Kirby: Genesis

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Kirby: Genesis
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Publication information
Publisher Dynamite Entertainment
Genre Mythology
Science fiction
Superhero
Publication dateMay 25, 2011 – July 11, 2012
Main character(s)Characters created and owned by Jack Kirby
Creative team
Written by Kurt Busiek
Alex Ross
Artist(s) Jack Herbert
Alex Ross
Collected editions
Kirby Genesis: Dragonsbane ISBN   1-60690-342-X
Kirby: Genesis: Captain Victory Volume 1 ISBN   1-60690-331-4
Kirby: Genesis – Silver Star Volume 1 ISBN   1-60690-330-6
Kirby: Genesis Volume 1 ISBN   1-52410-032-3

Kirby: Genesis is an American comic book limited series published from May 25, 2011, to July 11, 2012, by Dynamite Entertainment. It was based on Jack Kirby's work for Pacific Comics in the 1980s and the "Kirbyverse" line published by Topps Comics in the 1990s.

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Plot

In 1971, NASA launched space probe Pioneer 10 for a mission on Jupiter, but the probe later found a portal that drove it across the universe at light speed. The event was witnessed through a telescope by Kirby Freeman, a smart, young student from New York City who lives with his college partner and secret romantic interest, Bobbi Cortez, whose father, Jake, is a police officer. Some time later, two mysterious beings transported alien races across the universe. Kirby, Bobbi, and Jake must work together to solve the mystery these heroes are on Earth before a group of villains threaten to destroy it. [1]

Titles

TitleIssuesPublication scheduleWriter(s)Artist(s)
Kirby: Genesis#0–8May 25, 2011 [2] – July 11, 2012 [3] Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross Jack Herbert and Alex Ross
Kirby: Genesis – Silver Star#1–6November 9, 2011 [4] – June 27, 2012 [5] Jai Nitz Mark Buckingham, Johnny Desjardins and Alex Ross
Kirby: Genesis – Captain Victory#1–8November 16, 2011 [6] – July 4, 2012 [7] Sterling Gates Mark Buckingham, Johnny Desjardins and Alex Ross
Kirby: Genesis – Dragonsbane#1–4January 18, 2012 [8] – June 5, 2013 [9] Robert Rodi Fritz Casas

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