Download or read book The Newsboy Legion and the Boy Commandos Special 1 2017 1 written by Howard Chaykin and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2017-08-09 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack KirbyÕs two wartime kid gangs share their first adventure together in a novel-length tale written and illustrated by Howard Chaykin! When the Boy Commandos arrive in New York on the trail of a secret Axis agent, theyÕre greeted as turf invaders by the crime-fighting Newsboys! Can these kids put aside their rivalry and join forces to protect the home front? Also features a Kirby reprint!
Download or read book The Newsboy Legion written by Joe Simon and published by DC . This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the early 1940s, The Newsboy Legion is the first of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's very successful "kid gang" comics, featuring a group of scrappy boys who work together to stop crime in their home of Suicide Slum. Watched over by adult hero The Guardian - a.k.a. policeman Jim Harper - The Newsboy Legion battle crime through their own newspaper reporting, taking on crooked politicians, slum lords, fifth column agents and much more.
Download or read book The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby written by Joe Simon and published by . This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features an international team of boy soldiers dedicated to fighting the Ratzis. The team includes members from England, France, the Netherlands and the United States, under the leadership of Captain Rip Carter.
Download or read book The Newsboy Legion Vol 2 written by Joe Simon and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, legendary tales from comics’ Golden Age are being reprinted in two must-have hardcover editions. This concluding volume collects the stories from STAR SPANGLED COMICS #33-64 and features an insightful introduction by Kirby historian John Morrow. In 1942 the creative team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby was firing on all cylinders. Following their spectacular success with Captain America and the Sandman, anticipation for Simon and Kirby’s next project was sky-high—and the two comics powerhouses did not disappoint when they unveiled the Newsboy Legion starring the Guardian! With its bracing mix of streetwise urchins, graft-fueled gangsters and panel-busting action, the Newsboy Legion was an instant smash. The adventures of Gabby, Scrapper, Tommy, Big Words and Officer Harper ran for nearly five years and cemented Simon and Kirby’s reputations as two of the medium’s most innovative and prolific practitioners. Collects the stories from STAR SPANGLED COMICS #33-64.
Download or read book Darkseid Special 2017 1 written by Paul Levitz and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2017-08-30 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Evanier, longtime Kirby associate and biographer (Kirby: King of Comics), tells a tale starring one of JackÕs greatest villains. The latest daring escape from the orphanage of Granny Goodness leaves an infuriated Darkseid determined to capture and punish the escapees. The Lord of Apokolips puts his best hunter on the case, but one of GrannyÕs students is unlike anyone heÕs encountered before. Plus, an untold tale of Omac by Humphries and Rude and a classic Kirby Fourth World tale!
Download or read book Dark Days The Casting 2017 1 written by James Tynion IV and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DARK DAYS: THE FORGE #1 and DARK DAYS: THE CASTING #1 are special preludes to DC's blockbuster summer event, DARK NIGHTS: METAL. The great comics event of summer 2017 is on its way, courtesy of superstar writers Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV with art by a master class of comics artists: Andy Kubert, Jim Lee and John Romita Jr.! The Joker's surprise attack threatens to lay waste to all of Batman's carefully laid plans. Will the Dark Knight be able to regain the trust of his closest allies, Green Lantern and Duke, and prevent the forces of darkness from consuming the DC Universe?! Will Hawkman's warning stop our heroes from peering into the abyss?
Download or read book The Boy Commandos written by Joe Simon and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Originally published as Detective comics 64-73, World's finest comics 8-9 and Boy commandos 1-2"--T.p. verso.
Download or read book The Black Racer and Shilo Norman Special 2017 1 written by Reginald Hudlin and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2017-08-30 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shilo Norman has taken up the mantle of Mister Miracle, following the example of Scott Free by cheating death on a daily basis. But when he pushes himself to the limit, the Black Racer comes calling. Now Shilo is literally running from death itself and a cosmic chase leads both target and hunter across the universe. Also featuring a Fourth-World era reprint!
Download or read book Boy Commandos Vol 1 written by J. Kirby J. Simon and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the most popular of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's "kid gang" comics from the early 1940s, The Boy Commandos were an international team of boy soldiers dedicated to fighting the threat of "Ratzis." The team included members from England, France, the Netherlands and the United States, under the leadership of Captain Rip Carter. In this collection, the Boy Commandos must save a man accused of being a German spy, escape the clutches of enemy kidnappers, encounter a mystical monk looking for items that exemplify modern civilization, set up a pirate radio station behind enemy lines, and stand accused of treason. Collects stories from Boy Commandos #3-5, World's Finest Comics #10-13, and Detective Comics #74-83 and 85"--
Download or read book Justice League of America 2017 10 written by Steve Orlando and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ÒCURSE OF THE KINGBUTCHERÓ part one! The Ray never thought he would go back to Vanity, but the citizens of AmericaÕs most depressing city have found themselves caught in the middle of a mystic feud between order and chaos. The mysterious force known as the Might Beyond The Mirror has been granting VanityÕs greatest wishes; disabilities are healed, romances are restored and hope is rekindled. But itÕs not meant to be, as a ruthless Lord of Order will stop at nothing to destroy the cityÕs dreams.
Download or read book Jack Kirby 100th Celebration Collection written by Howard Victor Chaykin and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "He was one of the most gifted artists and most influential storytellers of the 20th century. He pioneered entire genres and co-created whole universes with the stroke of a pencil. He is Jack Kirby, the King of Comics! Now DC celebrates his 100th birthday with this all-star collection of all-new stories from a cast of some of today’s greatest creators giving their takes on Jack Kirby’s most famous characters! ENTER the dangerous dreamworld of the Sandman, the Master of Nightmares! BATTLE for control of the mean streets of World War II–era New York City with the Newsboy Legion and the Boy Commandos! ESCAPE certain death with Shilo “Mister Miracle” Norman as he runs from the clutches of the Black Racer! FIGHT the crime wave of the century with the masked vigilante called Manhunter! BURN in the fiery netherworld of Etrigan the Demon! OVERTHROW cosmic tyranny with Orion and the New Gods! and TREMBLE before the awesome evil of the Lord of Apokolips himself…Darkseid! It’s all here in the Jack Kirby 100th Celebration Collection, an action-packed tribute to a titan of the field from an army of comics superstars—including Walt Simonson, Keith Giffen, Howard Chaykin, Paul Levitz, Reginald Hudlin, Bill Sienkiewicz, Denys Cowan, Scott Kolins, Shane Davis, Steve Rude, Mark Buckingham, Jon Bogdanove, Sam Humphries, Steve Orlando, Rick Leonardi, Dan Jurgens and Jack “King” Kirby himself! Collects DARKSEID SPECIAL #1, THE BLACK RACER AND SHILO NORMAN #1, THE NEW GODS #1, THE NEWSBOY LEGION AND THE BOY COMMANDOS SPECIAL #1, THE SANDMAN SPECIAL #1 and MANHUNTER SPECIAL #1
Download or read book Bug The Adventures of Forager 2017 3 written by Lee Allred and published by Young Animal. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ForagerÕs latest tumble through time and space lands him in a rough wilderness. There he meets the muscleman Atlas, who himself has run afoul of Chagra, the mysterious figure that caused the reality shards that put Forager on this multidimensional trip to begin with. What happens when a Bug of New Genesis teams up with a legendary powerhouse like Atlas? ItÕs a story we could only call ÒAtlas BuggedÓ!Ê
Download or read book Simon and Kirby Superheroes written by Joe Simon and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with Blue Bolt in June 1940, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby set the standard for costumed heroes. Their creation Captain America remains one of the most famous heroes in comic book history, and their work for Timely and DC Comics raised the bar. This large format hardcover collects the duo’s most exciting characters: Fighting American, their cold-war take on the patriotic hero, The Fly, with origins in an unknown Spider-Man prototype, Lancelot Strong, the man with the double life, and the Hollywood swashbuckler known as Stuntman. This is the only edition authorized by both Joe Simon and the estate of Jack Kirby, gathered from the official Simon and Kirby archives.
Download or read book Mister Miracle written by Tom King and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Hugo Award-winning writer Tom King and artist Mitch Gerads, the team behind THE SHERIFF OF BABYLON, comes an ambitious new take on one of Jack Kirby's most beloved New Gods in MISTER MIRACLE! One of the best-reviewed series of the year and already a classic in the making, this Mister Miracle is magical, dark, intimate and unlike anything you've read before. Scott Free is the greatest escape artist who ever lived. So great, he escaped Granny Goodness' gruesome orphanage and the dangers of Apokolips to travel across galaxies and set up a new life on Earth with his wife, Big Barda. Using the stage alter ego of Mister Miracle, he has made quite a career for himself showing off his acrobatic escape techniques. He even caught the attention of the Justice League, who has counted him among its ranks. You might say Scott Free has everything--so why isn't it enough? Mister Miracle has mastered every illusion, achieved every stunt, pulled off every trick--except one. He has never escaped death. Is it even possible? Our hero is going to have to kill himself if he wants to find out. Collects MISTER MIRACLE #1-12.
Download or read book The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby Vol 2 written by Joe Simon and published by DC. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legendary two-fisted tales from comics’ Golden Age are available in handsome hardcover editions for the first time ever! The Nazi menace has fortified the entire European continent to repel any efforts at liberation. Uprooting these entrenched forces will take more than a navy, more than an air force, more than a mighty army-it will take the Commandos! Led by Captain Rip Carter, the Commandos stand ready to strike at the enemy with devastating surprise anywhere in the world-and serving alongside these highly trained men are four irrepressible youths whose fighting spirit more than matches their elders’ determination. Jan, Pierre, Alfy and Brooklyn-these are Joe Simon and Jack Kirby’s Boy Commandos! This second volume collects the Commandos’ adventures from DETECTIVE COMICS #74-85, WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #10-13 and BOY COMMANDOS #3-5 together with an insightful introduction by Kirby chronicler John Morrow.
Download or read book Sandman written by Joe Simon and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby Art and cover by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby At last, the classic 1940s Super Hero series by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby is collected from the pages of WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #6-7, ADVENTURE COMICS #72-97, #100-102 (1942-1946) and SANDMAN #1, the comic that reunited Simon & Kirby in 1974! In the capable hands of Simon and Kirby, the Sandman left behind his trademark green suit, fedora and gas mask to become a brightly costumed adventurer on the trail of crime in the big city with the help of his sidekick, Sandy the Golden Boy. With a strong element of the fantastic in the form of haunted dreams and foes claiming to be figures of myth, these stories were perfect examples of the fast-paced, slam-bang adventures that made Simon & Kirby the most celebrated comics talents of the 1940s. Advance-solicited; on sale August 12 - 304 pg, FC, $39.99 US
Download or read book Superman The Final Days of Superman written by Various and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE GREATEST HERO THIS WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN……IS DYING. Superman’s body is failing him. With his final days upon him, the Man of Steel reaches out to his loved ones and most trusted allies to say his goodbyes. Yet while he does so, the world is greeted by new threats-a dangerous being alive with fire, who insists to Lois Lane and anyone else he meets that he is the one true Superman, and a black-clad man whose appearance and powers mirror those of Superman himself. Alongside Batman, Wonder Woman and Supergirl, the Man of Steel must fight one final battle-seemingly against himself. Will Superman die trying to save his adoptive world and those he loves most? THE FINAL DAYS OF SUPERMAN marks the beginning of an era, written by Peter J. Tomasi (SUPERMAN) and illustrated by artists Mikel Janín (BATMAN), Doug Mahnke (SUPERMAN), Paul Pelletier (AQUAMAN), Dale Eaglesham (SECRET SIX), Scot Eaton (THE NEW 52: FUTURES END), Ed Benes (JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA) and Jorge Jiménez (EARTH 2: SOCIETY). Collects SUPERMAN #51-52, ACTION COMICS #51-52, BATMAN/SUPERMAN #31-32 and SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN #28-29.
