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skybandit:
   I would suggest getting a timeline-listing of everything Kirby did from the Grand Comics Database and cross-checking the results with this site to obtain Kirby stories.  I've seen at least half a dozen of the King's stories while looking for Ditko art on here, I'm sure you'll find plenty that are Public Domain.

JonTheScanner:
A few years back Pure Imagination published a series of 5 volumes called The Complete Jack Kirby.  Of course it was really far from complete, but I think the idea was to publish all the PD stories by Jack.  I can't vouch for the PDness myself. 

http://pureimagination.info/reprints.html#kirby

bchat:
You could also check-out the "The Jack Kirby Checklist" published by TwoMorrows which gives a nice title-by-title listing of Kirby's work.  As pointed-out already, Kirby did some work for Fox ("Space Smith" springs to mind).  There's also work he did for Harvey, Novelty and (someone correct me if I'm wrong) "Solar Legion" published in Crash Comics.  If you don't hold to the idea that Marvel was perfect and renewed the Copyrights on everything they published when they were called Timely, there's some stuff from 1940 that he did there.

John C:

--- Quote from: bchat on September 05, 2010, 07:55:15 PM ---If you don't hold to the idea that Marvel was perfect and renewed the Copyrights on everything they published when they were called Timely, there's some stuff from 1940 that he did there.

--- End quote ---

While I can't say for sure that Marvel renewed everything, it's worth pointing out that the first books were up for renewal in 1967, by which time they seem to have gotten their collective act together (though it's worth noting that Carl Burgos owned a fair amount of the content at renewal time, so there may be other fragmentation).  To me, that at least implies that any lapses in renewal are deep in "needle in a haystack" territory.  They may be worth investigation at some point, but the "return-on-investment" isn't particularly good.  Plus, with Marvel, there's the added risk that, if you're wrong, you're facing off against Disney.

narfstar:
Lots of pd Kirby in the Prize category

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