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UNPUBLISHED • UNTITLED • UNKNOWN untitled graffiti early 1930s: (various fences, walls, floors; ex: “Mrs. McCloskey is a fink”) Kurtzberg - a (pre-Kirby) (New York City) untitled portrait studies late 1930s: (various) Kurtzberg - a(p) (pre-Kirby) (See TJKC 27,45) untitled cartoon figure studies 1930s: (various) Lady Centurion / Gladiators Kurtzberg - a(p) (pre-Kirby) (See TJKC 34,37) unknown comic strips 1930s: (numerous daily comic strip and panel samples) Kurtzberg - a (pre-Kirby) untitled 1950s: (crime cover concept) 1p Kirby/Simon - a // “Gang Funeral” ?p Kirby - a (exists?) (See KU, TJKC 25) untitled 1950s: (unfinished crime cover concept) 1p Kirby - a(p) (See TJKC 34) untitled 1950s: (romance cover concept) 1p Kirby - a(p) (See TJKC 34) untitled 1950s: (unfinished romance cover concept) 1p Kirby - a(p) (See TJKC 34) unknown 1960s—1970: (rejected page pile maintained by Sol Brodsky at Marvel; some given to fans) ?p Kirby - a(p) (note: Shooter details in TJKC 24, pg. 29) unknown Jan 1966: (presentation art) Ditko - a (Ditko created art to present to investors for nascent comic book publishing imprint concept by Ditko/Kirby) (note: Ditko went to DC Comics / Charlton Comics, and Kirby remained at Marvel) untitled 1966: (art gifted to Don Heck for inking Kirby’s Gods) Untitled / Robot 2p Kirby - a(p) (Don Heck) (See TJKC 42,45) unknown 1966: (Black New Gods’ New Genesis concept character) 1p Kirby - a(p) (DC Comics) (See TJKC 32, 37) unknown 1969: (“Napoleonic War” concept sample pages shown to fan Barry Alfonso; recycled in Spirit World?) (See TJKC 43, pg. 32) untitled Annual 1970: (Mike Royer re-touches (1940s-1950s) Kirby romance stories to reflect cultural change for unpublished reprint annual; approx. 12 re-touched stories exist) (note: DC also planned horror and mystery reprints, but no art re-touched) (DC Comics) unknown 1971: (unused Marvel Black Panther pages) 2-3p Kirby/Royer - a (note: Royer’s inking samples for DC Comics) (See TJKC 39, pg. 63) unknown 1970s: (unfinished science-fiction story page is drawn on small 1970s DC Comics board) (DC Comics) (See TJKC 34, pg. 52) unknown 1975: (story synopsis described by Kirby at Comic Art Con in NY involves retelling of Romeo & Juliet: features a male and female robot in different factories who fall in love via ESP—they wreck the city getting to each other; both are destroyed in explosion when they meet, as anti-matter meets matter) (art exists?) (See Starbaby, TJKC 13, pg. 35) unknown 1970s: (rejected page pile maintained at Marvel) ?p Kirby - a(p) untitled 1981: (horror concept) 1p Kirby - a(p) (See TJKC 28) untitled 1985: (concept art) 1p Kirby - a(p) (See TJKC 26) unknown 1940—1986 (orphan pages pile maintained by Kirby; some pages given to Rosalind Kirby) ?p Kirby - a(p) (note: Evanier details in TJKC 36, pg. 6 // TJKC 43, pg. 14)
COVER RE-CREATIONS (These are re-creations of famous Marvel covers, drawn by Kirby in 1993. Logos and balloons were hand-lettered by Kirby to distinguish them from the originals (in case they still exist). These drawings were fully authorized by Marvel Comics, and all proceeds went to Kirby’s Estate (minus Sotheby’s commissions and a share to Dick Ayers for the inked pieces.) 1993: date?: 1993: 1993: 1993: 1993: 1993: 1993: 1993: 1993: 1993:
Amazing Fantasy 15 Kirby - a (pencils only) Amazing Fantasy 15 Kirby - a(p) (note: features Spider-Man carrying Ditko away) (See PI V3#1, TJKC 30) Amazing Spider-Man 1 Kirby - a (pencils only) Fantastic Four 1 Kirby/Ayers - a Fantastic Four 4 Kirby/Ayers - a Fantastic Four 5 Kirby/Ayers - a Fantastic Four 39 Kirby - a(p) (note: fan commission) Journey into Mystery 83 Kirby/Ayers - a Strange Tales 89 Kirby/Ayers - a Tales of Suspense 39 Kirby - a (pencils only) X-Men 1 Kirby/Ayers - a
NOVELS • SHORT STORIES • ESSAYS Angel Face date?: (Roz describes manuscript as a western featuring an angelic faced kid) Kirby (text) (See TJKC 46, pg. 11) Conversations With Jack 1989-1992: (Ray Wyman’s colection of essays based upon interviews with Kirby) Childhood Stories Part 1: The Block // The Kid Who Drew On Walls // The Brotherhood (Blue Rose Press) (See AOJK, TJKC 45) Eye Of The Falcon, The 1993: (text-only excerpt from Kirby novel, The Horde; edited by Janet Berliner—intended for “Behind the Mask” anthology book) (Bantam) (See Dreaming of Angels) Horde, The 1969—1970s: (350 page novel by Kirby; synopsis: “A tale of racial hatred and mysticism set in Mongolia.”; “Another Hitler will threaten the USA—this time, he’ll come wrapped in an American flag.”) (versions: 1970 / 1972 / 1976 / 1977 / 1979) (“...he (Jack) got scared, because he said every time he was writing something, it was coming true in the newspapers. And he was so sure that he was going to end the world” —Roz Kirby (Dec 12, 1995) (Horde excerpts published in: David Copperfield’s Tales of the Impossible, Dreaming of Angels, and Galaxy Magazine) (See TJKC 16,32,46) Horde, The 1995: (Kirby/Wyman re-written manuscript adaptation of novel) Horde, The 1996: (Kirby/Wyman/Burke re-written screenplay adaptation of novel) Stop The Panzers date?: (Roz describes manuscript as a war story) Kirby (text) (See TJKC 46, pg. 11)
FAMILY • PERSONAL Jack Kirby (Jacob Kurtzberg) • born: August 28, 1917 / married: May 23, 1942 / deceased: February 6, 1994 Rosalind Kirby (neé Goldstein) • born: September 25, 1922 / married: May 23, 1942 / deceased: December 22, 1997 Susan Kirby • born: December 6, 1945 // Neal Kirby • born: May 25, 1948 Barbara Kirby • born: November 29, 1952 // Lisa Kirby • born: September 7, 1960 United States Army • drafted: June 7, 1943 // basic training: Camp Stewart, Georgia // Served in Company F, 11th Infantry in France // honorably discharged: July 20, 1945 // awarded: Combat Infantry Badge, European/African/Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon, Bronze Battle Star
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