I have to confess I was more than a bit surprised when I stumbled across this new Captain Victory number one way back at the turn of the century. Apparently Kirby's grandson tried to market Captain Victory but sadly it was a failure in two ways. The black and white comics take the original Kirby story and cut it up and reorganize the narrative to create a different tale. The printing is amazingly primitive given the abilities of the modern age and I'm fairly certain I could do a better job using a typical industrial copy machine.
I have not ever seen in the actual pulp the second issue and according to Wikipedia, the third and final installment received only online publication. This was a misguided attempt to revive "King" Kirby's creations and while I wish the Kirby family good fortune in reaping what benefit they can from the hard work of their of father and grandfather, I am not sad that this meager effort fell flat.
Galactic Bounty Hunters which dropped from Marvel's short-lived Icon brand was a bit more successful. Written by Kirby's daughter this project was another weird offspring of the Captain Victory material, using early versions of the Wonder Warriors to create a different story line. Captain Victory even puts in a cameo in one issue.
And since no company has been able to get it together to reprint the Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers material in a proper form, it likely remains one of the King's most obscure efforts. Image tried and failed, only giving us a collection for Silver Star.
Dynamite tried a few times to revive the series but for whatever reason has not ever appeared to attempt to reprint the vintage stuff. Why this series has not gotten the nod is beyond me, but it's well past time someone did the deed.
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