people-issue-6-cover-photocopy
http://www.whatifkirby.com/news/new-creation-forever-people-issue-6-cove...

The second link shows a more recent cover re-inking by Royer (alongside the Colletta cover)
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The Forever People #7

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Kirby
Mike Royer
? (gray tones)
Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
Forever People [Mark Moonrider; Big Bear; Beautiful Dreamer; Serifan; Vykin the Black]
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FlagThe Forever People #7 published February 1972
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The Forever People #8

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Credits
Jack Kirby
Mike Royer
? (gray tones)
Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
Forever People [Mark Moonrider; Big Bear; Beautiful Dreamer; Vykin the Black; Serifan]
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FlagThe Forever People #8 published April 1972
was The Prisoners of the Power! [Illustration on Cover, Front]gray tones only
 
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The Forever People #9

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Credits
Jack Kirby
Mike Royer
? (gray tones)
Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
"Doc" Gideon; "Doc" Gideon's monster; Forever People [Big Bear; Vykin the Black; Mark Moonrider; Beautiful Dreamer; Serifan]; Deadman [Boston Brand]
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FlagThe Forever People #9 published June 1972
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]gray tones only
 
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The Forever People #10

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Credits
Jack Kirby
Mike Royer
? (gray tones)
Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
Forever People [Mark Moonrider; Big Bear; Serifan; Beautiful Dreamer; Vykin the Black]; Deadman [Boston Brand]
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FlagThe Forever People #10 published August 1972
was Scavengers! [Illustration on Cover, Front]gray tones only
 
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The Forever People #11

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Jack Kirby
Mike Royer
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Gaspar Saladino ?
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
Devilance; Forever People [Serifan; Big Bear; Beautiful Dreamer; Mark Moonrider; Vykin the Black]
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FlagThe Forever People #11 published October 1972
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The Super-Kids of the Century!

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Credits
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Vince Colletta
? (gray tones)
John Costanza
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
Forever People [Big Bear; Mark Moonrider; Vykin the Black; Serifan]; Mother Box
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FlagThe Forever People #4 published August 1971
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Beautiful Dreamer versus Darkseid!

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Credits
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Vince Colletta
? (gray tones)
John Costanza
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
Beautiful Dreamer; Darkseid
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The Infinity Man

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Vince Colletta
? (gray tones)
John Costanza
Subject Matter
superhero
Forever People
Infinity Man
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FlagThe Forever People #4 published August 1971
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