Kirby's best '70s DC series?

[jools&jim]

 

If you like Kirby's BA work (and I do!), and wanted to read his best, most representative DC title, which would you chose?

 

Up until last year, I owned them all, even though I hadn't read them since the mid '80s. I vaguely recall which ones I liked the best and why, but I'd like to hear what everyone else has to say before I go on a (re-)buying spree.

 

Thanks!

[El Toro Rojo]

Gonna go with Kamandi. Never read it until the Archives came out, then had to rush & get the entire run. Surprisingly good!

[KirbyJack]

I'll take the obvious road and say New Gods. I've been re-reading them and diggin' it.

The Glory Boat, Terrible Turpin...just good stuff.

[steveinthecity]

Kamandi would be my first choice. Mister Miracle would be second.

[Zonker]

I'll take the obvious road and say New Gods. I've been re-reading them and diggin' it.

The Glory Boat, Terrible Turpin...just good stuff.

 

I'd probably give the nod to this as well for those mentioned, and of course for "The Pact."

 

Sometimes overlooked is his first DC effort in the 1970s: Jimmy Olsen. That initial run of #133-138 is jam-packed with ideas, many of which were mined for literally years of stories during the Byrne Superman reboot of the 1980s: Intergang, the Outsiders, the Wild Area, the Hairies, the Project, the DNAliens, the Evil Factory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[MisterX]

Devil Dinosaur!

 

 

No, uh, seriously, I'm gonna go with Kamandi.

[Ken Aldred]

Another vote for Kamandi here.

[Brian48]

New Gods.

[MediumLover]

Mister Miracle.

[Whizzer]

Kamandi would be my first choice. Mister Miracle would be second.

 

 

 

+1

[shadroch]

I'll go with Jimmy Olsen. He managed to make that book interesting, something few people managed.

[telerites]

Mister Miracle for me.

[Jeffro.]

Nothing against the Fourth World stuff but Kamandi is my favorite. The Demon is a fun read too.

[namisgr]

I think Demon and Kirby's run on Our Fighting Forces are underrated, but I enjoyed Kamandi the most. The first 3 Jimmy Olsen's are terrific, but by the time Don Rickles appeared on the cover the approach had lost it's way.

[telerites]

I forgot about The Demon . That is up there as well.

[BrianR]

Love Kamandi, next is OMAC.

[Jeffro.]

It's too bad Jack didn't stay with DC in the 70's. The stuff he did when he went back to Marvel isn't very good.

[telerites]

It's too bad Jack didn't stay with DC in the 70's. The stuff he did when he went back to Marvel isn't very good.

 

I agree for the most part but I thought Eternals was pretty good.

[shadroch]

I often wonder if Marvel put Frank Robbins on Captain America just so Kirby would be a small step up.

[bigfiver69]

While not as popular as the as the hero titles, the Losers run in Our Fighting Forces was pretty great.

 

Kirby's war work is woefully underrated, and these were the last war stories he ever did. Gritty, no-nonsense and incredibly action packed.

 

Shep