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JACK KIRBY: ANIMATED! OPENING SHOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 JACK FAQs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Mark Evanier’s 1996 interview with Jon B. Cooke
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STONE AGES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 The Thing’s rocky evolution INCIDENTAL ICONOGRAPHY. . . . . 24 how a fantastic “4” evolved FOUNDATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 another S&K Link Thorne story INNERVIEWS Steve Gerber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Joe Ruby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 John Dorman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Jim Woodring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Tom Minton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Rick Hoberg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 KIRBY OBSCURA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 they loom large KIRBY KINETICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 one more trip to the cinema INFLUENCEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Evan Dorkin speaks COLLECTOR COMMENTS. . . . . . . . 78 Front cover inks: EVAN DORKIN Front cover colors: TOM ZIUKO Special thanks to: JON B. COOKE COPYRIGHTS: Captain America, Fantastic Four, Galactus, H.E.R.B.I.E. the Robot, Hulk, Journey into Mystery, Magneto, Rawhide Kid, Red Skull, Thing, Thor, Watcher TM & © Marvel Characters, Inc. • Bat-Mite, Big Barda, Darkseid, Granny Goodness, Hawkman, Kalibak, Kamandi, Klik-Klak, Losers, Mr. Miracle, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Sandman, Sandy, Super Friends, Superman, Wonder Woman TM & © DC Comics • Herculoids, Mindbender, Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Space Ghost, Space Stars, Teen Force TM & © Hanna-Barbera • Beavis and Butt-Head TM & © Viacom International Inc. • Tron TM & © Walt Disney Studios • Planet of the Apes TM & © 20th Century Fox • Popeye TM & © King Features Syndicate • The Soda Thief © Evan Dorkin All other characters, concepts, and related properties shown here are TM & © Ruby-Spears Enterprises, Inc. (or successor in interest), including but not limited to: All American Hero, Animal Hospital, Captain Lightning, Centurions, CHimPS!, Col. Blimp, Cover Girls, Crusher, Dragonflies, Dragonspies, Eagle, Father Crime, Flash-Cat, Four Arms, Future Force, Gemini, Gloria Means, Glowfinger, Goldie Gold and Action Jack, Hassan the Assassin, Heartbreak High, Hidden Harry, Human Slitha, Human Tank, Jake, Lave Man, Little Big Foot, Lost Looee, Metallum, Micromites, Mighty Misfits, Monsteroids, Ookla the Mok, Pie-Eye, Power Planet, Rogue Force, Roxie’s Raiders, Sidney Backstreet, Skanner, Small Kahuna, Street Angels, The Bad Guys, The Outcast, Thundarr the Barbarian, Thunder Dragons, Tiger Shark, Time Angels, Turbo Team, Turbo Teen, Turbo Teens, Undersea Girl, Warriors of Illusion, Yogi Finogi.
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The Jack Kirby Collector, Vol. 29, No. 85, Winter 2023. Published quarterly (he said animatedly) by and © TwoMorrows Publishing, 10407 Bedfordtown Drive, Raleigh, NC 27614, USA. 919-449-0344. John Morrow, Editor/Publisher. Single issues: $15 postpaid US ($19 elsewhere). Four-issue subscriptions: $53 Economy US, $78 International, $19 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
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