The cult of Jack "King" Kirby has no more ferocious voice than the folks at Twomorrows Publishing. John Morrow and his gang have built a small empire from the once humble pages of The Jack Kirby Collector. For a Kirby fan the magazine still delivers, though I have to confess that we seem to have run out of much new to say about his contributions. But it doesn't stop me from droning on and it doesn't seem to be slowing down there either.
One of the more impressive accomplishments was the publication of Silver Star - The Graphite Edition which puts into print the story of the Pacific superhero, one of Kirby's last new creations in its original pencil form. Kirby famously xeroxed his pages and from those which survive the folks at Twomorrows cobbled together the saga of Morgan Miller and the fiend Darius Drumm. A few pages are by necessity published from printed versions, but the whole yarn is here. Along with that is a fascinating introduction and the screenplay which was the original format of this story before it was adapted to comics.
This is a gem for any Kirby fan.
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