We continue our celebration of Jack Kirby here in the month of March, this time with his collaboration with Joe Simon on The Sandman (DC Comics). By the time Jack and Joe took over the character, Wesley Dodds had already made his extensive costume change from the suit, fedora and gas mask to a more super-hero look with yellow and purple tights. Too make things even more a sign of the times he was given a sidekick: Sandy The Golden Boy. There’s no doubt that the magic of Kirby and Simon breathed more life into the characters and helped make them last longer then they would have. But this particular podcast also focuses on the current Editorial Staff at DC Comics and how I think they have ruined any chance for continuing the Golden Age Sandman Archive line. It’s a shame, really because so many great stories look like they will never be collected.
On another front I announce my plans to startup a new podcast! This time it will focus on reprint editions of an additional sort – digital comics. There is one caveat though; this podcast will be exclusive to my Collected Comics Library iTunes App.
I also talk about Dark Horse Archive line (Samson and Buck Rogers) and the MarvelMan collected edition from (where else?) Marvel.
Thanks for this podcast, I really was willing to read those stories and didnt know much about them from the amazon page. Too bady there arent non-kirby stories, but I intend to buy it anyway. I was really curious about have a copy of the 1974s Sandman since he appeared in the Gaimans version and I´m glad you just said its in this reprint.
It was a pleasure to read this book. Sure this run is not Kirby’s or Simon’s best, but it proves that they weren’t afraid to tackle an already well established character. I think DC did do the right thing by placing the 1974 Sandman in this collection then some sort of Best Of anthology somewhere down the publishing road.
Collected Comics Library Podcast #262)
Thanks for this podcast, I really was willing to read those stories and didnt know much about them from the amazon page. Too bady there arent non-kirby stories, but I intend to buy it anyway. I was really curious about have a copy of the 1974s Sandman since he appeared in the Gaimans version and I´m glad you just said its in this reprint.
It was a pleasure to read this book. Sure this run is not Kirby’s or Simon’s best, but it proves that they weren’t afraid to tackle an already well established character. I think DC did do the right thing by placing the 1974 Sandman in this collection then some sort of Best Of anthology somewhere down the publishing road.