Lost Jack Kirby Work To Be Published

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I dunno...this story reeks of Sentry. But:

"Before Stephen King, there was another King."

With these enigmatic words, Joe Quesada began another highly-anticipated Cup O' Joe Panel. Referring to last year's announcement that Stephen King would bring his "Dark Tower" series to Marvel as a comic in 2007, Joe was talking about a king at Marvel: Jack Kirby.

For specifics, Joe brought up Jack's daughter Lisa. She explained that, while going through her late father's sketches, she stumbled upon some that she didn't recognize from any of his published work. Thus, "Jack Kirby's Galactic Bounty Hunters" was born. The first of this six-issue limited series will be out in July, in time for the San Diego Comic Con. Tom Breevort remarked, "it's good to have a Kirby back at Marvel." Quesada agreed. The series is a creator-owned property and will be published through Marvel's Icon imprint.

"Jack Kirby's Galactic Bounty Hunters features characters and concepts created by the late Jack Kirby, which have been expanded upon by his daughter Lisa Kirby and Mike Thibodeaux. It's a very personal story for Lisa, metaphorically dealing with her relationship with her father against a cosmic backdrop of fantastic characters and wild vistas. It also features appearances by other Kirby-owned characters such as Captain Victory.

Nice to see that we can STILL market Kirby, even after his death.

Original Article, with covers to #1 and #2.