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1987 Jack KIrby & Marvel comics... Captain America...
1987 Jack KIrby & Marvel comics... Captain America...
Item # 718272
December 08, 1987
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Dec. 8 1987
* Jack Kirby - American comic book artist
* Marvel comics - superheroes creator
* Captain America - Fantastic Four & more
* Editorial on dispute w/ Marvel re. his artwork
Starting on page 3 is a very lengthy editorial by Janet Bode that conitues on multiple inside pages with related illustrations. The heading on page 30 reads: "A COMIC BOOK ARTIST KO'D" See images for portion of text.
AI notes: In 1987, Jack Kirby, co-creator of many of Marvel’s biggest characters including the Fantastic Four and X-Men, entered a public dispute with Marvel Comics over the return of his original artwork. Although most publishers had begun returning art to artists by then, Marvel offered to return only 88 pages out of the thousands Kirby had drawn—on the condition that he sign a restrictive agreement waiving any future claims to the characters he co-created and acknowledging Marvel as their sole creator. Kirby refused, viewing the terms as exploitative and disrespectful, which ignited widespread backlash from fans and fellow creators like Frank Miller and Neal Adams. The controversy became a pivotal moment in the comic book industry's push for creator rights, eventually forcing Marvel to return more artwork and abandon the harsh contract terms, though a full legal and symbolic resolution wouldn’t come until Marvel settled with Kirby’s estate in 2014.
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because their was really no reason to save it at the time.
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Complete with 172 pages, tabloid size, one fold along the center, nice condition.
Provenance note: This issue comes from The Village Voice's own archives, part of their in-house collection used to create their digital archive. Rare as such.
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Category: The 20th Century
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