FIRST LOOK: Captain America by Jack Kirby Omnibus | NEW Restored Printing |

[@randalwung8715]

Yeah, unfortunately, the “Jack the Hack” campaign was a very real thing. In fact, before his official return, editor-in-chief Roy Thomas-who HATED Jack’s DC stuff-told Stan that under NO circumstances should the man be allowed to write. That sentiment was also shared by some of the new blood who’d been inspired by the King's work but were now 1) jealous he was granted creative freedoms they didn’t have, and 2) resentful of the fact he wouldn't listen to their advice or let them write his books. Hence, a trolling campaign that included not just the selective printing of negative letters (some of which, it’s rumored, were written by staff) but derogatory notes and remarks and gossip circulated around the Marvel Bullpen, all meant to shame the dude who’d built their company into doing and seeing things their way. Eventually, after being met with skepticism and denial by the people in charge (which no doubt included Mr. Thomas-all hail the Houseroy, lol), Jack went to the one guy he knew best, Stan Lee. Say what you will about their relationship, Jack was given full control of his own letter columns after that…but the damage was done. Still, given how much of his ‘70s work is successfully being used by Marvel, and with an Eternals movie floating on the horizon, somewhere up above “Hack” Kirby is laughing his ass off.

[@Novaargh]

The only hack at marvel was Lieber, that was sceaming off of the hard work of people like Steve and Jack. it's not a coincidence that there is such a thing like the 'marvel meathod' it's because Liebere is a PR man, not a creative bone in his body, saw that jack came up with galactus, silver surfer and the inhumans just because the story needed to go some way.. and took credit for everything. and the public STILL to this day believes that that snake really did came up with everything.. while he was just great at self promotion. nothing more or less.

[@festo8756]

@@Novaargh You forget Galactus and silver surfer was just a rip-off of the movie the day the earth stood Still

[@Kevin-io9qj]

Man I love hearing about stuff like this!

[@michaelhood7625]

Thanks for the vid, Omar! I also didn't appreciate Kirby until I got older and now I see his work can be breathtaking. The greatness in Kirby can also be measure in the fact that he created Celestials, Eternals, Fourth World and Darkseid (and so much more) - All currently being made into major motion pictures for this generation! Long Live The KING!!!

[@wtrollkin]

Same. I was a kid in the 70s just starting out (and at that time hadn’t read his earlier work) and I remember I hated the Kirby look - all that weird machinery - and bought the cap books but they were not my favorites. Only many years later after having read the silver age did I learn to marvel at Kirby. And recently going back to these cap issues and rereading them I was blown away by the art - they are amazing.

[@johnwilliams2183]

I always read the letter pages that’s half the fun

[@nick.19]

Finally, someone who also appreciates letters page!

[@nathanielcohn9073]

What blows my mind is, Jack Kirby was drawing Captain America in the Golden, the Silver *and* the Bronze Age. Is there any other instance of a creator working on a character through all those periods in comic book history?? Maybe Bill Everett? Anyway, I'm bound to get this omni. I think Kirby's Silver Age Cap comics are underappreciated and I want to see what he was doing with Cap in the mid-70s. Having read (and liked!) the 4th World, I'd say 70s Kirby is an acquired taste. His work was visually and narratively dated at that time, but he still had tons of creative energy and gave a lot of valuable concepts and characters to the big 2.

[@RANDOMPEPSIBOTTLES]

Stan Lee kept writing the amazing spider-man newspaper strip until early 2000s and I think Roy Thomas took that over. Crazy to think

[@xposhboyx]

Great video, Omar. Lost this book in a flood. Really happy to be able to buy it again. Untold Tales of Spider-Man and Man-Thing Omnibus are two more upcoming reprints I'm so happy about!

[@oxmeatpete]

Sold! Absolutely getting this. The tough decision is the cover art choice. Their both awesome!

[@NearMintCondition]

They both are, my brother.

[@skooter6235]

I love that they include the letters pages

[@davemorris774]

Looking forward to this. Love Kirby.

[@paulpeterson]

Madbomb! Crazy Cap stories by Kirby, love it.

[@Nonlefttogo]

I wasn’t interested in this but I think you sold it to me. Thanks Omar ! Great vid

[@Couick27]

Must have!! Hail to the king!!

[@TaylorTalksComics]

I can’t wait for this release!!! 70’s Kirby is the best!!

[@paulbowler5345]

Love all of Jack Kirby's work, especially on Captain America, this omnibus looks great!

[@lewishutchison9932]

Wow..so awesome.Cant wait to get this in my hands .Captain America and Jack Kirby mean alot to this old Marvel fan.I love both covers,but leaning towards the DM.Great video,Omar.

[@TaylorTalksComics]

(Sorry... I’m so stoked for this book... so here is a third comment) I’ve heard about people referring to him as “Hack Kirby” during the latter 70s and early 80s. Saying he was washed up. It’s sad really. Those people would then learn to appreciate his work much too late.

[@chazkhaira4690]

I bought these stories of the comic racks of newsagent shops when they came out in the UK because it was Jack Kirby

[@billiondollarman3847]

Genius Legend Kirby had his fair share of Trolls back in the day lol. Great overview of the Epic Cap Omnibus.

[@ancientonezero]

I have the original issues, but I still can't wait to add this to my collection. Sadly, I was there in the 70's buying these off the stands, and the lettercol's are a fair representation of what was going on at the time. You could trade Avengers comics with your friends. You could trade Superman, Spider-Man or Batman. But if you bought a Fourth World book, or this run of Cap, you were stuck with it. The sad truth is, no one wanted 70's Kirby. He hadn't achieved the legendary status he has today amongst comics fans. It was great for me at the time, because I liked Kirby, and it meant I could assemble complete runs of Kamandi, The Demon and the Fourth World series cheaply. I could trade one Iron Man or Daredevil for two or three Kirby books. But it breaks my heart to think back on it now. Long Live the King!

[@robd1329]

....wow you were really collecting before my time. Sound intresting how word of mouth got around before the internet

[@itszackempire]

I've mostly been getting Cap in the Epic format, but, man, I sure am tempted to get this! It's so great to see all that amazing Kirby artwork! I don't think anyone drew Cap as good as Kirby did!

[@barrye5376]

Omar Jack despite the ups and downs and things like these letter pages was also much loved I remember Mark Evanier said at a san diego comic con Jack Kirby Panel I attended like somewhere between 2015-2017 time frame that Jack always got Standing Ovations at Comic Con when he appeared back in the day!!! I grew up in the early 60s Jack was awesome his art really had powerful impact so much so that whenever I think of those characters that he introduced I always see the Kirby renditions in my mind;s eye and memory they were Iconic

[@inopaulvillacastin752]

I'm amazed they gave you BOTH covers!

[@marcelo-ramos]

I wish they gave everybody bith covers. Just print in both sides and let me choose!

[@nick.19]

Well, he deserves both covers.

[@inopaulvillacastin752]

@@nick.19 he does!

[@paulmdickey1]

Just ordered it AGAIN! Yes, I have the original release of this omnibus. However there are lots of changes since that release. 1. Introductions 2. New scans 3. New supplemental material and finally 3. LETTER PAGES!!!. It is a rarity for Marvel to make any changes to an original omnibus but of course they did on this one. I am an avid Kirby collector and MUST have this book!

[@BIGE2333]

Good to see your channel growing ! I remember seeing you at around 10k followers and couldn’t understand why, you always had great content!

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much, brother. I really do appreciate this.

[@mjcook3922]

So glad I finally get a chance to own all these after being out of print and unavailable.

[@matthewceplina9134]

Glad this omni is being reprinted. I had wanted to read Kirby's 70's double duty Cap run since I read about within the pages of the Marvel Age issue celebrating 50 years of Captain America. Love that the original letter pages are included as well. A must buy for me.

[@NearMintCondition]

Yes this is a huge upgrade from the original release.

[@justinreilly5809]

Yessss my fave character

[@Monkeenut58]

This stuff is always relevant. Awesome to share those pages!

[@makzax]

I have the original omni (with leather feel and silver letters on the cover), do I see differences in the order of the stories? Annual 3 and Bicentennial were at the beginning, then came the monthly issues, and last was annual 4. Long live the King!

[@NearMintCondition]

There is a difference in the order. This one publishes them where they are supposed to be in chronological publishing order.

[@elliotwalton6159]

I was so happy that Rick Remender referenced Kirby's '70 Captain America.

[@fogzax]

That's a great binding - you could tell right away the eye would be substantial

[@joelgreenlee9421]

This is a great episode. Please do the same with the other Cap omnis coming out. I really dig these comics. I like it because there are fewer panels per page and each panel gives that classic Kirby detail. I, like you, didn't really get to appreciate his art at first but now I love it. Most people prefer his Silver Age stuff but I love the Bronze age. Mostly because of this and the fourth world comics he made for the distinguished competition

[@ashleysmith640]

Will pick this up 😊😊

[@KalleVilenius]

How often does a creator working for the Big 2 get to write, pencil and EDIT their own work? Also kudos to you for using the word "kismet".

[@mediaguy6891]

his name was King, thats not w/o reason 🤓

[@mediaguy6891]

the best issue is the Bicentennial issue with all the different inkers over Kirbys pencils

[@randalwung8715]

Love that issue, particularly the Barry Smith pages. Such an unusual pairing, and I'm sure Smith, who started out as a straight-up Kirby clone, must've been like "pinch me" the whole time. I read he was meant to ink the whole book but, given how notoriously slow he was, that didn't happen. Fine with me, because the Trimpe and Romita pages rock!

[@newspooiechannel]

Nice! Pre-ordered this one with my first ever DCBS order.

[@conroyjett]

I just purchased the recent Masterworks collecting the same issues in this omnibus, and it is one of those times I'm kinda glad they don't run the letter pages in the Masterworks.

[@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork]

I am looking forward to this Omnibus, especially for Arnim Zola's premier. As for the letter pages, I love reading those for the silver age and bronze age books since it is the only way to get a first hand understanding of how audiences viewed these stories back then. The biggest shocker for me was in one of the Spider-Man books a US soldier wrote to them to talk about how much his squad loved the run and then a few issues later there was a letter from that soldier's partner who said he was killed in action just before his letter was published.

[@NearMintCondition]

I remember those letter pages. That was heartbreaking.

[@ashleysmith640]

Ordered the dm variant lots of cap omnibus this year 😊👍👍📖

[@DMM9619]

I’m more excited for the Jurgens run but this is also a classic, happy for anyone looking forward to this. Kirby really is the king 👑 ☝️

[@DMM9619]

@Ryan Wilson Yeah was put up for pre order a few weeks ago, collecting Captain America (1998) 24-50

[@DMM9619]

@Ryan Wilson I’m from the Scotland so forbidden planet is where I get my omnis, I always assumed placed like TOW and Amazon.com would have them up before anything in the Uk as I know Canada usually gets all their books early.

[@goodnatureification]

I can not wait !

[@tomboepplewatercolorsdesig1258]

Great Video Omar, I’m looking forward to the omnibus .

[@NearMintCondition]

It’s great to see it come back.

[@StillOnly25c]

Very Nice

[@jocool7370]

Doña Maria and Big Barda. Yep, fine.

[@marseclipsed5451]

This, Hickman FF Vol 1 and TOD v2 are my most wanted reprints.

[@NearMintCondition]

Well one out of three ain’t bad. :)

[@NearMintCondition]

Well one out of three ain’t bad. :)

[@jonny9884]

I hope to go for the Direct Market cover.

[@NearMintCondition]

Great choice.

[@jonny9884]

​@@NearMintConditionFWIW, I did end up with the DM variant, only to find out later that it was a true Kirby cover. The Standard Market variant uses a cover that was touched up, re-drawn a bit by someone else.

[@RobRVA]

In regard to the first print and this printing same content but a few of the issues are in a different order on the back jacket so I assume inside too. Just got mine today.

[@NearMintCondition]

Awesome!

[@greg3118]

Very cool time capsule they created by adding the letters pages! Sadly it seems as if the first printing is not the restored art (according to my letter pages-less copy).

[@logicalvslateral]

great overview as always my brother

[@NearMintCondition]

Much appreciated, my dood!

[@Kimota82]

Wow! I want it!!!!

[@rafaelcardona6801]

Q. There is a Cap vol 3 Omni also coming out this year that if I'm not mistaking ends in issue 192. This one starts in 193, which follows that one, now If they decide to make an Omni after this one is that considered vol 4, or is that going to be a Sal Buscema eccentric Omni? 🤔🤔

[@TaylorTalksComics]

I can’t wait for the reprint of the treasury edition of the Bicentennial Battles too! I’m buying this omnibus and that edition. I’ve been trying to hunt down the original treasury edition for a decent price for years!

[@ShastaHawk]

I use to have it but lost it in a fire in the early 80s. I could have picked it up a few years ago at a flea market but the seller wanted too much for it for the condition it was in.

[@TaylorTalksComics]

@@ShastaHawk ah, man! That sucks! I’m stoked to see what is included in the new edition and if it’s hardcover or something.

[@AryaChowdhuryMusic]

Great video. Oof, those letter pages. The King really couldn’t catch a break especially at this time. Time to map that Redwing omnibus.

[@NearMintCondition]

Man, Redwing! lol Trolls these days ain't got nothing on writing a letter, putting a stamp on it and mailing it out!

[@AryaChowdhuryMusic]

Near Mint Condition Seriously! “Here’s my real name and address. Come at me, bro!”

[@just23bulls]

Man this is so tempting. It looks freaking beautiful.. Thanks for the vid, Omar! And thanks to you and Mel for the update on Patreon today. :) Algorithm gang!

[@nathanboult4873]

These classic omnis are the best! I just wish they would reprint (again) fantastic four omnis 2 and 3 and maybe even a volume 4.

[@Steve_Green]

Unfortunately, MGM holds the rights on 2001, so any reprint of the Kirby series (which spawned Machine Man) would require a fresh licence. The same is true of John M Burns’ titular strip for the UK comic Countdown, which used spaceship designs from the movie.

[@BenBurison]

I have the original omnibus. It is true it has the same restoration as the TPBs even though the colors in mine are quite vivid, probably due to how they look on glossy paper versus the standard paper from trades. One thing I was noticing is the page count. Your page numbers in the omni are higher than mine, I guess for the letter pages (missing in first edition). Still personally I think the quality of the original omni is good enough to not justify an upgrade.

[@maverator]

Page 260 convinced me to get this omni.

[@MandatoryReporter2015]

I read these stories in real time in the seventies. I remember being confused, not that letter writers could be critical, but that the criticism was published. Letter pages were always so positive and rah-rah-rah about the comics. It’s a shame the marvel staff took it upon themselves to decide what was “quality” and what was not.

[@mediaguy6891]

stan the „i advertise myself“ lee

[@Gamer-lq4wl]

Lol ! 😄 Stan Lee presents...

[@mediaguy6891]

@@Gamer-lq4wl not only that, imo opinion he could have called himself „Master of the Universe“. I mean the controversy about creations of characters and of certain abilities these characters have. There are some interviews with Lee where he is asked who created what and every time Ditko or Kirby „co-created“ with him, and that is a lie. Ditko and especially Kirby created so many things alone and Stan just took creators credit, just incredible. He brought joy and fun to millions of people, but to some of his co-workers he really brought pain.

[@Gamer-lq4wl]

@@mediaguy6891 I know all of that my friend. Stan Lee said this in an interview... "Some artists, such as Jack Kirby, need NO plot at all. I mean, I'll just say to Jack. Let's let the next villain be Dr.Doom...or I may not even say that. He may tell me. And then he goes home and does it. He's so good at plots, I'm sure he's a thousand times better than I. He just about makes up the plots for these stories. All I do is a little editing...I may tell him that's he's gone too far in one direction or another"

[@johncaulfield8935]

@@Gamer-lq4wl At least he acknowledged him

[@Gamer-lq4wl]

@@johncaulfield8935 Stan Lee always admired Jack Kirby. My favorite Stan Lee quote is precisely one paying respect to the KING... "Jack was the most imaginative, inventive guy I've ever met, I mean his imagination was incredible, the things he thought of..."

[@nelsoncarvalho6338]

I’m still undecided if I’m going to upgrade from the tps.

[@michielwes1]

Interesting seeing Henry Kissinger appear in the comics, especially given his stance on nuclear weapons.

[@starstudio8402]

Nice

[@NearMintCondition]

Thanks

[@kurumais]

i'm going with th standard edition cover. i like this run but it doesnt even look or feel like anywhere in the rest of the 616. if you like bicentennial battles try the captain america corp. its written by uncle rog , roger stern. i can't wait to start getting all these omnis coming out this year. january 26th seems to be crawling to get here.

[@RobRVA]

I have the first print but you just sold me another Omnibus Omar...:-0 I really like to know of improvements with Omni please do it for all of them as they are reissued.

[@HarryOsborneAS31]

"Distinguished Competition"... I'm not sure if that was done on purpose, but that was low key clever lol

[@marseclipsed5451]

Lee was calling DC the Distinguished Competition all throughout the 70s.

[@HarryOsborneAS31]

@@marseclipsed5451 Still clever

[@MaximumWarp2099]

I’ve been looking through some silver age Cap lately and came to the conclusion that it contains some of Kirby’s best work ever.

[@NearMintCondition]

He is the master!

[@peterx1957]

Hey Omar. Thanks for this. I ordinarily may not have been interested in this one but you have piqued my interest, especially as I think the announced CA Omnibus Vol. 3 goes close if not actually linking up with this one (unless I'm mistaken, trying to remember your video about it). So I might go for this. Liked what I saw and I have the "Mad Bomb" story Line in a HC so I might revisit that one. Love your work as always mate. Cheers to everyone there 😊😊

[@josephgamble8193]

Have you ever done a review of the Stan Lee Captain America omnibus? It seems to be the only Cap omnibus I haven’t seen an Individual review on. It’s out of print I believe, but luckily I bought it before it went OOP. I would love to see you review it one day, for sure.

[@jaxflfreebird]

2:52 Henry Kissenger's Marvel Debut. He sure looks like him on page 24. See, I'm old. Look up a younger Henry Kissenger. That guy is a dead ringer. Kissenger was huge in the 70's or maybe it was later. I think the guy is still alive and in his 90's.

[@jaxflfreebird]

I just checked and the Wikipedia photo is almost identical. Is it just a coincidence that that character is a dead ringer for old Henry who is alive and kicking at the age of 98?

[@IRLYT]

You know, it's kind of refreshing to know Kirby wasn't above criticism (fair or not) back then. Frank Miller has been roasted as well for his Dark knight sequels and AS-Batman. I guess this second stint makes a good argument for Thomas Wolfe's saying: "You can't go back home to the old forms and systems of things which once seemed everlasting but which are changing all the time". Having said that, I was sort of on the fence about this book but I think I'll be getting it.

[@johnlindsay7301]

Hey Omar, any word on Marvel putting out Ta Nehisi Coates’s Captain America Deluxe vol. 2?

[@NearMintCondition]

Yes sir. Comes out in June I believe.

[@johnlindsay7301]

Thanks for the info. I’ll definitely pick that up. I’m reading Coates’s Black Panther right now and I am loving it. He is such an amazing writer. It would be great to see him get a long run with Cap so he can really sink his teeth into the characters and all the perspective he can derive from them.

[@SuperSilver316]

Yeah those letter pages don’t seem surprising, fandom really hasn’t evolved since then.

[@georgefeliu2383]

Every time Omar mentioned the tones, I laughed thinking of Gwildor of Masters of the Universe fame or infamy depending on the viewer.

[@NearMintCondition]

HAHAHA Gwildor. I love that little guy.

[@whitetiger_ccc]

Cowabunga fellow minties 🤙

[@nimuealban8465]

While this is not for me, I kinda love the fact that it exists :-) Art is pretty tight and that pg. 31 has instant Fourth-World-design vibes (those head-thingies!). But yeah, not exactly my favourite era of comics or my favourite character. Not sure, if it is my being a European, but Cap was always a tough character to really grasp and love.

[@mvberkable]

I own the original omnibus and was shocked there were no intros or letter pages like other omnibus from Marvel. Was this considered inferior Kirby by the omnibus editor as well as fans at the time this was originally sold on the stands? The only extras were the original pencil pages. The colors were much darker. Don’t think this was used for the paperback since the one caption pointed out was not the same as the paperback. New edition looks brighter so shows more detail. The first annual and treasury stories are in their true sequence and not in the beginning as it is in the first omnibus. Will definitely upgrade. So many new extras. I bought every issue originally and was in seventh heaven that Kirby was back at Marvel and doing the one character I wanted him to return to. His Captain America was always my favorite.

[@NearMintCondition]

This seems like a great upgrade.

[@jaxflfreebird]

5:16 Peanuts, dumplings, suitcase nukes, dirty bombs and then the real big bad bombs. It sounds reasonable to me.

[@owen5164]

Dang you got this early!

[@hardknoxcollectables5611]

Do you know if they are doing a Hulk reprint??

[@thunder5x]

Is this the same restoration they did for the masterworks?

[@NearMintCondition]

From what I heard, yes.

[@connorfarrugia839]

Good vid

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you.

[@ReaperXC]

Did you ever put the contents up to read on the video? I must have missed it.

[@NearMintCondition]

I never did. Not really anyone asked me to.

[@richardstevenjones]

Kirby is amazing but it took me a while to appreciate him too. Also, as I understand it, "The Bicentennial Battles" was produced specifically to celebrate America's Bicentennial.

[@NearMintCondition]

It completely was.

[@EngineerLume]

Some of the most patriotic AND good pieces of media tend to, in my experience, come from immigrants like Kirby. As soon as I can I'm getting this.

[@NearMintCondition]

It’s great.

[@justinwilson2288]

Gang of algorithms x4! :)

[@geoffbloom7962]

So I’ve always wanted to read the classic marvel comics and backstories but I never know where to start. Are these omnibus books the way to go or is it like jumping in mid-story?

[@wtrollkin]

They are not like jumping in mid story. The full page spreads are many in this collection so it’s not a bad starting place. However I’m a Kirby fan and think you can’t go wrong with any Kirby Omni.

[@drock6287]

Has 2001 ever been collected in any format?

[@NearMintCondition]

I don't believe so.

[@BlueMarvelAdamBrashear]

Funny how people keep saying there wasn’t any politics in books in the past

[@mrawesome3915]

Such an original comment, never heard that one before.

[@Goomyx1492]

@@mrawesome3915 and yet 90% of people still somehow think that politics weren't infused into all media prior to 2016

[@arachwalker1]

Now I'm conflicted. Ignorance would've been bliss. My original purchase from 2011 does not have the letter pages. Any other differences between this re-issue and the original from 2011? What's the page count on this bad boy? I also thought the letter pages for the Eternals Omnibus had a slight negative vibe too.

[@thumbsaloft]

Jack kirby was one of the most mistreated people to ever work in comics!

[@anthonygarcia8749]

Never read the 70s cap stuff from Jack before aside from the swine portion and forward. But this is dope. Long live the King 🔥🔥🔥🔥 dude I want this book so bad now 😂😂 also screw them haters. I never read the letters pages aside from a couple because it's kinda annoying to read through all of these people complaining and stuff so I prefer to just ignore that garbage.

[@Chandasouk]

lmao Big Daddy is an ominous name indeed for a bomb

[@imranhusain6087]

By giving the different sizes of Mad Bombs the cutesy names of Peanut, Dumpling, and Big Daddy, I think Kirby was alluding to the real-life nuclear bombs Little Boy (dropped by the US on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945) and Fat Man (dropped by the US on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945). It's creepy that such tremendously destructive real-life weapons had these cute, playful names.

[@NearMintCondition]

I didn't even think about that Imran. Man, thanks for bringing that to my attention.

[@Chandasouk]

@@imranhusain6087 Enola Gay

[@ZsoltSchumacher]

I don't think anybody is troll or whatever if they tell that they don't like something! Now that they could have said that in a much nicer way that's different. I remember when I read the introductions for these in Masterworks and I think I would agree with the fans mostly, you cannot return to a title and just do what you like ignoring almost everything what happened in the meantime, I think that is irresponsible and disrespectful for the fans. We really have many examples when certain things happened in comic books because many fans asked for or they were deciding, so I think they should have listened more to fans especially after certain things were brought to the attention several time. I am not very happy about this Omnibus, I don't know what's the purpose of it and why they couldn't just reach it with the normal volume numbering. Now what we should do? Buy it and when the Omnibus series reaches this era sell it? Or not to buy it and maybe the Omnibus series will not even get this far??? Not very clever in my opinion.

[@sergioacosta9712]

We don't appreciate things until we loose them.

[@justw7731]

Algorithm gang x2!

[@sergiofreitas441]

I love Kirby, but is it really necessary for every sentence he writes to end with an exclamation mark?

[@flimtok]

It’s just a matter of preference!!!

[@justinwilson8332]

Algorithm gang x3!

[@ardenaudreyarji]

Jack Kirby gang

[@NearMintCondition]

Jack Kirby gang indeed.

[@bobbymccallum6081]

Tin hat well and truly on but I thought this run was dreadful - almost unreadable

[@forgerelli1]

Just used your video to double check, but the 1st edition of this omnibus has only 558 pages, so 90 new pages in the new edition. Other than a couple pages of pencil sketches none of the extras you showed are in the 1st edition.

[@NearMintCondition]

Were the letter pages in there, sir?

[@forgerelli1]

@@NearMintCondition No letters pages either.

[@NearMintCondition]

Yeah so this one is so much better. FF 2 reprint is also going to have new scans

[@forgerelli1]

@@NearMintCondition I think this is the first time Marvel is adding content to a reprint. No new stories, but 90 pages of extras is quite a bit.

[@NearMintCondition]

Well, we did get Squadron Supreme and Eternals expanded. So sort of the first time.

[@marcelo-ramos]

I kind of understand the people from the letters pages. They were enjoying a book, then this person came and shifted the tone disregarding what the book was being about. We defend Kirby only because he's Kirby.

[@NearMintCondition]

I get it. Reminds me of Claremont coming back to X-men. New readers reading new X-men would be so confused.

[@lewishutchison9932]

Jack earned the right to do whatever he wanted.He created the Marvel Universe. Sure,this book is different from standard Cap.So what?Its awesome!!