Jack Kirby's Galactic Bounty Hunters

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Jack Kirby's Galactic Bounty Hunters
JC Galactic Bounty Hunters 01 cover.jpg
Cover of the 1st issue.
Publication information
Publisher Icon Comics
Format Limited series
Genre
Publication dateJuly 2006 – November 2007
No. of issues6
Creative team
Written byRichard French
Lisa Kirby
Steve Robertson
Michael Thibodeaux
Penciller(s) Jack Kirby
Michael Thibodeaux
Inker(s) Scott Hanna
Karl Kesel
Letterer(s) David Lanphear
Colorist(s) Wil Quintana
Editor(s) Tom Brevoort
Molly Lazer
Joe Quesada
Andy Schmidt
Aubrey Sitterson
Collected editions
Hardcover ISBN   0-7851-2628-7
Softcover ISBN   0-7851-2629-5

Jack Kirby's Galactic Bounty Hunters is a six-issue comic book limited series by Marvel's imprint Icon Comics. It was based on some of Jack Kirby's unpublished ideas.

Contents

The series follows the story of Jack Berkley, a former interstellar bounty hunter who must reassemble his former team for one last mission, saving his son.

Publication history

The series was based on unused material Jack Kirby had prepared for the series Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers #7. The galactic Bounty Hunters were based on early character designs for the Wonder Warriors and Kirby's daughter Lisa found them in his effects after he died and was persuaded by Michael Thibodeaux to work the ideas into a limited series, although initial ideas were for a film or animated television series. [1]

Issue #3 also featured another Kirby creation, Captain Victory.

Collected editions

The series has been collected into a single volume:

Notes

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