Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus, Vol. 3
The battle of new gods continues in the third roundup of comics-legend Kirby’s very eccentric Fourth World saga, which sprawled across four separate DC comic books in the 1970s. Vividly restored in the volumes of this series, Kirby’s creation exemplifies the comics at their busiest, with more action more colorfully splashed across the pages than seems possible. No artist drew more kinetic panels; few wrote stiffer, odder dialogue (amusing, though, like Monty Python or SCTV in epic-movie parody mode). But what’s with the Planet of the Apes mugs on everybody except Superman? --Ray Olson