Regular readers of this column will be aware how much I appreciate the beginning of a new universe, yet how often is it that we are treated to such an event with a universe that already carries such a distinguished pedigree.When I first heard about the Kirby: Genesis project by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross, I was initially unimpressed. By their working from the King Jack Kirby’s original notes, it seemed somewhat of a, well, travesty is too strong a word, but it felt like they were walking over sacred territory.
Yet I am a sucker for the beautiful covers of Mr. Ross, and could not resist picking up Kirby: Genesis #0, and I can truthfully admit how wrong I was. The old Kirby magik, personified in the Eternals and the Fourth World, is still present and very much alive, and I really shouldn’t have doubted what I know to be a winning team.
I remember years ago finding an issue of Silver Star from Pacific Comics, one of those Kirby titles that never got off the ground, and it simply wasn’t enough to engage me. Yet putting them against a wider backdrop, and I know I will now be rooting through the back issue bins to see if I can find them again.
Kirby was a huge proponent of the heights that man can aspire too, and the power of the myths we carry from our past and about ourselves. Kurt and Alex manage to encapsulate this in this taster issue, and it is a fitting tribute to one of the fathers of the modern comics industry.
I haven’t been this excited about a new series since Project: Superpowers was launched; not even Stan Lee’s new universe at Boom elicited quite as much metaphorical drooling. (I must stop doing that in public!) If you enjoyed either of those, then pick this up.
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