OPENING SHOT

Kirby: Beta!

OPENING SHOT ................2 IN MEMORIAM: STEVE SHERMAN ..3 INNERVIEWS ..................4 (early Lee & Kirby interviews) FORMATIONS .................8 (the maddening mystery of Magneto) BOOM! .....................12 (eclectic bursts of genius!) GALLERY 1 ..................16 (twice-told Marvel covers) JACK KIRBY MUSEUM PAGE ....25 BOYDISMS ..................26 (“howcome?!”) FOUNDATIONS ...............30 (Simon & Kirby crime comics) INCIDENTAL ICONOGRAPHY .....38 KIRBY OBSCURA .............40 FORMATIONS ................42 (Marvel’s mighty... Man-Monster?) GALLERY 2: BEFORE & AFTER ...48 RETROSPECTIVE ..............54 (Kamandi’s U.F.O. saga) KIRBY KINETICS ..............59 JACK F.A.Q.s ................62 (Mark Evanier moderates the 2019 Heroes Con panel, with Mike Royer, Jim Amash, and Rand Hoppe) COLLECTOR COMMENTS .......78

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ISSUE #81, FALL 2021 C o l l e c t o r

(above) Jack’s experimental photo/collage/watercolor assembly for a featurette in Spirit World #1 (Fall 1971).

The Jack Kirby Collector, Vol. 28, No. 81, Fall 2021. Published quarterly (barring worldwide pandemics) by and © TwoMorrows Publishing, 10407 Bedfordtown Drive, Raleigh, NC 27614, USA. 919-449-0344. John Morrow, Editor/Publisher. Single issues: $13 postpaid US ($19 elsewhere). Four-issue subscriptions: $49 Economy US, $72 International, $18 Digital. Editorial package © TwoMorrows Publishing, a division of TwoMorrows Inc. All characters are trademarks of their respective companies. All Kirby artwork is © Jack Kirby Estate unless otherwise noted. All editorial matter is © the respective authors. Views expressed here are those of the respective authors, and not necessarily those of TwoMorrows Publishing or the Jack Kirby Estate. First printing. PRINTED IN CHINA. ISSN 1932-6912