1st Issue Special
date: label: date made
content: 1975
name: label: maker
content: D. C. Comics, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: The unusual DC comic <i>1st Issue Special</i> ran for 13 issues in 1974-1975. The title was an anthology series that featured a different character each issue, testing their potential to headline their own comics. The premier issue featured Jack Kirby's <i>Atlas,</i> a herculean strongman.
label: Description
content: Kirby wrote and illustrated the story. He also provided the cover art, which was inked by D. Bruce Berry, and colored by Tatajana Wood.
label: Description
content: Comic legend Jack Kirby was responsible for the creation of many of the most recognizable and influential characters in the Marvel Comics Universe prior to leaving for rival DC Comics in the early 1970s. The move to DC highlighted dissatisfaction amongst many comic creators over pay-rates, lack of creative control, and being left out of merchandising and other profits.
label: Description
content: German born Tatajana Wood had been coloring comics in the US since the 1950s. She began working for DC in the 1970s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Comics
label: Subject
content: Fantasy
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of George R. Zug
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.3039.012
label: nonaccession number
content: 2013.3039
label: catalog number
content: 2013.3039.012
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 10 3/4 in; x 17.145 cm x 27.305 cm